Encyclopedia of Unaired Television Pilots, 1945-2018

by Vincent Terrace

Overview

Covering the years 1945-2018, this alphabetical listing provides details about 2,923 unaired television series pilots, including those that never went into production, and those that became series but with a different cast, such as The Green Hornet, The Middle and Superman.

Rarities include proposed shows starring Bela Lugosi, Doris Day, Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Orson Welles, Claudette Colbert and Mae West, along with such casting curiosities as Mona Freeman, not Gale Storm, as Margie in My Little Margie, and John Larkin as Perry Mason long before Raymond Burr played the role.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476633497
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	10/09/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	358
Sales rank:	803,410
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Vincent Terrace has been a researcher for ABC television and is the television historian for BPOLIN Productions. He has written more than 50 books about television and radio.
Vincent Terrace has been a researcher for ABC television and is the television historian for BPOLIN Productions. He has written more than 50 books about television and radio.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
The Pilots
Appendix 1. Aired Pilot Films That
Were Different from the Series
Appendix 2. Projected Television Series
Appendix 3. Unaired Television Series
Index (to Program Numbers)

Editorial Reviews

Terrace is arguably the most prolific developer of television reference material, with more than 30 books to his credit”—ARBA.

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