Comments on: Five Major TV Characters Who Didn’t Debut Until Right AFTER the Pilot https://popculturereferences.com/five-major-tv-characters-who-didnt-debut-until-right-after-the-pilot/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Fri, 22 Sep 2023 06:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Scott Fry https://popculturereferences.com/five-major-tv-characters-who-didnt-debut-until-right-after-the-pilot/#comment-13198 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 06:30:10 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5574#comment-13198 Neither McCoy nor Uhura were in either of the pilots for TOS. The doctor in the second pilot, Where No Man Has Gone Before was a guy named Boyce.

]]> By: Hoyle https://popculturereferences.com/five-major-tv-characters-who-didnt-debut-until-right-after-the-pilot/#comment-13193 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 00:54:57 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5574#comment-13193 Spike from Buffy is a big one.
Andy from the Office.
Richard Harrow from Boardwalk Empire.

]]> By: Tommy Raiko https://popculturereferences.com/five-major-tv-characters-who-didnt-debut-until-right-after-the-pilot/#comment-13187 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 23:17:03 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5574#comment-13187 i think DeForest Kelley didn’t join the cast of Star Trek until after the pilot episode “Where No Man Has Gone Before”. (Which, famously, was the second pilot made for Star Trek, the one that ultimately led to the series and the ongoing franchise.)

In any case, Kelley’s Dr. McCoy was doubtlessly a major character to the show.

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