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This was the show that turned producer J.J. Abrams from ‘the guy who gave Felicity a haircut,’ to a master of derriere-booting action-adventure, earning him carte blanche to make new shows for ABC (“Lost”, “What About Brian?” and “6 Degrees” -- one out of three is better in baseball than TV) and the karmic punishment of Tom Cruise in “Mission: Impossible III.” It also made Jennifer Garner a star worthy of becoming half of BenJen II. But after three-and-a-half story arc ‘reboots’ and those Rambaldi Prophesies (a kind of low-rent DaVinci Code), it was hard to tell exactly what series was ending.
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A critical favorite, and one of the few on FOX not to be killed in its infancy(see: ‘Firefly,’ ‘Wonderfalls,’ etc.), it was a show that held its head up high even as it was stumbling into the abyss, with a two-hour finale of unaired half-hours that wrapped up most of its absurd plotlines in an equally absurd, yet satisfying manner. Its legacy may be uncertain (Jeffrey Tambor jumped immediately to the new show “20 Good Years” that lasted 4 bad weeks), but wherever TV comedies eschew the three-camera format, empower unlikable characters or employ painful punning in the service of smart comedy, ‘Arrested’ will be remembered.";
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There is a special place in TV Hell (a kind of Hell of Fame) for a series that only airs one episode before being canceled. And with its Jan. 8 premiere/finale, this dysfunctional relationship sitcom starring Heather Graham had the honor of being both the first new series of 2006 and its first casualty. After somehow getting greenlighted without a pilot episode or even a full pilot script, the show’s high concept (an advice columnist trying to take her own advice) proved impossible to do well and Heather showed that not all actors who do nine good episodes of \"Scrubs\" can carry their own series. 2006’s other shortest-running series: \"The Rich List\" (FOX, 1 episode), \"Tuesday Night Book Club\" (CBS, 2 episodes), \"Celebrity Cooking Showdown\" (NBC, scheduled for 5 consecutive nights, cut off after 3).";
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2006 saw more than the end of a lot of shows; it saw the end of two networks, UPN and the WB. Technically merged into the New CW network, the death of the mini-nets meant a bloody purge of cancellations. Almost amazingly, only one of the deleted shows was actually missed. (And it was NOT “Charmed,” which held on for eight seasons just out of spite for “Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s” seven.) “Everwood” was part family drama that was less saccharine than “7th Heaven” and part teen drama that was less condescending than “One Tree Hill”. But both of those other shows made the jump to the new network and “Everwood” didn’t.";
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The series finale of “Will & Grace” was the end of NBC’s Must See TV as we knew it, yet the unheralded disappearance of Matt LeBlanc’s “Friends” spin-off a few weeks earlier was more significant. Why, you may ask? Well, don’t be surprised if a publisher soon announces a book by LeBlanc titled “If I Killed Thursdays for NBC.” It was the kind of spin-off that gives spin-offs a bad name, by forcing one of the less-interesting characters from an comedy ensemble to carry an entire show. Plus, its setting was Hollywood and showbiz, always a minefield of potential disasters for TV comedy, and “Joey” stepped on every mine.";
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Normally, a syndicated daytime series that runs for three years would get no more than a footnote, but “Starting Over” was unique: a reality show that depended on real people in real situations, showing stories that didn’t always have happy endings (or sometimes, any ending). And it had far less manipulation (although the resident life coaches did sometimes try) and slick editing than you would expect from Bunim-Murray, the same producers behind the unreality of “The Real World.” “Starting Over” was a noble experiment that maybe sorta partly succeeded.";
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The time period of ‘That ‘70s Show’ supposedly started in mid-1976, covering three-and-a-half years in eight seasons, five of which included Christmas episodes. Some of the actors playing teenagers looked thirtysomething by the end of the series, unlike the also-ending \"Malcolm in the Middle\" which allowed its kids to grow up gracefully. But it was also the end of another era, the last series from the Carsey-Werner partnership that produced \"The Cosby Show\" and \"Roseanne.\" And it brought us Ashton Kutcher, Topher Grace, and Wilmer Valderrama. One outta three ain’t bad.";
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The only thing worse than cancelling a series after a season-ending cliffhanger, is cancelling it midseason with a half-finished story arc. Just ask fans of \"Reunion.\" This season, the network tried to be kinder to “Vanished,” a complex paranoid mystery about the kidnapping of a Senator’s wife. Fox ordered the producers to wrap it up in 13 episodes, but still couldn’t make it past episode 9. So they made the last four hours available online, requiring broadband internet and a tolerance for MySpace to see the ending. And that practice seems to be spreading, with NBC’s obviously titled kidnapping drama \"Kidnapped\" doing the same thing (just without the MySpace). ";
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Running one year less than the Presidential term limit, \"The West Wing\" started with Martin Sheen’s presidency already in progress and ended with the inauguration of Jimmy Smits, who convinced electoral rival Alan Alda to take a Cabinet position, an unprecedented bipartisan move that was the political equivalent of “and they all lived happily ever after.” But then, compared to real life politics, \"The West Wing\" always was a fairy tale. The short-lived \"Commander in Chief\" with Geena Davis as President drew inevitable comparisons, but its strangest similarity was behind the scenes: \"Wing\" creator Aaron Sorkin was replaced as show runner after four seasons, \"Chief’s\" creator Rod Lurie only lasted seven episodes. ";
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There’s a category of sitcoms that, when they show up while channel surfing, make you say \"Is that still on?\" 2006 saw a mass kill-off of these shows, the longest-running being “Yes Dear” at 6 seasons and 122 episodes. Expanding the concept of “The Odd Couple” to entire families (The Felix family vs. the Oscar family), \"Yes Dear’s\" obscurity provided an almost-private training ground for producer Greg Garcia, who went on to create \"My Name Is Earl.\" Other \"Is that still On?’ shows that no longer are: \"Bernie Mac\" (FOX, 5 seasons), \"Less Than Perfect\" (ABC, 4 seasons), \"Still Standing\" (CBS, 4 seasons), \"What I Like About You\" (the WB, 4 seasons), and \"Hope and Faith\" (ABC, 3 seasons).";
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