Unsold Pilots of 1993 (so far)

The nineties, with few exceptions, were not kind to the PI genre. Seemed like no one could get a handle on the genre. Don't believe me? Check out these unsold pilots from 1993. As far as I know, none of them ever even aired.

And looking back on this list from 2005, it didn't gewt much better in the ensuing years, did it?

• AGE OF TREASON
  (1993, CBS)
  Here's a trend -- private eyes in the days of ancient Rome. With the popularity of Lindsey Davis' Falco and Steven Saylor's Gordianus, it was only a matter of time, I guess.
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• BANGERS
  (1993, ABC)
  Produced by Frank Lupo, this one featured obnoxious comedian Andrew Dice Clay as the leader of a small gang of crimefighters.
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• CORVETTE JONES
  (1993, ABC)
  A down-but-not-quite-out TV actor decides to become a detective. His credentials? Well, he played one for several years on the boob tube. HEY! Isn't that sorta the premise for Two of Diamonds?
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• J.J. ARMES (1993 Tri-Star)
  Relates the adventures of an armless private eye. Outlandish as hell, except for the fact it's based on a real-life private eye and, yep, that's his real name. There was even a book about him, co-written with Frederick Nolan, in 1976.