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The first full week of November yields very little in the way of new series premieres, but there are a handful and probably all but one have been long forgotten. Let’s take a look and see if you remember any of these series.
1958
- No new series premiered this week in 1958.
1968
- No new series premiered this week in 1968.
1978
- No new series premiered this week in 1978.
1988
- November 5 – CBS added the alleged sitcom Raising Miranda to its Saturday night lineup. We say alleged because the premise focused on Donald Marshack, a contractor who suddenly finds himself a single parent when his wife of fifteen years abandons the family. Donald was left to raise his fifteen year old daughter as both a father and a mother and hilarity ensues. Or not. CBS scheduled the series against NBC’s popular Amen and cancelled the show after seven of the nine produced episodes aired. The series starred James Naughton, Royana Black, Miriam Flynn and Bryan Cranston in his first regular TV role.
1998
- No new series premiered this week in 1998.
2008
- November 6 – 50 Cent: The Money and the Power premieres on MTV. The reality series was a spin on The Apprentice as fourteen aspiring rap moguls were put through challenges with the winner receiving a $100,000 investment from 50 Cent to start their own business venture. Ryan Mayberry of Lancaster, PA was crowned the winner, and the series was cancelled after a single season.
- November 7 – Whale Wars debuts on Animal Planet. The reality series focused on the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s campaign against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary off the coast of Antartica. The series was not without controversy as the Japanese claimed what they were doing was scientific research, and Sea Shepherd was criticized for their tactics including sabotage and ramming and boarding the Japanese vessels. The series ran for seven seasons, producing 61 episodes with the last broadcast on January 2, 2015.
- November 8 – Teen sitcom True Jackson, VP premieres on Nickelodeon. The series follows fifteen-year-old True Jackson, selling sandwiches and lemonade with her friend Ryan in the New York fashion district. Fashion designer Max Madigan compliments True on her style and realizes she’s wearing his clothing but altered to suit her own purposes. Impressed, Madigan hires True to be the VP of his youth apparel division. The series was cancelled after two seasons, but with a second season order of 34 episodes, the network decided to split the order and make a third season with the second half of the order. Kekee Palmer starred with Ashley Argota, Matt Shively, Robbie Amell and Greg Proops among the cast. 60 episodes were produced with the finale airing on August 20, 2011.
How many of these show do you remember? Do you have a favorite or memories of the series that didn’t go down in TV history? Share your thoughts with us in the comments section below!
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