More big-screen stars are lending their weight to stateside television pilots, with NBC Universal-owned cable network Sci Fi teaming up with Will Smith and its rival ABC casting Joseph Fiennes.

Every pilot sets the tone for a given show, but it does feel like the importance of a strong pilot episode is especially heightened for sci-fi's. With their unique narrative premises and often surreal ...

Stargate SG-1 sunk $6 million into its pilot episode, and the result was a 30 year franchise spanning different shows and movies.

When it comes to television production, only a fraction of creative ideas survive long enough to reach an audience. While established showrunners or massive intellectual properties might bypass the ...

The history of television is littered with failed pilot episodes. Hell, even Game of Thrones, one of the most successful shows of all time, had to completely reshoot theirs because it was so ...

Amazon recently posted seven pilots, a mix of comedy and dramas. The idea is to get feedback from you, not just from executives, before deciding whether to move forward with any of these shows as ...

The latest research by Ampere Analysis investigates the use of pilot episodes by the five largest broadcasters in the US: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW. The exclusive analysis finds that the number of ...