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J.J. Abrams and Undercovers: Why It Wasn’t Alias, Lost, or Felicity

Sci-fi auteur Abrams' latest TV show, Undercovers, has gotten the axe at NBC. Jace Lacob on what went wrong and why TV needs a fully-committed, not watered down, Abrams.

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J.J. Abrams has lost his Midas touch when it comes to television.

Abrams made his name in TV. He birthed some of the most serpentine, brain-twisting programming of the last decade, deeply serialized dramas with overarching mythologies that stood out among the onslaught of procedurals.

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