# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/121 "2008-02-26T16:43:18Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] _Someone else_ watched these? [/QUOTE] What’s not to love about a show with a convention of Elvis-impersonator vampires? And I get my steampunk where I can. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/122 "2008-02-26T17:04:33Z")
I second _Forever Knight_ . Far superior to _Moonlight_ or _Angel_ in the “good vampire” sub-genre. And let me add _Alien Nation_ . Granted, they probably had the right idea to turn it into a series of TV movies, but I really missed watching it every week. _Werewolf_ --One of Fox’s first shows, so not surprising that it didn’t last, but I loved it! And it had Chuck Connors! _Best of the West_ --80s sitcom starring Joel Higgins as a city slicker who becomes sheriff of a small Old West town. _Max Headroom_ _SCTV_ _Murder One_ [QUOTE=winterhawk11] Anything But Love, starring Richard Lewis and I forget who else–I just remember that the female boss, played by Ann Magnuson, was amazing. [/QUOTE] How could you forget Jamie Lee Curtis? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/123 "2008-02-26T17:09:36Z")
[QUOTE=BrknButterfly] I really miss “_Third Watch_”. I watch the reruns all the time and hope to get the series on DVD at some point. [/QUOTE] It sort of fades out season 4, when the firemen and fire part disappears, and they drop half the actors… I suppose its a common thing, bit like Chicago Hope firing most of its actors in two of its seasons… ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/124 "2008-02-26T17:12:08Z")
[QUOTE=Rhubarb] I may be the only one, but I really liked _Studio 60_ and I was very cross with the rest of the country for not “getting it”. [/QUOTE] I loved it. However, all reviews I’ve read of it seem to think its a comedy. It isn’t. It has its comedy moments, but its a drama set on the set of a comedy show… They often pick 30 Rock as the example of what Studio 60 should have been. But it shouldn’t have. Both are great shows, and the critics who compare them together should be taken out and shot… ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/125 "2008-02-26T17:13:26Z")
[QUOTE=Leaffan] Police Squad; [/QUOTE] (IN COLOR) > [@](#): > > The best show ever. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/126 "2008-02-26T17:22:59Z")
Anyone remember VR5? Also, a secret agent parody from Fox’s early years- “The New Adventures of Beans Baxter Jr.” Bonus! Elanor Donohue was Beans’ Mom (also Chris’ Mom in GET A LIFE). Double Bonus- the special guest star on one ep was G. GORDON LIDDY! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/127 "2008-02-26T17:27:36Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] Anyone remember VR5? [/QUOTE] Definitely. That was fun. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/128 "2008-02-26T17:30:49Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] [_Fawlty Towers._](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawlty_towers) 12 episodes is not nearly enough to plumb the comedic depths of a terrific cast. [/QUOTE] Well it was enough to plumb the comedic depths of the main writer, Cleese. It was his choice to stop the show on 12 episodes, though perhaps this was affected by his divorce from his co-writer Connie Booth. I must admit, if it had any other writers, it wouldn’t be the same show… [QUOTE=winterhawk11] _Father Ted_, a brilliant British comedy that sadly ended when its star passed away unexpectedly [/QUOTE] Not true. The third series was the final series ever planned. The writers decided to finish it then (though perhaps there may have been room for an occasional special after that). They wanted to follow the example that Cleese had set with Fawlty Towers and have a finite amount of good episodes. The sad death of the actor/comedian who played Father Ted (Dermot Morgan) happened after the series was finished, 24 hours after filming the final episode… As a fan of it, I had already reckoned the third series to be a lot weaker than the first two, but It certainly has its episodes… ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/129 "2008-02-26T17:34:59Z")
I liked Chicago Hope. I however, thought Northern Exposure had ran its course with the same amount of season. I liked The Handler from a couple of years ago, but it got weaker in second half of the season and never showed its final episodes. I also liked the first season of the Dragnet remake, however, when the dropped the main detective and filled it with young good looking people, it lost a hell of a lot. Someone else mentioned Boomtown. That was good, and not sure if there were any second season episodes… I’m sure I saw some of them, but maybe confused them with final episodes of Season 1. ---
**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, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/130 "2008-02-26T19:15:16Z")
[Early Edition](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Edition). Hey, I liked the cat, okay? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/131 "2008-02-26T19:43:49Z")
