Firefly on MSN
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6. "Firefly" (FOX)
Premiered: September 2002
Cancelled: December 2002
Joss Whedon, creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel," has said that "Firefly" was his favorite project. Of course, it's often easier to love your most troubled child. "Firefly" was screwed from the start and never recovered. When Whedon approached FOX with the idea of creating a western set in space four hundred years in the future, the network immediately gave TV's brightest mind his new genre-bending show. But they resisted his two-hour pilot, which methodically set up character relationships and backgrounds, pressuring Whedon to deliver an action-packed, hour-long debut, effectively tying the creator's hands before the show even hit the air. Scheduling the series on Friday nights amounted to a ratings death sentence, and FOX then deemed production costs too high to continue the show, airing only 11 of the 14 episodes filmed. Despite its brief run, Whedon-aholics embraced it and fought to keep it on the air. After watching the DVD box set, it's easy to see why. All of Whedon's fingerprints are there: The witty dialogue, the quirky premises and dark exploration of human fallacy that made "Buffy" brilliant found their way to this space drama.
I think this is a great write up! It is nice to see so many positive things still be written about the show, and the comments on the DVD set will help to sell some more sets.
Besides the FF DVD set on that list, I have the Ben Stiller show (loved it on TV until Fox killed it), and The Family Guy. I really liked The Tick and Undeclared.
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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