The original post: /r/television by /u/JB92103 on 2024-09-04 04:39:15.
Recently, I found out Touched by an Angel (1994-2003) was originally gonna be a lot different compared to what we actually got. Apparently, CBS was so upset about the pilot that they fired the creator, John Masius (the same person who created St. Elsewhere) and hired Martha Williamson to take over as showrunner of TBAA. This got me wondering, are there any other examples of pilots of shows that had huge changes in tone compared to what we actually got?