Name 3 shows you think ended too soon...

[WillParkinson]

1) Avatar: The Last Airbender. 3 seasons. Not enough. I loved the show and it was very well done, but it could easily have gone a bit longer.

2) Angel: The last season was amazing. I did not care for what happened to Fred, but the season itself was terrific. It finally hit a stride and they pulled the rug out.

3) Buffy The Vampire Slayer: I'll be the first to admit, the last 2 seasons were very weak. The final episode too short. The way Sarah Michelle Gellar handled the end of the series too asinine. The show had great moments, though. Probably more than most other shows. If Joss had picked up the writing reins again, I think the show could have found its way back to what it used to be.

[HopeHoops]

1. The original Star Trek TV series - the five year mission only made it 3 seasons.

[WillParkinson]

2. Hey! That's not 3!

But I agree about Star Trek.

[HopeHoops]

4. It was three seasons - does that count?

I mean what was I supposed to add to it - "Three's Company" or "The Partridge Family"? There just haven't been that many good TV shows. M*A*S*H at least lasted long enough that I can't include it in the list.

On edit:
Besides, my reason for "why it ended too soon" wasn't even a statement of worthiness - it was that it only lasted three years when it was a five year mission - that was too soon!

[Orrex]

86. The series made no claim of a 1:1 correspondence between seasons and years

Each season could easily, on average, have represented one year and eight months...

The only problem, then, is that we don't get to see the "decommissioning" episode at the end, so maybe the mission ran for four years and eleven and a half months?

[InvisibleTouch]

144. I think the animated series fills in the last 2 years.

If you can stand the animated series. It was, with a few very rare exceptions, embarassingly bad.

[grace0418]

3. Arrested Development, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, and Arrested Development.

Did I mention Arrested Development?

[Rob H.]

27. "Andy Richter Controls the Universe: The Complete Series"

is FINALLY coming to DVD next month--it comes out on the 24th. :party:

[Initech]

31. Definite must buy.

I'll be curious to see how that show holds up - especially since Andy will return to the Conan O'Brien Show when he takes over for Leno in June.

[tekisui]

66. Andy's coming back! I did not know that.

:thumbsup:

[Initech]

121. Yeah it was announced in the LA Times last week.

[grace0418]

58. I think the episode where it's revealed that the one guy has tiny feet was the

one that made me laugh the hardest.

[sniffa]

94. One of the greatest shows ever

[Reverend_Smitty]

35. lol it's like you are living in my head!

I couldn't possibly agree more with your "3" suggestions...especially Arrested Development! :P

[grace0418]

57. I am living in your head. In ten seconds I'm going to make you scratch your nose.

10, 9, 8...

[geardaddy]

67. Definitely.

That's Faux for you.

[3.14158675309]

5. 1. Firefly 2. The Visitor 3. The Dead Zone

[MissMillie]

6. The West Wing - would have loved to have seen

the Santos administration in action.

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.... very smartly done




um.... I don't watch much TV so.....

[charlie and algernon]

17. I have mixed feelings about the west wing ending

I would've loved to have seen the Santos administration, but you would've run the risk of repeating plot lines and whatnot. Plus, we fell in love with the Bartlet Administration and I'd hate to have seen a situation where the Bartlet years are lost after we've gone through a second, third, or fourth different president.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

48. I'm not sure about the West Wing

After Sorkin left the show, the episodes involving the actual Administration were weak and somewhat lackluster. Season 5 and some of Season 6 had some extremely bad characterizations, continuity holes and weak plots that were almost painful to watch. The series improved dramatically of course with the election episodes -they were classic, very well-written and well-done episodes -but it was still largely hit and miss with the episodes involving the Bartlett Administration

So, yes, I would've loved to have seen President Santos and the Santos Administration (which allegedly was meant to be the Vinick Administration before John Spencer's devastating, tragic and untimely passing). But having said that, I'm not sure how they would've gone writing the episodes involving the Santos Administration.

[rcrush]

105. West Wing wasnt that great after Aaron Sorkin left.

I remember getting more annoyed with the post Sorkin shows than before. Like Toby and Josh having a fistfight in the white house? I rolled my eyes during that episode.

