quality content as always. Between Dark Angel, Freedom, level 9 and Freaky Links it's rather obvious that assorted people wee Inspired by various aspects of the Matrix... and remember when CBS was all in on the Fugitive Remake and CSI was the filler series... Fugitive canceled before the end of the season and CSI got 15 seasons 3 spin offs and a Reboot
One additional interesting fact about CSI is ABC had first right of refusal and passed on it. Late 90s wasn't just the Matrix, but that whole cyberspace, dystopian feel.
Shows from 2000-2001 Season that last for more than two seasons: CSI - 15 Seasons Girlfriends - 8 Seasons Gilmore Girls - 7 Seasons Yes Dear - 6 Seasons Ed - 4 seasons Boston Public - 4 seasons The District - 4 seasons The District was last successful series to air on Saturdays. It wasn't just CSI and Gilmore Girls.
It's kind of funny in hindsight to watch some of these intros knowing which shows & which shows didn't & also to think about where some of these actors ended up, especially if they landed in more successful shows.
Living in Europe and pre streaming services most of these shows never crossed the pond apart from behemoths like csi. One of the glories of streaming channels is to discover or revisit older shows. Although I m not sure I have been missing a lot with this batch ;) Great video as usual.
I love these compilations because you can so obviously see the trends that filter down from movies and other pop culture. Obviously the internet and "The Matrix" are huge here.
Oh yeah, Yes Dear premiered in 2000! By the time I was regularly watching it, it was in reruns on TBS. Ed once shot an episode set in the town next to mine.
Oh, my, the Fall of 2000, with its "Fab Four" sitcoms! Here's what Wiki (written by yours truly) had to say: "(Geena) Davis appeared on the cover of TV Guide's 2000 Fall Preview issue, along with three other actors starring in new sitcoms: Bette Midler, Michael Richards and John Goodman. Despite the magazine declaring them a "fab foursome", all four series bombed, with Davis' show actually airing the most episodes (20), compared to 'Bette' (16), 'The Michael Richards Show' (eight) and Goodman's 'Normal, Ohio' (seven)." Ouch.
I'd forgotten that the original CSI premiered that year. Who at the time knew where that show would end up? As for the rest of them, barring GILMORE GIRLS, can't say I remember any.
Ed and Boston Public hung on for a couple of seasons, and Grosse Point had a small cult following, but for the most part.... yeah, pretty forgettable. A lot of future stars in some of those casts, though.
I always looked at Freaky Links like an adult Eerie, IN or that one Disney Channel show that had the older daughter from One Day at a Time as a mom and music star that toured and her kids got involved in weird stuff
As soon as I saw that terrible corny intro for Cursed, my first thought was "oh yeah, there's no way this show got a full season." So I looked it up, and not only did it only get one season with two unaired episodes, but the show's name was changed to "The Weber Show" halfway through the season. Truly a cursed show.
Has it really been 22 years since The Gilmore Girls premiered? Thank you for making me feel ancient. On another note, that “Deadline” must have been one short lived pile of crap because I think I would have noticed a show with that cast at the time had it been halfway decent.
Regarding "Deadline": according to Wikipedia, the show debuted and went off the air within the span of one month (October 2000). 5 episodes aired out of 13 made, not currently streaming anywhere.
I actually remember watching an episode of Deadline. I remember it involved someone getting murdered in a fast food restaurant? I remember a specific scene where someone drops a glass of soda or water on the floor?
Another trip down memory lane, except I don't remember hardly any of these. LOL The notable exception being the "pick of the litter" CSI. As I watch these "New Shows" video I'm struck by the long, long list of failed shows. And also I'm shocked at the number of actors I don't recognize, people who apparently got their one shot, never to be heard from again.
Okay after watching all of these from 1980 on I can say one thing for certain. If you are a person that is approached by a network or a stream service these days to create your own show, do not name it after yourself. The Geena Davis show, Bette and The Michael Richards show all swallowed talented people up into a blackhole of failure. In fact now I am thinking about it Seinfeld and Jeff Foxworthy are about the only ones in the last thirty years to succeed (maybe Ellen although her talk show was more popular than her series), and they struggled in their first season.
I'm not sure if the name is to blame, or if it's a symptom of a lack of a central concept. A show with a name that tells you nothing about its purpose other than it provides a celebrity with a job is probably indicative of underdevelopment.
Succeed is a strong word -- Foxworthy technically had 2 seasons... but they were on different networks with a Cast overhaul in the transfer... Ellen was part of the post-Seinfeld wave of "Mid-Late 20-something NYC clique" shows that also begat Friends... and actually started as 'These Friends of Mine" but rebranded as 'Ellen', because of 'Friends' I'd Argue that Drew Carey is the better analogy... where Bette, Geena, and Michael Richards fail is in being 'Generic' and then casting/branding as "The "Star" Show solely to Milk their Fame... if you look at Seinfeld, Ellen, and Drew, or go back to the old school of Andy Griffith, Phil Silvers and Bob Newhart They all had a "shtick" that was adapted to the show FOR them
Steven Weber should have stuck to collecting those fat Wings residuals rather than do this Cursed show which looked bad just from looking at the opening.
Funny how I don’t remember a single one of these shows and the time period in question wasn’t that long ago. My memory isn’t at fault here. These shows were entirely forgettable one and all. DOA.
@@oldradiosnphonographs Twenty three years isn't actually that long a time. I know some people who are three times that old plus some. Sit and talk to them and they'll tell you all about what bad television was really like.
@@starkr111 I guess to people my age (33) it feels like an eternity ago. I got younger boomer parents (61 & 63) and my dad is always telling me about these shows he remembers and actors (he’s really good at pointing out old character actors)
