It's been 17 years now! Why do I miss this show? The writing was excellent. The characters were fully developed (i.e. mostly playing themselves) and seemed like people I went to college with. The running jokes (Howard with a new hot girl every week, Quinton getting hassled for something he didn't do) were always funny. The direction was excellent and was a break from the three-camera sitcoms that prevailed on television at the time. I wonder if the style of Portlandia was influenced by it (yeah, probably not).
The reason why there wasn't another season is long and complicated. In short, the actors and writers did not feel like MTV was interested in a second season and they stopping trying to change the network's mind. The series creators claimed MTV did not behave professionally during negotiations. Remember, MTV was the network that removed the word "fire" from every Beavis and Butt-head episode just so they wouldn't have to win a frivolous lawsuit. They were very averse to anything with potential risk.
Unfortunately other cable channels were not interested in this kind of programming at the time.
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