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13 Forgotten TV Pilots That Deserve Another Chance
Hundreds of TV shows are greenlit and released each year, whether it's a brand new show or a new season. This is a selective process, though, so can you imagine the number of TV shows that never went forward? Quite a few TV pilots made it to air or test audiences before the show was canceled.
To find these shows, we used IMDb's list of Unsold TV Pilot and Reddit responses to a similar request. Click through the slideshow for forgotten TV pilots that deserve a second chance. Many of these never even aired.
"The Adventures of Superpup" (1958)
- Genre: Children's television series
- Director: Cal Howard
- Cast: Billy Curtis, Frank Delfino, Ruth Delfino, Sadie Delfino, Harry Monty, and Angelo Rossitto
- Running Time: 22 minutes
"Here Comes Tobor" (1956)
- Genre: Science fiction
- Director: Duke Goldstone
- Cast: Arthur Space, Tommy Terrell, Bruce Cowling, Gavin Gordon, Alan Reynolds, and Franz Roehn
- Running Time: 26 minutes
"Dick Tracy" (1966)
- Genre: Action
- Producer: James Fonda
- Cast: Ray MacDonnell, Victor Buono, and Davey Davison
- Running Time: 30 minutes
"The Best of Times" (1983)
- Genre: Sitcom
- Director: Bill Bixby
- Cast: Robert Romanus, Krista Errickson, Hallie Todd, and Leif Green
- Running Time: 30 minutes
"The Art of Being Nick" (1987)
- Genre: Sitcom
- Director: Sam Weisman
- Cast: Scott Valentine, Kristine Sutherland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and John Daman
- Running Time: 24 minutes
"Cadets" (1988)
- Genre: Sitcom
- Director: Zane Buzby
- Cast: Soleil Moon Frye, Richard Roundtree, Barclay DeVey, Jaleel White, and William Sadler
- Running Time: 30 minutes
"Coming to America" (1989)
- Genre: Sitcom
- Director: Tony Singletary
- Cast: Tommy Davidson, Paul Bates, John Hancock, Hattie Winston, and Paris Vaughan
- Running Time: 24 minutes
"Dark Shadows" (2004)
- Genre: Gothic Soap Opera
- Director: P. J. Hogan
- Cast: Alec Newman, Jessica Chastain, and Marley Shelton
- Running Time: 1 hour
"Aquaman" (2006)
- Genre: Superhero
- Director: Greg Beeman
- Cast: Justin Hartley, Lou Diamond Phillips, Denise Quiñones, Rick Peters, and Ving Rhames
- Running Time: 42 minutes
"The Oaks" (2008)
- Genre: Sitcom
- Creator: David Schulner
- Cast: Matt Lanter, Shannon Lucio, Romy Rosemont, Michael Rispoli, and Kyle Kaplan
- Running Time: 44 minutes
"Paid Programming: Icelandic Ultrablue" (2009)
- Genre: Parody
- Director: Jeff Buchanan
- Cast: Christopher Cusumano, Justine D'Amour, Michael Harrah, and Ray Higgs
- Running Time: 11 minutes
"Edge" (2015)
- Genre: Western
- Director: Shane Black
- Cast: Max Martini, Ryan Kwanten, Yvonne Strahovski, and Alicja Bachleda
- Running Time: 1 hour and 2 minutes
"Cruel Intentions" (2016)
- Genre: Drama
- Director: Roger Kumble
- Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Taylor John Smith, Peter Gallagher, Coby Bell, and Samantha Logan
- Running Time: 45 minutes

