TV drama of Pilot

Taking the example of the TV drama of easy to understand the United States relatively, various broadcast form exists today, but it was a mainstream TV drama in the United States is being broadcast (NBC, CBS, ABC) by the three major networks in the past were. It is usually the case, there is little that the mower is one hundred percent produced in network broadcasting station, is being co-produced with the production company and film company. Therefore, funds entering from sponsors as a broadcast fee of commercials, so that the drama is produced is distributed to production and film company over a broadcast station.

During the production of the drama series, the first episode is made after the first meeting (executive producer, producer, director, and playwright) by representatives of the production side of broadcasting stations, and sponsors. I called the pilot version of this usually. After done the preview delegates gathered again pilot version is complete, has been reworked if necessary, it becomes continuous broadcast production of two episodes later is started.

Until the 1960s, the case of a continuous drama of the 60-minute frame, it was usually a pilot version of the same amount of time for which creating. However, one of the frame 120 minutes and 90 minutes is now made ​​to become later. A pilot version of these are broadcast as a TV movie, on which I saw the reaction of the audience, or the production of a drama series is a rework Furthermore, production is stopped if reputation was also bad low viewing rate .

In a TV drama recent Japan, pilot can not be produced much, but it has been made ​​once, it is well known in comparatively special effects work. Story of the one-shot that has been produced in "The Unusual Story" is in dramas and movies number installment alone later as a special case, but would be regarded as an example of the series of one-off TV movie later this.

If the pilot has become the first episode of the TV series series, make a difference in detail also many "Star Trek" such as "Columbo", first at a glance in the foreign drama that aired in Japan it is known as a work that story only conspicuous difference considerably. Also in the special effects and television programs of Japanese anime, in order to fix the details after you have made ​​a number of original episodes and the first episode, there is difference is noticeable that.

Because Alternatively, those made as one-off TV movie was a popular, there may be a continuous drama. In this case, it is called a pilot version of a TV movie that was made in the first in many cases. However, since the theatrical movie was a hit, if you have successive broadcast drama of it, is usually cast and staff even though the common example, is not referred to a pilot version of the original movie.

Pilot program (pilot program) can resemble a pilot version referred to in such as film and television drama, shall be produced before the TV program is regular reduction. There are things to be broadcast as a one-off special program to those that are produced only to consider the material in the broadcast station inside, in order to research the reputation of the audience.

NHK has been producing regularly in Variety, are single-shot aired on prime time referred to in the commercial broadcasters such as 8 o'clock pm, some of which are regular broadcast of. Attempt to broadcast a pilot version in the series as "NHK program egg" Choose a season-specific period of time, to regular reduction to reflect the opinion of the audience then has been in recent years.

It is broadcast in late night or afternoon, Saturday, Sunday is often a pilot program in the commercial.