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Before The X-Files or Stargate made science fiction TV mainstream, the ’80s served up some truly wild sci-fi gems—then yanked them away just as they got good. Remember pre-Friends Courteney Cox telekinetically tossing crates in Misfits of Science? How about a cowboy posse, including Richard Roundtree, zapped into 1986 Houston (Outlaws)?

These cult classics were bursting with ideas, just not network patience. Let’s celebrate the five short-lived shows every Gen X sci-fi fan still fights for!

Chapters:

00:00 – Intro
01:15– Otherworld (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125340/http://www.jumptheshark.com/o/otherworld.htm)
03:28 – Outlaws (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125340/http://www.jumptheshark.com/o/outlaws.htm)
05:58 – Automan (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125335/http://www.jumptheshark.com/a/automan.htm)
08:48 – Voyagers! (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125243/http://www.jumptheshark.com/v/voyagers.htm)
10:41 – Misfits of Science (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125239/http://www.jumptheshark.com/m/misfitsofscience.htm)