Planet Earth was the second attempt at that particular premise. The first version, Genesis II was much better, but network suits are fickle, and like to "fix" things.

Another pilot, The Questor Tapes, almost made it to series, but the network tried to shoehorn it into becoming a retread of The Fugitive.

How Gene kept his cool, and never tried to throttle these network idiots is beyond me.

I will buy Gene's spooky supernatural pilot film Spectre in a heartbeat if Fox ever releases it on video. Especially if it's the racy European version. ;)