What Cancelled Television Show Do You Miss The Most?

[Gothic Sponge]

I Miss MST3K!

[mark11727]

1. Me too (snif)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

2. Invader Zim (nt)

[bleedingheart]

3. Queen for a Day

hahahahaha

[nini]

16. OMG... a coworker and I were just talking about that show!

that's wierd.. I haven't thought of that show in years and now 2 mentions...

[bleedingheart]

41. That show was just too bizarre and funny..

nothing more than a contest to see whose life is more pathetic...hahahaha

[meegbear]

4. Police Squad

only 6 episodes and all were hilarious.

[SCDem]

5. I used to miss Northern Exposure until I found out that Janine Turner is R

now it gives the show I used to like so much a kind of sour note in my memories of that show :(

[noise626]

6. Me Three....

it was the only reason I had cable for quite awhile :)

HE TRIED TO KILL ME WITH A FORKLIFT!!!!


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[Snow]

7. Briscoe County,

Zorro, and the Black Stallion with Mickey Rooney as the curmudgeon. That was a great little collection of shows that all appeared at about the same time & were a lot of fun, especially Briscoe - what a line-up of interesting characters!

[Bridget Burke]

44. And where's the Brisco County DVD?

Lots of other shows have made it to DVD, but not this one.

Ditto for Max Headroom. You just know they'd make a really fine set of DVD's with excellent special features!

[Ramsey]

56. I never saw that

But I LOVE Bruce Caampbell!!

[demon67]

8. "Freaks & Geeks" and "Wonderfalls"

Already have the F&G DVD set. Were it more than one season long, it may be the greatest television show of all time.

Just read that Wonderfalls DVD comes out in January.

[last_texas_dem]

28. I agree on _Freaks and Geeks_

The release of the DVDs was awesome, and made it where I didn't miss it quite as badly, but I will always be disappointed that it didn't run more than one season. Perhaps my favorite TV show ever... and I will forever regret that I didn't discover it whenever it was new, and thus was "part of the problem, not the solution." I discovered it a couple years after it had been cancelled, on the freakin' Fox Family Channel of all places; I was just flipping through, it caught my eye, and I was hooked.

[kikiek]

78. Another Freaks and Geeks. Been getting the DVD's frm Netflix

[flamingyouth]

46. I'm so glad to hear about "Wonderfalls"!!!

I loved that show. It was way too obtuse to survive, but at least we can see all the episodes!:hi:

[childslibrarian]

9. I also miss MST3K

There's a hole in my heart where Crow used to be...

[Plaid Adder]

11. Me too! And the X-Files, before it started sucking. n/t

[Ladyhawk]

80. Ditto on the X-Files, Plaidder.

I still don't know what happened during the last two years because I couldn't bear to watch the suckitude.

[Occulus]

10. Farscape.

Best Sci-fi television show I've ever seen. The production values were very, very high... and that's what killed it. It was too damn expensive to keep on the air!

Not to worry. Farscape: the Peacekeeper Wars is coming in Oct. to tie up the loose ends. I think this is solely due to internet users and other fans screaming bloody murder when the show got axed.

[BigBrother]

33. Farscape was a great show

Unfortunatly I won't be able to see The Peacekeeper Wars because I will be at school and they don't have the Scifi channel. :(

[tridim]

12. MST3K, Futurama, TV Nation

Upright Citizen's Brigade
Strangers With Candy
The Awful Truth
Sifl and Ollie

[russian33]

13. Family Guy...

..but I hear they are brining it back

[Dastard Stepchild]

91. yes... in 2005

Along with the new show: American Dad. I can hardly wait.

[nini]

14. Hill St. Blues and St. Elsewhere

way back - those were great shows

[DemNoir]

32. I agree!

I think St Elsewhere was the best TV drama ever. Outside some of the HBO stuff

[NashVegas]

100. Another St. Elsewhere

Until the Daily Show came along, my heart was permanently broken from nighttime network television when that show got canceled.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

116. Me, too!

Such a fine cast (including Denzel Washington, David Morse, Ed Begley Jr., Alfre Woodward, and others who have gone on to have fine careers in their later years) and thought-provoking storylines.

