On top of the list, Family Guy. Which is comming back! :)
But from time to time I see a good show killed, and anyone not in a suit will know that is a bad decision. I was also pissed about Politically Incorrect being thrown off air, but I know there are those here that were happy to see it leave from ABC. The show returned, with different name to HBO.

Any shows you can think off that should have survived longer? Or should even come back?

"My So Called Life" was an awesome show and definitely should've lasted longer. :D

there's been too many to list. hell, I don't even remember most of em now. Seems like everytime I see a show I think is cool, it lasts about three weeks, then gets dumped for another washed up star's newest sitcom, or a reality show.

Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared.

Futurama, RIP.

i'd like to add to the list, three of my favourite shows that got cancelled

Married With Children
Dragnet
Off Center

off center has to be one of the funniest ever shows i've seen and it'#s just a pity that the 2nd series was cancelled after about 6 episodes.

also i like to re-ioterate the previous mentions of Family guy and Futurama

Cop Rock

Tour of Duty

Hong Kong Phooey

Cop Rock
:eek3: That was the most horrible thing to hit the airwaves.

Angel and Quantum Leap.

:eek3: That was the most horrible thing to hit the airwaves.

I really liked it. I can see how it wouldn't last long though.

"My So Called Life" was an awesome show and definitely should've lasted longer. :D
Ack :barf: That show was horrible :P I'd rather watch lifetime TV *shudders*

Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared.

Futurama, RIP.
:stupid:

i also liked some other show on fox. i think it was called Get Real, but i'm not sure...i'm also not sure if it was actually good or not, i was like 13 when it was on. never knew what happened to it either, i just turned on the one day and it was gone

Firefly.

Dark Angel And Firefly

And its even more annoying because Dark Angel was cancelled to make way for firefly. GRRR

hehe

hugs

lilnymph

Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared.
Futurama, RIP.
Those are all good calls. I think they were all victims of horrible time slots too. If they had been given the time slots and promotion they deserved, I think all three shows would have done much better. Well, Undeclared got a lot of promotion, but if I recall, it was in a bad time slot.
Married With Children
I don't think that one counts, it was on for like 9 years, that's a HUGE run for a sitcom.
i also liked some other show on fox. i think it was called Get Real, but i'm not sure...i'm also not sure if it was actually good or not, i was like 13 when it was on. never knew what happened to it either, i just turned on the one day and it was gone
Is that the one with chris elliot as a newspaper boy?

I really liked sportsnight, that never found a really solid audience, I think the name sort of turned a lot of people off, even though it wasn't about sports at all.

Batfink

Dr Who was an awesome Brit show. It got canceled after only 26 years! The injustice!!

Dr Who was an awesome Brit show. It got canceled after only 26 years! The injustice!!

Their making a new series at the moment :)

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lilnymph

Technically BBC never really admitted to Doctor Who being cancelled. However, one can only see 'On hiatus' as the status for so long before it's quietly accepted that it is gone.

I'm still waiting for Season 9 of Red Dwarf, m'self.

Oh, and the reason Futurama bit it is this: the IDIOTS that make the decisions to run a pointless after-game show when some NFL gmae runs over time. The fans just spent 3+ hours watching a game, they don't need over-paid stuffed suits telling them what they just spent 3+ hours watching!

If the next show (Futurama) comes on at 6:30 and the game was supposed to end by 6:00 but ran over to 6:31, then CUT TO THE SHOW and DON'T run the pointless 20 minute rehash and kill 3/4 of the show you're preemting.

Technically BBC never really admitted to Doctor Who being cancelled. However, one can only see 'On hiatus' as the status for so long before it's quietly accepted that it is gone.

I'm still waiting for Season 9 of Red Dwarf, m'self.


Red Dwarf was cool. How about Blakes 7. Do you remember that? It was a nice storyline, but I believe it had pretty much run the story over 4 seasons.

Other Brit shows I miss:

Monty Python
Dave Allen at Large
The Two Ronnies
Benny Hill

Hey Dude starring Ben Stiller's wife.

family guy, Firefly, John Doe, Max Headroom, im sure there are others too.

Dr.

Futurama, RIP.
Its still on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network.

The Prisoner, by far the most brilliant TV series ever.
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Millenium
St Elsewhere
Hill Street Blues

I damm near forgot....


Thats my Bush!

You can still see reruns on Comedy Central. They showed a marathon the day before the election. :nice:

Sportsnight, definitely. :nice:

Freakazoid, Animaniacs (!!!), Pinky & The Brain

There are some others that I had in my brain, but they ran away.

Eerie, Indiana was another cool show that didn't last very long.

