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12-23-2025, 06:10 PM
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In the mid nineteen eighties, television was full of safe bets. Familiar formats. Proven formulas. Reliable audiences.
So what happens when a major network decides to gamble on something strange?
Misfits of Science (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=469230) was NBC’s attempt to do something different. A Friday night series (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=478536) about people with unusual abilities, made at a time when superhero television did not really exist yet.
It had recognizable faces, strong network backing, and an identity that felt just left of normal prime-time TV.
From the original concept and casting choices, to the network decisions that shaped its fate, this is a deep dive into a series that arrived too early, in the wrong place, with the wrong odds stacked against it.
In the mid nineteen eighties, television was full of safe bets. Familiar formats. Proven formulas. Reliable audiences.
So what happens when a major network decides to gamble on something strange?
Misfits of Science (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=469230) was NBC’s attempt to do something different. A Friday night series (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=478536) about people with unusual abilities, made at a time when superhero television did not really exist yet.
It had recognizable faces, strong network backing, and an identity that felt just left of normal prime-time TV.
From the original concept and casting choices, to the network decisions that shaped its fate, this is a deep dive into a series that arrived too early, in the wrong place, with the wrong odds stacked against it.