[Bennyboy]

145. I thought they refound their footing in the last year....

and the WW should have gone on too.

[Symarip]

7. I'm not a big fan of television.

But these shows I thought were quite entertaining and I wish they had continued:

1) Wondershowzen. I can't begin to even describe this show. It's filled with puppets, children, and weird drug references. It managed to last 2 seasons on MTV.

2) Mr. Show. Sketch comedy at it's finest. The closest to Monty Python Americans will ever get. HBO axed the show in 4 seasons because The Sopranos stole all the thunder, and rightfully so. Still, I could have handled another 2 or 3 seasons from Bob and David.

3) Liquid Television. MTV went from bad to awful in the late 80s/early 90s. Somehow, someone had enough brains to air Liquid Television which was an hour long show, on late at night, featuring animation shorts. Sometimes dramatic, sometimes funny, sometimes just outright sick. Regardless, it was NEVER dull. A little trivia: Beavis and Butthead first debuted on Liquid Television with an animation short called 'Frog Baseball'.

[Mollis]

100. Ahaha..Wonder Showzen

Funny freaking show. It was hilarious.

[CBGLuthier]

8. Carnivale

Carnivale: Ended with no resolution whatsoever.

Deadwood: Petered out due to costs.

Phantom 2020: Never had a chance and I should be glad they managed to make as many as they did.

I would include Futurama but the direct to DVD route is working. I am afraid they will stop once they can strip them into episodes and make a proper syndication package but there is always hope they will continue.

[PassingFair]

95. 2nd you on Carnivale!

Felt like they yanked the rug out from under me on that one.

Criminal, really.

[MilesColtrane]

9. 1) Action: a Fox offering starring Jay Mohr as an Ari Gold-like producer years before Entourage

2) Deadwood: HBO bailed because of production costs

3) John From Cincinnati: Another David Milch series that was weird but seemed to be going somewhere when it was killed

[Initech]

34. Action was awesome.

And yeah it was light years ahead of Entourage. I wish Fox would get off the stick and release it on DVD.

[Forkboy]

10. Police Squad x3

"Married, one child. That didn't work out so he married a full grown adult."

:rofl:

[Radical Activist]

84. Cigarette?

That's the first one I thought of too. And Six Feet Under.

[Mollis]

101. I loved Six Feet Under

I wish it had gone longer...but I think it ended perfectly :)...but sadly :(

[LanternWaste]

11. Freak and Geeks, Homefront,and thirtysomething

Freak and Geeks, Homefront, and thirtysomething

[gbate]

13. Freaks and Geeks definitely my #1, Get A Life, My So Called Life

.

[LanternWaste]

18. dialog was so spot-on and accurately written

What I thought was so spectacular about the series was that the early 80's teen dialog was so spot-on and accurately written.

Took me right back to high school every time I tuned in. :)

[Symarip]

21. Get A Life might be the funniest comedy show ever

My favorite episode is when he has a time machine and he tries to fix his landlord's life. The details are fuzzy, but I remember someone coming out of the garage and screaming, 'your cockfights suck, you pansy,' which might be the greatest line ever written for network television.

[GreenPartyVoter]

146. Totally F&G!

[blueraven95]

12. at this particular moment

1. Pushing Daisies - I can't express my frustration over that one ending

2. Wonderfalls - such a great show!

3. Veronica Mars - which I really enjoyed, but I think the 3rd season got a little derailed.


This, of course, is an ever changing list.

[MorningGlow]

14. OMG same here

I was just about to post 2/3 of your list!

1) Pushing Daisies :grr: still pissed off about that

2) Wonderfalls--one season? a crime!

3) ...I don't know and I don't care. I still have enough rage about Pushing Daisies and Wonderfalls!
:rofl:

[blue_onyx]

39. I'm still mad about Pushing Daisies too

I knew it wouldn't last long when it debuted but that doesn't make its cancellation any better.

[Mollis]

102. I agree

I am still pissed about PD. They haven't even given us the last 2 episodes.
Same with Wonderfalls. That was an amazing show. And they had planned out plotlines that would have been really great.

