10. The Last Precinct
The Last Precinct was bolstered by not one but two impressive assets. First, the seasoned actor Adam West, best known for his role as Batman, played the role of Captain Rick Wright. Second, the first episode of the show aired shortly following the Super Bowl, which is consistently the annual television event with the highest viewership. Despite this, it was not sufficient. The sitcom was canceled by NBC after it had aired 8 episodes.
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The fact that there was not a scarcity of police genre on television throughout the 1980s makes it naturally that much more difficult to break into the market. However, the fact that there was a lot of fierce competition was not the only factor that held this program back. Even if there weren’t any other police shows on the air at the same time, the television series would still fail.
9. The Phoenix
Picture this: an ancient extraterrestrial that was discovered in Peru and then reawakened in the year 1982. This is what The Phoenix is all about. Oh, so you’ve already stopped paying attention? So did viewers. Only five episodes were ever seen, and they were preceded by a television movie in 1981.
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Both the television program and the movie were influenced creatively by some very out there ideas. These included The Book of the Law, by Aleister Crowley, a well-known occultist, as well as the nonfiction book Chariots of the Gods, which was written in the 1960s and asserted that ancient civilizations have seen a great deal of alien visitation and were the driving force behind the technological advancements made by those civilizations.
