But what became of Jordan, Angela, and heartsick Brian Krakow?

We may never know.

Filled with vivid characters led byNathan Fillion’s hotshot captain,Fireflyapplied aBuffyirony to shoot-outs and intergalactic action-adventure.

Mallori Johnson on Kindred; Nathan Fillion on Firefly; Kylie Bunbury on Pitch; Keegan-Michael Key on Reboot

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Oh, and exec producerJudd Apatowwent on to make a few movies, too.

After all, how many shows can make a kiss through a shower curtain so hot?!

In other words, they washed tanks and took care of the families at home.

My So-Called Life is widely regarded as one of the most honest representations of high school and adolescence to ever hit the screen. Its cancellation

ABC

Witty and uplifting, the series found ways to talk about hardships, stereotypes, prejudice, and more.

The best thing to come from the now deleted show (RIP)?

It’s young star Olivia Goncalves… who nails a perfect line delivery every time.

Firefly, Nathan Fillion | Joss Whedon’s grand folly: a Howard Hawks Western crossed with a George Lucas space opera. Filled with vivid characters led by Nathan Fillion’s hotshot captain,

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Harper’s Island(CBS)

Was it semi-soap operatic?

Was it addictively entertaining?

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Pitch(Fox)

Will Ginny Baker (Kylie Bunbury) pitch again?

“KINDRED” – Pictured: Mallori Johnson as Dana.

‘Kindred’.Pari Dukovic/FX

We’ll never know unfortunately.

Unfortunately, that prediction was correct.

(He reverted to the perverted way he was raised.)

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Is it any wonder this became a cult classic?

Is it any wonder it was canceled after only five of its nine episodes aired?

Hulu, however, disagreed, cancelingRebootjust as in the finale, the reboot withinRebootfaces cancellation by… Hulu.

Freaks and Geeks, James Franco, … | Arguably the most influential sitcom that barely lived, F&G was a smart disaffected-teen dramedy that gave us Seth Rogen, James Franco, Busy Philipps, Jason Segel,

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Sometimes life imitates art a little too well.

EvenLee Paceas a cute bartender couldn’t save this show.

20 years later and should have continued on for a similarly long-running legacy.

CONTAINMENT, l-r: Nadine Lewington, Christina Moses in ‘There’s a Crack in Everything’ (Season 1, Episode 8, aired June 14, 2016)

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It has since entered entertainment’s annals as one of sketch comedy’s great ‘‘what if’’ stories.

This short-lived ABC sitcom had an admittedly atrocious title, but the show itself proved to have surprising depth.

The result is a biting send-up of influencer culture, anchored by Gillan and Cho’s sizzling chemistry.

Kevin Biegel’s Enlisted starred Geoff Stults, Chris Lowell, and Parker Young as three brothers serving their country in a Rear Detachment Unit in Florida. In

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The show implied that these boys might be the Kennedy brothers without ever tipping its hand.

To the disappointment of its growing cult following,Rubiconwas canceled by AMC after its 13-episode first season.

Let’s begin."

Olivia Goncalves, Savannah Nicole Ruiz, Diana Maria Riva MAX Gordita Chronicles Season 1 - Episode 1

‘Gordita Chronicles’.Laura Solanki/HBO Max

is how the incredible comedyI Am Not Okay With Thisends.

Who was that stranger and what did he want with Sydney?

We’ll never know and we’re not okay with that.

Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, … | Judd Apatow’s half-hour sitcom follow-up to Freaks and Geeks moved the setting from high school to college, with a cast that included Charlie Hunnam (

And MTV should’ve let fans see it unfold.

Robbery Homicide Division(CBS)

Only the most daring data pipe cop show of its time.

This Michael Mann-produced stunner featured a terrific, pre-Celebrity RehabTom Sizemore leading cops through L.A. crime scenes.

Was it semi-soap operatic? Yes. Was it addictively entertaining? Also yes. The destination wedding murder mystery starring Christopher Gorham and Katie Cassidy prompted Stephen King

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The show was bursting with terse, hard-boiled dialogue and visuals that glowed with eloquent menace.

Trophy Wife(ABC)

Despite its title,Trophy Wifedid not deal in stereotypes.

For those, we will always be thankful.

PITCH, Kylie Bunbury in ‘Pilot’ (Season 1, Episode 1, aired September 22, 2016)

‘Pitch’.Tommy Garcia/Fox/courtesy Everett Collection

Constantine(NBC)

you might’t keep John Constantine down.

