Twenty-five years ago, on Sept. 25, 1999, NBC debuted the high school comedy “Freaks and Geeks” as part of its new fall season. Thus began a saga of independent vision, creative freedom and ...

‘Freaks and Geeks,’ TV’s Least Likely to Succeed, Won by Losing The high school cringe comedy was the undersung member of the Class of ’99. But its influence is everywhere.

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 ...

In honor of Freaks and Geeks’ long-awaited return to streaming, Vulture is revisiting every episode, one at a time, to see what made this one-of-a-kind high school series tick. Check back for ...

Freaks and Geeks premiered on September 25, 1999 and was canceled after 12 episodes. Despite the show’s short-lived run on TV, it gave Rogen the clout he needed to get started with his comedy ...

After Freaks and Geeks came to an end, Cardellini booked the role of Velma in the live-action version of Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleased (2004).

Freaks and Geeks premiered on September 25, 1999. The show had the 8 PM slot on Saturday nights — something DreamWorks development executive Justin Falvey was concerned about.