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10-26-2001, 11:56 AM
Inside TV Land: The Pitch Debuts Friday, November 16 at 9:00 PM Followed By Rarely Seen Pilots of I Love Lucy, Hogan's Heroes, Get Smart and The Brady Bunch.
Creators, Network Executives and Stars Tell Their Stories in Newest Installment of Inside TV Land as Series Explores the Creative Evolution of Classic
Sitcoms.
From brainstorm to broadcast, TV Land will explore the development of some of the most popular sitcoms ever seen on television when the network presents Inside TV Land: The Pitch on Friday, November 16 from 9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT. The newest installment of Inside TV Land, produced exclusively for TV Land by Gay Rosenthal Productions, will feature in-depth, interviews with numerous television creators, stars and well-known network executives as they re-trace the development of
various hit shows from the original pitch to their broadcast premieres. Then, immediately following from 10:00pm-Midnight ET/PT, TV Land will telecast the
rarely-seen pilots of I Love Lucy (not seen on television in six years), Hogan's Heroes, Get Smart, and The Brady Bunch.
Before these ground-breaking comedy series ever made it to air, they had to make the often perilous journey where at any point the show could be scrapped. TV Land will illustrate this trip from the writer's initial
vision -- to the network boardroom -- to the casting call -- to the production set-- to the research focus group -- and finally to the television screen.
This pressure-filled process is highlighted by the infamous 'pitch' -- the indelible moment when the idea of a series is presented and is either accepted or rejected.
Among the Hollywood notables sharing their experiences are: Garry Marshall (Happy Days, Mork & Mindy); Phil Rosenthal, Ray Romano, and Patricia Heaton
(Everybody Loves Raymond); Gary David Goldberg and Meredith Baxter (Family Ties); Diane English (Murphy Brown); Eric McCormack (Will & Grace); Les
Moonves (President of CBS); Carl Reiner (The Dick Van Dyke Show); Allan Burns (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) and Warren Littlefield (former NBC President).
In this 60-minute original special, creators, television stars and network executives re-count their experiences in clearing the many, often hilarious
hurdles between having a great idea and getting it on the TV screen.
TV Land has selected four classic sitcom pilots to air following the premiere of The Pitch, all of which served as the launching pad for some of the most acclaimed series in television history. The rarely seen I Love Lucy pilot will air at 10:00 ET/PT, Hogan's Heroes at 10:30 ET/PT, Get Smart at
11:00 PM ET/PT, and The Brady Bunch at 11:30 PM, ET/PT.
Creators, Network Executives and Stars Tell Their Stories in Newest Installment of Inside TV Land as Series Explores the Creative Evolution of Classic
Sitcoms.
From brainstorm to broadcast, TV Land will explore the development of some of the most popular sitcoms ever seen on television when the network presents Inside TV Land: The Pitch on Friday, November 16 from 9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT. The newest installment of Inside TV Land, produced exclusively for TV Land by Gay Rosenthal Productions, will feature in-depth, interviews with numerous television creators, stars and well-known network executives as they re-trace the development of
various hit shows from the original pitch to their broadcast premieres. Then, immediately following from 10:00pm-Midnight ET/PT, TV Land will telecast the
rarely-seen pilots of I Love Lucy (not seen on television in six years), Hogan's Heroes, Get Smart, and The Brady Bunch.
Before these ground-breaking comedy series ever made it to air, they had to make the often perilous journey where at any point the show could be scrapped. TV Land will illustrate this trip from the writer's initial
vision -- to the network boardroom -- to the casting call -- to the production set-- to the research focus group -- and finally to the television screen.
This pressure-filled process is highlighted by the infamous 'pitch' -- the indelible moment when the idea of a series is presented and is either accepted or rejected.
Among the Hollywood notables sharing their experiences are: Garry Marshall (Happy Days, Mork & Mindy); Phil Rosenthal, Ray Romano, and Patricia Heaton
(Everybody Loves Raymond); Gary David Goldberg and Meredith Baxter (Family Ties); Diane English (Murphy Brown); Eric McCormack (Will & Grace); Les
Moonves (President of CBS); Carl Reiner (The Dick Van Dyke Show); Allan Burns (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) and Warren Littlefield (former NBC President).
In this 60-minute original special, creators, television stars and network executives re-count their experiences in clearing the many, often hilarious
hurdles between having a great idea and getting it on the TV screen.
TV Land has selected four classic sitcom pilots to air following the premiere of The Pitch, all of which served as the launching pad for some of the most acclaimed series in television history. The rarely seen I Love Lucy pilot will air at 10:00 ET/PT, Hogan's Heroes at 10:30 ET/PT, Get Smart at
11:00 PM ET/PT, and The Brady Bunch at 11:30 PM, ET/PT.