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froodleThis past summer I lost my best friend and tried to find some peace of mind in a sci-fi fantasy about cats, newspapers, and time travel
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Within the zeitgeist of 90’s fantasy shows, a family friendly series that would carve a comfortable rerun life on the Fox Family Channel (Freeform) and Hallmark, probably didn’t rank up there as TV Guide’s Must-Watch of Fall 1996. Especially since it debuted 9:00PM on a Saturday, a time slot I typically know as a dead zone after Sunday (based on Felicity’s swift cancellation on TheWB after four seasons). At least it was by 2002.
But the show lasted for four years, surviving long enough into the New Millennium. Early Edition wasn’t lacking in an audience. The series fell somewhere in the nexus where science fiction and fantasy met in the middle. It catered to the same demographics that loved shows like Touched By Angel, Eerie, Indiana, and Sliders.
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Within the zeitgeist of 90’s fantasy shows, a family friendly series that would carve a comfortable rerun life on the Fox Family Channel (Freeform) and Hallmark, probably didn’t rank up there as TV Guide’s Must-Watch of Fall 1996. Especially since it debuted 9:00PM on a Saturday, a time slot I typically know as a dead zone after Sunday (based on Felicity’s swift cancellation on TheWB after four seasons). At least it was by 2002.
But the show lasted for four years, surviving long enough into the New Millennium. Early Edition wasn’t lacking in an audience. The series fell somewhere in the nexus where science fiction and fantasy met in the middle. It catered to the same demographics that loved shows like Touched By Angel, Eerie, Indiana, and Sliders.
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