{"id":250,"date":"2013-03-05T11:29:05","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T19:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixel-stained-wretch.com\/wordpress\/?p=250"},"modified":"2013-03-05T11:31:48","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T19:31:48","slug":"pilot-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pixel-stained-wretch.com\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/05\/pilot-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was reading an article in <em>TV Guide<\/em> (the paper edition) about &#8220;pilot season,&#8221; the most wonderful time of year in show-biz when hopeful TV producers pitch pilots for pick-up by one of the five networks. 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