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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Rerun, Pay-Per-View, Television Pilot, Screenwriting, Station Identification, Serial, Blooper, Telethon, Television Program, Live Television, Watershed, Pirate Television, Jumping the Shark, Pay Television, 100 Episodes, Eyecatch, Very Special Episode, Regional Variation, Umbrella Title, Broadcast Programming, Electronic News-Gathering, Clip Show, Rural Purge, After School Special, Bumper, Anthology Series, Multi-Platform Television, Fishcam, Program Format, Stripping, Free Preview, Counterprogramming, Graveyard Slot, Marathon, Happy Talk, Musical Guest, Television Special, Broadcast Calendar, Production Code Number, Tent-Pole Programming, Drama 2.0, All Request, Barker Channel, Watercooler Show, Re-Version, Interstitial Program, Hammocking, Television Format, Electronic Content Guide, Limited-Run Series. Excerpt: A television pilot, also known as a pilot episode and series premiere, is the first episode of a television series. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the “testing ground” to see if a series will be possible and successful and therefore a test episode of an intended television series. It is an early step in the development of a television series, much like pilot lights or pilot studies serve as precursors to the start of larger activity, or pilot holes prepare the way for larger holes. Networks use pilots to discover whether an entertaining concept can be successfully realized. After seeing this sample of the proposed product, networks will then determine whether the expense of additional episodes is justified. They are best thought of as prototypes of the show that is to follow, because elements often change from pilot to series. Variety estimates that only a little over a quarter of all pilots made for America… More: http://booksllc.net/?id=396572
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