# shows you loved but only had one season vs shows that drag on forever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442 "2016-08-29T23:18:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/1 "2016-08-29T23:18:52Z")
The topic here are shows that were cancelled after one season or less and shows that seemed to go on forever that you hated. I think the second part is more important back when there were a limited number of channels so a show taking up a timeslot was far more painful. Like for example shows that I hated that seemed to go on forever include, Married with children, two and a half men, and Captain Planet. Shows that only got one season includes firefly. I know there are others I just can’t think of other good shows that got cancelled, probably because they were on such a short time. ---
**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/2 "2016-08-30T00:17:48Z")
> [@drewder](#): > > I just can’t think of other good shows that got cancelled, probably because they were on such a short time. All right, I’m the first to admit liking Gidget – [https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=Gidget+Sally+Field](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Gidget+Sally+Field). ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/3 "2016-08-30T00:22:15Z")
> [@from\_a\_to\_z](#): > > All right, I’m the first to admit liking Gidget – [https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=Gidget+Sally+Field](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Gidget+Sally+Field). Was gidget on only on one season? I remember my sister watching that all the time in the 80s. Edit: Wow it was only one, admittedly long (32 episodes), seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/4 "2016-08-30T00:43:19Z")
I liked _Logan’s Run_ and, much more recently, _Forever_. I also really liked _Quark_ but I’m not sure it would hold up for a re-viewing for me. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/5 "2016-08-30T00:52:55Z")
Does **The Prisoner** count? Because **The Prisoner**. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/6 "2016-08-30T00:56:30Z")
**Wonderfalls** only had one season. **Pushing Daisies** got two halves of a season, by some calculations. **Firefly** is the epitome. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/7 "2016-08-30T01:20:53Z")
My top 5 one season wonders (in no particular order), excluding _Firefly_: 1. _No Ordinary Family_ 2. _Flashforward_ 3. _The Tick_ 4. _The Cape_ 5. _Terriers_ Honorable Mention: _Journeyman_, _John Doe_, _Freaks & Geeks_, _Almost Human_, _Action_ Lots of shows go on ‘forever’ that I’ve no interest in. That said, _Married with Children_ is still my all-time favorite sitcom. From this point on, your opinion on any and every subject is suspect and likely very, very, very wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/8 "2016-08-30T01:29:16Z")
Twin Peaks… ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/9 "2016-08-30T01:29:35Z")
_Breaking Bad_ was over in like 3 episodes, but Jesus how they dragged it out. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/10 "2016-08-30T01:41:40Z")
I know you said one season, but I really liked Dead Like Me, which was cancelled after its second season. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/11 "2016-08-30T01:59:22Z")
Keen Eddie. One season, and not all episodes aired IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/12 "2016-08-30T02:11:29Z")
Oh! I almost forgot **Middleman**. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/13 "2016-08-30T02:15:43Z")
The Ben Stiller Show Boomtown (the first season was great, then they ruined it in the second season and cancelled it) The Chicago Code Clone High Dollhouse (okay, it lasted two seasons) Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 Freaks And Geeks Trophy Wife (not a brilliant show but it was consistently funny) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/14 "2016-08-30T02:17:21Z")
1. Firefly - duh 2. Terriers - nothing to do with dogs. Please watch this and then cry that it was cancelled. 3. Almost Human - Wow, Karl Urban’s cop/robot show was great. Huge opportunity lost. 4. Wonderfalls - I love this show. So glad the actress reappeared on Hannibal. Shows that ran way over that I love? 1. Supernatural - the new king of this. I still love it, but it is way past its prime. Season 12 premieres in a month or so. Yes, 12. 2. X-files - duh. The dethroned king. I actually like season 8, but 9 was dreadful. 3. The Office - it was really funny. Then it really wasn’t. And it lasted a few more years of dead air. 4. Simpsons - I forgot this was on. Maybe this is the king. I literally could wipe out 20 years of this and be fine. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/15 "2016-08-30T02:17:59Z")
**Selfie**. It just got better and better, then yanked. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/16 "2016-08-30T02:25:25Z")
_Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip_. _Deadwood_. (I know, it got three seasons, but it was cut down before its time.) I could’ve used another season of the original _Star Trek_ as well. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/17 "2016-08-30T02:36:36Z")
> [@from\_a\_to\_z](#): > > All right, I’m the first to admit liking Gidget – [https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=Gidget+Sally+Field](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Gidget+Sally+Field). If we’re going back all the way to the 1960s I’m going to nominate two smart, sharp, funny shows that didn’t make it. [He and She](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061261/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4) [My World and Welcome to It](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063934/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) I suspect neither one would be any more successful today than they were back then (MWAWTI was based on James Thurber, who even then had was considered to have an animus against women) but I’d rank the chemistry between Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss (who were married IRL) almost as high as Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. ---
**Author:** ![tenacious\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/18 "2016-08-30T02:54:49Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > **Wonderfalls** only had one season. **Pushing Daisies** got two halves of a season, by some calculations. A few of my favorites besides Pushing Daisies made it into 2 seasons, but still didn’t live long enough. Sports Night (the Aaron Sorkin one) Don’t trust the B in Apartment 23 Up All Night- season 1 was funny My So Called Life was ahead of its time and would have made it on Hulu or Netflix these days. Two Broke Girls and Grey’s Anatomy on the other hand, refuse to leave. What’s up with that. ---
**Author:** ![TheInimitableMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TheInimitableMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInimitableMaven)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/19 "2016-08-30T03:34:03Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Does **The Prisoner** count? > > Because **The Prisoner**. Seconded. Also gotta nominate _ **Kolchak: The Night Stalker** _ and _**Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)**_ (alias _ **My Partner, The Ghost** _ in the States, AND not to be confused with the not nearly as good Reeves and Mortimer remake that ran from 2000-01). ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442/20 "2016-08-30T03:45:15Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Keen Eddie. One season, and not all episodes aired IIRC. I can’t believe I forgot this one. I loved that show. “Hi, I’m Eddie. How do you like me so far?” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-loved-but-only-had-one-season-vs-shows-that-drag-on-forever/764442.md?page=2)