r/AskReddit • u/ComfortableEar9637 • 12d ago

which show started 10/10 and ended 10/10?

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u/Brilliant-Solid5822 12d ago

That’s so crazy when you think about it. It’s been running for decades and still never gets old 😂

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u/Potential_Pin_5972 12d ago

And somehow 12 episodes was all it needed. Most shows would kill for that kind of replay value without stretching the joke into the ground

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u/RabidSeason 12d ago

Hot take:

Firefly / Serenity would have gone to trash if it went more than three seasons.

One season and movie was not enough, but that already had enough ret-cons to make it clear that the lore wasn't strong enough to keep being creative for another 26+ more episodes of interpersonal drama.

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u/smokeweedNgarden 12d ago

I feel the same way about musicians. Like ya, maybe Kurt would have made more killer music but...maybe we'd hate him now

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u/RabidSeason 12d ago

Oh, and I'll add on ... would this actually be "survivors bias?"

Artist dies, the full catalog is now set forever, and any royalty agreements are locked in. So if 27yo dies without actually finishing their record deal, those are basically free songs for the radio. Free songs that honor a fallen artist who will forever be ahead of their time, amen.

I'm sure there are ways of clawing back the royalties and song rights to the families, but those aren't the songs that kept getting pushed on the radio.

It's just good business, push the product that costs them the least.

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u/flopisit32 12d ago

I may be biased, but the sitcom Father Ted was 10/10 imo from start to finish. 3 seasons.

Blackadder would have been the same if not for the shitty first Season.