1. Creator Paul Feig noted that Freaks and Geeks, which featured a young cast — some of whom hadn’t gone through puberty yet — was NBC’s lowest-rated show when it aired from 1999 to 2000.

Freaks and Geeks takes place in the early 1980s, and the songs of Joan Jett, The Who, Billy Joel, the Grateful Dead, Rush, Styx, and many more were integral parts of the show.

Freaks and Geeks was dealt a difficult hand from the outset. It was placed in the notoriously challenging Saturday nighttime slot - 8 p.m. - when most of its target audience would be out enjoying ...

Freaks and Geeks put all of its stars on the map despite its short 18-episode run. It was the first big break for the young actor James Franco, who played signature “bad boy” Daniel.

I don’t know how influenced Ricky Gervais was by Freaks and Geeks in writing The Office—if indeed he was at all—but the Americanized version of the show, as well as the sitcoms that followed ...

This week on a special episode of The Business, Kim Masters talks with Shrinking co-creator and star Jason Segel, recorded ...

10) Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000) Set in Detroit’s fictional William McKinley High School between 1980 and 1981, Freaks and Geeks only aired for one season before being cancelled by NBC.

Judd Apatow's college comedy features a star-studded cast including Seth Rogen, Charlie Hunnam, and Jason Segel.

In an upcoming project, the “Knocked Up” star is playing a character drastically different from his “Freaks and Geeks” character Ken Miller, who Rogen believes that 25 years later is ...