# TV shows that you got into after they had been on for awhile

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 21, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-got-into-after-they-had-been-on-for-awhile/183354 "2003-06-21T03:47:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-got-into-after-they-had-been-on-for-awhile/183354/21 "2003-06-22T21:47:48Z")

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“Freaks and Geeks.” I didn’t think that much of it when it was on but then some channel ran reruns of it couple of years ago, and I loved it.

And I could kick myself for not starting to watch Buffy in the first season. My PARENTS were watching it before I was, including most of the friends I sat with in the cafeteria before our first classes. I finally started watching sometime in season 2 and devotedly watched after that.

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**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-got-into-after-they-had-been-on-for-awhile/183354/22 "2003-06-23T02:38:46Z")

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Without a doubt: BUFFY…

Then Survivor on the African Segment. Sorry i missed the first ones.

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**Author:** ![Hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-got-into-after-they-had-been-on-for-awhile/183354/23 "2003-06-23T06:12:01Z")

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It seems to me that more than 1/2 the shows I’ve cared about over the years, I “joined in progress”. I’d hear about them, or notice they had a fandom, try them, like them. It really annoys me the way, in recent years, the networks cancel shows that don’t get high ratings right away. I think it often takes a while for people to hear that a show is good and try it out.

Probably my all time favorite show is Babylon 5. I tuned in to the one where Garibaldi spends most of the episode on a level (of the B5 station) that isn’t supposed to exist. I was totally hooked.

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