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« on: November 07, 2020, 07:59:55 PM »
Well, I wanted the reply to be under the proper post.
Say what you will about the pilot being "in development", if you look back at those respected sources, every article said the same thing almost word for word verbatim. Like one printed it and all the others went with it without fact checking or developing their own sources. Call me cynical, but I believe someone in CW program development fed it to one of them as a CYA measure and the rest ran with it. Network bosses don't like outside projects getting approved over in house developed projects they themselves invested in. It's like they have no faith in their own network program developers judgement - especially if the outside projects turn out to be hits. If Kung Fu is a success, look out. That results in what Major Hochstetter says ... Heads will Rolllllllll.
So I firmly believe it was all over when CW passed on greenlighting a filmed pilot. Same as NBC in 1991 saying no decision had been made on renewing the DS remake series . WRONG. Warren Littlefield head of NBC programming hated the show and it was cancelled - they just didn't announce it.
And yes, I do believe there is a complete pilot script. It is sitting in Mark Perry's crammed file cabinet with all his other "rejected babies." Look back at the article written by Perry farther back in this thread for reference. It is very illuminating on the actual pilot process.