God, the Devil and Bob. > **[God, the Devil and Bob](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_the_devil_and_bob)** > > God, the Devil and Bob is an American animated sitcom which aired on NBC from March 9 to March 28, 2000, leaving nine episodes unaired. It was created by Matthew Carlson. The entire series was released on Region 1 DVD in the United States on January 4, 2005. Reruns of the series began airing on Cartoon Network's late night sister time-sharing network, Adult Swim, on January 1, 2011, with the network airing the nine remaining episodes of the series from January 8 to March 26, 2011. > Thirteen episo... ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Wing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/51bf81/32.png) [@Little\_Wing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Wing)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/132 "2008-02-26T21:03:25Z")
For me, it’s _The Dresden Files_. It’s another series that suffered from episodes shown out of order (that’s my understanding, at least) and I’ll never be able to figure out why the execs at SciFi will cancel something like this and yet produce and continually air absolute crap. YMMV, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/133 "2008-02-26T21:47:25Z")
[QUOTE=BwanaBob] Forever Knight [/QUOTE] Yeah, but you gotta admit: it went out with a style unmatched by any other show, before or since. ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/134 "2008-02-26T21:54:31Z")
[QUOTE=Justin Credible] You know, I’ve never seen Firefly. Why does everyone like it so much? [/QUOTE] Not everyone does. I thought it was just dumb. But then, I think Whedon is a hack, so what do I know? ---
**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, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/135 "2008-02-26T21:57:19Z")
In a similar vein (pun) was _Kindred: The Embraced_, a show about vampires based on the Vampire: Masquerade role playing game. It was extremely good and showed an interesting take on vampire society. Unfortunately it never made it past the second series as the lead actor was killed shortly after the end of the first. ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/136 "2008-02-26T21:58:56Z")
[QUOTE=Hirka T’Bawa] But the one I haven’t seen mentioned yet is **Crusade** , the spin-off of Babylon 5. It was canceled before it even aired, but its 13 episodes showed a lot of promise. [/QUOTE] Yeah, **Crusade** , now there was a show on the brink of greatness. But the way I heard it, the reason it got cancelled is that the ever-stupid Sci-Fi channel told JMS (the creator) to make a bunch of changes that they thought would make it more popular (stuff like “More action”, “More explosions”), and he just refused to sacrifice his creative vision of the show. So maybe it’s just as well. Too bad that he couldn’t find a different home for it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Trafalgar\_Laura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trafalgar_laura/32/2907_2.png) [@Trafalgar\_Laura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trafalgar_Laura)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/137 "2008-02-26T22:14:10Z")
The Odyssey It was about a boy in a coma who finds himself in a world where adults do not exist. Yes, it was a kid’s series, but I loved that show. ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/138 "2008-02-26T22:16:49Z")
[Birds of Prey](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312098/) ---
**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, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/139 "2008-02-26T22:21:38Z")
[QUOTE=nealla] The Odyssey It was about a boy in a coma who finds himself in a world where adults do not exist. Yes, it was a kid’s series, but I loved that show. [/QUOTE] I _really_ wanted to follow that show when I was younger, but it was on cable at a time that clashed with something on terrestrial television that my mum wanted to watch and we couldn’t watch or record both at the same time, so I only saw part of three episodes and one in full. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/140 "2008-02-26T22:21:44Z")
[QUOTE=Roadfood] Yeah, **Crusade** , now there was a show on the brink of greatness. But the way I heard it, the reason it got cancelled is that the ever-stupid Sci-Fi channel told JMS (the creator) to make a bunch of changes that they thought would make it more popular (stuff like “More action”, “More explosions”), and he just refused to sacrifice his creative vision of the show. So maybe it’s just as well. Too bad that he couldn’t find a different home for it, though. [/QUOTE] Was it even on Scifi? I seem to recall it was on a different network but they’d only show it at random late-night times so you never really knew when it would be on. Someone wanted that show dead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918.md?page=8)