Just Say No: The 10 Worst-Sounding New TV Pilots

Yahoo ^ | 3/23/10 | Angel Cohn

[Capt. Independence]

I object to all this sex on the television.
I mean - I keep falling off.

[Gay State Conservative]

That was a strange place to draw the line.

What,for Married With Children? If that's what you mean...when he left the show went downhill fast,IMO.

[Nepeta]

There can only be one Hawaii Five-O.

Without Jack Lord and his strange hair--it did not move--it is not Hawaii Five-O.

Without those huge, lousy-steering Mercurys barely making it around corners when driven professionally for chase scenes, it is not Hawaii Five-O.

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I can truly say that I have not watched one second of the ten shows mentioned

They haven't aired yet, so the rest of us can all make the same claim.

[353FMG]

And I hereby claim that I SHALL NOT waste one second watching any of them.

[Nepeta]

I was so bored by American TV that I ordered a code free DVD player

I've owned one since 2002. It's the only kind of DVD player to own, since it opens the door to a huge amount of movies and tv series that are never released here, or if they are, are badly cut. It is important to get a player that also does a good job of converting from the PAL broadcast standard to NTSC, since most of the world broadcasts some variety of the PAL standard.

Ordering from Amazon UK is just as easy as ordering from any other Amazon outlet. I've also ordered from a Hong Kong source for years without a single wrong order. Usually overseas orders take about 10-14 days, but I once ordered a series from Singapore on Sunday and had it in my hands on Wednesday.

[Armedanddangerous]

wasnt body of evidence based on those patricia cornwell novels about Dr. Kay Scarpetta..a fictional medical examiner?

[BossLady]

I ordered the UK videos on a Wed and had them Fri afternoon from Amazon.UK! I have a huge collection of converted videos but now....you are right....the world is my oyster with the player and the good vid sources ;)

[GreenLanternCorps]

Do you have a make and model of a code free DVD and/or Blu-Ray player? I would love to get my hands on one.

I’ve been wanting to get several series from the UK for years.

By the Sword Divided (English Civil War series from the 80’s)
The entire Richard Sharpe series
Lost In Austen*

* OK, it’s Jane Austen, but it’s Jane Austen with inter-dimensional time travel!!!

[Ramius]

Cringeworthy perhaps... but honestly it’s impossible to predict whether a show can work from just the pitch.

Imagine the pitch for Seinfeld, or the Bob Newhart show... and it would’ve sounded like a dud. Everything depends on the subtle mix of cast, chemistry and writing talent. Even the worst premise can be a great show if it’s done right. Likewise the best of premises can be fouled up.

[Oztrich Boy]

"Police detective partnered with mystery writer. They fight crime."

"Detective dresses like hobo and annoys suspects until they confess"

"Former Rebel soldier and his team try to make a near-honest living on the frontier...in SPACE!"

"Man tells his bored teenage children what he did when he was 30"

"Magician's assistant and a dysfunctional journalist. They fight crime"

"Detective gets injured and has hallucination of working with Magnificent Bastard Cop in the past. OR IS IT?"

"Special effects geeks blow stuff up. FOR SCIENCE!"

"Two blokes travel to remote location (river, lake, beach), catch a fish, cook and eat it. And the network pays for it"

[I Buried My Guns]

"...(there's a name for that, but would prolly get the comment pulled)..."

Fag Hag?

Sorry, I just had to take a stab at it.

[absolootezer0]

yep, i just didn’t want to get in trouble for saying it :P

[KarlInOhio]

"Former Rebel soldier and his team try to make a near-honest living on the frontier...in SPACE!"

"Police detective partnered with mystery writer. They fight crime."

Former Rebel soldier gets fired from his spaceship job and becomes a mystery writer partnered with a police detective.

Castle trying on his "Space Cowboy" costume for Halloween. His daughter said "Didn't you wear that five years ago? Don't you think you should move on?"