Originally Posted by Josh-da-man (Post 12889231)

There are a number of yardsticks you can measure "success" by: Number of seasons/episodes, cultural impact, critical acclaim, ratings...

Originally Posted by majorjoe23 (Post 12889284)

Inaccurate:

Since the pilot was never picked up by CBS as a series, it was shown as a "CBS Special Presentation" on July 17, 1984. It was shown once in the Eastern and Central time zones of the United States, but pre-empted on the West Coast by CBS News coverage of the Democratic National Convention. This is the only known broadcast of the pilot.[3]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/W*A*L*T*E*R

Originally Posted by Sean O'Hara (Post 12889317)

You haven't seen the truckloads of academic literature produced about Buffy.



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Originally Posted by RichC2 (Post 12889096)

MASH was a Robert Altman movie, his then 14 year old son wrote the lyrics to the theme Suicide is Painless and ultimately made more money from that than Robert Altman did from the movie.

Originally Posted by davidh777 (Post 12889729)

And I believe Roddenberry made a ton of money just by tacking on terrible lyrics to the Star Trek theme so he could get a co-writing credit.

Originally Posted by davidh777 (Post 12889729)

And I believe Roddenberry made a ton of money just by tacking on terrible lyrics to the Star Trek theme so he could get a co-writing credit.

Originally Posted by The Valeyard (Post 12888719)

After M*A*S*H

Originally Posted by majorjoe23 (Post 12889128)

Originally Posted by cultshock (Post 12889134)

Um, no. "After MASH" was a piece of shit show. "Hey, let's take the most boring MASH characters and build a new show around them, it can't miss!"

Originally Posted by windom (Post 12889136)

What about W*A*L*T*E*R? Does that count for anything?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...title_card.jpg

Originally Posted by Count Dooku (Post 12889261)

W*A*L*T*E*R never aired. The pilot was produced and now it is on youtube.

Originally Posted by majorjoe23 (Post 12889284)

Inaccurate:

Since the pilot was never picked up by CBS as a series, it was shown as a "CBS Special Presentation" on July 17, 1984. It was shown once in the Eastern and Central time zones of the United States, but pre-empted on the West Coast by CBS News coverage of the Democratic National Convention. This is the only known broadcast of the pilot.[3]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/W*A*L*T*E*R

Originally Posted by Cellar Door (Post 12893370)

No mention of the M*A*S*H spinoff that was actually successful?

Originally Posted by Cellar Door (Post 12893370)

No mention of the M*A*S*H spinoff that was actually successful?

https://seniorcitylocal.com/wp-conte...magefriend.jpg

Originally Posted by Rex Power Colt-Robot Man (Post 12889161)

Not to get too nerdy but it was originally based on a series of books.