pilot script
First episode draft
A pilot script is the screenplay for the first episode of a proposed television series, written to demonstrate the show's concept, characters, and tone to network executives or studios.
If approved, this script becomes the basis for filming a pilot episode, which may lead to a full series order.
The showrunner spent six months developing the pilot script before pitching it.
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- episodeSerialized content unit
- draftPreliminary version of text
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- seriesOrdered set of related items
network · greenlight · back nine · showrunner · casting · premise · storyline · cold open · pitch · sizzle reel · treatment · debut · HBO · writers · characters · dialogue · production · picked up
- TV pilotsgreenlight, pickup, pitch meeting, development deal, premiere
- TV writingshowrunner, staff writer, story editor, episode arc, season arc
- prepublicationgalley, galley proof, galleys, proofs, advance copy