TV Show Pilots Ranked
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- DirectorVince GilliganStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulDiagnosed with terminal lung cancer, chemistry teacher Walter White teams up with former student Jesse Pinkman to cook and sell crystal meth.10/10
- DirectorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresAlan TudykMalcolm Reynolds is a veteran and the captain of Serenity. He and his crew are smuggling goods, but they need to pick up some passengers for extra money. However, not all the passengers are what they seem.9/10
Original pilot for Firefly. Was not used due to Fox disliking this pilot. - DirectorVince GilliganStarsBob OdenkirkJonathan BanksRhea SeehornStruggling public defender Jimmy McGill constructs an elaborate yet questionable plan for winning back a pair of wealthy potential clients.9/10
- DirectorAnthony RussoJoe RussoStarsJoel McHaleGillian JacobsDanny PudiAn ex-lawyer is forced to return to community college to get a degree. However, he tries to use the skills he learned as a lawyer to get the answers to all his tests and pick up on a sexy woman in his Spanish class.9/10
- DirectorRich MooreGregg VanzoStarsBilly WestKatey SagalJohn DiMaggioA down-on-his-luck pizza delivery guy is accidentally frozen on New Year's Eve 1999 and wakes up in the year 3000.8.5/10
- 1994–1995TV-148.1 (29)TV EpisodeStarsSteve CooganRebecca Front8.5/10
Unaired pilot for Knowing Me, Knowing You - DirectorAndrew GillmanStarsChristopher MorrisSteve CooganPatrick MarberThe never broadcast pilot of The Day Today (1994).8.5/10
Unaired pilot for The Day Today - DirectorMatt MaiellaroDave WillisStarsDave WillisMatt MaiellaroAndy Merrill8/10
Series was not picked up as the creators didn't know where to take the show. - DirectorMichael CuestaStarsMichael C. HallJulie BenzJennifer CarpenterDexter's world is rocked when a rival serial murderer, dubbed the Ice Truck Killer by the media, privately contacts him and reveals that he knows Dexter's grisly secret. Meanwhile, Dexter's sister Debra is transferred to Homicide.8/10
- DirectorAdam BernsteinStarsTina FeyTracy MorganJane KrakowskiLiz Lemon is called upstairs to meet the new network exec, Jack Donaghy, who instructs her to hire movie star Tracy Jordan to draw a young male audience to 'The Girlie Show'.8/10
- DirectorBill HaderStarsBill HaderStephen RootSarah GoldbergA disillusioned hit man wants to start a new life after following his quarry to an acting class.8/10
- DirectorTodd HollandStarsJane KaczmarekBryan CranstonChristopher MastersonMalcolm has been labeled a boy genius and is moved, much to his chagrin, into the Krelboyne class, which is a class full of nerds and geniuses like himself.8/10
- DirectorAdam BernsteinStarsZach BraffSarah ChalkeDonald FaisonThree interns - two medical and one surgical - kick off their first day at Sacred Heart teaching hospital.8/10
- DirectorJames BurrowsStarsJennifer AnistonCourteney CoxLisa KudrowMonica and the gang introduce Rachel to the "real world" after she leaves her fiancé at the altar.8/10
- DirectorTaika WaititiStarsKayvan NovakMatt BerryNatasia DemetriouThe vampires try to plan a lavish blood feast in honor of a visit by their ancient master from the Old Country.7.5/10
- DirectorPhil LordChristopher MillerStarsAndy SambergStephanie BeatrizTerry CrewsDetective Jake Peralta finds his work scrutinized when new Captain, Ray Holt, takes over at his precinct.7.5/10
- 1990–199623mTV-PG7.9 (1.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorDebbie AllenStarsWill SmithJames AveryJanet HubertA streetwise teenager is sent by his mother to live with wealthy relatives in an upper-class California neighborhood, where he must adjust to a new lifestyle.7.5/10
- DirectorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresAlan TudykMal has second thoughts after discovering that two boxes of Alliance goods his crew has been hired to steal are full of badly needed medical supplies headed for the mining town of Paradiso.7.5/10
Second pilot produced after Fox disliked the first pilot.
Aired as the series first episode. - DirectorChristopher StorerStarsJeremy Allen WhiteEbon Moss-BachrachAyo EdebiriCarmy attempts to retrain the employees of The Original Beef of Chicagoland, but is faced with resistance. In need of back-up, he brings on a talented young chef to help.7/10
- DirectorAdam McKayStarsHiam AbbassNicholas BraunBrian CoxMedia magnate Logan Roy shocks his family with a stunning announcement on his 80th birthday. The news shatters his son Kendall, the heir apparent who's in the midst of negotiating the purchase of digital-media venture.7/10
- DirectorMike JudgeStarsThomas MiddleditchT.J. MillerJosh BrenerRichard is a computer programmer. He has to choose between a $10 million deal with Gavin Belson and a $200,000 deal with Peter Gregory, in exchange for his cooperation to make the idea of a super compressing algorithm change the world.7/10
- DirectorHiro MuraiStarsDonald GloverBrian Tyree HenryLaKeith StanfieldBroke and low on options, Earn seeks to enter the music industry, by offering to be a manager for his rapper cousin, Paper Boi.7/10
- 20191h 1mTV-MA8.0 (11K)TV EpisodeDirectorNicole KassellStarsRegina KingDon JohnsonTim Blake NelsonAngela investigates the attempted murder of a fellow officer; The Lord of a Country Estate receives an anniversary gift from his loyal servants.7/10
- DirectorJustin RoilandStarsJustin RoilandChris ParnellSpencer GrammerA strangely eccentric genius scientist and inventor moves into the home of his daughter and her family and begins to strongly influence his young grandson.7/10
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsEarl HollimanJames GregoryPaul LangtonMike Ferris finds himself alone in the small Oakwood town and without recollection about his name, where he is or who he is. Mike wanders through the town trying to find a living soul.7/10