[terrya]

15. "The Critic".

I loved it...the same team that created "The Simpsons". Just as sharp and funny. A laugh out loud comedy. Fox didn't give it a chance.

[Dastard Stepchild]

93. agreed!

Jon Lovitz was perfect - it was a great show for him.

[CanuckAmok]

134. Yes, but...

...after it was cancelled, Gracie Films launched a web-only version wich, well, stinks.

It's still floating around the ether...try a google search if you want to watch the web episodes.


Best Critic moment ever: His crazy dad, Franklin, scotch in hand, driving over Guernica in a Sherman Tank: "Take THAT, Guernica!"

[HEyHEY]

17. The Wonder YEars

[wicket]

64. I BAWLED at the last episode of that show

Such a good show...

[Dastard Stepchild]

94. please refresh my memory...

what was the last episode again? I was a big Wonder Years fan for many years, but I can't recall how it ended.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

110. The last two episodes

Winnie ends up working away from where Kevin lives so Kevin decides to go up and see her. He goes there, only to find she’s dating a lifeguard and is uncomfortable with his presence. He subsequently loses his car in a gambling match and is forced to hitchhike home. Before he does so, however, he punches the daylights out of Winnie’s boyfriend. While hitchhiking he gets a lift with this couple and finds Winnie in the same car-she is also hitchhiking. Of course they argue and get thrown out of the car and find themselves stranded. They spend the night in a barn and realize that they are growing up and how their lives have changed. They then go back to their hometown for some celebration

The series ends with a photograph of the whole family and the narrator explaining what happened to each of them. Wayne inherits his father’s family furniture business when Jack Arnold dies two years after the events shown in the final episode. Norma becomes a businesswoman and Winnie goes over to France. When she returns to the US, Kevin and his wife and baby meet up with her.

It is worth noting that Kevin’s father dying two years after Kevin and Winnie go their separate ways is inconsistent with earlier episodes. The narrator says in an earlier episode (which was only two or three seasons before the final episode if my memory serves me accurately) that Kevin’s father is still alive at the time of narration and talks about how Jack Arnold interacts with Kevin’s children –and implies that Kevin’s children are old enough to have a relationship with their grandfather. Yet in the final episode it states that Jack Arnold dies two years after Kevin breaks up with Winnie. This implies that he probably would have died before Kevin had children or, even if Kevin did have children in those two years, they would have been too young to have had a relationship with their grandfather. Trivial inconsistencies but it shows a lack of continuity in the script

[NewJeffCT]

18. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Police Squad...

For the Sci-Fi fan in me:
The original Star Trek
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (my puberty was timed perfectly for all those women poured into tight outfits)
Battlestar Galactica

I miss Cheers as well.

[liberalnurse]

19. I heard that HBO changed its mind on Carnivale'

for a second season......I just loved that series....now, I'll never know how it ends!

Good vs Evil......:scared:

[Maddy McCall]

25. Noooo! Say it isn't so! I love Carnivale!

They need to ditch that stupid Entourage and renew Carnivale.

Entourage is really really really stupid.

[liberalnurse]

37. I read on the HBO site that they got 7 Emmy nomination!

But, I know I signed a petition about 2 months ago asking that the show be renewed.....


http://www.hbo.com/carnivale/news/index.shtml

[NuckinFutz]

20. American Gothic...

and Carnivale.

[Mistress Quickly]

26. American Gothic was a cool show

Did you know Shawn Cassidy (of the 1970's TeenBeat and TigerBeat heart throb posters set) was the producer of the series?

[phillybri]

39. Austin Stories; Kids In The Hall

Austin Stories was so damn funny....

[jasmeel]

21. Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel

=(

I miss Spike!! I hear Sarah M Gellar's a repub. Is that true??

[Ramsey]

57. Spike!

He was the best!

[Downtown Hound]

85. I miss both those shows as well

As for Sara being a repuke, this mostly stems from the fact that she appeared on some "GOP BABES" list. The thing was was that the list couldn't identify why they thought of her as a Republican, whereas they could with every other woman on the list. There are other people saying that she is a personal friend of Chelsea Clinton. It's nothing but rumors, no way to prove it. Joss Whedon is a huge liberal, so I'm guessing she probably isn't.

