Television pilot costs even if the network chooses to not order the show. Sometimes, a made-for-TV-movie is filmed as the pilot, but because of actors not being available, the series intro is reshot and the first reshot episode is considered the pilot. The original "Cagney & Lacey" movie co-starred Loretta Swit (of "M*A*S*H" fame) as Chris Cagney, but when she could not get out of her contract, they reshot it with Meg Foster, who after the first season was replaced with Sharon Gless; therefore, the original movie is not considered a pilot, and is not included in the series collections on DVD.
ECT (TV programme) ECT (TV programme) ECT (an abbreviation of Extra Celestial Transmission) is a British television music programme dedicated to hard rock and metal music genres. Ten episodes were broadcast on Channel 4 between 12 April 1985 and 14 June 1985. It aired on Friday evenings (17:30 to 18:10) as part of Channel 4’s Friday Zone that also included Paintbox (18:10 to 18:20) and Soul Train (18:20 to 19:00). It preceded two other UK TV programmes aimed at fans of rock and heavy metal: Power Hour (1988–90) and Raw Power (1990-93). The shows were recorded at Wembley Studios and produced by Keith