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.
ITV News Tyne Tees ITV News Tyne Tees ITV News Tyne Tees is a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border from its studios in Gateshead, and serving County Durham, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, Teesside and Tyne and Wear. On 15 January 1959, the original Tyne Tees Television news service was launched with short evening bulletins and a weekly magazine programme, "North East Roundabout" which was broadcast each Friday. On 30 March 1964, it begun airing nightly with the modified name "North East Newsview". In 1969, the station's first colour television news programme was broadcast under the new