The Movie Was Supposed to Be a TV Show
Before Clueless hit the big screens, Amy Heckerling pitched the idea to Fox as a TV series. She told Entertainment Weekly that the show she had in mind was supposed to be called “No Worries.” At the time, Fox said they wanted a show about teens. But cool teenagers, not nerds.
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Even though it ended up being a quintessential ‘90s flick, Clueless was so successful that a teen sitcom by the same name was created. It aired in 1996 and ran for two seasons. The idea was cute, but it wasn’t executed as well as the movie was.