# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![hanna\_the\_curious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@hanna\_the\_curious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hanna_the_curious)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/161 "2008-02-29T23:27:36Z")
Brisco County Jr ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/162 "2008-02-29T23:37:09Z")
[QUOTE=LurkMeister] I may have to start adding **24** to my Netflix queue; I’ve never seen any episodes of it. [/QUOTE] I’m still only on season two of 24, but Netfix is definitely the way to watch it. The weekly cliffhanger endings would drive you nuts if you had to actually wait a week. It’s far better to sit down and take it three or four eps at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Beery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beery/32/18349_2.png) [@Beery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beery)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/163 "2015-03-22T22:08:20Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [_Profit._](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profit_%28TV_series%29) Guess it was just too dark to last. Yeah. Never even lasted as long as Firefly. My two favorite shows that never completed a single season. The folks at the network probably lost it when Jim says “Hi Mom” after French kissing his mom. That sort of stuff never goes down well with the suits. ---
**Author:** ![Beery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beery/32/18349_2.png) [@Beery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beery)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/164 "2015-03-22T22:24:15Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > And, of course, missed _Firefly_ during its run on Fox. Which was easy–since the network showed episodes out of order, kept screwing with the schedule, & didn’t even show all 14 shows that were made. I was a fan from the start - saw the first airing of the pilot… oh wait, no, they didn’t air the pilot, which was why no one understood the first episode they did air, which I saw when they first aired it. Then they interrupted the show for about a month due to Baseball, then it was on and off the air for another month before they finally cancelled it. Never had a chance, and it was the best thing on TV. Three episodes - almost a quarter of the episodes they made - were nominated for Hugo awards, so it wasn’t just one of those bad shows that ardent fans claim were good. Luckily, it’s available on DVD and Blu-Ray in its complete form, and in the order it should have aired, so at least there’s the consolation that people can still find it. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/165 "2015-03-23T00:44:44Z")
Another vote for Crusade Wish Life on Mars (uk) had have gone on longer. Tried watching LoM (us) but the exact same storys, but with american cars and actors, seemed kind of pointless. Wish list Battlestar G, spin off with a different ending/beginning and not devolving to the stone age. Declan ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/166 "2015-03-23T01:08:14Z")
OK – old but I missed it first time around. _Hello Larry_ and _Best of the West_ ----- I really loved both of those shows. And maybe a shout out for _Sledge Hammer_. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918/167 "2015-03-23T01:23:07Z")
No one’s mentioned “Journeyman” yet. Love time travel stories. And, going back a ways, “The Invaders”. The first season he was alone, the second he had allies, a third would have been nice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-i-wish-had-lasted-longer/438918.md?page=8)