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With strong characters such as Sarah Connor and Ellen Ripley emerging in the eighties, the nineties weren't so kind to the superwoman format, with the exception of Xena: Warrior Princess, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Charmed. With the emergence of Charlie's Angels and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon James Cameron empowered female warriors back to television screens by mixing the sober feminism of his films' The Terminator and Aliens characters with sexed-up girl power. The result was Dark Angel..<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.darkangelfan.com/news/254.shtml |title=Angel Delight |date=2001-02-14 |publisher=Dark Angel Fan |accessdate=2008-07-14}}</ref> |
With strong characters such as Sarah Connor and Ellen Ripley emerging in the eighties, the nineties weren't so kind to the superwoman format, with the exception of Xena: Warrior Princess, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Charmed. With the emergence of Charlie's Angels and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon James Cameron empowered female warriors back to television screens by mixing the sober feminism of his films' The Terminator and Aliens characters with sexed-up girl power. The result was Dark Angel..<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.darkangelfan.com/news/254.shtml |title=Angel Delight |date=2001-02-14 |publisher=Dark Angel Fan |accessdate=2008-07-14}}</ref> |
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The show in its first season aired on Tuesday nights after the sitcoms ''That '70s Show'' and ''Titus'' and was a hit with viewers. At the end of its first season, FOX transplanted the show to an hour earlier on Friday nights in hopes of breaking its infamous death slot and to give their new drama ''24'' a better time slot. Viewership dropped, and ''Dark Angel'' was eventually canceled because Joss Whedon's ''Firefly'' was ordered to series so FOX wouldn't have to pay for two big budget shows. Ironically, ''Firefly'' didn't last an entire season. |
The show in its first season aired on Tuesday nights after the sitcoms ''That '70s Show'' and ''Titus'' and was a hit with viewers. At the end of its first season, FOX transplanted the show to an hour earlier on Friday nights in hopes of breaking its infamous death slot and to give their new drama ''24'' a better time slot. Viewership dropped, and ''Dark Angel'' was eventually canceled because Joss Whedon's ''Firefly'' was ordered to series so FOX wouldn't have to pay for two big budget shows. Ironically, ''Firefly'' didn't last an entire season. |
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