The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
Episode: (PILOT EPISODE)
Episode Number: Season 1, Episode 1
Script Dated: March 1979
Written by: Al Schwartz, Elroy Schwartz & Sherwood Schwartz


Description:  

This is an Original TV Script used during the making of the first episode of the Proposed 1979 TV Series titled, "The Castaways on Gilligan's Island". This script has the original yellow production cover. It is from the Pilot Episode which is Season 1, Episode 1. It is the complete script and it has all white pages throughout it inside. This script is 126 pages long. Please view all of the pictures above carefully. The script is in good overall condition.

This TV Series never happened and this filmed Pilot Episode is now considered to be a 1979 TV Movie.

Storyline:  

 The Castaways finally get permanently rescued and they turn their island home into an exclusive resort.


More Information:

In the wake of the ratings success of Rescue from Gilligan's Island, NBC wanted Sherwood Schwartz to produce a new Gilligan's Island series for them. Schwartz objected to reviving the show in its original format due to the aging cast and because he didn't want to repeat his old ideas. He instead suggested the idea of a new hour-long series where the castaways would run a resort hotel on the island, which had been kicked around had the original series not been cancelled, in which the castaways were rescued and elect to build a resort, then being visited by various tourists. Each episode would feature different guest stars with their own storylines, a premise he compared to The Love Boat. NBC agreed and wanted to order seven episodes to begin airing in three months. Schwartz felt that didn't give him enough time and instead made an agreement to produce one pilot for the current TV season, which became this 70-minute TV-movie, with an option to produce seven series episodes for the fall season.

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island aired on NBC on May 3, 1979 from 8:30 to 10:00 p.m. It suffered a sharp decline in the ratings compared to the previous TV-movie. Schwartz blamed this in part on a last-minute change in its air date. It was moved up eight days from what had been previously advertised to a Thursday, a school night for kids, and put up against Mork and Mindy, a top-rated show at that time. In light of the mediocre ratings for the TV-movie, NBC opted not to order the hour-long series.


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