Does a network ever buy a show without making a pilot?

Does a network ever buy a show without making a pilot?

A network will rarely buy a reality show without a pilot. Usually when it happens, it's because they have no choice. Examples of that are when you're in a competitive pitching situation where you've got something so unique and interesting that everybody wants it. Because multiple networks want the reality show, you can leverage them until you get somebody to say, "I want it so much, I'm going right to series. A recent example of that might be with David Beckham and his wife, who have just moved to the United States. Everybody wanted the show, so they didn't have to do a pilot. It was simple. The network that won that show simply committed to doing it as a series, trusting that they're big enough and interesting enough stars that they'll get their money's worth going right to series and not wasting time to do pilots and all of that.