Trivia / Now and Again

• Dawson Casting: Averted. Michael and Lisa's teenage daughter Heather was played by Heather Matarazzo, who was 16 when filming began.
• Friday Night Death Slot: The show premiered at 9:00 pm on Friday nights, with no strong lead-in (basically Kids Say the Darndest Things and Love and Money, a sitcom that lasted maybe four episodes).
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: Relevant until 2014, when a DVD set was finally released. Enjoyed a brief run of repeats on Syfy.
• Screwed by the Network: The CBS/Paramount/Viacom merger was cited as a possible reason why the network suddenly cut back on advertising the show in the spring, to set it up to fail so that a Paramount show could be put on the chopping block. The production company was led to believe they'd have a second season, which was the main reason they ended their first and only season with a Cliffhanger - the upfronts the night before the official 2000-2001 schedule was announced even had the show listed as renewed.

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