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Brilliant But Cancelled

posted 16 years ago by chicago85
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This movie reminds me of the documentary along the same lines about tv shows "too Good" for tv. It was on the Trio Channel several years ago. Along with the documentary (which named names and shows) about the back stabbers and stupidity about what gets on tv were pilots which didn't make it on the air.

Sometimes shows didn't get on because there was a palace coup and everything approved by a predecessor was killed out of vengence.

I taped several pilots that accompanied the documetary. The one I liked best was "LA Confidential" starring Keifer Sutherland. It was taped in 1999 but cancelled. The lame excuse was the cost of period costumes and cars not the quality.

I remember one comedy starred George Clooney as a man paroled from prison after writing successful detective stories behind bars. He was hired to save a crappy tv series and met resistance from the original writer. I can't remember his co stars name but she played Mindy on Mork and Mindy with Robin Williams.

The documentary was called "Brilliant But Cancelled."

[–] bistromathics 16 years ago

also on trio was the show 'pilot season'...a mocumentary about this exact same subject (a sequel to the movie 'who's the caboose')

[–] don-lockwood 15 years ago

I remember that first show, but never saw Pilot Season. That was more entertaining than this.

[–] GaelicLass 14 years ago

Awww, that would be the lovely Pam Dawber, who never got much work after M & M. She is happily married to Mark Harmon for many years and they make an adorable couple.

The Biz is sure a world of ego's interested in furthering their own agendas than in quality shows.

[–] TheManInOil 13 years ago

I recall that when Max Headroom was cancelled the reason was supposed to be that it was 'too cerebral'.

"I'll book you. I'll book you on something. I'll find something in the book to book you on."