"That would be Jon's way," said Mr. Alterman, who has known Mr. Benjamin since working on a pilot, "The Half-Hour Network," with him in the late 1990s.
Set top boxes that combine TV channels, on-demand video and video-conferencing are undergoing trials on Reliance's pilot networks.
NPR is known to have contemplated a television version of "Wait Wait" once before, in 2008, when it worked with the CBS network on a pilot for such a series.
Another show, "Quarterlife," originally created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick as a pilot for network television, will launch on MySpace in November.
It is being developed into a pilot for the network.
Earlier this year, Odd Future signed a deal for a pilot on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block -- a live-action skit show in the vein of "Jackass" and "Chappelle's Show".
A pilot aired on Cartoon Network in February 1995, and in August viewer approval ratings convinced the network to order a half-hour series, which premiered on April 28 , 1996
Rhimes was informed that the actress in question was Pompeo, who had a deal in place with ABC, having previously tested for a pilot show on the network.
The training of the facilitators was multifaceted and consisted of an educational programme, workgroups, a pilot phase and on-going network meetings.
"Hostages" is one of the most ambitious new shows on network TV with a pilot that will leave viewers with a lot of questions.
