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The Muppet Show
Music, comedy, and a whole lot of chaos is bound to ensue when The Muppets once again take the stage of the original Muppet Theatre with their very special guest, Sabrina Carpenter!

Seven of One
Seven of One is a 1973 BBC2 comedy anthology starring Ronnie Barker. 7 of 1 is a series of seven separate comedies that would serve as possible pilots for sitcoms, three of which were picked up for a full series run. Originally called Six of One, which Barker planned to follow up with another series called Half Dozen of the Other.

Carrie
An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the senior prom, she unleashes a horrifying chaos on everyone, leaving nothing but destruction in her wake.

Homestead
A nuclear bomb is detonated in Los Angeles, and the nation devolves into unprecedented chaos. Ex-Green Beret Jeff Eriksson and his family escape to The Homestead, an eccentric prepper’s fortress nestled in the mountains. As violent threats and apocalyptic conditions creep toward their borders, the residents of The Homestead are left to wonder: how long can a group of people resist both the dangers of human nature and the bloodshed at their doorstep?

Hunter × Hunter Pilot
ハンターxハンター
The stand-alone pilot OVA which was shown as part of the "Jump Super Anime Tour" of 1998. Shortly before the TV series, a summary is presented of the story of Gon who wants to become a hunter and the friends he makes in the process.

Spider-Man
When an extortionist threatens to force a multi-suicide unless a huge ransom is paid, only Peter Parker can stop him with his new powers as Spider-Man.

House on Greenapple Road
A promiscuous housewife has been murdered and hardboiled detective Dan August has to find the motive...and the body.

The Quest
Eight years ago, Cheyenne Indians attacked the Baudine Family wagon and captured Morgan, whom they renamed Two Persons. Now Two Persons, raised in the ways of the Indians, has been reunited with his brother Quentin, a doctor and a stranger to frontier ways. Together the brothers set out in search of their sister Patricia, who was also captured and who Two Persons believes is still alive.

Covenant
A powerful family that controls the world's banks has made a deal with Satan to help the forces of evil take over the world. An underground group named The Judges bands together to try to stop them.

The Blue Knight
In this pilot film that preceded the short-lived series, a street cop in his last week on the force before his retirement investigates the murder of his partner.

Starsky & Hutch
A young couple in a car exactly like Starsky's is killed by hitmen and word is out on the street that there's a contract out on Starsky and Hutch. This is a TV-pilot that was an ABC Movie of the Week and later turned into the TV-series.

One of Our Own
Dr Jake Goodwin is the chief neurosurgeon at a busy city hospital. As he makes his rounds, Goodwin becomes involved in a vast array of medical cases. Problems arise when a top doctor is brought in seriously injured after a car crash, and Goodwin must deal with the doctor's own personal physician who wants to avoid a scandal. At the same time Goodwin's own son is brought in with a life threatening condition. This film was the pilot for the TV series Doctor's Hospital.

Powderkeg
A Mexican bandit is about to be executed in the United States, so his brother takes over a train and holds the passengers as hostages unless his brother is released. Now both the Americans and Mexicans are baffled as to what to do. One of the passengers — who wrote the letter for their captor — has a suggestion: call mercenaries Hank Brackett and Johnny Reech. They do, and as expected they do come up with a plan, but the president of the railroad is not sure if it will work.

House Calls
Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.

Big Rose
Big Rose: Double Trouble
Rose Winters, a private detective out of Los Angeles, teams with Ed Mills, a somewhat inexperienced young detective, to find out who is blackmailing a wealthy contractor.

Fame Is the Name of the Game
A brash, big-time investigative reporter, looking into the death of a call girl, uncovers her diary and tries to find her killer among the names contained in it.

Lookwell
The former star of a cancelled cop TV show solves crimes. The pilot was broadcast on NBC in July 1991 but was not picked up as a series despite being a "personal favorite" of NBC chairman Brandon Tartikoff.

Area 57
A comedy about the employees for the U.S. government, who work in a remote facility in the Nevada desert, which houses an alien creature.

V Series
VSéries
José Machado and Patrícia Müller criticize television series: two TV series in confrontation with more suggestions to watch at the end of each episode.

Paper Dolls
Pilot for the TV series introduces the mothers of teenage fashion models who market their daughters for a powerful agent.

Get Christie Love!
Get Christie Love! is a 1974 made-for-television film starring Teresa Graves as an undercover female police detective who is determined to overthrow a drug ring. This film is based on Dorothy Uhnak's crime-thriller novel, The Ledger.

The Female Instinct
A spinster and her widowed sister, both authors of murder mystery novels, try to track down the killer of a former movie star. Pilot to TV series The Snoop Sisters.
Offbeat
A quirky yet classy late 20s woman struggles to hide her true self as she leads an entertaining double life. One that is at danger of being exposed after receiving a surprising diagnosis.

(Piloto)