John Constantine always had a knack for cheating death, after all.

The Tomorrow People(The CW)

Teleporting teens.

EW deemed Stiller’s pre- Reality Bites sketch show ‘‘the best new series that few people in America are likely to watch.’’ Unfortunately, that prediction was

IFC

An evil government organization.

Sometimes, even superpowers can’t save you.

Crashing(Netflix)

WhilePhoebe Waller-Bridgewas (deservedly!)

Groundbreaking and deeply strange, The Prisoner told the story of Patrick McGoohan’s nameless secret agent who angrily quits, only to be abducted and imprisoned in

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As with any story about a group of young, attractive people living together, romantic hijinks ensue.

Profit, Adrian Pasdar | Before he was in Heroes , Adrian Pasdar starred as Jim Profit, the creepily fascinating anti-hero of this brilliant satire of the business world. Ruthless

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Reboot – “Who’s The Boss?” - Episode 108

‘Reboot’.Michael Desmond/Hulu

This charmingly acerbic show about God speaking to Jaye Tyler (Caroline Dhavernas) through various souvenirs in a Niagara Falls gift shop was so damn technicolor

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THE SECRET CIRCLE, (from left): Louis Hunter, Shelley Hennig, Britt Robertson, Phoebe Jane Tonkin, Thomas Dekker, Jessica Parker Kennedy, ‘Loner’, (Season 1, ep. 103, aired Sept. 29, 2011), 2011-2012.

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Two hapless private eyes played by Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James provided a fresh take on the California detective story, with the help of show

Patrick McElhenney/FX

The show burst onto network TV in March 1996 with a sketch that famously depicted Bill Clinton breastfeeding puppies and kittens, and, well, it’s probably

ABC

SELFIE - “Pilot”

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Jack & Bobby, Christine Lahti | This intelligent drama starred Matt Long (later to play the brash copywriter Joey Baird on Mad Men ) as Jack and Logan Lerman as Bobby,

Bruce Birmelin

Critics raved, but audiences didn’t quite know what to do with the Stateside redo of the hit British series about a detective (Jason O’Mara) who

Eric Liebowitz/ABC

Kyle Killen’s sharp, smart, sci-fi procedural about a detective who lives in two separate realities after surviving a car accident (and uses those realities to

Lewis Jacobs/NBC

I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS, from left: Sophia Lillis, Wyatt Oleff, Richard Ellis, Sofia Bryant, (Season 1, Episode 105, aired Feb. 26, 2020)

‘I Am Not Okay With This’.Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection

Despite what other TV shows tell us, teenagers are not typically articulate nor particularly wise. But Life As We Know It —, starring a pre-

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SWEET/VICIOUS, (aka SWEET VICIOUS), (from left): Taylor Dearden, Eliza Bennett, (Season 1, 2016)

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Robbery Homicide Division, Tom Sizemore | Only the most daring network cop show of the decade. This Michael Mann-produced stunner featured a terrific, pre? Celebrity Rehab Tom Sizemore leading cops through

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Despite its title, Trophy Wife did not deal in stereotypes. Though, yes, the show was nominally about an attractive woman Kate (Malin Akerman) marrying older

Peter Hopper Stone/ABC

Bruce Campbell, Kelly Rutherford | Burn Notice ’s Bruce Campbell, at that point known primarily for the Evil Dead movies, starred in a witty combination Western/sci-fi/steampunk drama. For all its

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THE SOCIETY, Kathryn Newton, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Jacques Colmon, Rachel Kellar in ‘What Happened’, pilot episode, (Season 1, Episode 101, aired May 10, 2019)

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Lisa Edelstein | Produced by the guys who brought you thirtysomething and My So-Called Life and created by Jason Katims ( Friday Night Lights ), this witty light-comedy

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CONSTANTINE, (from left): Anjelica Celaya, Matt Ryan, Charles Halford, ‘Quid Pro Quo’, (Season 1, ep. 110, aired Jan. 23, 2015), 2014-2015.

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The Tomorrow People – “Death’s Door” – Image: TP109b_0114 – Pictured: Robbie Amell as Stephen Jameson – Photo: Cate Cameron/The CW – © 2013 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved

Robbie Amell on ‘The Tomorrow People’.The CW

CRASHING, (from left): Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Louise Ford, (Season 1, ep. 105, aired Feb. 8, 2016).

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