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After NBC let Sarah Silverman put her failed pilot on her YouTube channel earlier this year, we all got to see what a hilarious — and occasionally naked — good time Susan 313 could have been. But with the sadness of not getting picked up behind her, the comedian analyzed the experience with Variety. She said she took the show to NBC rather than a more raunch-friendly zone like FX because "The networks want you and you forget about ‘I want to take this to cable.’ You’re just so excited by love and acceptance." Cutting the show down from 29 minutes was "frustrating," but she doesn't blame the network. "We should have written a tighter script," she said. Plus, she learned a valuable lesson: "I don’t think I want to do 22 of anything a year. Network TV is just not the place for me."...

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Last year Sarah Silverman filmed a pilot for NBC that wasn’t picked up. You can see Susan 313 in its entirety below, with an introduction by Sarah. Do you think it should have been given a chance?...

Once upon a time, studios, networks, and TV stars didn’t want anyone to see their busted pilots, preferring to send them off to die quietly — and alone, like an elephant. But a pair of failed pilots have been put online in the past two weeks — and legally too! Today, Sarah Silverman got 20th TV‘s blessing to post Susan 313, a 2012 pilot she did at the studio for NBC that was a no-go. Written by Dan Sterling and loosely based on Silverman’s life, it’s about a woman whose long-term relationship ends and she moves back into the apartment she had the foresight not to give up. Earlier this month, Greg Garcia got CBS to put online his single-camera pilot Super Clyde. That one follows a shy comic book fanatic/fast-food worker who inherits a fortune from an uncle and embarks on a new life as a superhero...

She’s known for her own special brand of humor, and Sarah Silverman made a pilot for an NBC show called “Susan 313” that never saw the light of day.

However, the “Wreck-It Ralph” hottie figured out a way to let her fans see the unaired pilot, and it’s actually pretty good.

“Susan 313” also stars “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” babe June Diane Raphael as well as Tig Notaro and Harris Wittels and was shot back in the Spring of 2012.

Per the synopsis, “This is the story of a woman who returns to her old apartment after a ten-year relationship comes to an abrupt end.”...

It's not often that you get to see a pilot that never makes it to TV. Sarah Silverman is giving that opportunity, as she's posted the pilot of "Susan 313," a show she did for NBC that failed to become a series.

She's joined by fellow funny people Harris Wittels, June Diane Raphael and Tig Notaro. What's better, Jeff Goldblum is in there as well. The idea was loosely based on Sarah's life, about a woman who just ended a 10-year relationship. Silverman was in a long-term relationship with Jimmy Kimmel, which ended in 2009.

Unfortunately, NBC passed on the show, which was shot for the 2012 TV season. However, it can now live forever online. The pilot is pretty funny and very uncomfortable, which Silverman excels at. There's no telling how it would have fit in the NBC comedy lineup, but there's a solid "Newhart" joke in there.

What do you think of the pilot?...

Sarah Silverman wants everyone to see her 2012 failed NBC pilot Susan 313. The comedian received permission from studio 20th Century Fox Television to release the half-hour pilot loosely based on her life. Photos: Faces of Fall TV 2013 In a video message preceding the comedy, about a woman (Silverman) readjusting to single life following a decade-long live-in relationship, Silverman says posting the episode isn't a case of "Can you believe they didn't pick this up?!" but instead notes that the network "probably did the right thing." Check out the comedy, written by Dan Sterling and

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Sarah Silverman’s NBC pilot “Susan 313″ never made it to air, but thanks to the generosity of the television studio that produced it, the show is available to any curious viewers through Silverman’s YouTube channel, Jash. “This isn’t like, ‘Can you believe they didn’t pick this up?’ This isn’t that kind of posting. It’s like, ‘They probably did the right thing, but we liked the show,’” Silverman explains in the episode’s introduction (above) to the world. “So enjoy it.” Also read: NBC’s Jennifer Salke on Why ‘The Blacklist’ Has ‘the Goods,’ and...

“This isn’t like, ‘Can you believe they didn’t pick this up?!’” Sarah Silverman says by way of introduction in the following video. “It’s like, ‘They probably did the right thing, but we liked the show.’”

Maybe you’ll like it too. The proposed series, Susan 313, starred Silverman as Susan Farrow, a recently single woman moving back into her old apartment building. The cast includes comedy bigwigs like famed standup Tig Notaro, actress/Casey Wilson’s writing partner June Diane Raphael, and Harris Wittels, the Parks and Recreation writer who coined the term “humblebrag.” Also, Jeff Goldblum is there!

“This isn’t like, ‘Can you believe they didn’t pick this up?!’” Sarah Silverman says by way of introduction in the following video. “It’s like, ‘They probably did the right thing, but we liked the show.’”

Maybe you’ll like it too. The proposed series, Susan 313, starred Silverman as Susan Farrow, a recently single woman moving back into her old apartment building. The cast includes comedy bigwigs like famed standup Tig Notaro, actress/Casey Wilson’s writing partner June Diane Raphael, and Harris Wittels, the Parks and Recreation writer who coined the term “humblebrag.” Also, Jeff Goldblum is there!

