The other grand idea was a crossover between Quantum Leap and Sliders. Even though they were on 2 different networks, they were both owned by Universal and had similar premises. Sliders involved a brilliant grad student named Quinn Mallory who invented a device that enabled him and 3 others to "slide" into parallel dimensions. But of course, something went wrong and they became trapped, sliding randomly from one world to the next trying to find their way home. The show premiered on Fox as a mid-season replacement in 1995 and had a cult following like QL. Early on when the series was still good (before Fox ruined it by replacing the extremely-talented John Rhys-Davies with eye-candy Kari Wuhrer, and placing them in "movie-of-the-week" scenarios that made no logical historical sense), I envisioned a 2-part inter-network crossover between the 2 shows. Part 1 would have been a Sliders episode called "Sliding Into the Fourth Dimension," in which the Sliders' inter-dimensional wormhole would have been diverted into Project Quantum Leap. They would have to team up with Al and find a way to help Sam who has leaped into one of the Kromaggs in a parallel dimension. (Kromaggs are ape-like beings who evolved from early man on an evolutionary scale far different than our own. They discovered how to slide and control it, and invade other dimensions to conquer them.) Upon defeating the Kromaggs, they set off some kind of self-destruct sequence for one of the Kromaggs' Manta ships, and the Sliders open the vortex saying their goodbyes to Sam and Al. Quinn is the last to jump through as he and Sam wish each other luck in returning home someday. At the exact moment the explosion occurs, Quinn jumps through the vortex and Sam leaps, causing them both to simul-leap. The ending/leap-in shows Wade, Rembrandt and Arturo arrive on a new world while Sam arrives with them in his own body and the portal closes. They would say, "But if you're here, then..." followed by Sam looking back finishing, "Where's Quinn?" Teaser then shows Quinn leaping into someone hanging off the edge of a building and saying, "Oh boy!" To be continued on the Quantum Leap episode, "Leapers of Two Worlds," with Quinn as the leaper in Sam's universe, and Sam as a slider in another universe. That's about as far as I got with that idea, because trying to find a way out of that mess was a lot trickier. Would have made a great crossover between two networks, though!
On a side note, it's been a long time, TVNewsCam (not sure if you're trying to remain anonymous). As you can see, many of us aren't here that often anymore. It's good to see you back though. Hopefully, if I can get some of my ideas into fruition, we'll see a QL revival soon enough. Don't want to reveal too much or get people's hopes up; but let's just say, I've started meeting some people in the entertainment industry (producers, composers, writers, actors, etc.) who might be able to make things happen.