Is it just me or is the first episode of the first season of every show is called "Pilot"? Why? What does that mean?
2006-12-06 12:21:40 · 8 answers · asked by fortunamajor 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
No its not really the first episode of the first season. The pilot is like the second job interview for a TV show. The first is when the writer and producer of the show talk with a network executive and they say something like we like it lets do a pilot. They give enough money to cast the show and make one episode. Once this is made the show it to test audiences to see if they would fund an entire season. Sometimes this pilot is never seen because the audiences or the executives dont like a character, or they want to add a character, or for any of a million reasons. The first episode is called the pilot, sometimes the show never gets made, sometimes the pilot is never seen by the public, only what could be defined as episode 2 once the changes are made.
2006-12-06 12:28:53 · answer #1 · answered by Fred N 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yes they are called "the pilot", and means something like a test, everyone who has an idea for a tv show, makes a pilot, a test of what the show is going to be, and if the network executives like it, they order a few more episodes, and start to air them
2006-12-06 20:53:02 · answer #2 · answered by gone 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first show is called the pilot because thats the episode that sells the show to whatever network
2006-12-06 20:25:05 · answer #3 · answered by Melissa 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first people to fly new aircraft were called "test pilots" starting back in the 1940's.
This career was exciting and new, lots of young boys wanted to have that for a career. This was just before the popularity of TV was kicking in. When a new TV show was presented to a test audience for their approval, this term was borrowed as the slang name. It was later shortened to just "pilot" for the new shows.
2006-12-06 20:29:23 · answer #4 · answered by jpbofohio 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They call it Pilot because they aim at taking off.
2006-12-06 20:23:33 · answer #5 · answered by Cuddly Lez 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-12-06 20:23:40 · answer #6 · answered by angelhernandezjose 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's because they have no better ideas.
2006-12-06 20:24:33 · answer #7 · answered by Krazi3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its kind of a tester
2006-12-06 20:24:12 · answer #8 · answered by squatch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