[BeachBaby]

15. I can only think of one.

Freaks and Geeks.

[SacredCow]

20. That was a good show....

:hi:

[guitar man]

16. Gunsmoke

I mean, if they had let it keep going, I just know that 21st season would have been magnificent! :silly:

[Lost in CT]

19. Firefly, Police Squad, Sledge Hammer! nt

[JohnnyBoots]

22. Firefly, Firefly, Firefly. Man I loved that show. Too bad it ended way too early.

[elocs]

103. Absolutely agree. I never saw it while it was on, but have watched all the eps numerous times.

Let's hope for some more movies. Serenity was great. There was just so much to love about those characters.

[ghostsofgiants]

23. Carnivale, Freaks and Geeks, Clone High

[RubyDuby in GA]

24. Carnivale, Dead Like Me and American Dreams

Yeah, I know...all over the map.

[Mollis]

97. Agreed with Dead Like Me

A great show. Cut too short like almost all of Brian Fuller's stuff.

[RubyDuby in GA]

104. Exactly. I'll add Pushing Daises to the list too.

[Lost in CT]

25. Season 7 killed Buffy. (Honestly was there ever a more irritating character than Kennedy)

The key is had Josh picked up the writing reigns. He clearly had moved on.

I am surprised they haven't done a big screen version esp considering the life support Gellar's career is currently on.

[WillParkinson]

26. I don't think she wants to do it....

She seems to think she doesn't need it, either.

I lost any respect for her when she backed out on an episode of Angel that she had all but committed to do. It was kind of a slap in the face for those fans she actually had.

Oh, and Season 6 staked it for me. The interminable angsty woe is me I died and got brought back and blah blah blah. I trudged through 7 because I had hoped it would get better.

[kwassa]

28. ER, Law and Order, Sixty Minutes

such short time spans on tv.

Real picks:

Deadwood, The Wire, the Sopranos

Deadwood was WAY too short, and The Wire and the Sopranos both had much more milage, if handled well.

[lost-in-nj]

29. I agree with Buffy and angel

Jericho
Dead like me

and

Invasion

I know there are more but this is what I can think of

oh one more from years ago

EARTH2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_2_(TV_series)




lost

[Ohio Joe]

30. Farscape - Firefly - Star Trek - nt

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

37. Farscape deserved at least a final season.

The Peacekeeper Wars should have been 22 episodes long. That would have been epic. And that show deserved an epic ending.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

139. I choose Farscape also

I almost think they stopped making anymore shows is because of Bush, and Blackwater was just really getting in the news. Like, who wants to watch a show on t.v. that seems too real.

Just my 2 cents..

[waiting for hope]

140. Farscape was the best -

Then to bringing Ben Browder and Claudia Black for only two seasons on SGI was a real teaser and let down. :(

[Initech]

32. Police Squad, Arrested Development, Andy Richter Controls The Universe

Police Squad had amazing potential - and I'm a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE fan of the Naked Gun series.

[NJmaverick]

33. Men Behaving Badly, Police Squad and the orginal Star Trek

[Bake]

36. Boston Legal

Shat was incredible!!

Bake

[blue_onyx]

38. Arrested Development and Pushing Daisies

I can only think of two right now.

[Greyskye]

40. American Gothic! Jericho. Firefly.

American Gothic. Damn I loved that show!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w5CYXOVu4I

Jericho. Oh, this deserved to continue on so many levels. :(

Firefly.

[XemaSab]

43. 5 minutes ago I finished watching the finale for the first time since 1996

http://www.hulu.com/american-gothic

That show was the bomb. :D

[Greyskye]

44. I never saw the finale!

I think I need to go rent the series - I only saw them when they were first broadcast.

Thanks for the HULU link - I never think about that site for old shows. Whoops, gotta run, someone's at the door!

[XemaSab]

47. Rewatching the series on hulu

there were four episodes that never aired, and the episodes that were aired were aired out of order.

