Cult Flops

When I heard that The Artist Formerly Known As the Sci-Fi Channel had signed Tim Minear to create a remake of Alien Nation, my first thought was the same as most people’s: how long can this show last? Minear is perhaps the showrunner most associated with cult flops (he’s created and/or produced one show after another that got a cult following and bad ratings), adapting a famous cult flop. Every show he has worked on since Angel has been an unpopular show with some kind of fan following.