Cancelled T.V. shows

Mal-Adjusted · 10-09-2008 5:12pm #1

so, what shows cancelled in their first season do you think deserved to do better than they did?
also, what, in your opinion, definatley needed the boot?

amacachi · 10-09-2008 5:20pm

Thought Journeyman was decent and should've been given a run.

chin_grin · 10-09-2008 5:22pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space:_Above_and_Beyond

Thought they could've made more of this.

And before anyone else mentions it : Firefly

Mr E · 10-09-2008 5:23pm

Definitely Journeyman.

It was criminal killing Firefly - thats a given.
I also liked Threshold and Surface (2 casualties in the same year, and both showed lots of promise).

fated2pretend · 10-09-2008 5:31pm

Firefly +1

Also, Studio 60 and (though it got 3 seasons) Arrested Development.

As for shows that should have been cancelled early in their run, I never saw anything special about Ugly Betty or The Big Bang Theory.

amacachi · 10-09-2008 5:34pm

+eleventy for Arrested Development. Can't believe I forgot it.

Mal-Adjusted · 10-09-2008 5:47pm

ditto Studio 60 and Firefly. i also thought that Over There and Point Pleasant were quite good

ronnie3585 · 10-09-2008 6:01pm

amacachi wrote: »

+eleventy for Arrested Development.

Totally agree. Superb show, should never have been cancelled:(

herobear · 10-09-2008 6:03pm

all my favourite shows get cancelled

veronica mars
studio 60
journeyman
kitchen confidential
the dresden files
futurama(although the movies = yay!)
drive
Angel(technically was cancelled)
and my beloved Odyssey 5

thank god dexter & supernatural are still around......

i was glad when everwood finally died, even though i loved it back in the day

Charlie · 10-09-2008 6:09pm

Jericho. (mind it did get a reduced 2nd season after fans protest)

kovski · 10-09-2008 6:15pm

Action with Jay Mohr from about 8 years ago. Unlike a lot of American comedies it was actually funny. And Veronica Mars which did well to get 3 series. Normally something that interesting only gets one seaon before it's canned. Anyone remember Nowhere Man from the mid nineties?

starn · 10-09-2008 6:44pm

Action was fantastic. If I remember rightly RTE got the order wrong. As a result Jay Mohr charecter died from a heart attack in one episode and came back to life for the final four

mike65 · 10-09-2008 6:53pm

Not a US import shocker - Trevors World of Sport BBC1 6 episodes and effectively killed off by lousy scheduling.

Mike.

Larianne · 10-09-2008 6:58pm

Freaks and Geeks

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American Dreams

matrim · 10-09-2008 6:59pm

+1 to firefly.
Angel was mentioned but i think it had run it's course and was glad it didn't keep going and get bad.

Mal-Adjusted · 10-09-2008 7:09pm

i can't really complain about shows that finished their story like Andromeda or Angel.
Still feal cheated when shows are pulled without a last ep. a la 4400 and Quantum Leap

ronnie3585 · 10-09-2008 7:13pm

I remember RTE were showing Commander and Chief and Line of Fire. Both American TV series, both rubbish.

lostexpectation · 10-09-2008 7:54pm

many people seen drive, i can't 'find' it, is it even out on dvd?

Wompa1 · 10-09-2008 8:00pm

Is Quantam Leap too long ago??

Guy:Incognito · 10-09-2008 8:09pm

I was reall enjoying What about Brian. I hate when stuff I like gets cancelled, even after it's jumped the shark I quite enjoying watching something with familiar characters when the mood takes me.

nehpets5555 · 10-09-2008 8:12pm

'over there ' it was an action/drama based on soldiers in Iraq , i thought it was really good
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_There_(TV_series)

Arrested Development aswell

Basq · 10-09-2008 8:12pm

Sooo many..

Freaks and Geeks (amazing.. wonderful.. hilarious.. timeless!)
Undeclared (see above! )
Firefly (probably my favourite of Whedon's stuff and truly innovative)
Veronica Mars (stupendous first season.. very good second season.. horrific third)
Journeyman (cancelled in it's prime.. what would have became of Dan Vasser?!)
The Inside (wonderfully creepy and dark drama by Tim Minear)
Drive (another excellent drama from Tim Minear cancelled in it's prime)
Arrested Development (definitely one of the funniest shows in the last 10 years.. and apart from a patchy final season - it was fantastic!)

Have loads more but that's all at the front of my mind for now..

mike65 · 10-09-2008 8:14pm

Is it too late to mention The Prisoner?

