On television, a series is more defined by its content than by its length.

What Is The Gaveltons?

In 1998,TV Land produced multiple situation comediesof which the episodes were only 60 seconds long.

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The first of these series to air wasThe Gaveltons, which is about a family who sues everyone.

They will do so for ridiculous reasons.

His father’s solution?

Father and son in The Gaveltons

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Sue the coach, of course.

The son ends up winning MVP Most Valuable Plaintiff.

The Gaveltons, as brief as it was, did have a relatively interesting premise.

A judge in The Gaveltons

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Why Was The Gaveltons So Short-Lived?

Add a few tropes, and baby, you’ve got a stew going!

But in 1998 it was simply confusing.

The Bluth family in Arrested Development posing together.

The Gaveltonscan be watched above.