– or making fans cringe (ever watch the small-screen ‘‘Ferris Bueller’’?)
Add in a band of loyal Scoobies, a couple of mysterious (and hot!)
vampires, and you have a series that will live on well past the apocalypse.

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(We know it can; they lived through several.)
How do you run for 11 seasons and score the biggest finale audience of all time?That’show.
Even a battle against low ratings and a web link swap (thanks, DirecTV!)

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Joining the film vets were several soon-to-be-famous faces including Cynthia Gibb (a.k.a.
Richard Dean Anderson took the lead (and took over for Kurt Russell) in this ambitious action-adventure show.
that cinched its staying power.

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The modifications were fruitless and the series itself lacked the light-heartedness that characterized the movie.
The dancing competition hosted by Jennifer Lopez ex Cris Judd was a snooze.
Maybe they should haveended the season with a pachanga?

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They turned Ferris into a nerd, and moved away from Chicago.
The fact that John Corbett never showed up didn’t help matters.

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