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"THE BEST TV SHOWS THAT NEVER WERE""The Best Bathroom Reading EVER,"" - San Francisco Chronicle""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 This lively and entertaining book looks at the three hundred best and worst TV series ideas-known in the industry as ""pilots""-that never made it to primetime from 1955-1990. From the adventures of a Samurai D.A. to the antics of an invisible alien baby, Lee Goldberg reveals the most astonishing, funny, and bizarre shows that never were. ""You'll slap your head in disbelief-try not to hurt yourself-at the idea of John Denver as a singing FBI agent. You'll wonder whether Joe Penny as a samurai district attorney would have been funnier-unintentionally-that John Belushi's 'Saturday Night Live.' For tube-historians, this is a must see."" - People MagazineThis book was previously published as ""Unsold TV Pilots: The Greatest Shows You Never Saw"" and ""Unsold TV Pilots: The Almost Complete Guide To Everything You Never Saw on TV"""

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