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.
Freaky Eaters (UK TV programme) stated he had been told by a producer of "Freaky Eaters" that his coverage of the show was the reason it had been commissioned for a second and third series. "Freaky Eaters" spawned an American version that aired on TLC from September 2010 to June 2011. Freaky Eaters (UK TV programme) Freaky Eaters is an observational British documentary programme produced by independent television production company "betty" for BBC Three from 2007 to 2009. Series 1 was narrated by the actress Jill Halfpenny and series 2 by Sharon Horgan. In Australia it is shown on ABC2 and titled "Eataholics". The programme