Does everybody who saw this feel like they imagined it?

<<<and to be quite honest in retrospect the show was rather mediocre... >>>

True, but it was typical mid-'80s television. The show's premise, the stories, all great ideas, but it did "suffer" from the mentality & execution of the time. Back then it was fine, but it doesn't age well. Knight Rider was an example of this, Airwolf too, but with better results. The shows you mention were a few years later, and that mid-'80s quality had faded. For the record, I love that style but admit it doesn't hold up, critically speaking. I think those shows along with shows of another genre like The A-Team and Hunter were made in the style of the times, thus the perceived mediocrity. The times weren't the problem per se, but it was the notion that television had to look/feel/sound a certain way because that's what others were doing. All of this still goes on though...new times, same rehash.

Only when mentioning it to others. ;) Then again you tend to get that sensation when talking about any short lived series. Add the fact its a sci-fi series and that sense of a cosmic disconnect is compounded ten fold since the average viewer (pre-TiVo anyway) rarely invested time into these short lived 'genre' shows. It gets worse if you can't remember the name of the series.

EG: I vaguely recall a lawyer show set in the future. One episode was about clones/cloning. But for the life of me I can't recall it's name or when precisely it aired so, of course, whenever I mention it to anyone they ask me if I'm sure it really existed. AUGH!

OTOH some sci-fi series, like Mercy Point, are vaguely remembered because they had a bit of media hype prior to their release. To this day I remember UPN really seemed to be pumped about this, until it aired, then the promos just stopped. Just to give you an idea of how little respect sci-fi series get Mercy Point had a write-up in Heavy Metal magazine, but the issue hit the newstands a month after the show had been canceled!

It didn't even last long enough to air a single repeat. That's sad.

Then there's series like Space Rangers, which were never given a solid time slot (or were alwaus pre-empted by sports), so the justification for canceling them is they lacked ratings. Just 'buh-bye' and don't let the stage door hit you in the rear on your way out.

Yet a series like J.A.G. can play musical network chairs no problem.

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After reading several posts on this notice board my brain is starting to expand. I remember watchin this show with my dad (we used to atch all the sci fi stuff together, it makes up some of my earliest memories!) only thing is Dad could never remember this show - and it's been buggng me for years! Especialy since I have distinct memories of it airing at the same time as "Misfits of Science" (one of Courtney Cox's first TV roles) which also lasted for less than a full season, and Dad recalls that show, but not Otherworld. And like dozens of other people that part of my brain that has been constantly engaged in sorting out half memories trying to find what the hell that show was is now free!

If this is the show I think it is, and I'm pretty sure it is, then yes, I know just what you're saying, Avatar. I'm 31, and I remember this from my childhood, but couldn't remember anything about it. I think I used to watch it on a local channel late at night (after Fantasy Island, I think). Glad to know I didn't dream it.

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I always thought that this show was something from Speilberg's Amazing Stories tv show.

I always remembered bits and pieces and never the title or the the premise.

Its amazing that almost every post I see has the same reference to a $1 Bill.
The bit where the family is in the Water and the Image of a Dollar Bill with the Pyramid sticks vividly in my mind.

Every so often when I'd remember TV shows of my youth, 1980's, I'd always come back to Otherworld. I could never remember the name.

Too bad its not on DVD somewhere.

Another favorite show I loved is on DVD now, Voyagers, I have to go buy a set.

I can only speak for myself here dude, but I don't feel like I imagined it because I actually watched this show when it was in live broadcast as a kid!!!

Deaddude films because reality !!!