Reno 911! aired for the first time

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Published on July 24, 2023 3:03:56 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zmlD9T8wbQ

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In Thomas Lennon's words, Reno 911! came about, "like the best of ideas, through total desperation." The shows co-creators worked on a series of pilots forFox one of which, after a year's worth of dedicated writing, was terminated the day before shooting. It was scheduled to begin in the fall of 2000. With a month left before the pilot was expected to be due (and half of the budget still unused), the team asked if they could produce another pilot with the remaining resources, and the Fox executives agreed. Working quickly to take advantage of this, the initial Reno 911! pilot was conceived and shot in five days. Cedric Yarbrough, who had been hired for the cast of the canceled pilot, said that the cast was advised to "come up with [their] own characters" and return for filming.
This improv was eventually carried into the show with dialogue left mostly unscripted.