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Post by BlackoutCreature on Feb 8, 2021 21:56:36 GMT -5
Okay, with someone mentioning The WB's lineup, I got to mention UPN's original lineup. Star Trek: Voyager had a very good run, but it was the only show of UPN's original lineup to be a success. Meanwhile, UPN had some sitcoms like Platypus Man and Pig Sty. I mostly remember watching Platypus Man, and felt it was very underrated (RIP Richard Jeni). Then there were dramas like Marker and The Watcher. I mostly remember watching episodes of Marker, which was also very underrated. I don't really remember too much of The Watcher, except that it had Sir Mix-a-Lot as the main character/narrator who watches all of the weird stuff unravel at a Las Vegas hotel. The only thing I remember is a promo for an episode involving a vampire. Now that I think about it, there were other shows on UPN that failed, like Legend (with Richard Dean Anderson), Nowhere Man, and Deadly Games (I found that it's on DVD; maybe I might get it to check it out). I remember Nowhere Man getting a lot of press and critical praise when it first started, then just kinda floundering out and getting canceled after one season. Kinda amazed it's never shown up anywhere in re-runs.
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Post by cosmo on Feb 8, 2021 22:29:00 GMT -5
Okay, with someone mentioning The WB's lineup, I got to mention UPN's original lineup. Star Trek: Voyager had a very good run, but it was the only show of UPN's original lineup to be a success. Meanwhile, UPN had some sitcoms like Platypus Man and Pig Sty. I mostly remember watching Platypus Man, and felt it was very underrated (RIP Richard Jeni). Then there were dramas like Marker and The Watcher. I mostly remember watching episodes of Marker, which was also very underrated. I don't really remember too much of The Watcher, except that it had Sir Mix-a-Lot as the main character/narrator who watches all of the weird stuff unravel at a Las Vegas hotel. The only thing I remember is a promo for an episode involving a vampire. Now that I think about it, there were other shows on UPN that failed, like Legend (with Richard Dean Anderson), Nowhere Man, and Deadly Games (I found that it's on DVD; maybe I might get it to check it out).
And who could forget UPN's all-time classic sitcom The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer?
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Post by The Legendary Ring Troll {BLM} on Feb 8, 2021 23:36:14 GMT -5
Shasta McNasty.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 9, 2021 0:44:49 GMT -5
Okay, with someone mentioning The WB's lineup, I got to mention UPN's original lineup. Star Trek: Voyager had a very good run, but it was the only show of UPN's original lineup to be a success. Meanwhile, UPN had some sitcoms like Platypus Man and Pig Sty. I mostly remember watching Platypus Man, and felt it was very underrated (RIP Richard Jeni). Then there were dramas like Marker and The Watcher. I mostly remember watching episodes of Marker, which was also very underrated. I don't really remember too much of The Watcher, except that it had Sir Mix-a-Lot as the main character/narrator who watches all of the weird stuff unravel at a Las Vegas hotel. The only thing I remember is a promo for an episode involving a vampire. Now that I think about it, there were other shows on UPN that failed, like Legend (with Richard Dean Anderson), Nowhere Man, and Deadly Games (I found that it's on DVD; maybe I might get it to check it out). And who could forget UPN's all-time classic sitcom The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer?
Which reminds me of the Clerks cartoon Which wasn't really heavily promoted... but the DVD of the whole series exists... and probably made more people aware of Desmond Pfeiffer... even if they might have thought Clerks made it up
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Post by RadcapRadsley on Feb 9, 2021 0:53:33 GMT -5
It generated a lot of talk in its first season, but Revenge seems to have left no cultural footprint whatsoever. Showrunners created an interesting premise and had created some bangers the first season but it feels like they ran of anything interesting to do by Season 2 and just relied on recycled Soap Opera tropes and people just slowly lost interest. It's a credit to Madeleine Stowe and Emily Van Camp performances that the show somehow staggered along to make it 4 seasons.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Feb 9, 2021 2:05:50 GMT -5
Lois and Clark. The lexicon goes George Reeves, Christopher Reeve, Smallville and beyond. It's the one Superman live action show that gets looked over despite being huge in the day and Teri Hatcher breaking the internet. Hatcher is still remember as a fantastic Lois, so I wouldn't say it's vanished. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is one, hyped at the beginning and was surpassed by it's spinoff, and is only remembered today thanks to people saying the spinoff was better. Of course that spinoff was Xena, and people are still wanting more Xena.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Feb 9, 2021 13:06:20 GMT -5
Time Trax,ads were everywhere. Got a video game. Haven't heard anyone mention it since 2000. Shocked SYFY hasn't aired it.
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Post by eJm on Feb 9, 2021 13:07:38 GMT -5
I seem to recall it being heavily promoted but I don't think anyone's talked about The 4400 in years. Quoting this again because I made a mistake. The 4400 reboot didn’t happen already, it’s just been approved for order by CW. So...I guess people are going to talk about it now?
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 9, 2021 13:15:56 GMT -5
Not sure it was HEAVILY promoted... but the UPN show Deadly Games it was hyped as one of their early original shows...
and then like it just f***ing disappeared...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2021 13:19:17 GMT -5
Lois and Clark. The lexicon goes George Reeves, Christopher Reeve, Smallville and beyond. It's the one Superman live action show that gets looked over despite being huge in the day and Teri Hatcher breaking the internet. Hatcher is still remember as a fantastic Lois, so I wouldn't say it's vanished. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is one, hyped at the beginning and was surpassed by it's spinoff, and is only remembered today thanks to people saying the spinoff was better. Of course that spinoff was Xena, and people are still wanting more Xena. I'd say Hercules is also pretty remembered for, "Disappointed!" and for people making fun of Kevin Sorbo, but that's about it.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Feb 9, 2021 13:42:34 GMT -5
Okay, with someone mentioning The WB's lineup, I got to mention UPN's original lineup. Star Trek: Voyager had a very good run, but it was the only show of UPN's original lineup to be a success. Meanwhile, UPN had some sitcoms like Platypus Man and Pig Sty. I mostly remember watching Platypus Man, and felt it was very underrated (RIP Richard Jeni). Then there were dramas like Marker and The Watcher. I mostly remember watching episodes of Marker, which was also very underrated. I don't really remember too much of The Watcher, except that it had Sir Mix-a-Lot as the main character/narrator who watches all of the weird stuff unravel at a Las Vegas hotel. The only thing I remember is a promo for an episode involving a vampire. Now that I think about it, there were other shows on UPN that failed, like Legend (with Richard Dean Anderson), Nowhere Man, and Deadly Games (I found that it's on DVD; maybe I might get it to check it out). I remember Nowhere Man getting a lot of press and critical praise when it first started, then just kinda floundering out and getting canceled after one season. Kinda amazed it's never shown up anywhere in re-runs. I think UPN considered Nowhere Man too serialized and dense. They thought viewers were idiots. Same reason they didnt want Voyager to have any continuing plotlines.
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