American Gothic

Key West

LEXX (Sci Fi Channel series)....in the two known universes, there is only one Xev.

You know what show I miss??? (It's on cable, but I'm too poor for cable right now :hmm: )

Whose Line Is It Anyway??? That show rocks :nice: I watched it last night & nearly fell off the bed laughing :rofl:

Soap.

American Gothic


YES! That is EXACTLY what I was going to say. When it got cancelled I remember hearding somehting about how Americans didnt like the bad guys winning :D

"Thats Buck...with a B"

YES! That is EXACTLY what I was going to say. When it got cancelled I remember hearding somehting about how Americans didnt like the bad guys winning

Like Bush...with a B?


Most memorable American Gothic scene involved an ex-con, his old friend's daughter, and a popsicle.

Most memorable American Gothic scene involved an ex-con, his old friend's daughter, and a popsicle.

I liked the one where Merlyn was using that baby to bring herself back into the world of the living, and Buck chased her over the bridge and stuff.

I heard a while ago they were thinking of bringing it back, but the kid that played Caleb would be too old to play a part now :(

Someones at the door :|

I heard a while ago they were thinking of bringing it back, but the kid that played Caleb would be too old to play a part now :(

Someones at the door :|

Lucas Black made the show....he was great in All the Pretty Horses, too.

The Prisoner, by far the most brilliant TV series ever.

Hill Street Blues
I edited your answers to reflect the others I forgot about. The Prisoner was an awesome show. Very ahead of it's time.

Hill St Blues was the best police show ever. I wish it was on somewhere.

Freaks n Geeks!

Family Guy and Freaks & Geeks stand out for me. Saw someone mentioned Hey Dude. Was that cancelled? Didn't they just get too old to keep it going?

Also....


The Invaders (http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-2350/The_Invaders/)

Eerie, Indiana was another cool show that didn't last very long.

Sportsnight, definitely. :nice:

Freakazoid, Animaniacs (!!!), Pinky & The Brain

There are some others that I had in my brain, but they ran away.

God unfortunately I remeber all the above annoying cartoons/kid shows. And no there was no mistake canceling them!

:p

Im not sure if its canceled I havent seen it on, Six Feet Under.

Old cartoon---Biker Mice From Mars----all time favorite! :nice:

Six Feet Under is not cancelled.

thats y i said, i didnt know if it was cancelled or not, i just havent seen it on.

"My So Called Life" was an awesome show and definitely should've lasted longer. :D



I use to love that show myself! ;)

ENTERPRISE has just been cancelled.

I catch Futurama on Comedy Central every now and then... I got really into Relativity (not sure if anyone remembers it), My So-Called Life, Kingpin (I missed the finale!) before they got axed.

Here's my list:

The Sentinel
The Fugitive (2000 version)
The Lost World
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future

On top of the list, Family Guy. Which is comming back! :)
But from time to time I see a good show killed, and anyone not in a suit will know that is a bad decision. I was also pissed about Politically Incorrect being thrown off air, but I know there are those here that were happy to see it leave from ABC. The show returned, with different name to HBO.

Any shows you can think off that should have survived longer? Or should even come back?

"bridgette loves bernie" and "sunshine".

http://www.studioaudiences.com/images/showimages/titus.jpg

"My So Called Life" was an awesome show and definitely should've lasted longer. :D

Agreed. Also loved Futurama (it sort of lives on on adultswim) and now preparing myself to mourn Arrested Development (rumors are looking like it will become reality :( ).

p.s. Those chickens were so funny! I think you'd also like "Bitter with Baggage Seeks Same: the Life and Times of Some Chickens" by Sloane Tanen.

;) thank you. gilmore girls is my speed. dorothy parker and smoky cocktails.

I was just starting to get into "John Doe" and then...gone! :P

All the following were prematurely ended in my opinion:
Angel
Tru Calling
Wonderfalls
Soap

even faster,maybe deja vu, blind justice.

Chicago Hope? The Practice? Ally McBeal?

Batfink

:nice: "Your kangorobot can not harm me, my wings are like a shield of steel"

Also, The Prisoner reminded me of another great cancelled show: Prisoner (known in the UK as Prisoner: Cell Block H)

http://www.hawden.co.uk/images/pcbh/freak.gif

:drool:


;)

Also, The Prisoner reminded me of another great cancelled show: Prisoner (known in the UK as Prisoner: Cell Block H)


;)

I liked that show a lot. The tough women in uniform, the bonding of the inmates...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/dreamscapearts/cellblockh.jpg

At one time I would have raised bail for Doreen.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/dreamscapearts/1989_doreen.jpg

Did you know there was a musical based on the show?
Had to have been bizarre.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/dreamscapearts/prisonersigned.jpg

Most recently, "Point Pleasant". My Husband was hooked on that show and they yanked it after just a few episodes. Totally unfair. It could've gone far.