Where did whatsisname go? Who's this other guy? How can Ben see Merlin? When did those two get together? When did those other two get together? How did whatsisname decide to accept his destiny? And is Selina really going to tap that? :shrug:

Watching them all in sequence really helps with the continuity. :D

[Greyskye]

50. Evidently the DVD set has them out of order as well

That, and freeze/skip problems were the only complaints I saw in the Amazon review section I just looked at.

A lot of people commented on the order issue. Here is the proper order, FYI:

INTENDED EPISODE ORDER: 01. Pilot, 02. A Tree Grows in Trinity, 03. Eye of the Beholder, 04. Damned if You Don't, 05. Potato Boy, 06. Dead to the World, 07. Meet the Beetles, 08. Strong Arm of the Law, 09. To Hell and Back, 10. The Beast Within, 11. Rebirth, 12. Ring of Fire, 13. Resurrector, 14. Inhumanitas, 15. The Plague Sower, 16. Doctor Death Takes a Holiday, 17. Learning to Crawl, 18. Echo of Your Last Goodbye, 19. Strangler, 20. Triangle, 21. The Buck Stops Here, 22. Requiem

[XemaSab]

55. Before you see the finale you need to see the missing episodes

There's an... implication... in the finale that has some lead up. :o

[Jamastiene]

113. According to Wiki, there is supposed to be a Jericho movie in the works.

"On January 15, 2009, Executive Producer Jon Turteltaub announced that he is developing a feature film version of the series."

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

I hope it's true. :)

[Lucian]

41. The ending of Angel was too rushed.

I agree, the show ended too early. I think Buffy ended at the right time.

Futurama is another show that ended too early. When the show started getting good, they pulled the plug. Gah.

[fizzgig]

62. i miss futurama

they should have brought that back instead of family guy

[WillParkinson]

83. In case you didn't know...

In the comic book version of Angel, Wesley came back as a ghost. A bit contrived for me, since they pretty much did the same thing with Spike for a while, but I was just glad Mr. Wyndham-Price didn't just shuffle off.

[XemaSab]

42. Here are two:

Twin Peaks and American Gothic.

Sam Raimi and Shaun Cassidy bring you the tale of a Sheriff (played by Gary Cole) who might just be the devil himself.

http://www.hulu.com/american-gothic

[BlueStateGirl]

45. Deadwood. Jericho. Freaks and Geeks.

[Road Scholar]

46. Alf nt

[RFKHumphreyObama]

49. Agreed

The way it was cancelled after a dramatic finale was disappointing

[IntravenousDemilo]

51. Pushing Daisies. n/m

[Mollis]

98. Pushing Daisies!

:cry:
I miss it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

52. An early Judd Apatow work, "Undeclared"

That was a funny show, and features a lot of current Apatow regulars.

I'd say "Arrested Development" but they tied it up so well at the end that I think the three very fresh seasons it got were just perfect.

[Inchworm]

53. Pushing Daisies - Dead Like Me - Deadwood

I'll miss the humor/romance of Chuck and the Pie Man.

:cry:

[Mollis]

99. Me, too

:cry:
I agree with PD and DLM. Never saw Deadwood.

[Deep13]

54. Firefly...that's really all that comes to mind right now. nt

[KamaAina]

56. Frank's Place, Square Pegs, Joey

well, okay, not Joey. :P

But the other two ruled. Seriesly.

[Jamastiene]

114. Square Pegs was great.

I loved that one too.

[ceile]

59. My So Called Life, Dresden Files, Swingtown n/t

[AwakeAtLast]

134. WOW! I agree on all three!!!

Dresden Files was sooooo cool!

[semillama]

60. 1. Millennium, 2. Greg the Bunny, 3. Harsh Realm

Millennium was especially good, even though it suffered in the second season from trying to build up a huge mythology in too short a time.

Greg the Bunny was hilarious.

And Harsh Realm's concept was one that I would have loved to seen explored more thoroughly.

I also am still miffed that Invasion got canned. That show had promise.

[XemaSab]

79. American Gothic is by the "Invasion" folks

You can watch the whole show upthread.

