# Prematurely canceled shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 28, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991 "2005-08-28T17:17:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/61 "2005-08-29T15:58:09Z")
A second for _Nero Wolfe_. But the shows I really miss are _Crusade_ ( **DAMN** TBS for its interfering ways and its complete lack of comprehension!), _Dilbert_ (Wasn’t doing well against _Buffy_ because of fan overlap. So what did they do? Moved it against _Angel_. :smack: ), and _Quark_ (Interstellar Hefty bags of garbage? Classic!). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/62 "2005-08-29T16:06:00Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > A second for _Nero Wolfe_. But the shows I really miss are _Crusade_ ( **DAMN** TBS for its interfering ways and its complete lack of comprehension!), _Dilbert_ (Wasn’t doing well against _Buffy_ because of fan overlap. So what did they do? Moved it against _Angel_. :smack: ), and _Quark_ (Interstellar Hefty bags of garbage? Classic!). I totally forgot about [Quark](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077066/) Only 9 episodes. Fairly funny start and still rough around the edges. It should have been groomed, not but to sleep. Buck Henry created it and he already had spoofed spy movies so well with Get Smart. I would not call it great but it was promising. Dilbert was pretty hit or miss, I don’t think it would have found an audience but they sure didn’t help it. > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [Bosom Buddies](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080202/)–Just look at the cast. Good call, the first season was too much of the one joke show but the second season was very funny. Also great opening theme song. Theme song to the show was “My Life” by Billy Joel and is sung by the cast of the show. Tom Hanks is the foreground singer. I just learned about the cast singing the song today, but I always loved that a TV show had a Billy Joel Song. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/63 "2005-08-29T16:16:19Z")
**Twin Peaks** of course. Brilliant show and so far unmatched. **Green Acres** Victim of the CBS “if it happens in the country, kill it” purge. **Too Close for Comfort** How DARE they take Lydia Cornell away from me? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/64 "2005-08-29T16:35:06Z")
A little before my time, but WKRP in Cincinatti ran for 4 years. I’d love to have seen more. I lost interest in X-Files toward the end. What happen to the Lone Gunmen that was so painful? ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/65 "2005-08-29T17:29:04Z")
American Gothic, Action, VR5, & Andy Richter Controls The Universe. I’ll second Profit, The P.J.'s, and Lone Gunmen. If I have to add Arrested Developement to this list in a few months I’m gonna be one unhappy man. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/66 "2005-08-29T18:24:42Z")
65 posts and no mention yet of Invader Zim! ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/67 "2005-08-29T18:43:18Z")
…No… it was mentioned on page one… IIRC ---
**Author:** ![Psycho\_Pirate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Psycho\_Pirate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psycho_Pirate)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/68 "2005-08-29T18:47:12Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > **Freaks and Geeks** has to be THE television James Dean. THe show was simply _perfect_. Truer words were never spoken. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/69 "2005-08-29T19:07:55Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > I nominate _Sports Night_ and _Joan of Arcadia_. Sniff…me too. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/70 "2005-08-29T19:45:26Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > Clerks- They got 6 episodes and then the idiots in charge of the network decided to show 2 of them, out of order,… Which wouldn’t have been as bad had the second episode (first one aired) not been a clip show of the best moments from “all their previous episodes”. Back to the OP, I want to see how _Point Pleasant_’s first season ended. The show basically sucked rocks, but damnit, I still wanna know! ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/71 "2005-08-29T19:54:34Z")
Has anyone mentioned [American Gothic](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111880/) ? It lasted only one season and there are four unaired episodes out there. Seems ripe for a DVD release. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/72 "2005-08-29T20:26:32Z")
Another vote for **Dark Angel** , only because it’s end broke my little girl’s heart. Also another for \*\*Freaks and Geeks \*\* and the one that hasn’t been mentioned, **Miracles**. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/73 "2005-08-29T21:00:32Z")
I really wish that “Wonder Woman” had lasted two or three more seasons! Another show that was tragically cut short was “Tru Calling”. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/74 "2005-08-29T22:18:27Z")
> [@Bill Door](#): > > Has anyone mentioned [American Gothic](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111880/) ? It lasted only one season and there are four unaired episodes out there. Seems ripe for a DVD release. It’s set to be released in [October](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000ATQYXI/qid=1125354117/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-6031523-3037451?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846) . I just hope the unaired episodes explain just a little bit about what the hell is going on. Shows like that and _Twin Peaks_ that set up a mystery that is never resolved kill me (luckily _Twin Peaks_ got the movie so they at least could solve the murder!). I just hope _Lost_ gets some warning before it goes out so they can wrap up the threads! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/75 "2005-08-29T22:25:37Z")
> [@Big\_Norse](#): > > I just hope the unaired episodes explain just a little bit about what the hell is going on. The unaired episodes were eventually aired on the Sci-Fi Channel. Don’t look for an answer. At least they had a chance for closure, albeit a disappointing one. Still, it’s better than most of the crap that’s on. Gary Cole was greatly underrated as was the entire series. It should have at least gone on for 3-4 years. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/76 "2005-08-29T22:37:51Z")
I think it’s a sad testimony to how slpit-second TV has become that we’re even having this thread. SO many great shows (and so many of them Sci-Fi or comedy), many of which died practically before they were born. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/77 "2005-08-29T22:39:25Z")
**Johnny Bago** In 1993, ran for eight episodes. ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/78 "2005-08-29T22:50:32Z")
> [@belladonna](#): > > I still miss _My So-Called Life_. Not that Little Miss Movie Star would be doing the show anymore anyway, but I’m right there with ya. I loved that show. Ahhh…Jordan Catalano! I was watching a CSI rerun on Spike the other day. Sara Sidle was interviewing a girl who had known the victim. The girl referred to the victim, on whom she had a longtime crush, as her “jordan catalano”. When Gil Grissom looked quizzically at Sara, she just shook her head, letting him know that she knew what the girl meant but that she wouldn’t be able to explain it in a million years to someone like him. ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/79 "2005-08-29T23:07:30Z")
> [@Bill Door](#): > > Has anyone mentioned [American Gothic](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111880/) ? It lasted only one season and there are four unaired episodes out there. Seems ripe for a DVD release. I did! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991/80 "2005-08-30T00:50:12Z")
> [@sleeepy2](#): > > If I have to add Arrested Developement to this list in a few months I’m gonna be one unhappy man. It’s got at least another year. I want it to keep going long after that, but three years is decent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prematurely-canceled-shows/318991.md?page=5)