# shows canceled first season- that should not have been canceled. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738 "2018-10-10T03:46:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/81 "2018-10-12T00:03:00Z")
^ The Paula Marshall curse strikes again. ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/82 "2018-10-12T01:53:37Z")
[Space: Above And Beyond](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space:_Above_and_Beyond). I always wanted to know how the war with the Chigs turned out. And, +1 to My So Called Life, mentioned earlier. That show was ahead of its time. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/83 "2018-10-12T06:18:16Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > _Daybreak_ with Taye Diggs, but then I’m a sucker for time-bounce stories. I liked that show, but I think it was a “limited series.” I don’t think it was ever intended to last more than one (short) season. Even that was too much for the network to handle, and they stopped airing episodes well before the finale. They eventually put the missing episodes on the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/84 "2018-10-12T06:35:40Z")
I think “Time After Time” on ABC deserved more than a 4 week run. “Vinyl” on HBO disintegrated from bad writing but the acting was good enough to earn a second season. Despite wretched ratings I’m hoping AMC will stick with low rated but well reviewed series and let “Lodge 49” get a second season. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/85 "2018-10-12T06:41:40Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > _Luck_, a series on HBO starring Dustin Hoffman was canceled after one season. > > Two horses died during filming of season one. A third horse died during filming of the second episode of season two, so they canceled the series due to fear of bad press. Thing is, horses die or are euthanized at the track all the time. Great show but no matter how you explain it, the American viewer is not going to get into a show tied into the death of animals, especially horses, in any way, whatsoever. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/86 "2018-10-12T06:48:08Z")
Someone mentioned The Riches. GREAT Show and very influential. It was a Breaking Bad, Ozark, Sneaky Pete and other “family in criminal crisis” storyline show before any of those programs aired. One correction: it lasted 2 seasons. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/87 "2018-10-12T06:50:06Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > And I actually thought [“Moonbeam City”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonbeam_City) was fairly funny, even though it got pretty poor reviews. What did you think of “Pacific Heat”? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/88 "2018-10-12T07:51:00Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > I liked that show, but I think it was a “limited series.” I don’t think it was ever intended to last more than one (short) season. Even that was too much for the network to handle, and they stopped airing episodes well before the finale. They eventually put the missing episodes on the Internet. I think there are too many loose ends to claim it wasn’t going to be a regular series. There were indications that Digg’s character’s father had the same ability, and there was a recurring character (the screaming guy in the hospital) who seemed to know time was repeating and was trying to reach out to the lead. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/89 "2018-10-12T11:29:16Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > What did you think of “Pacific Heat”? 🙂 Never heard of it, but maybe I’ll check out an episode. I should note that Moonbeam City’s funky Nagel-style artwork was half the fun, so if you took that away I probably wouldn’t have liked it. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/90 "2018-10-12T11:41:30Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > My So-Called Life. It’s the only time I ever wrote the network. That’s a good one. There was one I can’t recall the name- it took place in England but was about an impending meteor coming to hit the earth. There was a quirky plot arc about the main character trying to find his indexical evil brother who may or may not have swapped places with him in a secure bunker. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/91 "2018-10-12T12:05:17Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > No, that was Terra Nova, about a family that went to the Jurassic to colonize an (effectively) alien world to escape an over-crowded, polluted, resource-depleted near-future Earth, with a continuing but never resolved sub-plot about some sort of sinister corporate-government conspiracy. > > Earth 2 was about a family that went to an another solar system to colonize an alien world to escape an over-crowded, polluted, resource-depleted near-future Earth, with a continuing but never resolved sub-plot about some sort of sinister corporate-government conspiracy. I enjoyed both of those shows. I also enjoyed _The Time Tunnel_ which was killed off because some high muckety muck wanted his favorite stupid new show about Custer to take its place. _Custer_ died a quick death, not even lasting one full season. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/92 "2018-10-12T12:36:29Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > > [@dalej42](#): > > > > My So-Called Life. It’s the only time I ever wrote the network. > > That’s a good one. > > There was one I can’t recall the name- it took place in England but was about an impending meteor coming to hit the earth. There was a quirky plot arc about the main character trying to find his indexical evil brother who may or may not have swapped places with him in a secure bunker. [You, Me and the Apocalypse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You,_Me_and_the_Apocalypse). And yes, I would have liked to have seen a continuation of that. For one thing, there were some bits that were left unexplained. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/93 "2018-10-12T12:42:59Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > _Brimstone_ - Peter Horton as Ezekiel Stone, a deceased New York City cop, let out of Hell to chase down a hundred or so “of the worst souls” who had escaped some time before. Excellent performances by Horton, John Glover as Satan, and Teri Polo as the leader of the escapees (although you don’t learn that until the last broadcast episode). Good show, atmospheric as all hell (so to speak), all around good watching. > Stone: \* You loved her.\* > Satan: _I never loved anyone but God! And that was a long time ago!_ **Brimstone** was a good show. I would have loved to see how **American Gothic** would have concluded as well as Shaun Cassidy’s other show **Invasion** **Harsh Realm** **The Event** ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/94 "2018-10-12T12:55:59Z")
