10 More Underhyped Shows That Blew Everyone Away

Who needs marketing, anyway?

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It's no secret that a lot of work goes into making a TV show. And once the casting is complete, the sets are built, the script is written and the episodes are shot, the most important aspect of bringing a series to life comes from actually getting people to watch it.

Marketing is a massive part of making sure a show doesn't crash and burn, and that all the hard work that's gone into producing the series ends up being worth it.

Unfortunately, not every studio is open to pushing their product onto the public, whether it's because they aren't sure it'll be a success, they think it's been miscast, or they're happy to let it fend for itself as nothing more than filler in-between much more popular shows.

Here at WhatCulture we've already touched on several such shows that were left high and dry by uncertain networks but managed to find a loving audience anyway, and so for this list we're going to have a look at 10 more shows that became madly popular through word of mouth and fanfare alone.

10. Charmed

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In 1998, following the recent success of female-led supernatural movies The Craft and Practical Magic, The WB decided to give the greenlight to Constance M. Burge's idea for a show about witches called House of Sisters.

Unfortunately, there were some issues, with producer Duke Vincent proclaiming no one would be interested in watching a series about a group of witches who live together, aren't evil, and look like normal people.

In the end, the show was renamed Charmed, the script was rewritten, and the witches became sisters rather than unrelated roommates. According to The WB, the "family values" aspect of the story would keep more people hooked than the supernatural side of things.

The studio then tossed the show out with little marketing, put off by the messy pilot and virtually unknown cast. To their surprise, though, people at home instantly gravitated toward it, and it quickly became The WB's biggest property, consistently breaking viewership records and running for an unprecedented eight seasons.

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