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* ''[[Carnivàle]]''. It's probably the most original series of the Oughties, but the premise is "the ultimate supernatural showdown happened within an itinerant carnival troupe while touring a dust bowl during the Depression", and the plot is filled with such of amount of internal and external references to mythology, most of them laid in the most obscure way possible, made many people unable to get caught in. There ''is'' a reason this series is called "''[[Twin Peaks]]'', but ''less'' accesible".
* ''[[Vidas Robadas]]'', an extremely dense Argentinian [[Telenovela]] about human trafficking, whose heroine is a woman that was kidnapped and forced into prostitution. And also was pittied in the Argentinian equivalent of the [[Friday Night Death Slot]]. It got a cult fanbase and the status of [[Acclaimed Flop]] after earning several prizes.
* ''[[Victorious]]'' got hit with this from multiple angles. An edgy [[Kid Com]] about an aspiring pop star didn't really appeal to its target audience of older kids. The humor is overly reliant on adult humor (one episode, for example, has Tori do a sexy song and dance number), innuendos mean-spirited moments and [[Squick|foot fetish]] jokes. And unlike any of [[Dan Schneider]]'s other shows, there were plenty of sexualized scenes that look ''very'' out of place in a kids' show. Putting these facts together, it didn't really do well with critics or fans, and it ended up getting cancelled after three seasons.
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