Movies and TvShows featuring "failed-tv-pilot" theme.
CBS anthology series airing unsold television pilots during the summer season.
Comedy Lab is a British television series which showcases pilots of experimental comedy shows. Series have been aired irregularly on Channel 4 and E4 since 1998. Several pilots first shown on Comedy Lab have gone on to spawn full series, most notably Trigger Happy TV, Fonejacker, That Peter Kay Thing, Meet the Magoons and FM. It also gave Jimmy Carr his first television appearance in Jimmy Carr's World of…Corporate Videos. The 2001 series features the episodes Knife and Wife, Orcadia, Daydream Believers: Brand New Beamer and Jimmy Carr's World of…Corporate Videos featuring Jimmy Carr. The 2008 series features the episodes Headwreckers, Mr and Mrs Fandango, Olivia Lee's Naughty Bits, Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool, Pappy's Fun Club, School of Comedy and Slaterwood. 2010's shows are iCandy, Happy Finish, Penelope Princess of Pets, Jack Whitehall Secret Census, Filth, Moviemash and Hung Out. The 2011 lineup includes: Anna & Katy, Totally Tom and Rick and Peter.
In a dystopian world where love is considered a disease, a young woman named Lena falls in love and must choose between conforming to society's rules or following her heart.
Carrie, a shy and awkward high school girl with telekinetic powers, faces relentless bullying from her classmates. When she is pushed to the breaking point, Carrie unleashes her powers in a horrifying act of revenge.
The Modifyers is a failed TV pilot about Agent Xero, a spy hero, and her sidekick, Mole. They are tasked with recovering a stolen artifact known as the MacGuffin from the evil Baron Vain. Along the way, they encounter henchmen, a double agent, and must navigate the steampunk world they live in.
Lookwell is a failed TV pilot from 1991 starring Adam West as a washed-up actor who believes he can solve real crimes. He takes matters into his own hands and starts investigating cases, often with humorous and disastrous results.
The Comedy Factory (no known affiliation with the comedy club of the same name) was a live-action, scripted comedy series that ran during the summers of 1985 and 1986 on ABC in the United States and CTV in Canada (who also oversaw production). The show revolved around comedians and actors acting out scenes from television pilots that had been passed on previously by ABC. Further information on the show is scarce and nearly every episode of the show is presumed lost; only the premiere episode, "Honey, It's the Mayor," is known to survive in its entirety (uploaded to YouTube).
A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrated the mob) accused of murdering a local TV newscaster.
A young, down-on-his-luck resident of hell is given a chance to redeem himself by signing up a down-on-his-luck retail accountant to sell his soul to Lucifer.
Pitch pilot for the scrapped Looney Tunes series.
Three young women who posed as the daughters of an elderly homesteader find out that he has been falsely accused of murder, convicted, and sentenced to hang. They hatch a plot to smuggle him out of prison.
When a murder occurs, a former judge and an ex-convict join forces to investigate the crime. Along the way, they encounter various obstacles and uncover shocking secrets. Will they be able to solve the mystery?
A group of people from different backgrounds lives together in a temporary housing complex in Los Angeles.
25 years after the movie, the prehistoric subterranean monsters known as Graboids return to Perfection, Nevada.
Pilot episode for a tv show that never got made, adapting César Velasco Broca's homonymous comic book.
Jackie and Jill swill have an unusual pet called a "psyko ferret"; a unidentified species of weasel,. Together they try to keep it secret.
Bates Motel is a dark comedy horror film that follows the story of an eccentric motel owner who becomes entangled in a series of mysterious and supernatural events. The film explores themes of insanity, deceit, and the supernatural as the owner's life takes a dark turn. As the plot unfolds, the audience is taken on a journey through a crumbling motel filled with secrets and a cast of eccentric characters.
Charlie Chan comes out of retirement to investigate a murder case aboard the yacht of a wealthy Greek shipping tycoon.
Comedy Showcase is a series of one-off comedy specials featuring some of Britain's fledgling comedy talent. Its format is reminiscent of the much earlier Comedy Playhouse. The format was replaced in 2012 by 4Funnies.
In the wild west con-man 'Candy' Johnson heads to Nevada to set up his own gambling den and teams up with Lucy Cotton, a young woman he meets there. This failed television pilot film is loosely based on Honky Tonk (1941), which starred Clark Gable.