So it is closely following the book? Good to know. I thought it was but wasn't certain. Thanks.
Northern Exposure kind of ended before Buffy aired? It ended in 1995-96, and started in 1990. It didn't last as long - ran into writer and actor issues, happens a lot with television shows. Per Wiki: The lead of Northern Exposure wanted a raise around the fifth season, and the producers and studio refused and decided they could do the show without him. So he got written out in the middle of the fifth season. (It didn't work and the show died, shortly there after, although it had other problems. Very few shows can survive without the lead.) The other problem - was the network/studio took an idea another writer pitched to them, changed the location and pitched it to a different writing team. The original writer got annoyed and sued them, and when the writing team of the series found out that it was a stolen idea or changed idea, they bolted and a new show-runner was hired, and that new show-runner hated everything about the series and kept undercutting it until the network finally gave up and cancelled it. (Television is a really tough and frustrating medium to work in.)
That's why it went off the rails in the latter seasons and got cancelled.
Northern Exposure was the opposite of Buffy in that it was great to start, then...floundered. Buffy took a while to take off - then got better as it went, and the writers/crew/etc did as well. Probably helped by the fact that the lead didn't leave nor did the writers until the series ended.
Murderbot and Northern Exposure
Northern Exposure kind of ended before Buffy aired? It ended in 1995-96, and started in 1990. It didn't last as long - ran into writer and actor issues, happens a lot with television shows. Per Wiki: The lead of Northern Exposure wanted a raise around the fifth season, and the producers and studio refused and decided they could do the show without him. So he got written out in the middle of the fifth season. (It didn't work and the show died, shortly there after, although it had other problems. Very few shows can survive without the lead.) The other problem - was the network/studio took an idea another writer pitched to them, changed the location and pitched it to a different writing team. The original writer got annoyed and sued them, and when the writing team of the series found out that it was a stolen idea or changed idea, they bolted and a new show-runner was hired, and that new show-runner hated everything about the series and kept undercutting it until the network finally gave up and cancelled it. (Television is a really tough and frustrating medium to work in.)
That's why it went off the rails in the latter seasons and got cancelled.
Northern Exposure was the opposite of Buffy in that it was great to start, then...floundered. Buffy took a while to take off - then got better as it went, and the writers/crew/etc did as well. Probably helped by the fact that the lead didn't leave nor did the writers until the series ended.