# Best 1 season tv series that should not have been canceled **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819 "2004-01-30T20:18:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/101 "2004-02-03T01:26:39Z")
_goes back in time, changes “Now, for one no one has mentioned,” to, “Now, one no one has mentioned,” hits submit_ ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/102 "2004-02-03T01:39:09Z")
I just want to add about fifteen… no, make it twenty, votes for _Firefly_. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/103 "2004-02-03T05:18:25Z")
Another vote for _My So Called Life_. I laughed, I cried and I still dance like Angela to _Blister in the Sun_ in my bedroom on occasion. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/104 "2004-02-03T07:58:24Z")
> [@Achren](#): > > Nowhere Man ran for two seasons - at least, I remember two seasons… > But the last show finished the plot line, IIRC all the important questions had been answered. I dunno, I think the ending of **Nowhere Man** set up a whole bunch of _new_ questions that didn’t get answered… ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/105 "2004-02-03T09:01:54Z")
Anyone remember Masquerade? Rod Taylor, Kirstie Alley and Greg Evigan (no wait) as secret agents who recruited people from civillian life because too many agents had been spotted by enemy agents. What I liked about this show was the way they would blend every day skills into an elaborate plan and since they never revealed the plan during the episode, you were never sure if things were going well or not. Maybe it wasn’t as good as I remember, I think I also liked Automan about the same time. More votes for It’s Your Move, Alien Nation and Police Squad! ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/106 "2004-02-03T11:26:33Z")
The Weird Al Show. Weird Al _Yankovic_, I mean. I haven’t had a show. That you’ve heard of… Also, can I cast a negative vote for _Firefly_? Unlike just about everybody else, I hated it. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/107 "2004-02-03T11:39:52Z")
…the Lone Gunman… ☹ funny, cool, amazing and neat-with no hangovers from their time in the X-Files… I always thought that the addition of Jimmy and Yves was a mistake, but they soon grew to become a couple of my favourite TV characters of all time… I also pretend that their finale episode of the X-files never happened… :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/108 "2004-02-03T12:30:50Z")
> [@Banquet Bear](#): > > …the Lone Gunman… ☹ > > funny, cool, amazing and neat-with no hangovers from their time in the X-Files… > > I always thought that the addition of Jimmy and Yves was a mistake, but they soon grew to become a couple of my favourite TV characters of all time… > > I also pretend that their finale episode of the X-files never happened… :mad: Oh, yeah. Lone Gunman coulda been great, shoulda been renewed. Let me cast another negative vote on Firefly. Standard Western in space (yawn). ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/109 "2004-02-03T16:44:57Z")
Space: Above and Beyond has had the episodes of its one and only season re-broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel several times, but nothing was ever produced beyond the single season that Fox, in its infinite stupidity, would not renew due to in-house fighting and backstabbing. who, me? bitter? just because our group fought for unavailing years to try and get it resurrected? Strange Luck and Brimstone would get a vote for the big **WHY??? _sob_ WHYYYYY???** add American Gothic, and i think i’ve covered most of the shows that really appealed to me. seems like anything that takes viewer intelligence as a given is doomed to certain death by executive decision. (so how did they ever get airtime to begin with? my head is starting to hurt…) ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/110 "2004-02-03T18:56:37Z")
John Doe. It did only go one season, right? ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/111 "2004-02-03T19:33:12Z")
Vote for ‘Cupid’, vote for ‘Firefly’… And I’m kinda surprised I don’t see anyone mentioning ‘Remember WENN’ on this list… Or was I the only one who watched that? ---
**Author:** ![DogsLunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DogsLunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogsLunch)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/112 "2004-02-04T04:06:07Z")
No one had mentioned [Quark](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0077066/)(1978). “The misadventures of an outer space garbage collector and his crew.” ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/113 "2004-02-04T04:19:04Z")
**Freaks and Geeks** was funny beyond words. If it really is coming out on DVD I’m gonna be first in line to buy it. One part of that show sticks out in my mind. The nerdy friend, I forgot his name, prank-called his coach because he thought the coach was being unfair. The convo went kind of like this: _ring ring_ Coach: Hello? nerdy friend: You are a turd, a stinky turd. You like to pat boys’ butts you butt-patter! Go sniff a jock strap you poop head! _click_ Sheer brilliance. Anyone else remember **Brother’s Keeper**? I think thats what it was called. Something about a younger brother was being raised by his 2 older brothers or something of the sorts. I miss that show. ---
**Author:** ![cmonidareya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cmonidareya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmonidareya)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/114 "2004-02-04T04:31:21Z")
Freaks and Geeks was one of my favorite shows. Even though they switched it on the schedule several times when it debuted, I managed to catch every episode. It’s cancellation depressed me. Then I found Andy Richter Controls the Universe and loved it. Cancelled again. Bleah… As far as Frank’s Place goes, I also watched every episode and enjoyed it and, being from New Orleans, I have to say that it was one of the closest portrayals of life here. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/115 "2004-02-04T04:38:18Z")
I think it lasted for two seasons, but I can’t believe they cancelled A&E’s [**Nero Wolfe**.](http://www.thrillingdetective.com/wolfe.html) It was stylish, funny, well written and perfectly cast. Too bad. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/116 "2004-02-04T06:42:51Z")
Did anyone else like _Undeclared_? Maybe I only liked it because it was a show about college life that came out at the same time I started college. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/117 "2004-02-04T07:55:04Z")
It’s worth noting that the only two people in this thread who disliked _Firefly_ are **Evil Death** and **Evil Captor**. See a pattern there? That’s right, they’re both **Evil**. And you know why these two **Evil** people hate _Firefly_? Because _Firefly_ is so damn **Good**! It’s like vampires and crucifixes. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/118 "2004-02-04T09:14:51Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > It’s worth noting that the only two people in this thread who disliked _Firefly_ are **Evil Death** and **Evil Captor**. See a pattern there? That’s right, they’re both **Evil**. Your theory is somewhat dented by this being the only place I go by Evil Death. My joining SD predates my standardising of nick to Jedit, and I’ve never bothered opening a replacement account. Firefly still stank, mind. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/119 "2004-02-04T12:08:29Z")
> [@Evil Death](#): > > Your theory is somewhat dented by this being the only place I go by Evil Death. My joining SD predates my standardising of nick to Jedit, and I’ve never bothered opening a replacement account. > > Firefly still stank, mind. Except it didn’t, mind. No matter what you call yourself, you’re still wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819/120 "2004-02-04T12:24:25Z")
I don’t think **Best of the West** lasted a full season, but I do remember laughing hysterically every time it came on. [singing]In days of yor, in western lore, a man returned from Civil War. His heart beat true, beneath his vest, his name was Best, Best of the wahwahwahwah [/singing] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-season-tv-series-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/226819.md?page=7)