the show Mark Sloan lived in a house in Denver, Colorado. No explanation is given when the show shifts to California for all the remaining episodes. The Sloans' beach house Starting in the third season, Mark and Steve Sloan live in a beach house at 3231 Beach Drive, Malibu, with Steve in the basement. The basement was often redressed to act as other sets. The actual house is on Broad Beach Road in Malibu, California. The house was later used as a filming location for the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana. Pilot and TV movies Pilot The pilot episode was called "It Never Entered My Mind" from Jake and The Fatman. Mark Sloan was a widower with no sons. The hospital is called Clairemont Hospital instead of Community General Hospital, and there is no Jack or Amanda. His friends who helped him clear his name are Richard (Steven Eckholdt) Josie (Ally Walker) Thad (Kristoff St. John) TV movies Diagnosis: Murder had five TV movies between 1992 and 2002, three of which aired prior to the TV series. Diagnosis of Murder, the first TV movie was filmed in July 1991 and aired before the regular series, January 5, 1992, on CBS. The House on Sycamore Street, the second TV movie, aired before the regular series, May 1, 1992, on CBS. A Twist of the Knife, the third TV movie, aired before the regular series, February 13, 1993, on CBS. A Town Without Pity, the fourth TV movie, aired after the end of the regular series, February 6, 2002, on CBS. Without Warning, the fifth and final TV movie, aired after the end of the regular series, April 26, 2002, on CBS. Backdoor pilots Fred Silverman insisted that every season the series devote one episode as a television pilot. The following are known backdoor pilots. Season One Sister Michael Wants You – Delta Burke starred as Sister Michael, a crime solving nun. Season Two How to Murder Your Lawyer – Mitchell Whitfield and Leah Remini starred as crime solving lawyers Arnold Baskin and Agnes Benedetto. Georgia on My Mind – A possible backdoor pilot about a female private investigator, Georgia (Daphne Ashbrook). Season Four An Explosive Murder – Starred Tracey Gold as undercover officer Amy Dawson. Season Five A Mime is a Terrible Thing to Waste – An unsold backdoor pilot for an untitled series. Rachel York played Randy Wolfe who's apparently