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    John G Bell: About Capt. Pike, I think we did in fact get to see what a series with him as captain would be like, and it was called Enterprise. Archer's crisis of ... more »
    foolish-rain: The conversion of Linda Hamilton's totally Kick Ass Sarah to the dreaded Helicopter Mom played by Lena Heady. Just a perfect case study of how women w... more »
    MargaretMoony: Heh. Space Cases. more »
    CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton): Thanks for airing the American version of Red Dwarf. Very cool! To see how bad it could've been. Not saying it was any good. more »
    Brisco_County_Jr: Hulu for non-Americans : Curse your sudden yet inevitable betrayal! more »
    MISS MERCY STREET: The Babylon 5 follow-up - Crusade. Straczynski and TNT began butting heads from the get-go, each blaming the other for the problems. While the 'bridg... more »
    0kami: OMG Space Cases! *blasted back to the 90's* more »
    Marco469: For "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles", Dean Winters was a definite upgrade over Tim Guinee, but I like the original pilot's ending better. I ... more »
    LittleDragon: I always like Pike more then Kirk. He was just more appealing. more »
    cletar: The strange warp effect--nobody can talk? WTF? the ship gets transparent? WTF?--would have gotten tiresome. I'm glad they ditched that when they re-d... more »
    Alexis: I actually just watched True Blood's original pilot yesterday and I have to say that the original actress that played Tara was absolutely horrible. It... more »
    Chip Overclock: It is possible I having false memories, but didn't the B-9 robot from LOST IN SPACE come in a crate (which we saw in the pilot and once again in a fla... more »
    Zombie Ms. Skittles: Holy crap, I just had a fangasm at that berainbowwigged Jewel Staite. I never cease to be amazed when somebody who is not me remembers that show. more »
    Belabras: I have to say, the original Heroes pilot might have been better. I'm glad they went with Kirk for Star Trek though. Pike never could have carried th... more »
    Fedaykin: OK... Heat Vision and Jack... not actually real, right? I mean, can't possibly be real... pretty much the definition of "Too good to be true..." more »
    Bill-Lee: Instead of trying to Americanize Red Dwarf they should have just broadcast the British version on a TV station other than PBS. more »
    PostMarque: Gay Robot? What exactly made the robot a male? the voice? cause well, my iMac has both Male and Female voices. If it switched to Female, then woul... more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I miss the good ol' days when the networks used to go ahead and show their failed pilots in the summer. Most of them, you could see why they failed, b... more »
    Bill-Lee: I might be wrong, but it seems that the only good science fiction comedies on TV come from Britain. What is it about the British that they seem better... more »
    micah1_8: I always thought somebody should do a sitcom set on the STNG Enterprise. It would follow the misadventures of Enterprise's night shift. I'd make eac... more »
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    Original Pilot vs. Official Pilot: Which Shows Changed the Most?

    While most shows' pilots air as their first episode, some shows get a do-over to make creative changes, improve production, or appease the network. We look at some of the pilots that didn't make it and how the shows changed. More »
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    The Science Fiction Sitcoms That Never Were

    What do Alan Alda, Andy Kaufman, and Matthew Perry have in common? They all filmed pilots for failed science fiction sitcoms before doing the series that made them stars. We look at those, and other scifi sitcoms that never were. More »