Here’s What Ruined ‘Buck Rogers in the 25th Century’

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While Buck Rogers in the 25th Century may never go down in the history books as one of television’s finest moments, if you were a sci-fi obsessed teenager in the late seventies, you were most likely a fan of the show. Sure, it wasn’t Star Wars or Battlestar Galactica, but it wasn’t trying to be. Instead, this was a show that focused purely on fun. But casting and story changes in season two totally unmoored the show, turning it into a water-down version of its former self.