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sitcoms and cartoons that only aired once
Every Onpode episode on sitcoms and cartoons that only aired once.
Episodes
Before Buffy, Alyson Hannigan starred in the short-lived '80s sitcom Free Spirit, now a cult classic for unexpected reasons
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys, a forgotten 1997 one-season cartoon, merits reconsideration as a sci-fi franchise 30 years later
Five TV shows were canceled after just one episode aired — here's what happenedFive TV shows were canceled after just one episode aired, but the reasons differ sharply: Emily's Reasons Why Not (ABC, 2006) lost over a third of its lead-in audience; Melba (CBS, 1986) premiered on the night of the Challenger disaster and never had a fair shot. Same category, opposite failures.
A single 1989 Garfield episode created an internet myth that persists todayA November 1989 episode of Garfield and Friends called 'It Must Be True' — in which Garfield claims Wyoming is a mapmaking fabrication invented by a fictional Italian explorer named Arbuckle Vespucci — is the credited origin of 'Wyoming denial,' a sincere online movement documented by the Associated Press in April 2021.