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|title=<center>Dilbert (Fox live-action pilot)</center>
|image=Dilbert.JPG
|imagecaption=The main protagonist of the comic strip, Dilbert.
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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'''''Dilbert''''' was a 1997 live-action pilot directed and written by Scott Adams, based on the newspaper comic strip. The pilot was never aired but appeared in many newspaper articles, and in the Advertising Age's 1997 TV Season, a yearly report of all television shows in development for various networks.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141013085830/http://adage.com/article/news/tv-s-upfront-networks-choosy-fertile-field-pilots-stars-ice-t-caruso-films-fargo-player-eye-small-screen/68303/ AdAge.com article on the 1997 TV pilot season that included the pilot of ''Dilbert''.] Retrieved 13 Nov '13</ref>

During a presser for the UPN animated "Dilbert" series, Dilbert creator Scott Adams only furthered confirmation of this lost pilot by referring to it numerous times. Adams did not specify who was cast in the pilot, but confirms that Dilbert was played by an actor, whom Adams quotes, is "fit for a starring role in a romantic film."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141013085831/https://articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-01-24/entertainment/9901240306_1_scott-adams-office-depot-comic-strip Chicago Tribune article mentioning the description of the leading character.]  Retrieved 13 Nov '13</ref> Adams, in another interview, talks about "Dogbert", stating that it was an "animatronic version that apparently looked like it was done on the cheap."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141013085831/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/679006/Creators-of-lazy-drone-Dilbert-working-hard-on-new-TV-series.html?pg=all Deseret News article wherein Scott Adams reveals information about Dogbert.]  Retrieved 13 Nov '13</ref>

To date, neither scripts nor images of the pilot have surfaced, although the Dogbert animatronic used in it was showcased in an episode of the PBS show ''Nightmare Theatre'',<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/video/the-brain-machine-ltl2ml/ An episode of ''Nightmare Theatre'', which showcases the Dogbert animatronic used in the pilot (1:32:00-1:36:07).] Retrieved 26 Aug '24</ref> and The Library of Congress does own a copy of the pilot.<ref>[https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=14259&recCount=25&recPointer=16&bibId=11722456 Listing for the pilot on The Library of Congress website.] Retrived 23 Jan '24</ref>

==Gallery==
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Captura de pantalla 2024-08-26 144411.png|Screenshot of the Dogbert animatronic used in the pilot, as seen in ''Nightmare Theatre''. (1/2)
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==External Links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141013085829/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/24/arts/television-radio-dilbert-corporate-savior.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm New York Times article mentioning that a Pilot had been shot.]

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