All 22 episodes. :cry:

[Jamastiene]

115. I loved Invasion too.

It seems like during that time, they had a lot of promising solid good shows that got canceled while trying to compete with reality shows. I hope some of these shows get a second (or third) chance someday.

[SteppingRazor]

61. Deadwood, Deadwood, and Deadwood.

In its honor, here is without a doubt the most hilarious scene in the entire series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KsU89R1A8M

[Sky Masterson]

63. Witchblade,Star trek the next generation,babylon 5

Yes..I am a paste eating nerd who one day hopes to kiss a girl.

[Duer 157099]

64. The Wire, Deadwood, Carnivale

[LostinVA]

65. Buffy, Angel, China Beach & Honorary Mention: A Year in the Life

[Common Sense Party]

68. Arrested Development.

I never saw it while it was on the air, never even heard of it until recently.

I just watched all three seasons on hulu.com

It's one of the most hilarious shows I've ever seen.

[racaulk]

69. I must agree with you about Avatar.

That was just a fantastic series, and was very well done. I always thought their would be a fourth book, named Air, so I thought ending with the third book was odd. The second half of the third season, although it was incredible, felt rushed to me. Compared to the amount of time he had to spend mastering waterbending and earthbending, Aang mastered firebending WAAAAAYYY too quickly. It just seemed like the creators were hurrying up to finish the series, and I think there was enough of a story there to take it out for another season.

But I did love the series, and I watched it religiously from beginning to end. That was the best show Nickelodeon has produced in quite a while. :hi:

[Sanity Claws]

70. Bonanza and Gunsmoke (can't think of a third)

Those guys were getting really long in the tooth. Wouldn't it have been laughable to see the geriatric stars hobble on and off their horses?

[carlyhippy]

71. Cybil, Evening Shade and Seinfeld...

seinfeld could have gone on forever I think

[flying rabbit]

72. The Tick

Deadwood...aaaaand... I got nothing.

[Jamastiene]

116. Spooooon!

I loved The Tick. :)

[dembotoz]

73. hill street blues, picket fences, dark knight

[quakerboy]

74. Ummm... I dream of Genie

Firefly
and
Babylon 5.

these three should go on forever. If they never had an end, that would be about the right time line.

[keroro gunsou]

87. babylon 5 couldn't have

JMS specifically wrote a self-contained 5 year story.

[pokerfan]

75. Sports Night and Freaks & Geeks

[rurallib]

76. Elery Queen, Wonder Falls and the Tick

Once I like a show it is usually off the air that season.

[Va Lefty]

77. Angel, Dead Like Me,Rome

[MrSlayer]

78. Deadwood, Rome, Carnivàle.

Deadwood was the best show ever to play on tv, it should have been able to run out it's course.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

80. Carnivale, Nothing Sacred, Police Squad

I've never forgiven HBO for just stopping Carnivale without resolving the plot.

[Mike 03]

81. I wish I could name three. I can only name one: Millennium.

Twin Peaks ended too late, after it destroyed itself.
And so did X Files, which became ridiculous, sadly.

[argyl]

82. The Wire,Deadwood,Carnivale. Ironically,all HBO shows,which has been the benchmark for TV drama

for a number of years.

David Simon said he wanted a five year run for The Wire and he got it so I just personally hated that the show had come to an end. They did short Season Five two episodes,though.Originally scheduled for 13,they cut it to 11.

Deadwood should have run longer,but there was at least a resolution to the show.

Just dropping Carnivale cold was inexcusable.

[Deja Q]

85. Here goes:

1. Star Trek: TNG. After dreadful seasons 5 and 6, season 7 is a real comeback with real sci-fi once again.

2. Futurama. Season 4 was an improvement over season 3.

3. Firefly. No reasons needed.

[easttexaslefty]

88. 1. Deadwood

2. Carnival
3. Dead Like Me

[sarge43]

89. Firefly (natch), Frank's Place, The Dresden Files n/t

[barb162]

90. Boston Legal n/t

[Tuesday_Morning]

91. Talelights!

on Bravo

[slay]

92. Arrested Development, Farscape, Firefly, Carnivale, Freaks and Geeks, and Deadwood

Sorry - can't get my list any lower than these six awesome shows. As you can prolly tell by my nick, I'm a huge Buffy fan and while I was ok with Buffy ending in season 7, argh I am still pissed about them cancelling Angel after it's best season ever! Joss's new show Dollhouse is shaping up quite nicely and while it's no Angel or Firefly, I'm really growing to like it quite alot. :)

If you haven't seen Dollhouse - catch up for free here: http://www.hulu.com/dollhouse

[pink-o]

93. I loved Freaks and Geeks! But Judd Apatow and cast have gone

on to great things!