_[Nowhere Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowhere_Man_%28TV_series%29)_ is a good example. Frequently lamented, including here on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/95 "2018-10-12T14:51:23Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > [You, Me and the Apocalypse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You,_Me_and_the_Apocalypse). And yes, I would have liked to have seen a continuation of that. For one thing, there were some bits that were left unexplained. That’s the one! I’m partial to quirky shows like that. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/96 "2018-10-12T15:11:05Z")
> [@Mars\_Horizon](#): > > [Space: Above And Beyond](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space:_Above_and_Beyond). > > I always wanted to know how the war with the Chigs turned out. Sorry - gotta disagree with this one. I couldn’t make it through the pilot movie before turning off in bored disgust. We called it “Space: 90210.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/97 "2018-10-12T15:15:00Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > _Limitless_ Yes, dammit. There was a huge amount of potential here, especially with Bradley Cooper continuing his role from the film, and a highly likeable lead. > [@](#): > > _Hooten and the Lady_ Ehh…I dunno. They didn’t quite get the balance of action and goofiness right and it seriously challenged my suspension of disbelief at several points. I enjoyed it but wouldn’t miss it if it never came back. > [@Lightray](#): > > [Strange Luck](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112182/), with DB Sweeny, had some real promise that was never realized. Agreed. > [@Biggirl](#): > > Also loved the Dirk Gently series with the Hobbit as Todd. That one lasted a bit longer. The creator, Max Landis, started gathering sexual assault accusations, so that was the end of that. I liked the Dirk Gently series with Stephen Mangan and Darren Boyd, and was sorry they didn’t do more with that. > [@amarinth](#): > > Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was a mess by the middle of its run and its cancellation was a mercy kill. (and I’ll gladly take that argument up in a different thread). Agreed. > [@TCMF-2L](#): > > I’ll add the Supernatural **American Gothic** (1995) with Gary Cole as Sheriff Lucas Buck. It was uneven and needed a bigger budget but when it got it right, it was great. Seriously agreed. Cole absolutely thrived in that, the young boy was surprisingly intense and there was plenty of room for it to develop. > [@Mars\_Horizon](#): > > [Space: Above And Beyond](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space:_Above_and_Beyond). > > I always wanted to know how the war with the Chigs turned out. YES (although the Space Marines who were simultaneously pilots and ground troops seemed a little muddled). > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > [You, Me and the Apocalypse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You,_Me_and_the_Apocalypse). And yes, I would have liked to have seen a continuation of that. For one thing, there were some bits that were left unexplained. I really enjoyed that but the ending of that bothered me. On the one hand, it was a brilliant twist; on the other, it meant that God had been playing a game of “Doofus” all along. If you like YM&tA, I recommend the two series of “[The Wrong Mans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrong_Mans_(UK_TV_series))” [sic], also with Baynton and with James Corden. Corden is very…Corden-y in it, but the writing is good and it wraps up nicely at the end. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/98 "2018-10-12T15:36:45Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > _Police Squad!_ is the only one I can think of that hasn’t been mentioned yet. It was better than the spin-off _Naked Gun_ movie series. First one I thought of. Another true one-and-done was _Good Girls Revolt_ from 2015. My TV watching is almost exclusively biased towards comedy, but this is one that sucked me right in so, of course, it had to be cancelled after its first season, when things were getting really interesting in the (based-on-a-true) storyline. I also thought of _Better off Ted_ but that looks like it actually did make it to a second season before getting the axe. The tone and writing of that show was right in my wheelhouse. I discovered it, of all places, on the in-flight entertainment system, back before everyone just brought their own electronic devices to watch on, and was saddened to find it was either canceled shortly before or shortly thereafter. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/99 "2018-10-13T11:29:58Z")
**The Paper Chase** I know it was revived later but it did not last on network TV. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/100 "2018-10-13T21:12:53Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I really liked Pan Am, but I always felt that part of the problem was that it came out at the same time as The Playboy Club and they were both competing with Mad Men. I came here to mention _[The Playboy Club](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1797475/?ref_=nv_sr_1)_. Good soapy fun with lots of eye candy. What’s not to like about Amber Heard in a Bunny costume? No, it wasn’t the greatest show ever, but it deserved more than 7 episodes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738.md?page=6)