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== Film ==
* Many ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' fans were convinced that no movie studio could do the books justice. However, New Line Cinema took a chance on [[Peter Jackson]]'s unorthodox and expensive approach to making the movies and actually stunned everybody with three good movies.
** Originally, Peter Jackson tried to sell the project as two movies. When he shopped it to New Line, they said, "Why do you want to do this as two movies?" He got ready to lay out his arguments for why you couldn't possibly do justice to LotR in one movie, which had been the request of a previous studio; then they said, "This should be three movies."
* ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' was so stressful to make back in 1974, that most of the cast were ready to quit on director [[Steven Spielberg]]. However, legend has it has Richard Dreyfuss among others believed in him, as did Universal executive Richard Zanuck. They were handsomely rewarded for their faith.
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* [[FOX]] initially did this with ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]''. Then, after a drop in ratings, they moved it to the [[Friday Night Death Slot]] midway through the second season, and, according to a deluge of on-site news reports, axed it.
** Similarly, Fox surprised a lot of people by renewing ''[[Dollhouse]]'', despite low ratings in the [[Friday Night Death Slot]]. Of course, knowing that they would be crucified in effigy for giving a Joss Whedon show just half a season [[Firefly|a second time]] probably had a lot to do with it.
* The pilot for ''[[Lost]]'' was the most expensive ever; and none of the actors in it were major stars. In fact, one executive was fired for even giving it the go-ahead. However, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] stuck with it, since going back would mean a loss of millions. Also ABC head Stephen McPherson thought it had 'some potential'. ''[[Lost]]'' is now considered one of TV's greatest dramas, [[Continuity Lock Out|if you know what's going on]].
** Another example: after the show started stalling—and losing viewers—during the second and third seasons, showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse began to bargain with ABC for an unprecedented concept: a set end-date several years down the line. ABC agreed, and starting with the second half of season 3, ''Lost'' has been steadily gaining steam in terms of answers. Unfortunately, the show continues to lose viewers, and on a recent edition of the podcast, Lindelof quietly speculated that the show might have been canceled by now if the above agreement hadn't been hammered out.
* ''[[Law and Order]]'' wasn't expected to be a hit, but NBC stuck with it, and it enjoyed a twenty year run before being canceled. Two of its American spinoffs (''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'' and ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'') also enjoyed long, successful runs, but a few others (''[[Law & Order: Trial by Jury|Law and Order Trial By Jury]]'', ''[[Conviction]]'', ''[[Law & Order: LA|Law and Order LA]]'') were canceled after one season.
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