What 1980s TV series featured a high-tech talking car named KITT? What classic TV character was nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz always spying on? | Kevin Winter/GettyImagesTrue TV fanatics know that the best trivia exists behind the camera, from pilot recastings and original titles to record-breaking Emmy runs. Creator David Chase originally wrote The Sopranos not as a television series, but as a pitch for what? Answer: The most expensive TV pilot ever made.