"Pilot" is the pilot episode of the American television police procedural fantasy drama Awake, which originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) on March 1, 2012. Written by series creator Kyle Killen, "Pilot" earned a Nielsen rating of 2.0, being watched by 6.247 million viewers upon its initial broadcast. Directed by David Slade, it became the highest-rated non-sports program in its respective time slot on NBC in over a year.