Nikki and Nora was a television pilot

Television pilot

A "television pilot" is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the "testing ground" to see if a series will be possibly desired and successful and therefore a test episode of an...

 made for the UPN

UPN

United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...

 network in 2004, starring Christina Cox

Christina Cox

Christina Cox is a Canadian movie and television actress and stuntwoman.-Biography:Christina Cox was born just outside of Toronto, the youngest of three daughters. Her two sisters are named Tracey and Melissa...

 as Nora Delaney and Liz Vassey

Liz Vassey

Liz Vassey is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Emily Ann Sago on All My Children, Captain Liberty in The Tick, and Wendy Simms in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.- Career :...

as Nikki Beaumont—detectives partnered together both as police officers and as lovers in a passionate, but undisclosed relationship. They are assigned to a newly formed Special Crimes Unit of the New Orleans Police Department.

If it had been picked up by UPN, it would have been the first drama with lesbian protagonists on network television.