Cadets is a sitcom pilot, which aired on ABC as a summer special on September 25, 1988. The pilot, however, was not picked up.
Spunky, immature 13-year-old Tyler McKay has grown up in various public institutions after being abandoned as a small child in the big city. Her guardians decide to enroll her at a very strict, regimental military academy known as Appromattox, which has just begun to accept girls.