History UnfinishedEpisode / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/DoctorWho'', unsurprisingly, has its own [[UnfinishedEpisode/DoctorWho page]].

* Wiki/TheOtherWiki has an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unmade_episodes_of_The_X-Files extensive list]] of unmade Episodes of ''Series/TheXFiles''.

* Series/{{Constantine}}: The fourteenth episode "Final Girls" would have introduce the character Judith has the show not be canceled. Writer Daniel Cerone released the script online.

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': "The Gun" (also known as "The Bet") was written as [[AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent something completely different]] -- a half-serious half-funny episode in which Elaine buys a gun for self-protection and Jerry bets her that she'll never even use it, among other plots[[note]]The B-plot would have had Kramer claim to have joined the MileHighClub with a flight attendant, with Jerry and George making ''another'' bet that the story is bogus and trying to track her down to prove it[[/note]]. The script made it to table reading, but the cast felt it was too dark and not very funny, so it was shelved and ultimately never made. The writers hacked together "The Phone Message" in two days to be filmed in its place, and all the supporting actors would appear in later episodes. Meanwhile, the episode's unfinished nature and darker tone made it a fodder for a {{Creepypasta}} in which the ''real'' reason it was shelved was the disturbing and supernatural phenomena happening to the actors and crew.

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': "The Gun", (also known as "The Bet") was written as [[AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent something completely different]], in that it was more of a seriocomic episode that dealt with Elaine buying a handgun for self-protection and Jerry betting her that she'll never even use it; meanwhile, Kramer returns from a trip and claims to have had sex with the flight attendant in mid-flight and Jerry and George try to track her down betting that Kramer's story is bogus. The script made it to table reading, but the cast felt it was too dark and not very funny, so it was shelved and ultimately never made. ("The Phone Message" was written in two days to be filmed in its place, and the actors who were cast in "The Gun" each appeared in later episodes.)
** "The Gun" lives on as an Internet urban legend in the form of a "creepypasta" story alleging the episode was filmed and all but one copy destroyed. Naturally, the episode supposedly contains disturbing and supernatural phenomena happening to the actors and crew.

* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': A sketch Creator/JohnCleese found in poor taste was written but not filmed. (There is actually some controversy amongst the Pythons themselves as to whether it was filmed or not, but certainly never broadcast.) It involved a wine connoisseur showing off his wine cellar to a visitor, and after each tasting [[IAteWhat he reveals that it's "wee wee".]]

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': "The Gun", (also known as "The Bet") was written as [[AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent something completely different]], in that it was more of a seriocomic episode that dealt with Elaine buying a handgun for self-protection and Jerry betting her that she'll never even use it; meanwhile, Kramer returns from a trip and claims to have had sex with the flight attendant in mid-flight and Jerry and George try to track her down betting that Kramer's story is bogus. The script made it to table reading, but the cast felt it was too dark and not very funny, so it was shelved and ultimately never made.

* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': A sketch Creator/JohnCleese found in poor taste was written but not filmed. (There is actually some controversy amongst the Pythons themselves as to whether it was filmed or not, but certainly never broadcast.) It involved a wine connoisseur showing off his wine cellar to a visitor, and after each tasting he reveals that it's "wee wee".

* According to her memoir, Lena Dunham once pitched an episode of ''Series/{{Girls}}'', based on an incident from her own life, in which Hannah has a sexual encounter that might be construed as rape. The other writers shot it down, believing that rape just isn't funny.

* During the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' various concepts for potential episodes were brought up:

** Creator/NathanFillion pitched an elaborate story with a moral dilemma that he heard from Creator/JossWhedon, where the crew would land on a planet and would be treated very well, before learning that the planet was dying and the inhabitants want Mal to help them escape. However the planet is so distant that if they take on refugees they will run out of air, unless they meet another ship. Mal pretends to agree, and while the crew are sleeping, takes control of ''Serenity'' and flees the planet. As they escape, they never meet another ship, and realize if they saved the people they all would have died. Mal then assumes responsibility for their actions, emphasizing that what happened was his fault alone.

** Tim Minear elaborated on the vial and syringe Inara was seen with in the pilot episode "[[Recap/FireflyE1Serenity Serenity]]", explaining that it was a drug which, if she were raped, would cause the rapist to die a horrible death. Inara would have been kidnapped by Reavers, and the crew would track her down. When Mal enters the Reaver ship, he finds all the Reavers dead. He would then see Inara after she has been horribly brutalized, take her hand and treat her like a lady. According to Minear, this was one of Creator/JossWhedon's first ideas regarding the kinds of stories they would tell through the series.

* During the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' reunion, Creator/NathanFillion [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM8lXIAM4A8 talked a bit]] about an idea for an episode that never got made due to the series [[ScrewedByTheNetwork being cancelled]].

** "Bodysnatcher", which was to be the second episode of the first series, but the filming of the series was delayed several months by an electrician's strike. During the hiatus, the writers decided "Bodysnatcher" was the weakest episode and replaced it with a new script. It was eventually realised as a DVD extra with storyboard images and narration by Chris Barrie.
** "Identity Within", which was to be a [[ADayInTheLimelight Cat episode]] in series 7. It was dropped because it was far too expensive and CGI-intensive to ever realise on the show's budget, and was replaced with a BottleEpisode. The script would also eventually be produced as a DVD extra using storyboards and narration.
** "Dad", was supposed to be the first episode of series 3, resolving the series 2 {{cliffhanger}} of [[MisterSeahorse Lister's pregnancy]], but the writers couldn't get it to work without seeming sexist. Its plot summary was included as UnreadablyFastText at the beginning of that series. The script was not completed, but the first third of it was realised in a similar fashion to "Bodysnatcher" and "Identity Within".

* An unproduced 1960s ''Series/{{Batman}}'' episode written by Creator/HarlanEllison was to have featured a [[TheSixties very psychedelic]] ComicBook/TwoFace. It eventually got a ComicBookAdaptation as ''Batman '66: The Lost Episode'' in 2015.