# Bring 'em back alive! **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797 **Category:** Cafe Society **Created:** [May 22, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797 "2011-05-22T18:46:31Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/1 "2011-05-22T18:46:31Z")
If you could bring back any _one_ cancelled television series, which would would you choose? I would bring back _Gargoyles_(minus that ghodawful Saturday morning ABC third season, of course). Remember, one only! ---
### Author: ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/2 "2011-05-22T18:48:17Z")
_Firefly_. There are others I miss, but \*Firefly \*had so much potential for further development. And I don’t like comics, so those don’t count. ---
### Author: ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/3 "2011-05-22T18:54:59Z")
Terriers ---
### Author: ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/4 "2011-05-22T19:24:10Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > _Firefly_. > > There are others I miss, but \*Firefly \*had so much potential for further development. And I don’t like comics, so those don’t count. Definitely Firefly. I’m not a total Whedon fanboy, but I really enjoyed this show, and of all the shows I’ve seen, I feel that this one had the most wasted potential. Others, like Arrested Development, had pretty well explored their premise by the time they were canceled. ---
### Author: ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/5 "2011-05-22T19:24:50Z")
Terriers or Deadwood ---
### Author: ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/6 "2011-05-22T19:25:15Z")
So many to choose… Should I bring it back so I can get closure to the mystery? Vanished Drive Or because I think the show is good? Arrested Development Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles Or because I think it sucked but I liked it anyway? The Tick (live action) MXC What about shows that had long runs but I wasn’t done watching them? X-Files The Adventures of Briso County Jr. Law & Order Boston Public I loved some of these cartoons… Exo-Squad Battletech The Tick Shows that just disappeared after I saw a few episodes and don’t ever seem to be on at the same time in consecutive weeks… Extreme Engineering But I think I would simply like to bring back, and force the actors at gunpoint if I have to, a show that I think should have gone a lot longer than it did: **Seinfeld** ---
### Author: ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/7 "2011-05-22T19:26:54Z")
Firefly ---
### Author: ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/8 "2011-05-22T19:28:01Z")
Pushing Daisies. ---
### Author: ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/9 "2011-05-22T19:33:08Z")
Kings. ---
### Author: ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/10 "2011-05-22T19:33:08Z")
I’m going to have to bow to the obvious too and say “Firefly.” It really was stillborn with so much wasted potential. ---
### Author: ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/11 "2011-05-22T20:10:09Z")
How about (to play off the thread title) [_Bring 'Em Back Alive_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_%27Em_Back_Alive)? It was a really fun little adventure series starring Bruce Boxleitner, a _roman a clef_ of Frank Buck’s travels collecting animals. ---
### Author: ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/12 "2011-05-22T20:16:17Z")
_Police Squad_ (in color!), though I don’t know that they could have kept it the script quality beyond a half-season. ---
### Author: ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/13 "2011-05-22T20:19:23Z")
Angel. Everyone else has Firefly covered. ---
### Author: ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/14 "2011-05-22T20:20:56Z")
Andy Richter saves the Universe. It was just funny as hell. ---
### Author: ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/15 "2011-05-22T20:22:38Z")
Better Off Ted. ---
### Author: ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/16 "2011-05-22T20:57:59Z")
_Brimstone_. This show had tons of potential, and the canceled it right after the female cop Ash was revealed to be the ringleader of the escapees. [I’m too tired to add the mad smiley, but it would normally go here.] ---
### Author: ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/17 "2011-05-22T21:11:52Z")
_Rome_ coulda used another few seasons. They ended up having to cram a decade worth of history in at the end of the last season. And they were setting up things to go to the Holy Land, which would’ve been cool. I actually think the episodes of Firefly + the movie work pretty well as they are. A lot of sci-fi series get dragged on too long, so I kinda like that Firefly lasted long enough to wrap up its main plotlines and then ended. ---
### Author: ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/18 "2011-05-22T21:37:24Z")
I vote for **Profit** , starring Adrian Pasdar, since **Brimstone** was taken. There were only a few episodes, but the premise was intriguing and I couldn’t guess what was going to happen next; the sign of a TV program that I’m going to like. ---
### Author: ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/19 "2011-05-22T21:43:40Z")
_American Dreams._ They were just getting into the heart of the Sixties. Same with _I’ll Fly Away._ ---
### Author: ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort) #### Post date: [May 22, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/20 "2011-05-22T21:52:27Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Terriers Man, I was having a hard time deciding between the recently cancelled Chicago Code or SGU, and I totally forgot about Terriers. Yes, Terriers x 100. Anything older than that, I’ve made my piece with them being cancelled. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797.md?page=2)