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Higher Ground

2000Fox FamilyDrama

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A wilderness school for troubled teenagers, cancelled after one season and remembered for its cast list.

Higher Ground opens with a main title sequence of 61 seconds.

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The opening titles

Season 1

61s

Off a rerun channel, the cast introduced around a table.

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