TV shows that should not have been cancelled

[Bman21]

Was watching some firefly the other day and it just blows my mind that it was taken off the air. Were there any other short lived gems that I missed?

I got two:

Firefly
Arrested Development

 

[drew70]

I Love Lucy
Gunsmoke
Gilligan's Island
I Dream of Jeannie
The Outer Limits
The Twilight Zone
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[BellaRisa]

Freaks and Geeks
Undeclared
Family Guy (yes it came back but it should never have been cancelled in the first place )
Titus
Queer as Folk
O'Grady
Home Movies

 

[badreligion]

Jackass

Home Improvement

 

[Sandrock74]

My dad STILL laments the cancellation of the show "Parker Lewis Can't Loose"

Me? I think there was no need to cancel LOST. It's true...it's only going for a finite number of episodes. Darn ABC!

 

[tkpolo]

Definately Arrested Development.

 

[The Sean Man]

1) Firefly

2) Profit (with Adrian Pasdar of Heroes)

3) Twin Peaks

4) Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd....Wizards and Warriors! Starring Jeff Conaway!

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[Strider]

Firefly
Harsh Realm
Kindred: The Embraced
Line of Fire (possibly the best crime drama I've ever seen on a major network)

 

[RobAce]

Angel, Buffy, Family Guy ( I agree with Bella), 3rd Rock from the Sun, Futurama, there are probably a few more...just can't think of them at this moment.

Rob

 

[Dave2112]

Damn, Strider! I thought I was the only one who even knew about Kindred. I've got the whole limited series on DVD, that show was intense.

So, throw that one in there. Along with Firefly, Arrested Development, Wonderfalls, Profit and Titus.

 

[vladtickleman22]

Firefly, Angel, Buffy.

 

[-Hari-]

Oz, finished half way thru series 5 or 6, cant remember which but it never came to a proper finish.

 

[falcon]

Dave, definitely NOT the only one who knew about Kindred! Being a big Vampire fan, I was psyched when it was on tv. And, of course, Pissed when it was cancelled. I gotta agree with Drew on the Twilight Zone as well. One of these days, I want all of the episodes on dvd.

 

[Skipadeedoodah]

Dark Shadows


and all the awesome Nickelodeon shows from when I was a beh-beh

i.e. David the Gnome, Fred Penner's Place, Salute Your Shorts, Hey Dude, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Clarissa Explains it All, Ren & Stimpy (FALCON!), i could go on forever LOL

Oh and Taxi <3

 

[Snail Shell]

Dilbert: The Animated Series
ReBoot
Family Guy
Futurama

There are others...

Snail Shell

 

[Artoo]

The Big Breakfast.

God I miss morning television on channel 4...

 

[Italian Tickler]

Dark Shadows




Oh and Taxi <3

Taxi was the best show ever, same writers went on to create Cheers, the 2nd best show ever. I never see reruns of Taxi anymore.

Dark Shadows, man, great show. It did run for 5 years though, so it did ok. How do you even know that show? lol, a bit before your time! God Bless TV land and Nick at night!

 

[Bman21]

Yeah I cant believe I forgot Futurama. Although Im hearing that its on its way back, family guy style. I didn't even know LOST got cancelled...

 

[Obelon]

Firefly
Kindread
Wonderfalls
Dead Like Me
The West Wing (I know the series had a good run but would have love to have seen the Santos years).
Crusade (babylon 5 spin off).
and if it's not getting more epsode's The Sarah Connor Chronicles

 

[CrazyTickler]

My Picks

1. Bernie Mac (R.I.P.) Show

2. Firefly

3. Futurama

4. Angel

 

[Adam]

Wonderfalls was pretty interesting. Didn't catch every episode, but it seems like it deserved more of a chance than it got. Futurama too, but good news if it is coming back.

 

[Dussicar]

Was watching some firefly the other day and it just blows my mind that it was taken off the air. Were there any other short lived gems that I missed?

I got two:

Firefly
Arrested Development

You know, when I first saw the title of this thread the first show that came to mind was also "Firefly."

I think the biggest reason why the show was cancelled was due to the fact that it was a Fox series.

It was a very inventive, clever, engaging, and deep series.

As we all know, that shit just don't fly on Fox.

 

[Evil Dave]

My 'One series wonders'

Threshold - It was such an original idea for a sci-fi show.

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - Very much like 30 Rock in concept but far better in terms of style and dialogue. Guess there wasn't room for both of them.

Invasion - I would've liked to see where a second series went before making my mind up about it.

 

[Cy/MiG]

1. Arrested Development (HOW was this cancelled?!)

2. Family Guy (Again... HOW?!)

3. Futurama (Although now they're making some really funny Futurama movies. Watch them if you miss this great show.)

 

[BlackestLily]

I guess technically it wasn't canceled...but...I wish Home Movies didn't end after only a handful of seasons.