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Those sorts of things are fun to read, but of course hindsight is 20/20.
I remember Entertainment Weekly did a similar article about major mistakes made by network executives. In the same article they mentioned that the executive producer of The Sopranos had a new series that was repeatedly rejected until a desperate AMC took the gamble. The show was Mad Men.
Then they listed another example: The creator of Arrested Development created two further series, both hyped by Fox: Sit Down, Shut Up and Running Wilde. Both were bombs.
What, if anything is the lesson? There's no formula to success. It's just a bunch of dumb luck.
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