TV show pilots that are titled “Pilot”
by Tobes404 | created - 17 Jan 2023 | updated - 4 months ago | PublicPoll Idea
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1.
Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
Episode:
Pilot
(2008)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, chemistry teacher Walter White teams up with former student Jesse Pinkman to cook and sell crystal meth.
Director: Vince Gilligan | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris
Votes: 43,155
2.
Rick and Morty (2013– )
Episode:
Pilot
(2013)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A strangely eccentric genius scientist and inventor moves into the home of his daughter and her family and begins to strongly influence his young grandson.
Director: Justin Roiland | Stars: Justin Roiland, Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke
Votes: 17,246
3.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Pilot
(1993)
TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Agent Dana Scully is instructed to debunk an FBI project dubbed "The X-Files," paranormal cases that have been reopened by Agent Fox Mulder.
Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Charles Cioffi, Cliff De Young
Votes: 12,731
4.
Gotham (2014–2019)
Episode:
Pilot
(2014)
TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
James Gordon and Harvey Bullock are assigned to track down the killer of Thomas and Martha Wayne.
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Zabryna Guevara
Votes: 10,343
5.
The Sopranos (1999–2007)
Episode:
Pilot
(1999)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama
A mobster passes out at a family barbecue and seeks therapy to understand why.
Director: David Chase | Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli
Votes: 12,084
6.
Lucifer (2016–2021)
Episode:
Pilot
(2016)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Lucifer has left Hell to take up a life on Earth. When a friend of his is murdered Lucifer joins forces with the good side of the law to discover who the perpetrators are and to give them what they rightfully deserve.
Director: Len Wiseman | Stars: Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro, D.B. Woodside
Votes: 10,157
7.
Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode:
Pilot
(2005)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Sam and Dean Winchester were trained by their father to hunt the creatures of the supernatural. Now, their father has mysteriously disappeared while hunting the demon that killed their mother, 22 years ago.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Sarah Shahi, Adrianne Palicki
Votes: 10,823
8.
The Flash (2014–2023)
Episode:
Pilot
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a coma, nine months after he was hit by lightning, and discovers he has superhuman speed.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Rick Cosnett
Votes: 9,527
9.
The Office (2005–2013)
Episode:
Pilot
(2005)
TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy
The premiere episode introduces the boss and staff of the Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania in a documentary about the workplace.
Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer
Votes: 10,311
10.
Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023)
Episode:
Pilot
(2015)
TV-14 | 65 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A highly dysfunctional blended family is forced together when they realize a reported virus is actually the onset of the undead apocalypse.
Director: Adam Davidson | Stars: Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey
Votes: 9,341
11.
Arrow (2012–2020)
Episode:
Pilot
(2012)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Billionaire playboy, Oliver Queen, has been considered dead for five years. Now, he has returned. But something, during those five years, has changed him into a mysterious green hooded archer.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, Colin Donnell, David Ramsey
Votes: 8,548
12.
American Horror Story (2011– )
Episode:
Pilot
(2011)
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Therapist Ben Harmon, his wife, Vivien, and their daughter, Violet, move across the country to Los Angeles to escape their troubled past.
Director: Ryan Murphy | Stars: Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, Evan Peters, Taissa Farmiga
Votes: 8,803
13.
Euphoria (2019– )
Episode:
Pilot
(2019)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama
Rue returns home from rehab and meets Jules; Nate and Maddy attempt to make each other jealous; Kat is pressured to lose something.
Director: Augustine Frizzell | Stars: Zendaya, Maude Apatow, Angus Cloud, Eric Dane
Votes: 8,867
14.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020)
Episode:
Pilot
(2013)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
S.H.I.E.L.D. puts together a special team, led by Agent Phil Coulson, to track down a mysterious man with special abilities and the young computer hacker that's encouraging him to reveal himself to the world.
Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet
Votes: 7,680
15.
Prison Break (2005–2017)
Episode:
Pilot
(2005)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Michael Scofield is imprisoned in Fox River State Penitentiary. He finds his brother, Lincoln Burrows, who is a death row prisoner, and tells him that he is going to break them both out of the prison.
Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Robin Tunney, Amaury Nolasco
Votes: 7,991
16.
The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode:
Pilot
(2007)
TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy, Romance
A pair of socially awkward theoretical physicists meet their new neighbor Penny, who is their polar opposite.
Director: James Burrows | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 7,181
17.
This Is Us (2016–2022)
Episode:
Pilot
(2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rebecca goes into an early labor; Randall finds his biological father; Kevin faces a personal and professional crisis; Kate finds herself at a low point.
Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa | Stars: Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz
Votes: 6,888
18.
How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014)
Episode:
Pilot
(2005)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
It's the year 2030 and an older Ted Mosby is telling the story to his son and daughter about how he met and will eventually marry their mother. This is where we meet for the first time Ted, Lily, Marshall, Barney and Robin.
Director: Pamela Fryman | Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris
Votes: 7,072
19.
The 100 (2014–2020)
Episode:
Pilot
(2014)
TV-PG | 42 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
97 years after a nuclear war, human kind is living in space. 100 juvenile delinquents are sent down to Earth to see if the planet is habitable.
Director: Bharat Nalluri | Stars: Eliza Taylor, Paige Turco, Thomas McDonell, Eli Goree
Votes: 6,831
20.
The Leftovers (2014–2017)
Episode:
Pilot
(2014)
TV-MA | 69 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
The police chief faces struggles in both his personal and professional life, as the third anniversary of the departure approaches.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler
Votes: 6,928
21.
Ted Lasso (2020–2023)
Episode:
Pilot
(2020)
TV-MA | 31 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
American football coach Ted Lasso is hired by a wealthy divorcée to coach English soccer team AFC Richmond.
Director: Tom Marshall | Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster
Votes: 8,752
22.
Suits (2011–2019)
Episode:
Pilot
(2011)
TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A "closer" for one of New York City's most successful law firms decides to hire an aloof genius, who has passed the bar but never gone to law school, as his associate.
Director: Kevin Bray | Stars: Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Rick Hoffman, Meghan Markle
Votes: 6,563
23.
House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode:
Pilot
(2004)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Mystery
Young kindergarten teacher Rebecca Adler collapses in her classroom after losing intelligible speech while teaching students.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard
Votes: 6,210
24.
Person of Interest (2011–2016)
Episode:
Pilot
(2011)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A mysterious benefactor gives an ex-government operative a chance at redemption. All they have is the name of a person who will be involved in a violent crime, whether as victim or perpetrator, they don't know, but will find out.
Director: David Semel | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson
Votes: 5,729
25.
Community (2009–2015)
Episode:
Pilot
(2009)
TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy
An ex-lawyer is forced to return to community college to get a degree. However, he tries to use the skills he learned as a lawyer to get the answers to all his tests and pick up on a sexy woman in his Spanish class.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown
Votes: 6,008
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