W*A*L*T*E*R

[Ohio8]

Originally Posted by visaman666

The P*I*L*O*T* for W*A*L*T*E*R* has a checkered history. Up until the time the pilot was posted on YouTube, the existence of the pilot was a myth, as it never aired on the west coast, having been preempted for a news report about the Bombing of Baghdad and the start of the Gulf War. The pilot only aired on the east coast.

You got it wrong. W*A*L*T*E*R aired in 1984, and Desert Storm happened in 1991.

[Retro4Life]

Originally Posted by treky

that's because after the first season Gary suggested that Radar would be funnier if they did all that.

And really, he was right. The cast really didn't need another boozehound and womanizer; they had plenty of those. Radar became the innocent kid that everybody knew, the one you wanted to be protective of.

Burghoff's instincts were right on the money, at least in this case.

[treky]

Originally Posted by Ohio8

You got it wrong. W*A*L*T*E*R aired in 1984, and Desert Storm happened in 1991.

but he's right about it being pre-empted on the west coast.

[Dr. Thong]

Originally Posted by treky

but he's right about it being pre-empted on the west coast.

I Lived on the East coast and saw it when it aired.

[TMC]

It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 617--W*A*L*T*E*R

It's the beginning of an annual tradition on this podcast--Pilot Month. We are giving you 12 pilots over the next 6 weeks. We begin Pilot Month 2026 with yet another spinoff of M*A*S*H, but this one didn't make it. Was it due to going to the well once too often, or was it possibly due to a good percentage of the country not seeing it due to political convention coverage? Maybe it's because the main character left the parent show 5 years earlier.