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acosmichippo t1_ja5k86e wrote

Reply to comment by stevenw84 in Has any other TV show dipped in quality and fandom as much as New York Undercover? by stevenw84

first season was amazing and incredibly popular. then the writers strike hit.

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Maninhartsford t1_ja6gyrd wrote

Don't let the writers off that easy. The strike is why the season was only 11 episodes long, not why those 11 episodes were bad. Scripted TV shut down for a few months, they didn't replace their writers.

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idontlikeflamingos t1_ja773lh wrote

And it continued to be crap in the following seasons.

The writers strike maybe made the downfall quicker but it was inevitable. It's clear that season 1 was the only one they really had figured out a story to tell. After that it was just milking it and making shit up as it went along.

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