Television pilot programs
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- Television pilot programs
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found: Moving image genre-form guide online, December 6, 2007(Television pilot: Initial episode of a possible series, designed to showcase the show's possibilities for audiences and sponsors)
found: Yee, M.M. Moving image materials, 1988:p. 75 (Pilot programs: use for the first program in a series or serial, so-called because the pilot program is broadcast as a trial to see if the series or serial will be watched. May be longer than later episodes)
found: Brown, L. Encyclopedia of television, 3rd ed., c1992:p. 426-427 (Pilot: a sample program on film or tape, of a projected TV series, usually created as a first episode, but in any case establishing the continuing characters, the character relationships, the essential situations, and the style of the proposed series)
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2011-05-09: new
2015-12-28: revised
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