Was the George Peppard/Tracy Nelson ep intended to be a spin-off??
Or new show? It had that feel to it.
It certainly seemed that way, seeing as Matlock was barely in the episode. I think that's what they call a "back-door pilot"
shareYep, I believe it was meant to be a pilot for a series starring George Peppard and Tracy Nelson. It never became a series due to Peppard's untimely death not long afterwards.
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Peppard overcame a serious alcohol problem in 1978, and subsequently became deeply involved in helping other alcoholics. He had smoked three packs of cigarettes a day for most of his life until he quit after being diagnosed with lung cancer in 1992.
Despite health problems in his later years, he continued acting. In 1994, shortly before his death, Peppard completed a pilot with Tracy Nelson for a new series called The P.I. It aired as an episode of Matlock and was to be spun off into a new television series, with Peppard playing an aging detective and Nelson his daughter/sidekick.
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She's so pretty as well! Nice eyes!
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