I say the British version of Life on Mars. It actually ENDED, unlike shows here, and was only slated for its 2 seasons, but I would have liked a bit more!

The American version is okay, hitting its stride, but as usual the Brits will always beat us!

[Mollis]

96. 1. Pushing Daisies 2. Dead Like Me 3. Wonderfalls

All amazing shows. All with Brian Fuller. All cut waaaay to short.
:cry:

[rcrush]

106. Justice League Unlimited.

They could have done a lot more with that series. Instead of replacing it with Krypto the Superdog or whatever.

[slay]

117. I'll agree with that one big time!

The DC animated universe has gone steadily downhill ever since the end of JLU. JLU is one of my all time favorite shows - very deep and well written for a cartoon. Now we have the not-even-close-bordering-on-horrible Batman the Brave and the Bold. WTF. Batman is sooooo not the character they portry in B:BatB - he's much more of a loner. At any rate I agree and would have loved to have seen more JLU. The direct-to-video "Justice League: The New Frontier" was quite good. :)

[rcrush]

147. Yes New Frontier was beautiful.

I love how much of a dick Batman is. Especially in JLU he had the funniest lines. That little scene with Batman and Martian Manhunter in New Frontier was great to.

[WillParkinson]

149. Oh god yes...

I loved JLU. I pretty much loved all the incarnations.

Krypto? Blah.

[3dogday]

107. Carnival, Deadwood, Freaks and Geeks n/t

[DKRC]

108. Easy for us

1. Firefly
2. Moonlight
3. Pushing Daisies

I don't know about Firefly, but winning The People's Choice award seemed to be the death warrant for Moonlight & Pushing Daisies. Somewhere in lalaland there must have been screams of "OMG the people like this show! KILL IT! KILL IT NOW! We NEED more reality shows!!"

:wtf:

[Redstone]

109. EZ Streets. Hec Ramsey. Reasonable Doubts.

Redstone

[Redstone]

110. EZ Streets. Hec Ramsey. Reasonable Doubts.

Redstone

[pleah]

111. Special Unit 2, Sledge Hammer, Boston Legal.

:hi:

[Jamastiene]

112. The Lone Gunmen

Normal Life
Surface

[JeffR]

118. Nowhere Man, Jericho, Grounded for Life n/t

[Sewsojm]

120. Firefly, Wonderfalls, Moonlight

[rolltideroll]

119. The Wire, Deadwood, And Sheriff Lobo

[Initech]

122. The beauty of the Wire is that it had a clear beginning, middle, and end.

It would have sucked if HBO had dragged the show out for several more seasons after it ended.

[rolltideroll]

125. Good Point actually

Guess I just wanted more Mcnulty

[kedrys]

123. Enterprise, Harsh Realm, Crusade n/t

[FLAprogressive]

124. 1) Third Watch - 2) Card Sharks - 3) Phil Donahue's MSNBC Show

[mwooldri]

126. Fawlty Towers, Interceptor, Don't Forget Your Toothbrush.

Fawlty Towers - only 12 episodes ever made yet regarded as one of the best British comedy shows of all time. Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawlty_Towers and Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=fawlty+towers&aq=0&oq=faw

Interceptor - UK game show: I'll just link to Wiki here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interceptor_(TV_series) and if you want most episodes are actually on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6515E7ADAE0B41B6

Don't Forget Your Toothbrush: Zany Variety come gameshow: all the audience had to come with their passport and permission for a week off work should they be selected and win. Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Forget_Your_Toothbrush and Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35HIoDH2XcY

[greenbriar]

127. Home front , Commander in Chief, Chicago Hope

I LOVED those shows

[greenbriar]

128. Swingtown

Hubby actually would sit down and watch with me


that is a rarity


he has been watching Friday Night Lights with me tho

[Sheltiemama]

129. "Sports Night."

