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While "The Simpsons" debuted and "Roseanne" dominated ratings in 1989, these bizarre TV experiments crashed and burned spectacularly! From CBS's "Hard Time on Planet Earth" (featuring Martin Kove from "Karate Kid" as an EXILED ALIEN with a floating robot sidekick) to Monty Python legend Eric Idle couldn't save "Nearly Departed," his ghostly sitcom that lasted just six episodes.

From high school journalists to FBI agents to witches working as housekeepers, these forgotten flops showcase the strangest year in network TV history. Which of these disasters do you remember watching?

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
00:54.23 - TV 101 (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125202/http://www.jumptheshark.com/t/tv101.htm)
02:10.47 - Hard Time on Planet Earth (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125301/http://www.jumptheshark.com/h/hardtimeonplanetearth.htm)
03:26.13 - Mancuso FBI
04:49.73 - Free Spirit
06:07.64 - Living Dolls
(https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125326/http://www.jumptheshark.com/l/livingdolls.htm) 07:23.66 - Peaceable Kingdom
08:54.18 - Snoops (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125314/http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/snoops.htm)
09:52.37 - Nearly Departed (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125344/http://www.jumptheshark.com/n/nearlydeparted.htm)
11:23.88 - Booker (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125231/http://www.jumptheshark.com/b/booker.htm)
12:38.16 - Alien Nation (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125335/http://www.jumptheshark.com/a/aliennation.htm)