Backdoor Pilots Successful Failed

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Growing Pains: Why the Spin-Off Was Canceled

54K views • 2 months ago

Growing Pains was an ABC staple and one of the most successful family sitcoms of the 1980s. A Growing Pains backdoor pilot ...

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MacGyver: Why the Spin-Off Failed

Atomic Abe

136K views • 10 months ago

MacGyver was one of the most beloved TV shows of the 80s -- so why wasn't there a spin-off? Find out in the newest entry of ...

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The Golden Girls: Why the Spin-Off Failed

Atomic Abe

84K views • 4 years ago

Backdoor pilots are notorious for failing -- they fail to become a series or they fail as an episode of a show. But here is the rare ...

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Backdoor Pilots on Drag Race

JackFed

131K views • 3 years ago

Let's talk about some potential back door pilots that may be right in front of our faces without us even knowing! Subscribe: ...

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Nick Derringer P.I. clip (Unsold TV Pilot)

Foywonder

3K views • 13 years ago

A 1988 backdoor pilot broadcast as an episode of the John Ritter cop show Hooperman, the idea was to sell audiences on the ...

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The Rockford Files: Why the Spin-Offs Failed

Atomic Abe

125K views • 1 year ago

Expertly played by James Garner, Jim Rockford is one of TV's greatest private investigators. The Rockford Files ran for six ...

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227: Why the Jackée Spin-Off Failed

Atomic Abe

150K views • 2 years ago

The classic '80s sitcom "227" launched the careers of Jackée Harry and Regina King. It also almost launched a spin-off for ...

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The Golden Girls Backdoor Pilot: Did Susan Harris Take a Dig at Rita Moreno?

TableCakes Productions

6.8K views • 1 year ago

The season two finale of Golden Girls is a backdoor pilot for what would eventually become Empty Nest. However, what aired on ...

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The Flintstones: Why the Spin-Offs Failed

Atomic Abe

135K views • 6 months ago

The Flintstones had 14 different TV shows over the last 60 years, making it one of the most successful cartoons of all time -- but not ...

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Why ‘The Farm’ Failed As An ‘Office’ Spinoff

Vents Mag

355 views • 4 years ago

Why 'The Farm' Failed As An 'Office' Spinoff With so many backdoor pilots being made, one would have thought one for "The ...

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The Facts of Life fake openings for backdoor pilots

Hilly Blue

3.5K views • 1 year ago

The first attempt of an episode that The Facts of Life used as a backdoor pilot occurred at the end of the second season.

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Thomas Middleditch On Making Backdoor Pilot Episode Of The Office | PeopleTV

People

1.2K views • 6 years ago

ABOUT PEOPLE PEOPLE is the #1 online news source all things pop culture. Get your fix of the hottest celebrity news, celebrity ...

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Charles in Charge: Why the Spin-Offs Failed

Atomic Abe

204K views • 2 years ago

Scott Baio was in charge of our days and our nights on Charles in Charge. He was also in charge of directing three backdoor pilot ...... in Miami with Don Cheadle and Cheech Marin in fact Charles in Charge isn't even the first show to era failed backdoor pilot set ...