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Northern Exposure is an American television series that ran on CBS from 1990 to 1995, with a total of 110 episodes.
The series was given a pair of consecutive Peabody Awards: in 1991–92 for the show's "depict[ion] in a comedic and often poetic way, [of] the cultural clash between a transplanted New York City doctor and the townspeople of fictional Cicely, Alaska" and its stories of "people of different backgrounds and experiences" clashing but who ultimately "strive to accept their differences and co-exist."
It received a total of 57 award nominations during its five-year run and won 27, including the 1992 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, two additional Primetime Emmy Awards, four Creative Arts Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globes.
The series was created by Brand-Falsey Productions. Critic John Leonard called Northern Exposure "the best of the best television in the past 10 years."Simon Pegg has stated that the series was one of the influences on the British sitcom Spaced.
The show started as an eight-episode summer replacement series on CBS in 1990. It returned for seven more episodes in spring 1991, then became a regular part of the network's schedule in 1991-92, where it was among the top 10 among 18 to 49-year-olds, as well as in 1992-93, and 1993-94. Its last season, 1994-95, included a gap during May 1995 sweeps when CBS broadcast other programming.
A list of episodes for the television series Northern Exposure.
I’ve seen it all, criss crossed five thousand miles
past rocky tips and sandy shores
I’ve lost some friends, but I bounced back again
from frozen wrecks on icy roads
And my friends all say I’ve lost another year
that it’s time to give it up and face my fears
But it’s not about the fun, it’s being proud of what
I’ve done
about having all the guts to do it here
I’ve seen it all, lived life on borrowed time
Past city blocks and gravel roads
I lost some friends, dropped out been on the mend
I climbed right back from no control
But I don’t know how much more that I can take
before my body gives and starts to break
But it’s not about the fun, it’s being proud of what
I’ve done
about having all the guts to do it here
Well I had it down, fought hard and now I’m found
but I’m wearing thin out on the road
And I’ve done the rounds, met girls in northern towns
but these days I’d rather sleep alone
But I don’t know how much more that I can take
before my body gives and starts to break
But it’s not about the fun, it’s being proud of what
I’ve done
about having all the guts to do it here