In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how Red Buttons almost starred in a unique concept for a sitcom that would spin out of 227, of all shows.
Back Door Blues
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how Lindsay Wagner tried to remake her life in an episode of Kate & Allie
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how even Huggy Bear from Starsky and Hutch was almost given his own TV series.
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how The Nanny tried to spin off basically the same concept as the Nanny, only in a beauty salon!
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how CHiPs tried to spin off a series about an LAPD ninja task force.
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how Steve McQueen's star-making TV role, Wanted...Dead or Alive, spun out of a show that is mostly forgotten today.
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how Richard Pryor and Lou Gossett Jr. almost spun off into their own TV series from The Partridge Family, of all shows
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how The Goldbergs' spinoff initially failed, but the backdoor pilot aired anyways, and eventually became a series!
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how Growing Pains tried to spin off one of the teachers of Mike and Carol Seaver, along with his surprisingly large family!
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how Married...With Children tried to do a spinoff based on a show that was the opposite of Friends by being about...enemies!