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eerieindianaTV series’ are a strange thing. No matter how popular they are, once they’re done, they’re done. Where movies can have countless sequels, TV shows tend to stay finished once the finale credits roll. But then again, judging by how these TV sequels turned out, there’s possibly a reason why that’s the case. Here’s ten TV sequels that totally failed.
8. EERIE, INDIANA: THE OTHER DIMENSION – SEQUEL TO EERIE, INDIANA
After the success of Twin Peaks in the early 90s, networks were falling over themselves for mystery shows based in small town America. So to find out that Joe Dante — yes that’s Joe ‘Gremlins’ Dante — was serving as creative consultant on just such a show, saw network NBC jump at the chance to produce it. Eerie, Indiana was aimed squarely at children, but still had the trademark suburban dread that Dante was known for, the show was a hit with critics who praised the show for its writing, direction and the fact it was suitable for kids with enough to keep adults entertained too.
However, ratings weren’t as high as NBC hoped, and people seemed a bit confused at to who this show was designed for. In Britain, it was broadcast at 6pm, facing opposition from many of the UK’s biggest soaps. After 19 episodes, the show was cancelled in 1992. The show began to receive reruns on Fox Kids in 1997 and began to pick up traction (also got a morning slot on Channel 4 in the UK summer holidays) and this was enough for Fox to produce Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension.
Unfortunately, as The Other Dimension came out a good six years after the original, stars Omri Katz and Justin Shenkarow were too old to reprise their roles as Marshall and Simon, so Bill Switzer and Daniel Clark were cast to play new characters called Mitchell and Stanley respectively. The premise was actually really good, with a crazy cable guy installing satellite dishes all over the town of Eerie, which allow the events of the original series to be presented as if it were a TV show, but in turn this allows the weirdness to spill over into the other dimension.
Sadly, few of the original Eerie team were involved in this follow up, so the show lacked the same spirit as the original show. This may have at least partially been the reason for the show being cancelled after 15 episodes.
8. EERIE, INDIANA: THE OTHER DIMENSION – SEQUEL TO EERIE, INDIANA
After the success of Twin Peaks in the early 90s, networks were falling over themselves for mystery shows based in small town America. So to find out that Joe Dante — yes that’s Joe ‘Gremlins’ Dante — was serving as creative consultant on just such a show, saw network NBC jump at the chance to produce it. Eerie, Indiana was aimed squarely at children, but still had the trademark suburban dread that Dante was known for, the show was a hit with critics who praised the show for its writing, direction and the fact it was suitable for kids with enough to keep adults entertained too.
However, ratings weren’t as high as NBC hoped, and people seemed a bit confused at to who this show was designed for. In Britain, it was broadcast at 6pm, facing opposition from many of the UK’s biggest soaps. After 19 episodes, the show was cancelled in 1992. The show began to receive reruns on Fox Kids in 1997 and began to pick up traction (also got a morning slot on Channel 4 in the UK summer holidays) and this was enough for Fox to produce Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension.
Unfortunately, as The Other Dimension came out a good six years after the original, stars Omri Katz and Justin Shenkarow were too old to reprise their roles as Marshall and Simon, so Bill Switzer and Daniel Clark were cast to play new characters called Mitchell and Stanley respectively. The premise was actually really good, with a crazy cable guy installing satellite dishes all over the town of Eerie, which allow the events of the original series to be presented as if it were a TV show, but in turn this allows the weirdness to spill over into the other dimension.
Sadly, few of the original Eerie team were involved in this follow up, so the show lacked the same spirit as the original show. This may have at least partially been the reason for the show being cancelled after 15 episodes.
