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I'm trying to think of an American equivalent...in terms of popularity that didn't get much from the producers.
Hmmmm....
The Original Battlestar Galactica? It has a good first season run...was rather popular. Still has a massive fanbase. Even had an Endless Eight (some fans wish it didn't happen) Galactica 1980 season. Galactica was too expensive to produce on a TV budget (and had legal problems with George Lucas, but those resolved before the series ended). They had to use a lot of stock footage from the pilot movie for the space fights. Come the 21st century...Battlestar Galactica returned, has several seasons and prequals (Caprica and the up coming Blood and Chrome series).
The hope is that Haruhi doesn't follow those lines, and wait twenty-five years before getting finished. But one also hopes it doesn't turn out like Lost and get done until it runs into the ground.
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