[WMliberal]

22. kids in the hall

canadian humor that set the tone for the 90's

[FrankBooth]

96. I Love them

At this point I just hope they make another movie.

[otohara]

23. Sex & The City

I miss them terribly...the clothes, NYC - real girl talk

[Maddy McCall]

PeeWee's Playhouse...I loved the risque humor...

I was a teen when it aired originally. I loved that show!

[CanuckAmok]

135. "You know what "big shoes" means, right?"

"Big feet!"

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

24. Do you remember

the show called "Dinosaurs?" It was hilarious. I know several people however who got caught up in the costume thing and didn't listen to the dialogue. It was a very funny, insightful show.......

[eyesroll]

29. The "war" episode was classic

We
Are
Right.

[BigBrother]

30. I loved that show...

You were right about it being very insightful. And of course who didn't love the baby. My personal favorite was the grandma. She was always funny.

[Cush]

131. Not the mama!

that show had crappy finale. Unfortunately, they had to cancel it due to costs.

[2Design]

27. nothern exposure

[CO Liberal]

31. "The Soupy Sales Show"

Fond memories of my childhood.

[jayavarman]

34. Upright Citizen's Brigade

All of you handle my Ass Pennies

[jayavarman]

35. Fantasy Island

Boss, I have not seen 'de plane in a while.

[lpbk2713]

36. Hill Street Blues

I watched the reruns over and over until I could recite the dialogue. I would still watch if it was still on.

[Xipe Totec]

83. Excellent Show!

It rips me that it's not available on DVD. There's only one 'Best of Hill Street Blues' and it's on VCR.

And me with no cable. Damn!

[Philostopher]

38. Homicide: Life On The Streets

I had a mad crush on Kyle Secor (played Timmy Bayliss) back when I was between marriages and it was about the only TV I watched for a couple of years. Anybody know if he's doing anything now that's worth watching? Other than Bayliss, he always seemed to play semi-bad-guy goobers.

[Bridget Burke]

42. According to IMDB.COM, not much....

And that's a pity.

He's a pretty fine looking guy & Tim Bayliss was an excellent character. Not that Homicide wasn't full of excellent characters--but they didn't look like him.

[Tredge]

60. I agree enthusiastically

It was some of the best TV that has ever been, and that includes the stuff on cable nowadays. I watched it more for Andre Braugher than anyone else, except maybe Yaphet Kotto.

I've been renting them all in chronological order over Netflix. I missed the first two seasons or so before I caught onto the show, and they are every bit as good as the episodes in later seasons.

The episode where Vincent D'nofrio is stuck between a subway train and the platform has got to be one of the best episodes of anything ever shown on television.

[Ilsa]

I remember that one, and ITA! Very memorable show.

I loved Andre B. and Yaphet K also.

[Ilsa]

106. Dupe.

[Calico Jack Rackham]

123. Frank Pembleton Rocked

one of the most well thought out TV characters ever. Brooding, torn, conflicted. It's no wonder Anrde Braugher won an Emmy.



"In that room, I'm not a detective, I'm a salesman. And what I'm selling is a long prison term - a product that my client doesn't want and has no genuine use for."

[Ilsa]

107. This was the first show I though of when I read this post.

I got my husband into it also. Gritty and well written. Only thing I would do on Friday nights when my kids were little. I cried when I heard it was being cancelled.

[bleedingheart]

40. Homefront

I think that was the name...I liked that one.

[LiveWire]

43. Space: Above and Beyond

No one remembers this show, but it was rally well written. However FOX moved it around so much no one could watch it. It was kinda like a precurser to Stargate SG1

[Cerridwen]

71. I remember...I loved that show

James Morrison was on an episode of "West Wing" as the pilot when they were stuck flying around without landing gear.

[mrboba1]

45. Tour of Duty.

That was cool. Until they followed the soldiers home. That was a dumb idea.

[eleny]

47. Frank's Place ...with Tim Reid (Venus Flytrap on WKRP)

One of the best short-lived tv shows ever, ever, ever!

