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Originally Posted by psyang
Freaks and Geeks
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It might be cliché to say, but
Freaks and Geeks was ahead of its time. I'm not sure why it didn't catch on, but I suspect being a comedy-drama made audiences a little unsure of what to expect. Wikipedia also says "erratic scheduling" and "poor time slots" were to blame. And Judd Apatow claims that NBC was afraid of sharing the show's website URL because "they didn't want people to know the Internet existed. They were worried about losing viewers to it."
It's always fascinating to me how television networks make decisions. I want to give the benefit of the doubt and assume there are a lot of really smart people poring over very detailed market research in order to make these challenging decisions...but then pilot season comes around and they have green-lit 5 new comedies featuring a fat husband and hot wife (only two of which have David Spade as the snarky friend/neighbour).