Mike

AlmightyCushion · 10-09-2008 8:22pm

Jericho - Loved it and the second season was a bit of a cop out.
The 4400 - all it needed was one more god damn season to finish the story off.
Odyssey 5 - That was pretty good and I found it quite enjoyable. Could have gone somewhere good.

elshambo · 10-09-2008 9:09pm

Police Squad

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083466/

Mr E · 10-09-2008 9:34pm

basquille wrote: »

Sooo many..
Undeclared (see above! )

Firefly (probably my favourite of Whedon's stuff and truly innovative)

The Inside (wonderfully creepy and dark drama by Tim Minear)

Drive (another excellent drama from Tim Minear cancelled in it's prime)

Arrested Development (definitely one of the funniest shows in the last 10 years.. and apart from a patchy final season - it was fantastic!)

Have loads more but that's all at the front of my mind for now..

"You are watching Fox Fux."

Dman001 · 10-09-2008 11:13pm

The Lost Room shouldn't of got cancelled, I quite liked it.

Basq · 10-09-2008 11:25pm

Dman001 wrote: »

The Lost Room shouldn't of got cancelled, I quite liked it.

Sorry to be pedantic but 'The Lost Room' wasn't specifically cancelled as it never was planned as a series - it was and always planned to be a mini-series.

If it did well in the ratings, Sci-Fi would have commissioned a full series - but it didn't, so Sci-Fi passed.

Shame as I loved it too.. would have prefered Peter Krause do a series of this as opposed to glitzy "soap opera" cack like 'Dirty Sexy Money'.

hshortt · 10-09-2008 11:29pm

Deadwood! Excellent show.
Journey Man - ditto.

OPENROAD · 10-09-2008 11:54pm

Anna Lee, was on ITV in the 90's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Lee_(TV_series)

iseegirls · 11-09-2008 8:06am

starn wrote: »

Action was fantastic. If I remember rightly RTE got the order wrong. As a result Jay Mohr charecter died from a heart attack in one episode and came back to life for the final four

TV3 had the rights to it, not RTE

layke · 11-09-2008 8:51am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profit_(TV_series)

A revolutionary series. Problem was at the time of it's release people were just not ready to see a bad guy as the main character.

you may recognise Profit from a current highly popular TV series.

mike65 wrote: »

Is it too late to mention The Prisoner?

Mike

That was just weird man ....yet I watched every one of them.

layke · 11-09-2008 8:55am

http://www.hbo.com/rome/

Also forgot to mention Rome. That was awesome show that got really popular after the series ended. I'm so annoyed.

sweetie · 11-09-2008 10:03am

layke wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profit_(TV_series)

A revolutionary series. Problem was at the time of it's release people were just not ready to see a bad guy as the main character.

you may recognise Profit from a current highly popular TV series.

That was just weird man ....yet I watched every one of them.

was repeated recently on zone thriller so I sky plussed it. Whilst the computery bits have dated it is very good and am enjoying it so far.
Dude is the older Petrelli in heroes now.

My so called life, which I am rewatching with my wife, was cancelled too early. That show could have had a five year run. Fantastic writing and acting and it has aged very well (apart from the grungey shirts).

Tristram · 11-09-2008 12:58pm

Space: Above & Beyond
Threshold
Firefly
Jericho
Veronica Mars
Odyssey 5
Freaks and Geeks
Undeclared
Rome

As for shows that should have been cancelled, they are countless. I reserve judgement on Lost until it is concluded.

ziedth · 11-09-2008 2:39pm

matrim wrote: »

+1 to firefly.
Angel was mentioned but i think it had run it's course and was glad it didn't keep going and get bad.

I agree that the Angel and Buffy both ran their course, In saying that I would love if they had another season they where the Most guilty of all my pleasures.

I absolutely agree that firefly is the show that was killed too early however I did really like the film,

Someone said space above and beyond I LOVED this show I would advise anyone to watch it who likes sci-fi, The acting is betond crap but above that its truly classic.

JP Liz · 11-09-2008 2:52pm

+ 1 FIREFLY

ALSO

KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL

MOONLIGHT

calex71 · 11-09-2008 2:57pm

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

i can't really complain about shows that finished their story like Andromeda or Angel.
Still feal cheated when shows are pulled without a last ep. a la 4400 and Quantum Leap

Going back a long way i do seem to remember Quantun Leap did have a final episode at least i remember him meeting god in a diner or something , open to correction though.