[arwalden]

48. Oblongs, Futurama, Farscape, Sex & The City, Whoopi, Good Morning Miami,

Dream On, Arliss, Oz

[Speck Tater]

49. Buffy and Angel. All else is drivel.

[Mrs_Beastman]

50. I'm with you on that

Mr Beastman and I have been watching the DVD sets of buffy all summer and mourning:cry:

[CarolynEC]

51. The O'Reilly Factor

Oh, wait...


:)

[AwakeAtLast]

52. Homefront and My So-Called Life

I stopped watching televison for awhile after MSCL was cancelled. I liked both of those shows a lot.

[TrogL]

53. Max Headroom

[Red State Rebel]

127. Max Headroom was great! n/m

[Matilda]

141. Yes! Max Headroom came and went very fast.

But I loved it, and still miss it.

[kodi]

54. nothing sacred

amen.

[Ramsey]

55. Xena and Buffy!!

I really can't choose, I was obsessed with them both!

[Commendatori]

58. Black Scorpion

Just kidding, although I did like the babes.

I miss "Philly."

[kmla]

59. Ummmm. Joanie loves Chachi.

Heh. Not really. Just like saying "Joanie loves Chachi".

Wah Wah Wah.

[jmowreader]

73. They didn't play that on AFKN

AFKN was, of course, the American Forces Korea Network,

But when I got home, one of the local stations was playing reruns of it. And I'm sitting there about half listening to the "up next" message...what I thought I heard was "up next, Joanie Loves Chagi." I was rolling on the floor laughing so hard.

"What's so funny?"

Well, chagi is Korean for dick. Joanie probably did love dick, but I didn't know you could say that during the dinner hour on American television.

[scarpa43]

61. I miss...

All of the cheesy 80's action shows: The A-Team, Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, etc...

[wicket]

62. "Pete and Pete"

I loved all of those off-the wall shows that used to be on Nickelodeon. Now the station blows.

[Dastard Stepchild]

88. most excellent show!

also, "Rocko's Modern Life."

[MallRat]

63. The Mole... before Ahmad Rashad & Billy Baldwin ruined it.

ABC took a perfectly good game show and screwed it up with a bunch of B-list celebrities who really didn't want to be there.

Extra bonus on the original show: Anderson Cooper in the role he was born to play- game show host.

-MR

[TransitJohn]

65. Emergency

That was my favorite show as a kid. Made me want to be a paramedic.

[TransitJohn]

67. Also loved Voyagers.

Remember that one? About Phinneas Bogg and that kid from Brooklyn he took on time travel adventures to make sure history turned out right. Great show.

[ikojo]

120. Randolph Mantooth was a hottie too!!!

I loved watching that show when I was a kid. Wasn't it on Saturday nights?

[ikojo]

121. Randolph Mantooth was a hottie too!!!

I loved watching that show when I was a kid. Wasn't it on Saturday nights?

[Cerridwen]

66. M*A*S*H - tho I don't think it was cancelled

But I miss it.

Farscape, Buffy, Angel, too.

Star Trek TNG.

Space: Above and Beyond.

edited to fix spelling and add

China Beach

[Deja Q]

68. Get Smart, The Golden Girls

:-)

[rockymountaindem]

69. Seinfeld

[Texasgal]

70. I miss

Seinfeld too.... I always watch the re-runs.... :(

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

112. I really miss George Costanza

a role model to an entire generation of dysfunctional Americans.

[FrankBooth]

72. TV Funhouse

Sadly, only one season.

[Dastard Stepchild]

89. yup.... have to agree with you here.

still call my brood of pets my "anipals"

[bigwillq]

74. Sports Night, Roseanne, The Golden Girls

Although most of those shows I get to see in reruns, I would love to see first run episodes of them.

[ikojo]

122. Roseanne was fine until she jumped the shark

by including Tom Arnold in everything. She had a good thing going but became too popular and went wacko. I truly loathed the episodes where the Conner clan won the lottery.

She was at her best during the first couple of seasons. I'd get those seasons on DVD but not much other than that.

