Comments on: Five TV Episodes That Inadvertently Became Quasi-Backdoor Pilots https://popculturereferences.com/five-tv-episodes-that-inadvertently-became-quasi-backdoor-pilots/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Tue, 16 Jan 2024 11:47:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Fraser https://popculturereferences.com/five-tv-episodes-that-inadvertently-became-quasi-backdoor-pilots/#comment-17032 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 11:47:07 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2771#comment-17032 IIRC, ABC had every intention of Jaime staying dead until they saw the ratings.

]]> By: Brian Cronin https://popculturereferences.com/five-tv-episodes-that-inadvertently-became-quasi-backdoor-pilots/#comment-16956 Sun, 14 Jan 2024 07:19:18 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2771#comment-16956 In reply to garth.

Yeah, that’s an interesting point, I guess that would be a good example of a quasi-backdoor pilot then!

]]> By: garth https://popculturereferences.com/five-tv-episodes-that-inadvertently-became-quasi-backdoor-pilots/#comment-16941 Sat, 13 Jan 2024 22:22:57 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2771#comment-16941 The Bionic Woman – you would have thought it was a back door pilot, but it wasn’t, considering they killed Jamie at the end of her episodes on Six Million Dollar Man.

]]> By: John Gallagher https://popculturereferences.com/five-tv-episodes-that-inadvertently-became-quasi-backdoor-pilots/#comment-15373 Fri, 01 Dec 2023 19:02:59 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2771#comment-15373 The next-to-last episode of Gunsmoke appears to be a backdoor pilot for “Here Come the Brides”, starring David Soul and Bobby Sherman.

]]> By: Brian Cronin https://popculturereferences.com/five-tv-episodes-that-inadvertently-became-quasi-backdoor-pilots/#comment-4908 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 19:50:47 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2771#comment-4908 In reply to Tim Pendergast.

True, I should do a bit about that retcon!

]]> By: Tim Pendergast https://popculturereferences.com/five-tv-episodes-that-inadvertently-became-quasi-backdoor-pilots/#comment-4900 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 06:19:52 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2771#comment-4900 The original Mork episode originally ended as a dream but when they knew what they had they changed the ending to make it a lead in to Mork & Mindy. Wisely they set M&M in the present which IMHO is why is was successful, unlike so many other HD spinoffs.

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