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Game Over

TV series
2004
1 season
UPN
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Game Over is an American computer-animated television series created by David Sacks, produced by Carsey-Werner Productions, and broadcast on UPN in 2004. It was canceled due to low ratings. Game Over focused on what happens to video game characters after the game ends. The show is based around the Smashenburns, a far-from-ordinary suburban family that lives in an alternate video game universe.

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Game Over is an American adult animated sitcom, created by David Sacks and produced by Carsey-Werner Productions. The series was broadcast on UPN in 2004 and was cancelled after five episodes.

Game Over (the title was inspired by the phrase "game over" that commonly concludes video games) focuses on what happens to video game characters after the game ends and recounts the lives of the Smashenburns, a far-from-ordinary suburban family that lived in an alternate video game universe. The series made numerous references to video games and even featured certain game characters in cameo appearances. For example, the first episode features Crash Bandicoot on a Got Milk? billboard and an extended sequence set in the world of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee.

Marisa Tomei originally voiced Raquel Smashenburn in the series' unaired pilot episode, but scheduling problems had Lucy Liu take over the role for the actual series.

Game Over was heavily hyped by UPN before its debut. It generally received positive press on its airing. A total of six episodes were produced; five of these episodes aired over the span of one month, while the sixth never aired and only appears on the complete series DVD.

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