[Iris]

75. thirtysomething, Homicide, Ed n/t

[B Calm]

76. Seinfield, thank god for re-runs

[ReadTomPaine]

77. Some not mentioned: Night Stalker, Mission: Impossible, Tremors...

.. Reboot, In Search Of... (w. Nimoy) - I also miss MST3K, FYI TV's Frank works for Air America Radio these days, you can occasionally hear him chatting on a show or doing a commercial spot. First time I heard his voice he was doing a commercial on AAR for diaper rash cream - it sounded so much like one of the MST3K bumper spoofs it was surreal.

[MikeG]

79. Ed.

[Endangered Specie]

81. Thats my Bush

[B Calm]

82. Damn, I forgot about that one! It was good

[WilliamPitt]

84. Hill Street Blues

Let's...be careful out there.

[GreenPartyVoter]

86. Freaks and Geeks, Mash, Xena, Herc

[antigone382]

87. Daria

It was the one good thing left on MTV.

[marigold20]

90. I miss Dream On and Andy Richter Rules the Universe

and I may have been the only one to miss The Famous Teddy Z.

[Dastard Stepchild]

92. Strangers With Candy

Loved this show. Also, the Andy Dick Show on MTV.

[daligirrl]

95. I also mourn MST3K. . .

I was also sad when they cancelled "My So-Called Life". Another show too good for network TV.

[LizW]

97. All of Marshall Herskovitz's shows

thirtysomething, My So-called Life, and Once and Again. I cried my eyes out at the end of Once and Again. :cry:

I loved scary shows: X-Files (although I don't count that one as cancelled, it just ran its course), Millennium, American Gothic.

I was devastated when Firefly was cancelled a couple of years ago. I thought it was great and Fox didn't give it a chance.

Sadly, hour-long dramas are dead on network television. The networks won't wait until they develop an audience. It's three episodes and out. They cost too much to make compared to reality crap, so the only place we'll be able to see quality drama is on pay cable. :(

[texas1928]

98. Emergency

That was an awesome show.

[blondeatlast]

105. I had a massive crush on Randolph Mantooth.

I'm better now, thanks...

[NightTrain]

99. Soap

God, that show was funny!

[blondeatlast]

103. Classic. nt

[blondeatlast]

101. Ferkissakes, is this Democratic Underground??? "That's My Bush"

Also "Square Pegs"

[Wheelie_Alex]

102. Sable

It ran for about six episodes and was just incredible. The main character, a childrens book writer by day and vigilante by night was one of the most tortured characters I have ever seen. What got me hooked on this show was the first couple of seconds of the first shot. It was just so incredibly filmed I was mesmerized. For the life of me I can't remember the name of the actor who played John Sable, but I do remember Rene Russo played his girlfriend/agent.

Another show I regret losing was "Our Family Honor" about two families who had been fueding for three generations. One family was of Catholic New York cops (the patriarch was the Chief of Detectives) and the other was a mob family.

"Wiseguy." Though it was not the same after the death of the Sonny Steelgrave character.

"Quest," a very gritty and violent western series with Kurt Russell.

[bearfan454]

104. Barney Miller

and Taxi.

[B Calm]

108. CHIPS

Just Kidding

[richmwill]

109. ALF

Best...show...ever

[Mojambo]

111. Newsradio

and dammit would someone PLEASE put re-runs of "It's Garry Shandling's Show" back on.

[BuddhaGirl]

113. Farscape!

eom

[Mz Pip]

114. X Files

But I am happy with "The Dead Zone" and "The 4400" as replacements.

MzPIp
:dem:

[ikojo]

117. Not just any old X Files....

X Files with DAVID DUCHOVNY!

The last two seasons hardly merited being called the X Files.

[Mojambo]

124. I'm coming around on the Dead Zone.

I saw the premiere and a few 1st season episodes but then didn't come back until the last few weeks.

This upcoming episode looks good.

