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.
George Tyne Lynde Show", "M*A*S*H*" and the 1979 TV series "Friends". He returned to acting, in small roles, in TV shows and movies in the 1960s. His last film role was a bit part in the 1984 film, "The Lonely Guy". George Tyne Martin Yarus, better known by the stage name George Tyne (February 6, 1917 – March 7, 2008) was an American stage and film actor and television director. He was blacklisted in the 1950s, and was indicted for contempt of Congress but subsequently acquitted. Tyne, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, began his acting career under the name Buddy Yarus. He used