A one-hour pilot was created due to the success of the original movie, but no longer featuring the star teen actors.
The one-hour pilot was shown last Saturday in Boston and will, by Monday, have reached stations covering more than 70 percent of American households.
And, not surprisingly, he hopes his one-hour pilot will result in more specials, if not a series.
Fair Game (1989 one-hour pilot)
Malibu Shores debuted as a midseason replacement and was initially picked up for six episodes (including two one-hour pilots).
The one-hour pilot is set to premiere on June 3, 2013.
Although the one-hour pilot had good ratings, the subsequent episodes declined against competition such as Friends.
At this moment, she (or more accurately, the idea of her and her two careers) is in development as a one-hour pilot for NBC.
A one-hour pilot for a new series was made in 1996 but never aired.
Five one-hour pilots titled The Howard Stern Show were recorded at a cost of about $400,000.