[WoodrowFan]

115. Farscape and Brimstone (NT)

[onebigbadwulf]

118. Seinfeld, Family Guy, Zim, Friends, and one called

usual suspects. It was this great murder mystery show where you took the perspective of the partner, and walked around with him to figure out a mystery. I loved it, too bad it only had 3 or 4 episodes before it got cancelled

[buycitgo]

119. President Al Gore's Press conferences

what else

haven't read any of this thread, in case it's already been posted

first thing that came to mind

[SPQR]

125. Homefront...

now, always and forever, Homefront.

And more recently, Wonderfalls.

[VoteDemocratic2004]

126. Dark Shadows

I grew up watching It and I couldn't wait to watch the series and they cut it right after two episodes.

[Red State Rebel]

128. I remember that one too! A great soap for hit's day.....n/m

[Red State Rebel]

129. Did anyone else watch Knots Landing???

I know, I'm showing my age, but I loved it!

[Bjornsdotter]

130. Quantum Leap....I want Sam to make the leap home n/t

[stranger_with_candy]

132. Strangers with Candy

...of course. and Boston Common.

[The Great Escape]

133. Dharma and Greg

[CanuckAmok]

136. What was that one about the vampire cop?

I forget, but it was pretty interesting.

[CanuckAmok]

137. Family Guy, Quark, Dead Man's Gun. n/t

[SuffragetteSal]

138. Northern Exposure

there is a re-run on sometime in the middle of the night I believe...sometimes I catch it...still love it!

[ariesgem]

139. Freaks & Geeks

That was the only recent show that I can remember to cover the years of when I went to high school(Late 70's/ early 80s). It was SO on target!

[SideshowScott]

140. Twin Peaks!!!

Yeah I know the second season got a bit loopy but MAN whatta finale! I deffanlty yearn for some cherry pie and the best coffie in all the land...
I really wish we can visit there agian and find out what Cooper who is now possed by bob is up to..

[jayfish]

142. Firefly.

I was so much different than any other sci-fi thing going right now. Lots of interesting characters, a nicely fleshed out universe, funny and great story potential. It got better every week and by the last couple of episodes it was great. I just want to know what was up with the blue glove men. They were creepy as hell.

[Kellanved]

146. seconded

It was a really great Sci-FI series - the DVD was one of my best buys ever. I hope the movie will wrap it up, but it certainly deserved at least a complete season.

Also: Futurama. Can't believe how many great shows got canceled by Fox ...

[TheDoobSibs]

143. Yeah, MST3K and ...

The Tick, The Critic, X-Files, Futurama, Family Dog, Freaks and Geeks, Beavis and Butthead, Dark Knight, The Cosby Show(before Cosby decided to comment on today's black youth), Talk Soup, Twin Peaks, The Wonder Years, Boy Meets World(in later seasons, when Eric was funny, not a lady's man), Whose Line is it Anyway?(despite Drew Carey being a douche), Space Ghost(Cartoon Planet), Weinerville.

By the way, Hi, I'm new. :hi: My sister and I are sharing this account. I'm Charlie, I'm not quite of voting age, but a passionate liberal nonetheless.

[MFUSA]

144. Beverley Hillbilies

[Dem2theMax]

145. The one, the only, Homicide: Life on the Street. The best damn show ever.

I felt like I died the day that show gave up the ghost. Stupid NBC went and sold all the props so we couldn't hold out hope that it would be back. Frank, Tim, Gee, Lewis, Munch, Bolander, Crosetti, Felton, Kay. SIGH.

Episode that blew me away -- when Kellerman shot Luther Mahoney. I have never in my life been as floored as I was when I saw that episode. Total shock.

So many more to remember. Best show on TV, ever ever ever.

Adena Watson. H:LOTS folk will never forget Adena. sigh, sigh, sigh, sigh, sigh. I gotta go watch my tapes of the show now.

[murielm99]

147. There was a show that lasted only one season called "Cupid."

Jeremy Pivens, a great underrated actor, starred as Cupid.

Zeus sent him back to earth as punishment, because love was in terrible shape.

He could not return to Olympus until he got 100 couples to fall in love.

He had a court appointed psychiatrist who was his Psyche.

I think the show was too clever to last. The jokes were too intelligent.

I really miss that show.

Of course, I loved Homicide: life on the streets. But at least it was around for awhile!