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* UsefulNotes/HollywoodAccounting: According to Scott Adams he never made a dime on the show thanks to this. Accordingly he's fine with people finding ways to watch it for free.

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* UsefulNotes/HollywoodAccounting: According to Scott Adams he (and presumably anybody else who was supposed to be paid royalties) never made a dime on the show thanks to this. Accordingly he's fine with people finding ways to watch it for free.
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* UsefulNotes/HollywoodAccounting: According to Scott Adams he never made a dime on the show thanks to this. Accordingly he's fine with people finding ways to watch it for free.
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At the time of cancellation, the show had the second-lowest ratings of *any* prime time show. The original entry was sourced from Adams’ own work - which frequently blames black people for his professional failures.


* ScrewedByTheNetwork:
** Despite its high ratings (by Creator/{{UPN}}'s standards), the show was canceled due to not hitting the target demographic UPN wanted and being aired right after ''Series/ShastaMcNasty'', a show with a completely different target audience.
** For its second season, the series had also been moved from its fairly successful Monday night timeslot to Thursdays - up against NBC's then-quite powerful lineup.
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-->'''Adams:''' And to date, I have not been accused of being in league with Phil, so it all worked out.
** Less benign example: while the Cubicle Gestapo is an inherently funny concept, the minefield of figuring out how many Nazi references a newspaper comic can get away with makes their appearances more trouble than they're worth. In several papers they were [[{{Bowdlerise}} changed into the "Cubicle Police"]]

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-->'''Adams:''' --->'''Adams:''' And to date, I have not been accused of being in league with Phil, so it all worked out.
** Less benign example: while the Cubicle Gestapo is an inherently funny concept, the minefield of figuring out how many Nazi references a newspaper comic can get away with makes their appearances more trouble than they're worth. In several papers they were [[{{Bowdlerise}} changed into the "Cubicle Police"]]Police"]].

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Talking To Himself has been merged with Talking To Themselves. Reclassifying. Also, Example Indentation.


* ActingForTwo: Creator/TomKenny, Creator/MauriceLaMarche and Creator/TressMacNeille provide additional voices.



* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Despite its high ratings (by Creator/{{UPN}}'s standards), the show was canceled due to not hitting the target demographic UPN wanted and being aired right after ''Series/ShastaMcNasty'', a show with a completely different target audience.

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Despite its high ratings (by Creator/{{UPN}}'s standards), the show was canceled due to not hitting the target demographic UPN wanted and being aired right after ''Series/ShastaMcNasty'', a show with a completely different target audience.



* TalkingToHimself: Creator/TomKenny, Creator/MauriceLaMarche and Creator/TressMacNeille provide additional voices.

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