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Clone High

A fantastic early effort of a show by Phil Miller and Christopher Lord (Cloudy With A Chance, 21 Jump Street (Movie), Lego Movie, Brooklyn 99, Last Man On Earth, etc.), produced by Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Spin City) starring a super-early Will Forte, prime-era Nicole Sullivan, and a not-yet-over her shtick Christa Miller. Biting writing, great cast and a memorable show, this is a weird one to include as it was only 1 season long.

The show revolves around cloned versions of famous historical figures (Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, Cleopatra, JFK, etc.) going to a high school for ?reasons? and the hijinks that ensue. At the end of the first season, the show culminates at the Snowflake Ball (kind of a winter prom thing) where the Shadowy Figures, a government group that commissioned the clones, comes to take them away for experiments. Everyone congas into a freezer and are frozen for all time. Fin.

What makes this ending interesting (other than an unresolved plot), is that the show was not brought back for a second season due to unpopularity, but rather because an article in Maxim about the show was read by a parliamentarian in India that depicted the Gandhi character being beaten up by jocks. There was a parliament sit-in to protest the show, and Viacom's CEO became trapped in the MTV India building on a visit with unfortunate timing. They apologized and cancelled the show, and a second season was never greenlit (even Gandhi-less) due to the controversy.