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backdoor pilot

backdoor pilot
 n.— «The episode will serve as what is known as a “backdoor pilot” for the spinoff, which would be exec-produced by “Grey’s” creator Shonda Rhimes.» —“A special delivery on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’: It’s a pilot” by Lisa de Morae Los Angeles Times Feb. 23, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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