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why was this only 13 episodes long?

posted 11 years ago by abhimb-1
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why not a lot longer?

[–] alexracer 11 years ago

simple answer

the Friday night "death slot" TV schedule

[–] mikekaraoke23 11 years ago

at least it had some kind of ending and not a massive cliffhanger that didn't get resolved

[–] fox_hound20071980 10 years ago

Rex Smith said there was lot of corruption, guys getting paid for doing nothing and stuff

[–] quumpher 9 years ago

Because it was shìt.

[–] 9 years ago

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[–] lm362 8 years ago

Stupid studio executives keep killing shows like this that would have gotten a loyal audience if given half the chance. That and the fact that Honda Motorcycles was suing them over the name of the motorcycle(such a dumb thing to do). The law suit was dropping when the series was cancelled.

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[–] hey_o 7 years ago

The ratings declined significantly from the well received pilot episode. However the ratings would probably be acceptable today. But this was the 80's. Rating standards were higher back then.

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