As in first episode, not airplanes

Battlestar Galactica miniseries

12/12/2006 8:17:41 PM

I thought the Smallville pilot was excellent

12/12/2006 8:19:09 PM

Freaks and Geeks

12/12/2006 8:19:31 PM

full house

12/12/2006 8:25:27 PM

The West Wing was pretty good, as was Freaks and Geeks.

And I don't think it's fair to count a four hour miniseries as a pilot episode.

12/12/2006 8:26:24 PM

what about band of brothers? i guess that wouldn't count..

the friends pilot was pretty good (no homo).

12/12/2006 8:28:59 PM

how about the first episode of the series than? "33" was still a damn fine hour of television

12/12/2006 8:29:00 PM

"33" was exhausting

12/12/2006 8:30:12 PM

I like the Sports Night pilot with the Untizake Nelson bit.

The best pilot of all time is Conan O'Brien's Lookwell starring Adam West.

12/12/2006 8:33:14 PM

Ntozake Nelson, nyucka.

12/12/2006 8:35:20 PM

I never heard of that show, but they mentioned it on the Family Guy DVD commentary. I might have to watch it sometime.

12/12/2006 8:35:39 PM

p.s. I'm gonna go watch Sports Night.

12/12/2006 8:35:47 PM

If Seth McFarlane likes Sports Night, I don't think I can.

Or did you mean Lookwell? Everyone in the world should like Lookwell, so that'd be okay.

12/12/2006 8:37:32 PM

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"If Seth McFarlane likes Sports Night, I don't think I can."

Basically, I'm going to get off TWW for a while, but anything vinylbandit says, you can assume I'd say the same damn thing.

12/12/2006 8:38:57 PM

Korgoth of Barbaria

12/12/2006 8:39:12 PM

Firefly
Angel
Buffy

and an honorable mention to Joss Whedons penis

12/12/2006 8:52:36 PM

Twin Peaks
Playmakers

12/12/2006 9:05:09 PM

west wing
family guy

12/12/2006 9:13:13 PM

band of brothers
sopranos
nip/tuck

12/12/2006 9:13:59 PM

dexter was damn good. as was six feet under.

west wing was damn good too for a first episode.

and as much as i dont' like the current show, studio 60 had a great opening 10 minutes.

12/12/2006 9:17:54 PM

The extended pilot of Arrested Development.

12/12/2006 9:26:20 PM

I second Joss Whedon's penis.

12/12/2006 9:29:21 PM

smallville
buffy

12/12/2006 9:38:22 PM

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"Battlestar Galactica miniseries"

i don't think that truly qualifies as a pilot, but it was awesome

12/12/2006 9:43:17 PM

ENCOUNTER AT FARPOINT!!

12/12/2006 10:43:26 PM

technically the mini series was a back door pilot

12/12/2006 10:48:18 PM

Lost.

The series isn't anything great, but that pilot, man. I'd fuck it.

12/13/2006 12:19:36 AM

12/13/2006 12:45:26 AM

yea, i havent seen an episode of lost since, but the pilot was intense

12/13/2006 12:46:30 AM

fuck you andymac

if i were still active on this site

that would have been my joke

except i would have just gone with "brian or joe hackett"

12/13/2006 12:57:31 AM

McGyver.

12/13/2006 2:57:57 AM

I can't believe there's no love for Lookwell.

Watch and learn, folks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBQ3HbB0c8Y

12/13/2006 3:17:04 AM

The Sliders pilot in which the USA has been taken over by commies during the Cold War. <3

"33" and the BSG miniseries totally both count

[Edited on December 13, 2006 at 3:22 AM. Reason : .]

12/13/2006 3:21:36 AM

The first pilot that comes to mind is "The Cosby Show"

it was very good, despite having alot of recycled jokes from Bill's standup routine, and taking place in an entirely different set (also, Theo is called "Teddy" which is weird)

the Scrubs pilot was strong


and the best pilot that i've ever seen that didn't actually become a show, was Awesometown, by the lonely island gang. google it, it's hilarious.

12/13/2006 5:05:33 AM

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Voyager had great pilots.

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"the Scrubs pilot was strong"

Saw this last night on CC. I'd definitely tune in regularly thereafter after watching this pilot.


[Edited on December 13, 2006 at 8:03 AM. Reason : ]

12/13/2006 8:01:20 AM

MURDOCK

12/13/2006 8:04:51 AM

Heat Vision and Jack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lWgXDOAJ5s

12/13/2006 8:40:31 AM

^^ Agreed

12/13/2006 9:08:26 AM

ER

12/13/2006 9:22:30 AM

Quote :

"Hi there. The sidewalk is my pillow."

Thanks vinylbandit, Lookwell was hilarious... I'd never heard of it before.

12/13/2006 10:37:51 AM

Lost's, and 24's too back in the day

the whole concept of one hour per ep blew my mind

12/13/2006 10:45:14 AM

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"Firefly Angel Buffy and an honorable mention to Joss Whedons penis"

12/13/2006 10:48:46 AM

^^ Wow. Doesn't take much eh?

I'd have to say BSG, if that counts as a pilot, and Firefly.

Maybe the first episode of Nip Tuck.

12/13/2006 10:55:10 AM

I'm going to go with either version of the Arrested Development Pilot

As to the BSG miniseries...if you consider just the first episode of the original miniseries I'd say its actually pretty boring. I wouldn't say it got good until Lee sets off the thing and they think they all died which is what like almost two hours in?

[Edited on December 13, 2006 at 11:52 AM. Reason : ...]

12/13/2006 11:51:37 AM

Yeah, the beginning in which all the colonies are destroyed by cylon nukes sure is boring.

You're crazy.

12/13/2006 1:21:17 PM

My Name is Earl
South Park

12/13/2006 2:34:06 PM

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"dexter was damn good."

yes. they didn't bullshit. got straight to the plot.

12/13/2006 2:41:53 PM

junkyard wars

12/13/2006 2:48:34 PM

lost

12/13/2006 2:49:01 PM

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"Yeah, the beginning in which all the colonies are destroyed by cylon nukes sure is boring."

From what I recall that was the end of the first episode, was all of five seconds, and happened mostly off-camera.

12/13/2006 2:53:20 PM