New Releases by Lee Goldberg

“A remarkable encyclopedia.” —TV Guide “A must-browse for media freaks.” —USA Today “Irresistible and enthralling.” —Hartford Courant “Full of fool’s gold and genuine TV treasures.” —The New York Post The three hundred best and worst TV series ideas— known in the industry as “pilots”— that never made it to primetime. From the adventures of a Samurai D.A. to the antics of an invisible alien baby, Lee Goldberg details the greatest shows you never saw.

Films include: Back to the future, Conan the destroyer, The dead zone and Videodrome (directed by David Cronenberg), Highlander, the James Bond series, The lost boys, A nightmare on Elm Street (directed by Wes Craven).

From Adam-12 to Ultraman, the series here were all ended but later returned. To be included a show must have been cancelled, with no new episodes produced, for longer than one full year. Each entry shows the original series title, the network, and the years they were broadcast. Also given are an overview of how the characters changed between first-run and revival, plot synopses, and production information on the remake.

Unsold Television Pilots is a detailed compilation of all the unsold television series concepts that, from 1955 through 1988, reached the development stage at the networks--but didn''t sell. Pilots are listed by year and title and include production credits, plot synopsis and when applicable, air dates. The Introduction explains what a pilot is, and how the television marketplace works now and has worked in the past. An exhaustive index (actors, writers, directors, producers and pilots) and separate lists of pilots that are based on movies, pilots that are continuations of cancelled series, and pilots that are spin-offs of characters from other series are also included.