# Shows I wish had lasted longer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918 "2008-02-24T03:57:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/101 "2008-02-25T21:47:56Z")
Ah, my people! (Lots of you, anyway.) The shows I would have named have already been lamented, so I will simply join the dirge for: _Brimstone_ (I have gone so far as to outline in my mind a final-season finale, just to get some closure.) _Firefly_, of course. _The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr._ _The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne_ _The Chronicle_ _Gargoyles_ For my fellow _Gargoyles_ fans: There is a comic book series out now under the creative control of the original writer. It picks up at the end of the second season, and carries on from there–it’s up to Issue 7 now. The pace is a bit slow, especially with issues only coming out every other month, but I’ve been enjoying it. Hopefully, it will see enough support to explore all the threads, new and old, that it has picked up… King Arthur is back, some of the gargoyles are working with Macbeth, and Maggie the Cat is pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/102 "2008-02-25T22:11:56Z")
Police Squad; The best show ever. ---
**Author:** ![svrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@svrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/svrider)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/103 "2008-02-26T00:00:33Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] I wish they made more than one season of **Dark Angel**. [/QUOTE] Here you go: > **[Amazon.com: Dark Angel Season 2 : Movies & TV](https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Angel-Season-Jessica-Alba/dp/B00008YGRX)** > > Product Description Various Amazon.com The second and last season of Dark Angel, the inventive James Cameron show about mutants during a future Depression, has some real strengths as well as one or two bad... ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/104 "2008-02-26T00:44:03Z")
[QUOTE=Balance] _The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne_ _The Chronicle_ [/QUOTE] _Someone else_ watched these? Mrs. Plant put you up to this, didn’t she? My chest is so tight…the pai ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/105 "2008-02-26T01:32:25Z")
I think all mine have been mentioned, but what the hell. Brimstone - Interesting premise, and I loved the guy who played the Devil. Enterprise - I liked this, although I know some of the Star Trek fans around here didn’t. I quite liked the cast, I thought Bakula was good as the captain, and the rest of the cast did a good job. Journeyman – I know, I know, Time Tunnel meets Quantum Leap, but I liked it. Raines - Jeff Goldblum as a slightly off his nut detective. Doesn’t just talk to dead people, he talks to imaginary dead people. John Doe - Ended way too soon and on a huge cliffhanger. Dresden Files – Never read the books, but I may now. The Lone Gunmen – I don’t know if they could have kept it going, and the extra characters they introduced (the big dumb guy and hot super hacker chick) were kind of lame, but I wish it had been given a little more chance. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/106 "2008-02-26T01:44:15Z")
[QUOTE=Pork Rind] Good. That’s what I came here to add. [/QUOTE] Which is why I mentioned it back in post #19. 😉 I’m just glad I’m not the only one who remembers _Frank’s Place_. It’s a shame that Tim Reid either never got the chance or was unable to do anything that good again. ---
**Author:** ![abbeytxs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@abbeytxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abbeytxs)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/107 "2008-02-26T01:48:36Z")
I miss many of the already listed, Deadwood, Dead Like Me, Carnivale, Futurama, etc., but am I the only one who really liked the show Lucky? John Corbett was a gambler in Vegas. He had a couple of hysterical friends/side kicks. It only lasted one season. ---
**Author:** ![kalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dfb087/32.png) [@kalex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kalex)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/108 "2008-02-26T01:58:30Z")
‘…I am the only one who saw it…Keywest 1993 with Jennifer Tilly’ Gonzo - I was IN that series! They shot in Key West while I lived there! I was and extra in the scene in the post office when Fisher Stevens picks up his lottery check. I was in front of him on line! Of course, every in town was an extra in that show at some point. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/109 "2008-02-26T02:07:39Z")
Here’s a more obscure one. It starred Tom Arnold and as I remember was very funny but only lasted a short time. Some of the user comments at IMDb suggest Roseanne had the show killed when they divorced. [Jackie Thomas Show](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103450/usercomments) ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/110 "2008-02-26T03:16:00Z")
