20 Ways Your Favourite TV Shows Were Almost Completely Different

By James Hunt / June 21, 2018

17. Supernatural - It Was Going To Be About A Reporter Investigating Urban Legends

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Supernatural creator Eric Kripke spent around a decade developing the show before it made it to air back in 2005.

Originally planned as a movie, it then became an anthology TV series, before he settled on the idea of it being centred on a tabloid reporter travelling around the country, fighting demons and investigating urban legends in the name of uncovering the truth.

This was the pitch he initially tried to move forward with but, when The WB turned it down, he came up with the idea of the characters being brothers and the Supernatural that's been running for 13 seasons was born.