I loved that show. It was smart and funny.

[BamaGirl]

130. The Pretender, Firefly, Jericho

Only 3?? Also Witchblade, Jeremiah, Freaks and Geeks.

[Rhiannon12866]

131. (1 Crazy Like a Fox, with Jack Warden.

(Sunday nights, CBS.) Loved that show, but CBS moved it from its Sunday slot to different days and times so that even I couldn't find it, and my job was writing about CBS! :-(

(2 Joan of Arcadia (Friday nights, CBS): Great cast, original premise. I made my friend watch the season finale with me because I thought it would be scary, Joan vs. the devil. But the whole show just built up to the confrontation, guess they planned to show the battle in the season premiere, but it never happened. My friends and I even wrote to the network. :-(

(3 WIOU (Wednesday nights, CBS): An original show about the inner workings of a TV newsroom. I loved the characters and even got my cousin and her fellow staff members at a Denver TV newsroom hooked on it, and they were an NBC affiliate. But CBS pulled it with two or three episodes that were never shown... :-(

I can think of more, but I miss these three the most. :shrug:

[WinkyDink]

132. Tour of Duty----Hootenanny----American Dreams.

[HardWorkingDem]

133. EZ Streets, Deadwood and Freaks and Geeks....

I'd love to know how EZ Streets was supposed to end, but Paul Haggis won't tell (it took me years to finally get to see the last made episode).

Deadwood - what a bummer. The last season was fabulous.


As for some of the other shows, Hill Street Blues and The Wire ran their course and if the The Wire had went on, it only would have jumped the shark.

[WillParkinson]

135. I admit it...

I have never seen Freaks & Geeks. Now with all the ringing endorsements here I wish I had the opportunity to sample it at least once.

[HardWorkingDem]

137. Available on DVD....

It's really good and when you watch it, I bet you'll wonder how and the heck network tv is so messed up that they let this show fail.

[Contrary1]

136. Sorry...way more than 3 for me to pick from:

In no particular order:

1) Hill Street Blues
2) St. Elsewhere
3) Civil Wars
4) Chicago Hope
5) Deadwood
6) Dead Like Me
7) The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
8) Dirty Sexy Money
9) Men In Trees
10) WKRP in Cincinnati

And many others...

[Mojambo]

138. Firefly, Deadwood, Arrested Development, and Greg the Bunny.

I needed 4.

[KittyWampus]

141. Andy Griffith- we never got to see Opie get married.

[blonndee]

142. Only one person has said My So-Called Life so far?

Man, that was a great show. :(

eta: I also loved Daria. It was my teenage Family Guy-type show.

[Montauk6]

143. Dirty Sexy Money/Police Squad!/The Richard Pryor Show

[HughBeaumont]

148. The Young Ones, USA Night Flight, Police Squad.

Television greatness. An utter crime that Night Flight got replaced by that unfunny fuckbag Gilbert Gotttttttttfried. Makes me want to type in fragments. That is.

[Ivan Sputnik]

150. Twin Peaks, Wonderfalls, Millennium

"Millennium" was canceled, I believe, before the millennium arrived, which was what it was building up to. Not good.
Also, "Invasion" -- the show that used to be on after "Lost". That was another one that was building up to some big revelation, then poof, it was gone before we found out what it was.

[kath]

151. Veronica Mars.

Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars

Such a fine, well-written show, with a kick-ass female protagonist. Makes me sick they cancelled it, while so much stupid insipid drivel goes on year after year after year. It was a gazillion times more intelligent than most of the dreck out there.
ACK.

[elleng]

152. Brooklyn Bridge!

West Wing

[960]

153. Easy.

1. Dead Like Me.
2. Pushing Daisies
3. The Riches

All wonderful, and just getting sooo interesting when they were cancelled.