I had that show set for a series recording on my DVR. I especially liked the relationship between Ioan and Judd Hirsch.
The shows I miss the most are Psych and House MD, both cancelled suddenly and for murky reasons. I really enjoyed Galavant mentioned upthread, but I can’t say that I “miss it.” I think it had run its course. And I have the soundtrack which I often blast in my car.
Yeah, I don’t think Comet is showing it now, but it did not that long ago, and probably will again
Patriot, Alien Nation and Lucky Louie. Those are shows I would like to have had additional seasons, anyway. There are plenty of shows I ‘miss’ (The Wire, for example) but as longhair75 noted, most of them were wrapped up satisfactorily.
That’s a great picture of Pauline Collins. I wish she hadn’t been written out of Upstairs, Downstairs. She was so great on that show. Just generally a great actress, though. I’ve probably watched Shirley Valentine 8 times.
Firefly. Firefly. Firefly.
Better Off Ted - a fantastic comedy, and about half the existing episodes are classic.
A hearty second to Alien Nation. So well done, and could have gone for many more seasons. I missed it so much, I read all the tie-in books, some of which became TV movies later.
Is it too soon to say Agents of SHIELD?
Futurama.
I remember it very vaguely. Sorry if I missed it, but wasn’t the girlfriend Mata Hari? Seems like it was in the same era as “Dick Dastardly and the Wacky Racers.”
While I’m in that nostalgic hue, I’m’a add this because it was kind of a series.
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Short, but I didn’t regard them as filler or ads.
And in that vein, IIRC the Stooges were excited to make their shorts for movie theaters because of sound effects. Back in the vaudeville days, Moe had to hit Curly in the face hard enough to be heard in the back row. As a result, Curly’s cheek became permanently numb.
That “Weasel” song made Curly go nuts. But I can’t find a good clip of that so here’s this. What would these guys be churning out today?
The girlfriend was actually Mata HAIRI.
I was going to mention Psych but since I am re-watching it right now a few episodes a week, I can’t say I miss it yet. I will once we reach the series finale and the two movies.
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Allegedly more TV movies are in the works. Let’s hope so!
How are you rewatching it now? Once in a while episodes pop up on ION TV, but I don’t know of any reliable sources.
The one show that I wish had another season is “Jeff & Some Aliens”. I thought all of the episodes (except maybe the pilot) were very funny.
These days I find that most good shows are kept on for too long instead of ending when they’ve run their course, so I can’t necessarily say I “miss” shows in the sense that I wish they were making new episodes.
“Dead Like Me” was cut off before it could complete a good story arc for its main character (especially with respect to her relationship with her mother).
Shows like “Dream On” were great but it ran its course. (No one mentioned the regular boobies.)
I wish MST3k was still on. A show like that can last because it doesn’t really have or need a story. But that really needs a good cast. My enjoyment of the recent revival was limited by Felicia Day.
Beyond that, this thread risks becoming “a list of old shows I like.”
Shows up for me on both Peacock and Prime Video.
Thanks! I didn’t know that. Will have to check it out.
Right, I watch it on Amazon prime us.
I recently saw MST3K on Pluto. I can’t remember if they gave it a channel all its own.
There are programs where storylines aren’t totally sequential. House got a new patient each episode, for instance, but maybe there’s a running joke with Wilson from last time. Other shows have a limited arc.
I think a good storyteller can keep it going, like Scheherezade did. Arabian Nights, anyone? I loved this…Leguizamo, playing both genies, hit this out of the park. Vanessa-Mae is easy on the eyes. Women forgiving men so easily? Well, it’s fantasy. The genie of the lamp provides an interesting take on freedom.
For the first half of its run, House was one of the very best things on television for my money. But eventually, Dr. House stopped being the lovable, impish rogue who was always one step ahead of everybody else and turned into this sadistic asshole for whom making his team miserable was kind of an end unto itself. And I never thought any of his later teams had the same chemistry as the first. I stayed with the show out of inertia, mostly. I am not aware of anything “murky” about the show’s cancellation, though. Was it not just because it was an aging show slipping in the ratings?
It’s not the issue of sequential storytelling as such. It’s that at some point, the concept runs its course.
MST3K is an evergreen concept, really.
And, yes, I still do have access to the old episodes, but I’d love to have new Joel episodes. I never liked Mike.
I’d love to see The Wild, Wild West again before I pass on. It was always on my Friday night viewing schedule between 1965 and 1969.