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''[[Firefly]]'' is a [[Science Fiction]] [[Space Western]] that ran for four months on the [[FOX]] Network in 2002. It was canceled after 14 episodes were produced; only 11 were aired, partly in thanks to a severe case of [[Executive Meddling]]. Its quick cancellation helped give rise to [[The Firefly Effect]]. A DVD boxed set was released in December 2003 and has sold briskly ever since. A feature-[[Film]] continuation, ''[[Serenity]]'', was released in October 2005 to critical acclaim. Unfortunately the [[Film|film's]]'s box-office performance was mediocre, barely covering its costs, which probably dooms the idea of further movies.

The show was created by [[Joss Whedon]] and [[Tim Minear]] ([[Mutant Enemy]] Productions), and [[Schizo-Tech|combined]] science fictional concepts (interplanetary travel, spaceships, [[Terraform|terraformingterraform]]ing) with a Western setting (poor agricultural colonies where people ride horses, cattle ranching, cowboy slang). The ''[[Firefly]]'' universe contains [[Absent Aliens|no non-human sentient beings]], and in fact no non-Earth-based life at all.

''[[Firefly]]'''s life story is an interesting one: it went from (canceled) television show, to runaway cult hit DVD series, to [[Firefly (comic book)|comic-book]] [[Sequel]], to major motion picture, to a [http://www.amazon.com/Firefly-Flying-Celebration-Whedons-Acclaimed/dp/1848565062/ref=sr_1_1/189-6509445-2330608?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277635468&sr=8-1 book] having show-related pics and a few new stories to a currently{{when}} unfinished, but soon-to-be-launched [[MMORPG]], titled ''[http://fireflyuniverseonline.com/ Firefly Universe Online]''. ''[[Firefly]]'' is noted for being one of the few ''canceled'' television series to be [[Spin-Off|spun off]] into a major motion picture. The [[Universal]] [[Film]] was titled ''[[Serenity]]'' because [[FOX]] still owned the rights to the name ''[[Firefly]]''. There are also a few [[Interquel|comics]], with plans for more. There's even a [[Tabletop Roleplaying]] game. There are also constant rumors about a second television series (Whedon and many of the principals have constantly said they would be willing to pick up the show, with Fillion going so far as to say he'd be willing to buy the rights from Fox), and the cult status the series has attained after its premature cancellation may have saved [[Dollhouse|a later Whedon work]] [http://scifiwire.com/2009/05/fox-execs-explain-why-the.php from a similar fate], even if ''[[Dollhouse]]'' only lasted until December of 2009.

There's talk, now that Netflix is beginning to introduce original content, of ''Firefly'' being revived as a Netflix-original.