“Those writers make a lot of money”: 12 works of unpublished or unproduced TV fiction

Breaking Bad’s typically grim, full-throttle mid-fifth-season première allows itself at least one reprieve, during which Heisenberg associate Brandon “Badger” Mayhew details his plot for a spec Star Trek script. But he’s not the only TV character with hopes of writing for a TV show. Hell, Matt Jones isn’t alone among AMC stars who’ve dreamed up never-to-be-realized voyages of the starship Enterprise. Here are 12 works of unpublished or unproduced TV fiction.