All the way back in the unforgettable spring of 2012, Sarah Silverman shot a pilot for NBC about a woman who returns to her old apartment after a ten-year relationship ends. It co-starred Tig Notaro, June Diane Raphael, and Harris Wittels, and obviously was not picked up. The studio that owned it, however, was nice enough to let Silverman put the entire thing up on her YouTube channel. Entitled Susan 313, it's a pretty good approximation of Silverman's comedic voice, just a little mainstreamed to make sense as a traditional network sitcom. It's funny in moments and naked in other moments. Jeff Goldblum makes a cameo, which is never a bad thing. It might be too late, but maybe if a lot of people send their pubes to NBC, they'll change their mind and give it a series order.

Last year, Sarah Silverman created Susan 313, a TV pilot loosely based on her own life. Though NBC picked up the pilot, it was never aired, and as with many pilots, it appeared to be lost forever. One year later, it has a home on the Internet. Silverman has posted the first episode of Susan 313 on Jash, the comedy channel she runs alongside Michael Cera, Reggie Watts, and Tim and Eric. Her fans now have a chance to see what would've been had the pilot made it to air. Susan 313 stars Silverman as a woman who returns to her old apartment after getting out of a 10 year relationship (with guest star Jeff Goldblum, of all people). Upon taking up her old residence, she re-acquaints herself with familiar faces and meets some of the new tenants. The cast is a good one; it includes Burning Love star June Diane Raphael,...

"Susan 313" is a 2012 NBC pilot created by and starring Sarah Silverman, produced by Ron Howard and directed by Ken Kwapis ("The Office," "Big Miracle"). In it, Silverman plays a newly single woman attempting to return to her old life after the end of a decade-long relationship, with Jeff Goldblum guest starring as her ex and Tig Notaro, June Diane Raphael and Harris Wittels also making appearances. "Susan 313" never made it to series, but Silverman's just posted the previously unseen pilot to her Jash YouTube channel -- you can watch it below. Most pilots are left to float in the ether, forever unseen, so it's always interesting when one surfaces and you get a glimpse of a show that never was, especially one that in this case tries to fit Silverman's acerbic persona into a more mainstream vehicle. "This isn't 'can you believe they didn't pick this up!'...

Dan Sterling and Brent Forrester are moving into NBC's The Office. The duo has boarded the Thursday night comedy as executive producers for the show's upcoming ninth season, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The pair will fill the void created by the departure of Paul Lieberstein as showrunner of the network's No. 1 comedy as he shifts his focus to a potential spinoff starring Rainn Wilson. Story: 'The Office' Shakeup Continues as Search for New Showrunner Begins Sterling most recently co-created Sarah Silverman's NBC comedy pilot Susan 313, which the network passed on this month; Forrester, has been a

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In a few short weeks, the broadcast networks will storm Madison Avenue with a whole new crop of shows that will either have the power to blow the roof off Nielsen — or give cable another opportunity to crow about their greatness. Will the (near) future of broadcast TV rest on the shoulders of more beauties and beasts? Do viewers want an updated Sherlock Holmes?

Here is the complete list of pilots that are currently under consideration for fall. As usual, not every project will make the cut — but we certainly have our suspicions about the ones that will (here’s looking at you,...

In a few short weeks, the broadcast networks will storm Madison Avenue with a whole new crop of shows that will either have the power to blow the roof off Nielsen — or give cable another opportunity to crow about their greatness. Will the (near) future of broadcast TV rest on the shoulders of more beauties and beasts? Do viewers want an updated Sherlock Holmes?

Here is the complete list of pilots that are currently under consideration for fall. As usual, not every project will make the cut — but we certainly have our suspicions about the ones that will (here’s looking at you,...

In less than one month, the five broadcast networks will storm Madison Avenue in New York with a whole new crop of shows that will either have the power to blow the roof off Nielsen — or give cable another opportunity to crow about their greatness. Will the (near) future of broadcast TV rest on the shoulders of more beauties and beasts? Do viewers want an updated Sherlock Holmes? Is primetime really the place for Hannibal Lecter?

Here is the complete list of pilots that are currently under consideration for fall. As usual, not every project will make the cut — but...

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Dramas

"Bad Girls": Amy Smart ("Shameless") and Jurnee Smollett ("Friday Night Lights") star in this drama about women in federal prison and their scandalous female warden. John Wells ("Shameless," "The West Wing") is the executive producer. It's based on a British series.

"Beautiful People": This drama set in the near future features a society where humans co-exist with mechanical androids, who are treated as second-class citizens. Until the androids begin to awaken. Frances Conroy, David Conrad and Ernie Hudson have been cast.

"Chicago Fire": A new action drama that focuses on the men and women of the Chicago Fire Department, starring "House" alum Jesse Spencer, "Vampire Diaries" Taylor Kinney and executive-produced by "Law & Order's" Dick Wolf.