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== Live Action TV and Western Animation == |
== Live Action TV and Western Animation == |
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=== [[American Broadcasting Company]] (American)/ ABC Family === |
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* ''[[Best Of The West]]''. Parody of all things Western by the creators of "Taxi" and "Cheers". |
* ''[[Best Of The West]]''. Parody of all things Western by the creators of "Taxi" and "Cheers". |
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* ''[[The Brendan Leonard Show]]'' |
* ''[[The Brendan Leonard Show]]'' |
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* ''[[Complete Savages]]'' |
* ''[[Complete Savages]]'' |
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* ''[[The Critic]]:'' Poor Jay Sherman. |
* ''[[The Critic]]:'' Poor Jay Sherman. |
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* ''[[Cupid]]'': the [[ABC]] [[Dramedy]], not the [[CBS]] reality show. The remake was too good to last, as well. |
* ''[[Cupid]]'': the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[Dramedy]], not the [[CBS]] reality show. The remake was too good to last, as well. |
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* ''[[The Dana Carvey Show]]''. Apparently too edgy for [[ABC]] executives at the time, who canceled it after seven episodes (and an unaired eighth). A very, very good example of a show being ahead of its time... and why you shouldn't lead off your first episode with [[Bill Clinton]] [[Squick|breast-feeding puppies]]. |
* ''[[The Dana Carvey Show]]''. Apparently too edgy for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] executives at the time, who canceled it after seven episodes (and an unaired eighth). A very, very good example of a show being ahead of its time... and why you shouldn't lead off your first episode with [[Bill Clinton]] [[Squick|breast-feeding puppies]]. |
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* ''[[Day Break]]'' |
* ''[[Day Break]]'' |
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* ''[[Defying Gravity]]'' (co-developed by ABC, [[The BBC]], [[CTV]] and [[Pro Sieben]]) had been canceled and its sets destroyed ''before all the episodes had even been aired''. That does not even consider that [[ABC]] had all summer to buy and advertise the show, but only purchased the show 3 weeks before the first episode aired. |
* ''[[Defying Gravity]]'' (co-developed by ABC, [[The BBC]], [[CTV]] and [[Pro Sieben]]) had been canceled and its sets destroyed ''before all the episodes had even been aired''. That does not even consider that [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] had all summer to buy and advertise the show, but only purchased the show 3 weeks before the first episode aired. |
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* ''[[Dirty Sexy Money]]'', a sharp show that was caught in the crossfire of the 2007 writers' strike. |
* ''[[Dirty Sexy Money]]'', a sharp show that was caught in the crossfire of the 2007 writers' strike. |
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* ''[[Duel (TV series)|Duel]]'', a great quiz show that fell victim to the [[Friday Night Death Slot]]. |
* ''[[Duel (TV series)|Duel]]'', a great quiz show that fell victim to the [[Friday Night Death Slot]]. |
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