One of my articles at Flashbak this week considered the indignities that some beloved cult-TV programs endured after being cancelled. It's not a pretty picture!
Some of the bad things featured include syndication butchery (The Sixth Sense), compilation movies (Battlestar Galactica), a starring role on MST-3K (The Gemini Man) and basic cable take-overs (Airwolf).
Here's a snippet and the url: (http://flashbak.com/tv-life-death-worst-things-happen-favorite-programs-cancellation-36684/)
"We
all mourn when a favorite TV series is cut down in its prime, either for lack
of ratings, or because of creative differences
Yet,
there is a fate worse than being axed by your host network.
There
are, in fact, several fates worse than
cancellation.
Hope
and pray that your favorite cult-TV series never has such an “after life”
inflicted upon it."
John brilliant analysis of this subject. Universal did it to Kolchak:The Night Stalker with several newly syndicated television movies with two episodes edited together. I believe the got Darren McGavin to do new voice-overs too.
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