Timeline for Why are pilot episodes often unaired?
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| Oct 1, 2013 at 16:39 | vote | accept | Liath | ||
| Oct 1, 2013 at 8:27 | comment | added | Napoleon Wilson | @Liath There is no reason to call it an "aired pilot" if its just the pilot or the first episode with its own title, when there's no dedicated "pilot". The reason you think "unaired pilots" are so frequent is probably that in the counter examples nobody wiped it into your face like they did with the "unaired pilots". | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 21:58 | comment | added | Adam V | BBC's "Sherlock" had an unaired pilot; I believe the reason was that the original pilot was 60 minutes, and BBC asked them to make it a 90-minute show instead. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 21:00 | comment | added | Tom | +1, I didn't check a lot of series but of the ones I checked only "Married with Children" and "The Big Bang Theory" had unaired pilots, and, in both cases, the reason for that is a slightly different cast. All other series' first ever episodes were aired and even called "Pilot". | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 18:13 | comment | added | coleopterist | @Liath Aired pilots for series with no unaired pilots are probably their first episodes. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 18:11 | history | edited | coleopterist | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 30, 2013 at 18:11 | comment | added | Liath | Great answer, but I've never seen one listed as an "Aired Pilot" only "Unaired" could they be a different cut? | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 18:06 | history | edited | coleopterist | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 30, 2013 at 18:01 | history | answered | coleopterist | CC BY-SA 3.0 |