In the wonderful world of TV land, so many pilots are made that never make it to series, and every year, countless would-be shows quietly disappear after a single episode, shelved by networks as trends shift, schedules tighten, and executives gamble on what they think audiences want. In the end, it leaves behind a graveyard of unrealized concepts and, occasionally, a few shocking near-misses that featured future stars long before anyone knew their names.
Such is the case for a show called True Originals, an unaired pilot developed in 2003, which was never picked up and later repurposed as a TV movie called Old School.
