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* ''[[Match Game]]'' had one for the staid 1960s format and two for the more-familiar 1970s format (all hosted by Gene Rayburn), a week for a 1990s revival that lasted one season (Bert Convy hosted the pilot week, but his death from brain cancer forced Ross Shafer to take over when it sold), and an unsold 1996 pilot with Charlene Tilton and a radically-altered bonus round. The last one evolved into a shorter-lived 1998-99 revival hosted by Michael Burger.

* ''[[Card Sharks]]'' filmed two pilots in 1978 with the same set and rules, which pretty much resembled the show's final product. The only difference was that #1 depicted a loss and #2 depicted the highest possible win in the bonus round (which also happened once in the real game). There was also an unsold 1996 pilot which greatly altered the format, and another in 2000 that eventually became the 2001 revival; there were also relatively unchanged revivals in 1986-89 network and 1986-87 syndicated.

* [[NBC]] accidentally aired the pilot to the 1990 revival of ''[[To Tell the Truth]]'' on the east coast. This was notable as Richard Kline hosted the pilot, but Gordon Elliott was the actual host of the series (for a few months at least).

* ''[[The Jokers Wild]]'' had two pilots hosted by Allen Ludden (of ''[[Password]]'' fame), in which a panel of celebrities asked the questions. A third pilot was part of an awkward 90-minute special, ''The Honeymoon Game'', hosted by Jim MacKrell, which was a hodgepodge of games put together (including an entire first third that was axed ''during the pilot'' because Barry disliked it). Finally, once everything got going, ''Joker'''s wheels spun for 14 years, an amazing run for a game show.

* Surprisingly averted with ''[[The Price Is Right]]''. When [[Mark Goodson]] began the revival in 1972, he instead created a pitchfilm that included him and Dennis James discussing the game. They played two mock pricing games and even showed a clip of Dennis filling in for Monty Hall on ''Let's Make a Deal''. Interestingly, pretty much the only thing that carried over from the pitchfilm was Dennis James hosting the nighttime series (of course, with Bob Barker hosting on daytime).

 

 

* Micah Wright, a writer for ''[[The Angry Beavers]]'', created a pilot called ''[[Constant Payne]]'' that never sold.

* There is a pilot out there for a "show" called ''Mercy Reef'', starring Justin Hartley as Aquaman, and Adrianne Palicki as the villaness. To the enragement of many a fan, it wasn't picked up, but it was leaked onto iTunes for free download. It is awesome.

 

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