Odyssey 5 was one I was sad to see go also

11-09-2008 3:47pm

calex71 wrote: »

Going back a long way i do seem to remember Quantun Leap did have a final episode at least i remember him meeting god in a diner or something , open to correction though.

Odyssey 5 was one I was sad to see go also

I believe he met another "jumper" and his reflection was his own.

fated2pretend · 11-09-2008 3:59pm

matrim wrote: »

Angel was mentioned but i think it had run it's course and was glad it didn't keep going and get bad.

Hmmm. I think Angel could definitely have gone on for one more season, and a cracking one it would have been too. At the very least, they should have been given more than 5 episodes notice to tie everything up.

claiva · 11-09-2008 4:11pm

basquille wrote: »

Sorry to be pedantic but 'The Lost Room' wasn't specifically cancelled as it never was planned as a series - it was and always planned to be a mini-series.

If it did well in the ratings, Sci-Fi would have commissioned a full series - but it didn't, so Sci-Fi passed.

Shame as I loved it too.. would have prefered Peter Krause do a series of this as opposed to glitzy "soap opera" cack like 'Dirty Sexy Money'.

Loved the lost room aswell....thought it was a great idea and would have been a great series. Six feet under is my alltime favorite show. I still feel sick that it's over.......nothing comes close....soprano's....lost......:o

Necronomicon · 11-09-2008 4:37pm

Mr E wrote: »

Definitely Journeyman.

It was criminal killing Firefly - thats a given.
I also liked Threshold and Surface (2 casualties in the same year, and both showed lots of promise).

I thought Threshold had an excellent pilot, but went a bit downhill from there. I was still disappointed when it was canned though.

Mal-Adjusted · 11-09-2008 6:05pm

calex71 wrote: »

Going back a long way i do seem to remember Quantun Leap did have a final episode at least i remember him meeting god in a diner or something , open to correction though.

that episode was only meant as a season cliffhanger. had the producers known it would be their last, they would have had Sam find his way home. instead, they threw together some silly still-frame images of Scott Bakula with text saying how he was never seen again, for the DVD of season 5:(

I personally don't think The Clinic should have lived past season two, if at all. also, Lost went downhill very fast after the first seasn.

ixoy · 11-09-2008 8:15pm

fated2pretend wrote: »

Hmmm. I think Angel could definitely have gone on for one more season, and a cracking one it would have been too.

Ah but at least we get to read it in comic form now, so there's some continuation which many of the others don't have.

ejmaztec · 11-09-2008 10:14pm

Dark Skies, I found interesting, but that disappeared into oblivion after the first series.

Another one was "Jeremiah". Sky showed the first series, but didn't bother with the other two, and the plug got pulled in the end anyway.

Dman001 · 11-09-2008 10:23pm

basquille wrote: »

Sorry to be pedantic but 'The Lost Room' wasn't specifically cancelled as it never was planned as a series - it was and always planned to be a mini-series.

If it did well in the ratings, Sci-Fi would have commissioned a full series - but it didn't, so Sci-Fi passed.

Shame as I loved it too.. would have prefered Peter Krause do a series of this as opposed to glitzy "soap opera" cack like 'Dirty Sexy Money'.

Ah I see, I didn't know that. Cheers.

Dr. Nick · 11-09-2008 10:55pm

Pure Mule

ixoy · 11-09-2008 11:21pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

Another one was "Jeremiah". Sky showed the first series, but didn't bother with the other two, and the plug got pulled in the end anyway.

Well there was only one other one - just a two season show. The second season's ending was actually pretty decent and it brought a little bit of closure to the show, whilst having had enough scope for a third.

Oafley Jones · 12-09-2008 3:07pm

Another vote for Odyssey 5. It was refreshing to see a Scifi show that was targetted for adults.

sweetie · 12-09-2008 4:38pm

ixoy wrote: »

Well there was only one other one - just a two season show. The second season's ending was actually pretty decent and it brought a little bit of closure to the show, whilst having had enough scope for a third.

I've heard of this, is it worth getting? Stars yer man from beverly hills and Oz, right?

ejmaztec · 12-09-2008 6:35pm

ixoy wrote: »

Well there was only one other one - just a two season show. The second season's ending was actually pretty decent and it brought a little bit of closure to the show, whilst having had enough scope for a third.

I must have misread it somewhere. Haven't a clue why Sky didn't buy it, but had to chuckle when instead, they bought Jake 2.0 before that too got canned.

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