Sometimes there are actually good reasons why certain shows never make it to the air. That they are "bad" is hardly justification, simply because bad shows get on the air all the time.
No - sometimes shows are just too irredeemably gross, or silly, or strange, or whatever, to get on the air. Also, shows starring people who have worms crawling out of their faces, or engage in necrophilia, probably qualify as reasons enough, too, I would think (or hope.)
Which way to Babylon? Well, you go down the Southern State...
Anyway, "Babylon Fields" was a pilot for the fall season on CBS; it flopped, badly, never got picked up, and is now pretty much dead. It will rise from its moldering grave only through the auspices of the worldwide web. Set in Babylon, L.I., the show gained some notoriety because the good people of Babylon didn't think this pilot (portions of which were shot there) placed their bucolic 'burb in the best possible light. This was irrefutable, insofar as "Babylon Fields" was about worm-crawling, flesh-munching, body-snatching, putrid-smelling, sex-having (ewwww)...zombies.
Well, TV Week's James Hibberd has unearthed video (body)snatches of this ungodly wretch and earlier this week, posted them on his blog at the news magazine. Go here right now, if you want to see solid New York actors like Jamey Sheridan ("Law & Order: CI") slumming it with outrageous make-up jobs and sillier lines.
Thanks, TV Week...I think (and happy Halloween to you too.)
No, he didn't direct, but he should call his lawyer.
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Babylon Fields was shot in Hempstead, Freeport, Baldwin and West Hempstead due to their proximity to NYC. They were filming interiors and exteriors a few blocks from my house in WH for almost a week.