It Started As A Backdoor Pilot
A “backdoor pilot” is a seemingly normal episode of an existing show is actually a test for a new show. (The Facts of Life began as a backdoor pilot.) The second-season episode “Brian & Sylvia” would have led to a sitcom about interracial marriage (including Tootie’s aunt). The all-boys military school neighboring our ladies’ school was introduced in season three’s “The Academy,” and they reappeared in a season four episode.
It Started As A Backdoor Pilot
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