# Cancellations you wish didn't happen. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284 "2002-11-23T01:40:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/121 "2002-11-28T17:16:56Z")
And I’ll be sad when they stop stop making Home Movies and Sealab 2021. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/122 "2002-11-28T17:26:24Z")
**Freaks and Geeks** , but it’s already been mentioned. And stepping back in time a bit, **The Dukes of Hazzard** ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/123 "2002-11-28T17:30:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PunditLisa \* > \*\*I’m still pissed that ABC canceled **thirtysomething**. > > And I’m pretty sure that UPN has canceled **Haunted** since it wasn’t on last week. I just love Matthew Fox. \*\* Well, I don’t know about Haunted, since I’ve never seen it, but as for Thirtysomething, it had to end sooner or later, or else they would have had to rename it Fortysomething. ---
**Author:** ![blinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@blinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinx)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/124 "2002-11-28T17:58:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Ooooh, **Blinx** —can you get me tapes of _Popular_? Do Danish and US VCRs have the same setup? \*\* My friend is actually taping them, but the TV standard here is PAL vs. NTSC in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/125 "2002-11-29T02:58:42Z")
I was very pissed when ABC cancelled **Lois & Clark**. Why? Because they put it up against **60 Minutes** and it lost. Well, duh. For me, that show was the best re-imagining of the Superman story to date and was finally finding its legs story-wise. I hate TV execs. Also, another vote for **Star Trek**. And **Sledgehammer**. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2002, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/126 "2002-11-29T05:31:40Z")
**Dark Justice** -“Justice may be blind, but it can see in the dark!” Another vote for **Dr. Who** , with Alan Rickman as the Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/127 "2002-11-29T06:46:47Z")
My favorite was Peter Davidson (yeah, you heard me, not Tom Baker, who was very good, but Peter Davidson.) Dark Justice, wasn’t that the one about the judge by day, vigilante by night who pinned back his long hair when being a judge? Anyway, I liked the original Night Rider. I was over at somebody’s house when they were watching Team Night Rider…Bleahch!!! Talk about a sucky show. It was worse than Walker Texas Ranger. ---
**Author:** ![Gerome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Gerome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerome)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/128 "2002-11-29T10:34:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joel \* > \*\*It was worse than Walker Texas Ranger. \*\* That’s a pretty big call to make. I didn’t think anything could be worse than that show. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/129 "2002-11-29T12:22:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gerome \* > \*\*That’s a pretty big call to make. I didn’t think anything could be worse than that show. \*\* Nash Bridges! ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/130 "2002-11-29T14:45:25Z")
I’ll second Clerks, The Family Guy, The Critic, and add **Brimstone** to the list. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/131 "2002-11-29T15:22:35Z")
Hehehe, nothing worse than Walker? Well, not many shows, true, but what about the very short lived crappy shows like Cop Rock, Frank Leaves for the Orient (on Comedy Central) and what as the name of the Malcom in the Middle rip off that was going to star Kattie Segal? ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/132 "2002-11-29T21:10:41Z")
I won’t mention any names, but some of you are scaring me with the incredible crappyness of the shows you are listing. I’m waiting for the inevitable “I wish they hadn’t cancelled Gilligan’s Island” post.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/133 "2002-11-29T23:53:40Z")
Did anyone say **M_A_S\*H[**? (All right, it’s not that I wish it didn’t end. I wish I’d been alive when it was a current show!) ---
**Author:** ![Gerome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Gerome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerome)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/134 "2002-11-30T00:15:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joel \* > \*\*what as the name of the Malcom in the Middle rip off that was going to star Kattie Segal? \*\* I think it was called “Tucker”…there was a show on in the arvo here that starred Katie Seagal that some people likened to Malcolm, so I’m going to assume it’s the same show. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/135 "2002-11-30T02:50:05Z")
Yeah, I think it was Tucker. A show that had a good run, but had a horrible ending, had to be St Elsewhere. I mean, everything turning out to be a kid’s dream? Come on. I kind of liked Time Trax, it wasn’t that great, but I’m a big fan of time travel sci-fi (and the actual scientific theorys as well), so… ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/136 "2002-11-30T02:53:16Z")
Oops, that last post was me. My wife logged on before and I forgot to log off and re-log on as me. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/137 "2002-11-30T04:00:42Z")
**V** - at least they could’ve ended the damn thing! **Brimstone** - It was such a neat show **Sport Night** - I tried to get everyone I knew to watch it, either it didn’t work, or I know too few people ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/138 "2002-11-30T04:44:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ol’Gaffer \* > **Freaks and Geeks** I came into this thread just to mention this treasure of a show. It was a crime that it was cancelled so quickly. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > Am I the only person who remembers… > > _ **The Adventures of Brisco County Jr?** _ > > Man, I’m all teary-eyed. Not a chance! I loved that show. I think it sometimes pops up on some cable channel (Fox Family? TNT? something, I forget). ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/139 "2002-11-30T05:04:58Z")
Thought I should mention: **Andy Richter** returns this Sunday. There were two 2 hour **The Pretender** movies made after the series. One rather cheapy adds that Jarod escaped with 2 other pretenders and that Sydney and Parker were never informed about it. One of the pretenders “died” but Jarod and the other were able to escape. The one that supposedly died was sent off the the Triumberate and made into a psycho. He was also the one that converted all of Jarod’s peace plans into epidemics. This one shows what happens to Ethan (the half brother). The other movie is Jarod searching for his mom but he gets stuck on a island during a storm with Ms.Parker. So he trys to figure out what his mom was doing there in the first place. It unveils some information about the Parker family and also (dumbly) adds a scroll which profisized Jarod and his escape, and finally him being recaptured. Also **Providence’s** cancelation is being reconsidered. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284/140 "2002-11-30T05:58:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joel \* > **My favorite was Peter Davidson (yeah, you heard me, not Tom Baker, who was very good, but Peter Davidson.)** Davison. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancellations-you-wish-didnt-happen/138284.md?page=8)