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Ask Alan: What are the best one-season shows of all time?

Plus, what TV episode has the most impressive guest star lineup of future stars?

Ask Alan: What are the best one-season shows of all time?
'My So-Called Life' is an obvious pick to be on a list of TV's best one-and-done shows, but what are some others?

Good morning, everybody! Time for another periodic installment of my video mailbag, Ask Alan. As always, a reminder that you can send me questions at alan@whatsalanwatching.com:

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Like the guy in the video says, we're doing two questions this week instead of the usual three, but only because the first question requires an exhaustive, two-part answer.

TV I Love: ‘Terriers’
Looking back at the short-lived FX detective drama I can’t shut up about

Inspired by my recent essay about my love of Terriers, we've got a lengthy monologue about some of my favorite one-season TV Shows of all time. We start off with some of the old standbys from the 90s and 2000s, which you may have heard of if you've been following me for a while, or are just enough of a TV fan to be reading my work now.