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It also includes backdoor pilots, i.e. films or miniseries that serve as a proof of concept for a full series, but may be broadcast on their own even if the full series is not picked up. The term may also be used for an episode of a currently running show that serves to introduce a spin-off .
Another FBI spinoff is in the works at CBS, TVLine has learned, with its backdoor pilot slated to air this spring. In FBI: CIA, as the prospective offshoot is titled, a dedicated, strait-laced FBI ...
The mothership’s Season 7 finale will serve as a backdoor pilot and introduce three new characters who would join Calvin and Tina’s sons as they venture out on their own.
Supernatural: Bloodlines was a proposed American television series, before being decided against by The CW for the 2014–15 season. It was set to be a spin-off of Supernatural, with the twentieth episode of the show's ninth season serving as the backdoor pilot. [2]
"The Farm" was produced to serve as a backdoor pilot for a proposed spin-off series starring Wilson as Dwight, which NBC ultimately did not pick up. The episode received mostly negative reviews from television critics, with many criticizing Dwight's farm storyline and some critics calling it a "Frankenstein episode".
Though NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans both started with “planted”backdoor pilots”/episodes of the NCIS mothership, TVLine hears that NCIS‘ 10-episode Season 21 (currently airings ...
The Star Trek episode "Assignment: Earth" was a backdoor pilot for a spin-off of the same name, featuring a human named Gary Seven (played by Robert Lansing), taken from Earth's far past and raised by aliens to be sent to watch over Earth in the 1960s; while the series was not picked up, its characters have appeared in numerous non-canon Trek ...
Prior to The Winchesters, Supernatural aired two backdoor pilots for the potential spinoffs Wayward Sisters and Bloodlines, both of which failed to earn series orders. Supernatural wrapped up its ...