Anyone mention **Muppet’s Tonight**? I still chuckle thinking about Bill the Bubble Guy. ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/111 "2008-02-26T03:59:14Z")
How about the show [Call to Glory](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086678/)? It’s a pretty much forgotten show now, but it was really well done. I’d settle for the one season being released on DVD… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/112 "2008-02-26T05:02:35Z")
Besides Joan of Arcadia, Dark Angel, Wonderfalls and John Doe? [Invasion](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460651/) [Haunted](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320028/) [The Random Years](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307816/) [Pasadena](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280287/) (a show murdered by 9/11 coverage) [Veritas the Quest](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0324431/) (a show murdered by early gulf war coverage) [Miracles](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320075/) (a show _also_ murdered by early gulf war coverage) ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/113 "2008-02-26T05:04:52Z")
Wanted American Dreams Vengence Unlimited ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/114 "2008-02-26T05:21:15Z")
For those who picked DEAD LIKE ME , that one could come back. MGM has filmed a direct to DVD movie to be released this summer. It could serve as a pilot for a new series or a second movie. A teaser trailer is up over at YOUTUBE. Alas Mandy Patinkin is not in it, he was doing Criminal Minds at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/115 "2008-02-26T07:08:32Z")
Most of my faves have been posted. Others, I’m like, WTF? So I’ll address only one: **The Dresden Files**. I’m sorry it’s gone, but I think they completely hosed it. The star looks nothing like I envision Harry from the books (Randy Hickey comes to mind), nor does Lt. Murphy. The show’s version of “Bob” is about the only thing that I could consider an improvement. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/116 "2008-02-26T13:18:50Z")
[QUOTE=svrider] Here you go: > **[Amazon.com: Dark Angel Season 2 : Movies & TV](https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Angel-Season-Jessica-Alba/dp/B00008YGRX)** > > Product Description Various Amazon.com The second and last season of Dark Angel, the inventive James Cameron show about mutants during a future Depression, has some real strengths as well as one or two bad... [/QUOTE] Sure, next thing you’ll be telling me they made a Highlander sequel. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/117 "2008-02-26T15:29:18Z")
I think Dilbert the cartoon series could have gone on longer. There were some fantastic moments in it (even though they admittedly were needed to counter-balance the lame moments). They got the voices virtually spot on I thought, although Dogbert wasn’t great. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/118 "2008-02-26T15:46:51Z")
Another obscure one is _Best of the West_, which ran for one season in I believe it was 1981. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/119 "2008-02-26T16:01:04Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] Also, an obscure sitcom called _Dweebs_. [/QUOTE] That’s the one I came in here to mention. Loved that show. It didn’t last very long at all (I think it only managed fewer than 10 episodes), but it was pretty good. Kind of like live-action Dilbert, except with a brilliant-but-out of touch Bill Gates-style boss instead of a pointy-haired one. I’ll second _Cupid_ and _Joan of Arcadia_, and add three more: _Pearl_, starring Rhea Perlman and Malcolmn McDowell _Father Ted_, a brilliant British comedy that sadly ended when its star passed away unexpectedly _Anything But Love_, starring Richard Lewis and I forget who else–I just remember that the female boss, played by Ann Magnuson, was amazing. ---
**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 26, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/120 "2008-02-26T16:21:38Z")
[QUOTE=Ranchoth] _Stark Raving Mad_— A nice, quirky little comedy with Tony Shaloub as a somewhat deranged horror writer. Also featured Neal Patrick Harris as Niles Crane. [/QUOTE] I’ll second that one. Forgot about it completely, but I know it was laugh-out-loud funny for me and my friends. Shaloub’s character was a total bastard, and a genius at pushing people’s buttons. I’ll also second Sports Night, even though I think it was starting to go down-hill towards the end. On the other end of the spectrum, I didn’t think Nowhere Man ended fast enough. Hated that show. Loved the premise, but there were just TOO DAMN MANY continuity errors. My roomate at the time swore up and down that it was all seamless, and that he ‘knew’ what was coming next… I’m not sure which was more annoying- his insistances, or the show’s inability to decide what to do with itself from episode to episode. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918.md?page=7)