Hahaha I think you're right. I can think of two shows off of the top of my head (Twin Peaks and Star Trek) that were before their time ended up getting canceled, but still influencing entire genres of shows.
I mean, so many shows owe a debt to Twin Peaks that it's not even funny. You can see it's influence throughout all of Joss Whedon's stuff (he even pays direct homage to it at one point) and in shows like Battlestar Galactica (every time Baltar and imaginary six have a dream conversation, I think of Twin Peaks lol). Same goes with Star Trek - although that was a bit different as it started it's own franchise too. But still it did influence a lot of sci-fi shows that came after.
It's kind of interesting that often while a lot of people don't watch those shows, a part of the small audience of fans tend to be other authors that then carry those influences into their more successful stuff. It's kind of cool really.
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I mean, so many shows owe a debt to Twin Peaks that it's not even funny. You can see it's influence throughout all of Joss Whedon's stuff (he even pays direct homage to it at one point) and in shows like Battlestar Galactica (every time Baltar and imaginary six have a dream conversation, I think of Twin Peaks lol). Same goes with Star Trek - although that was a bit different as it started it's own franchise too. But still it did influence a lot of sci-fi shows that came after.
It's kind of interesting that often while a lot of people don't watch those shows, a part of the small audience of fans tend to be other authors that then carry those influences into their more successful stuff. It's kind of cool really.