Two returning starts generate two flops, while “Must See TV” takes another victim and a Kid in the Hall makes it big.
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More of the initial WB entries, plus we hear from UPN for the first time in 1995.
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We get our first entry from the WB, along with three flops and a holdover from HBO.
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Moving from 1994 into 1995, with curmudgeons, proto-Housewives, slumming stars, and a comeback.
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The milestone sitcom of 1994--could it BE any more important?
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Four more flop sitcoms from 1994, involving cross-dressing and a variety show callback.
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A quartet of flops from 1994, one involving a future superhero.
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A monumental moment in 1994 TV is followed by a treacly teen show and two flops--one of which’s failure allowed a star’s big break.
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Out of the gate, we get six whiffs in 1994.
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A hit show with a troubled star is surrounded by two 1993 flops.
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Three flops from 1993 (two of which had BIG stars), followed by two reliable hits (one of which was a TGIF stalwart).
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In our 200th episode, we revisit 1993's pillar of NBC's "Must See TV", which involves a strange breakfast.
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Three "1 season and dones" from 1993, the last a sequel to a Saturday morning show.
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Six 1993 sitcoms in the same episode? You know they've got to be stinkers. Larroquette was good though.
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Four more flopperinos from 1993, two with sitcom pros, another slumming it from films, and a final trying to stretch a hit movie into a TV show.
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We move into 1993 with a quartet of flops, including one with a late Friend.
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Three flops from 1992, plus a show with more action behind the camera than in front of it.
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Two sitcoms of 1992--a "Must See TV" pillar that launched a film career for one of its co-stars, and a flop with a one-joke premise.
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Three entries from 1992--one flop led by a singer, a second going multiple seasons with multiple cast changes, and a third becoming a solid pillar of TGIF.
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Four shows from 1992, none of which lasted past their first season, including a curtain call for those Golden Girls.