re: How was Freaks & Geeks ever cancelled?

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I seriously doubt that claim. American tv viewers are not the most sophisticated animal on the plain. That's why shows like two and a half men Happy Endings and Mike and Molly survive while better shows go extinct.

The tv audience has not changed in ten years. They still gravitate to crap.

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Agree with this.

Also, F&G isn't a comedy. It's more of a funny drama (dramedy or whatever). Don't get me wrong, that's one of the things that makes it so great, but I think it would still struggle to find an audience in television today...the general TV-viewing public doesn't want to have to think about their shows, and F&G is much, much deeper than simply a comedy or a drama.

I do think it would do better today than it did, but it would still struggle. I also think it'd do better on a station like USA or TNT than network TV.