He said, Were not going to like her!

But we really held our ground on it.

And NBC saw the pilot run-through as an opportunity to get some feedback.

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The web link gave the audience a questionnaire that was so skewed, Crane remembers.

It basically said: When she does this, is she a trollop?

Is she a slut?'

But the result was not what the data pipe expected.

The audience all came back with, No, we still like her,' Crane says.

And Im tap-dancing going, But youre okay with it!

So if youre okay with it then were good, lets move on, yay!'

And in the end, the entire story made it into the pilot.