Another one was from a couple years back. "Miracles" (ABC I think?) starring Skeet Ulrich. That too was cancelled after only about 4 shows.

:not:

Boomtown was great, I thought, but it barely lasted a season and a half. And on the other hand there are shows like Yes, Dear that just will not die. No fair! (and it re-enforces my theory that network exes are stupid, stupid, stupid)

if they don't yank a show, they hide it. "boston legal" is good;so is "grey"s anatomy". why not watch both?

"gilmore girls" could have been a victim.

Here's my list:

The Sentinel
The Fugitive (2000 version)
The Lost World
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future


Hey Zalka have you ever visited the Lost world message board? It's a great site! I've been a member there for a long time (at least four years)

www.lostworldtv.net/bbs

You know what show I miss??? (It's on cable, but I'm too poor for cable right now :hmm: )

Whose Line Is It Anyway??? That show rocks :nice: I watched it last night & nearly fell off the bed laughing :rofl:

The Richard Simmons episode was the funniest damn thing I've ever seen..

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


I think Space: Above and Beyond was ahead of it's time. Good show, lots of action and well written.

Odyssey 5
Da Ali G Show - this might come back, he is surely up to something

I've gotta add this one to the list: Farscape
Most people who have seen it either hate it or love it, but most people have never seen it. I personally thought it was the coolest sci-fi show ever.
Also, whatever happened to Beyond 2000?

Mine :-

Firefly, Dark Angel, John Doe, Odessey 5, Space: Above and Beyond

Yeah it was really not cool what they did with Odyssey 5, leaving it like that. Cliffhanger is way too mild a word. I don't know what to call it.

Dr Who was an awesome Brit show. It got canceled after only 26 years! The injustice!!

It's back! The new series has been going for about 2 months now in the UK...

ENTERPRISE has just been cancelled.


Yay, woo hoo, three cheers and rejoice! Words cannot express how happy that makes me...

Mine :-

Firefly, Dark Angel, John Doe, Odessey 5, Space: Above and Beyond

Ah, Odyssey 5, saw about one and half eps, it looked promising, but oh the effing and blinding!

Tru Calling, and Space Above and Beyond - I loved that!

Ah, Odyssey 5, saw about one and half eps, it looked promising, but oh the effing and blinding!

Tru Calling, and Space Above and Beyond - I loved that!


Just found out about Tru Calling.

Still, it does cut down on my telly watching, I was spending far too long infront of the box.

Mister Sterling

http://www.universalhd.com/images/398x227/mr_sterling_398x227.jpg

It's back! The new series has been going for about 2 months now in the UK...
and its pretty good, Ive been watching it every week. Gotta love Bittorrent :|

Dr.

Legacy and Witch Blade

I wish Third Rock From The Sun were still on, that was such a silly show!

Just found out about Tru Calling.

Still, it does cut down on my telly watching, I was spending far too long infront of the box.

We loved Tru Calling, it was weird in a good way...

and its pretty good, Ive been watching it every week. Gotta love Bittorrent :|

Dr.

We haven't seen it yet... It's coming on in 'winter' say the local channels, and it's winter now!

We're on sloooooow dial up, so Bitorrent is out. :mad:

another good show that got cancelled was "a minute with stan hooper". it was funny, really funny

One of my all time favorites was Absolutely Fabulous, I wish that show could have gone on forever!

I'm sorry they've never brought back Wait 'Til your Father Gets Home.

I can't believe I forgot News Radio!! I loved that show. Does anyone know if it was cancelled because Phil Hartman died or was it for other reasons?

Come on people, only one of the best cartoons on Adult Swim, "Home Movies". That show was brilliant. Thank God for the release of the first 2 seasons. As for the other shows I think were prematurely cancelled, well I agree on "Freaks and Geeks", "Politically Incorrect", "Titus", "Dark Angel", and "News Radio"(though Phil Hartman being killed had a lot to do with it). Til next time, Peace and Later

I completely agree with your picks on Titus and Politically Incorrect.

While PI has been reborn slightly in Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, Titus was a very funny show. The addition of Stacy Keach as the father was the best casting ever. The show was funny, irreverent, and most of all, dysfunctional with a capital D.

The WB's "Popular" Fox's "Skin" and "Boston Public.
I looked up and saw another member's avatar and instantly remembered Fox's "Dark Angel" that show was great I love Jessica Alba in that series as well as her roomate and former fiance.
So many but only these few come to mind.