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HRJafael OP t1_j1xdw38 wrote

Reply to comment by logicalnoise in A lot of unaired TV pilots have surfaced today on Internet Archive by HRJafael

I already have lol. There's the "Gilded Lilys" pilot from ABC trying to make an American Downton Abbey, the "Big Thunder" pilot also from ABC based off the Disney park ride, and "Drew" which was CBS' attempt to make a Nancy Drew show a few years before the CW made theirs.

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crowfort t1_j1xqbep wrote

Ha. I worked on the gilded Lilys pilot. I’m actually excited to be able to see it. It was shot in Boston.

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HRJafael OP t1_j1xqqv3 wrote

Was this pilot an earlier attempt at "Gilded Age" that ended up on HBO or a completely separate thing?

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ElectricPeterTork t1_j1xrpnm wrote

A quick google shows it was Shonda Rhimes does Downton in the US starring Captain Jack Harkness.

Julian Fellowes wasn't involved, so it wasn't the actual Downton prequel that morphed into The Gilded Age.

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HRJafael OP t1_j1xs15s wrote

Interesting to know. Should be an interesting watch.

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crowfort t1_j1xw3ay wrote

Yeah, as far as I remember it really was just an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of downton Abby but in America.

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ElectricPeterTork t1_j1xgd5b wrote

It would've sold if Drew had been CBS's attempt to make Drew Carey as Nancy Drew.

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samebatchannel t1_j1xhi9e wrote

Hear me out. Drew Carey solving Nancy drew mysteries and nobody bats an eye that he’s an older man

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janzeera t1_j1xw3u0 wrote

That and periodically characters in the show ask him if that’s his real name or is that something bullies called him in HS.

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degggendorf t1_j1xtss6 wrote

Isn't that kinda like Dicktown?

[genuine question, I've only half-watched one of them, but i think that's what I remember it being from hearing promos for it]

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samebatchannel t1_j1xwjvt wrote

Sort of. You owe it to yourself to watch dicktown. This show with drew Carey would be live action

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d0nttweet t1_j1xo4wp wrote

That the one with Sarah Shahi that they declined because it was too "female-leaning (audience-wise)"?

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CptNonsense t1_j1zt69p wrote

Like.. who did they think was going to be the audience for Nancy Drew when they put money into a pilot?

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logicalnoise t1_j1xe1km wrote

Yeah, very least I have something to watch while high.

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