Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alpha Mom (TV series)

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The result was delete. BD2412 T 01:33, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Alpha Mom (TV series)[edit]

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Sources are a dead link to TV.com, a source so incomplete I can't even tell what it is, and a couple articles about the term "alpha mom" which don't mention the show. The article is trying to be about at least three different uses of "Alpha Mom" all at once. IMDb says that Preston Bailey was in the TV show, but "preston bailey" "alpha mom" turned up zero hits on ProQuest; a regular Google search for the same term turned up only IMDb, Wikipedia mirrors, and similar aggregators. The term itself already has an article at alpha mom, so I have no idea why other editors deemed it necessary to WP:COATRACK other uses onto this page; I found so little about the TV show that I'm almost convinced it's a WP:HOAX. Prod contested. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 14:11, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 14:11, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ETA: While a couple of the sources about the term "alpha mom" in general might be worth merging to alpha mom, I'm not so sure that page passes WP:NEO either and will let other editors decide that page's fate. Either way, I'm about 99% convinced the TV show never existed. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 14:26, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Unaired pilot. [1], [2], [3]. Doesn't pass WP:TVPILOT or WP:GNG. A mention in Alpha Mom could be warranted. WikiVirusC^(talk) 14:46, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) has found a couple passing mentions in television journals, but even she can't figure out whether or not it actually aired. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 14:53, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete It's not a hoax. It existed on NBC's pilot board. It is listed on the March 20 and May 15, 2006, editions of TelevisionWeek with this entry:

Alpha Mom. Studio: NUTS [ NBC Universal Television Studio ] Executive Producer: Kerry Ehrin A corporate mom juggles her career and home life. Single camera. Cast: Kevin Rahm, Alexondra Lee, Johnny Sneed, Scott Holroyd, Justina Machado, Michael Mosley

It is also mentioned in Variety on February 2, 2006. The name stuck around enough that another pilot at NBC was renamed Alpha Mom in 2011. It was of no relation: NBC's comedy from Emily Spivey (with Lorne Michaels on board as an exec producer as well) is now “Alpha Mom,” starring Christina Applegate, Will Arnett and Maya Rudolph.

However, NBC never picked up the pilot to series, it never showed up in any TV schedules, and the struggle we had to get sourcing indicates that this does not meet the GNG. Not all of their comedy pilots that year were non-notable duds, I might add... I wonder how Untitled Tina Fey Comedy did? Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 14:55, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per WP:TVPILOT. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 15:28, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per TVPILOT. Nate • (chatter) 19:25, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - It’s an unaired pilot; absolutely no need for an article. Bgsu98 (talk) 20:37, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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