# Shows that were on for awhile before you got into them

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 4, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-were-on-for-awhile-before-you-got-into-them/172952 "2003-05-04T01:26:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![marinwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@marinwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marinwood)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-were-on-for-awhile-before-you-got-into-them/172952/41 "2003-05-11T15:34:48Z")

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I paid no attention to **OZ** until I received the Season One and Two DVDs as a gift, _one week before the series ended_.

Then the obsession began…

I too found an ftp site, downloaded seasons 3-6, and watched them all in a two week span.

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**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-were-on-for-awhile-before-you-got-into-them/172952/42 "2003-05-11T19:40:14Z")

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Stargate: SG1–I didn’t start watching it till the third season because I didn’t care for the movie.

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