As difficult as it is to believe for the hardcore Christian Slater fans out there, NBC has already pulled the plug on his new show, My Own Worst Enemy. Apparently audiences weren’t gravitating to a spy drama about a secret agent with multiple personalities played by the dude from Pump Up the Volume.

Who saw this one coming? With thought the idea was a goldmine. But Christian Slater simultaneously portraying both an ass-kicking government operative and a mild-mannered family man wouldn’t be the first time we’ve been wrong this decade about a show’s potential for success. For example, these nine shows didn’t stand a chance either…

Carpoolers (2007). How a show about Jerry O’Connell’s commute didn’t make it we’ll never understand.

Dr. Vegas (2004). Because the true test of any doctor is whether they can save Tom Sizemore’s life in Vegas.

Fastlane (2002). The problem with this show was either A) it starred Bill Bellamy, B) people don’t like the Paul Walker-less versions of The Fast and the Furious, or C) the white dude from Can’t Hardly Wait had his shirt off way more than Kelly Kapowski did.

Joey (2004). Matt LeBlanc couldn’t even carry that movie about a monkey playing baseball, how was he supposed to carry his own TV show?

Birds of Prey (2002). Apparently the world wasn’t ready for the lovechild of Batman and Catwoman fighting crime in the future. Kind of hard to believe.

Day Break (2006). AKA the black Groundhog Day starring Taye Diggs. He’s living the same day over and over!

Freddie (2005). This show totally would have worked if they’d gone with the original plan of Freddie Prinze and Brian Austin Green playing life partners.

Method & Red (2004). It was pretty much The Jeffersons, only starring Method Man and Redman. The biggest problem was no one could tell which one was supposed to be Weezie.

Stacked (2005). We talked every person we know into watching the show about Pam Anderson working in a book store. No idea how it flopped.

And people wonder why there are so many reality shows on television.

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