In contrast to the 1973 TV movie of the same name, this thirty-minute, 1974 offering was envisioned as a pilot for the corresponding spin-off sitcom. Though ultimately rejected as such, Shirts/Skins did receive, as have so many failed pilots before and since, an ignominious, unpublicized showcase, serving as filler between that night's 90-minute conclusion of
Ice Station Zebra (1968) and the ABC Nightly News at 11.