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5 Early Forgotten TV shows
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Randomly, of course, Here are 5 TV shows from the very early days of Television which were popular in there day but are all but forgotten these days:
1) Star Trek: The Next Generation
This TV show really confused people when it first came out as no-one had ever seen a 'Science-Fiction' show before. Being the first of it's kind it wow audiences for many years until it's decline, partly due to the age of the cast and it's many controversy storylines which not only featured rape of human characters but robots but even had a black man as a main cast member, something completely unheard of at the time.
2) Dinosaurs
Despite being a reality show with hidden cameras in order to catch animals in there native habitat, Dinosaurs had a strangely cartoon feel it which kept people interested in the show and paid for it's high production costs. Like many of the early shows, however, health and safety issues on set lead to the deaths of a number of the behind the scenes staff as placing the cameras among such dangerous animals often lead to issues. A boycott was launched to improve the safety of crew, but with no way to get around some of the key problems, the show had to stop production.
3) Play your cards right
Based on a British TV show originally called 'The Generation Game", Play your Cards right was a world wide hit as one of the first TV game shows, and THE first to have many regional editions made for over 200 Countries in the world. It pitted teams of contestants, each from a different 'Generation' fighting against each other to see which Generation was in fact, the greatest Generation while playing what at first appeared to be a simple card game, but would turn out to be far more complex.
4) Static
The first ever TV show ever broadcasted was "Static". While completely forgotten today, this show was the most popular until around the end of the 20th century when it was replaced. The Storylines were very complex as it depicted the the Lives and loves of a community of inter-coloured people as they actively rush around in there surreal world.
5) Fantastic Voyage
Originally a series of 2 novels by best selling Author, Isaac Asimov, Fantastic Voyage was a hugely popular cartoon series which spawned a Live action film remake. Featuring a crew of 4 including a woman and a magician, when both were under represented in most media, this show had them shrink down to enter various objects to help teach the children viewers how various things worked, from computers to the human body. While not the first cartoon ever, it was one of the first to be made with an all child cast.
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1) Star Trek: The Next Generation
This TV show really confused people when it first came out as no-one had ever seen a 'Science-Fiction' show before. Being the first of it's kind it wow audiences for many years until it's decline, partly due to the age of the cast and it's many controversy storylines which not only featured rape of human characters but robots but even had a black man as a main cast member, something completely unheard of at the time.
2) Dinosaurs
Despite being a reality show with hidden cameras in order to catch animals in there native habitat, Dinosaurs had a strangely cartoon feel it which kept people interested in the show and paid for it's high production costs. Like many of the early shows, however, health and safety issues on set lead to the deaths of a number of the behind the scenes staff as placing the cameras among such dangerous animals often lead to issues. A boycott was launched to improve the safety of crew, but with no way to get around some of the key problems, the show had to stop production.
3) Play your cards right
Based on a British TV show originally called 'The Generation Game", Play your Cards right was a world wide hit as one of the first TV game shows, and THE first to have many regional editions made for over 200 Countries in the world. It pitted teams of contestants, each from a different 'Generation' fighting against each other to see which Generation was in fact, the greatest Generation while playing what at first appeared to be a simple card game, but would turn out to be far more complex.
4) Static
The first ever TV show ever broadcasted was "Static". While completely forgotten today, this show was the most popular until around the end of the 20th century when it was replaced. The Storylines were very complex as it depicted the the Lives and loves of a community of inter-coloured people as they actively rush around in there surreal world.
5) Fantastic Voyage
Originally a series of 2 novels by best selling Author, Isaac Asimov, Fantastic Voyage was a hugely popular cartoon series which spawned a Live action film remake. Featuring a crew of 4 including a woman and a magician, when both were under represented in most media, this show had them shrink down to enter various objects to help teach the children viewers how various things worked, from computers to the human body. While not the first cartoon ever, it was one of the first to be made with an all child cast.
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