# Tell us about your favorite failed TV shows. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 30, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743 "2015-12-30T18:04:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/221 "2016-01-06T19:55:09Z")
> [@FallingLeaves](#): > > Forever - which lasted just the 2014-15 season. Sure, it was yet another police procedural, but with the added twist of the main character having been alive for 200 years and unable to die. I liked his character, I liked his son, who was now decades older than him and the back story of their lives. You might have liked New Amsterdam , too then. But I think Forever did it better. Both good, tho. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/222 "2016-01-06T19:58:27Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Deadwood, Rome, The Night Stalker all were good. _ **Rome** _, I think, was cancelled simply because it was so expensive to produce. But yeah, it was a fantastic show! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/223 "2016-01-06T20:09:21Z")
> [@jsquire](#): > > Huge, huge fan of _ **Freaks and Geeks** _ here. Essentially nothing on TV has ever captured being a teenager like it did. But I think it would have gone downhill rapidly in a second season. . It’s interesting to see how many fans and critics say they loved Freaks and Geeks- since _no one actually watched it._ The show was **#93** in the rankings during its only season. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/224 "2016-01-06T20:13:33Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > It was only eight episodes, but [Quark](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077066/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) had me on the floor. Richard Benjamin was an outer space garbage collector with an off-beat (to say the least) crew. Star Trek spoof, anyone? > . It was a Summer fill in, and that was all there was supposed to be. I had heard that it did well enuf in the ratings for the Execs to ask about a couple real seasons, but by that time the sets had been disabled and the stars were all onto other things. ---
**Author:** ![Chihuahua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/225 "2016-01-06T20:31:08Z")
Probably a controversial choice, but: I think _Enterprise_ was the best _Star Trek_. But it had lower ratings and didn’t last as long as any of the other Trek spinoffs (TNG, DS9, VOY). ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/226 "2016-01-06T20:40:32Z")
**Firefly,** of course **Happy Endings** the original **"V"** ---
**Author:** ![Abracadebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Abracadebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abracadebra)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/227 "2016-01-06T20:52:55Z")
Breakout Kings was a TV show about prisoners selected to work with the police to abduct criminals in order to have their time reduced. Great performances, ended on a cliffhanger! ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/228 "2016-01-06T22:00:22Z")
Doctor, Doctor - a Matt Frewer 30-minute sitcom from the late 80s or early 90s, not long after his Max Headroom days. It was hysterical, but you had to pay attention, as the gags were both verbal and visual. They came so fast that you’d be laughing at one and miss the next and go, “wait, he said WHAT?!?” I think it was too quick for the average viewer. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/229 "2016-01-06T22:07:39Z")
Can’t believe I forgot this one: [Lie To Me](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235099/). Lasted three seasons, but two were short ones. The two main actors: Tim Roth and Kelli Williams were great. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/230 "2016-01-06T22:25:20Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > the original **“V”** I’m pretty sure it was a miniseries, so it wasn’t meant to go on that long. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/231 "2016-01-07T01:35:30Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > I’m pretty sure it was a miniseries, so it wasn’t meant to go on that long. The miniseries was followed by a regular series that lasted only half a season, IIRC. Pity, since I really dug Jane Badler. :o ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/232 "2016-01-07T01:57:30Z")
I enjoyed Robert Englund at the time. The only non Freddy role I know him from. ---
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/233 "2016-01-07T02:37:02Z")
Zero Hour [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2215797/?ref\_=fn\_al\_tt\_1](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2215797/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535715/?ref\_=fn\_al\_tt\_3](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535715/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3) Secret Adventures of Jule’s Verne [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178161/?ref\_=fn\_al\_tt\_1](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178161/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) The Magnificent Seven [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129695/?ref\_=nv\_sr\_3](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129695/?ref_=nv_sr_3) Dead Man’s Gun [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140735/?ref\_=fn\_al\_tt\_1](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140735/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) 666 Park Avenue [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2197797/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2197797/) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/234 "2016-01-07T02:45:51Z")
**Wedding Band** - “Weddings are the wildest parties in town. After all, the groupies are bridesmaids, the drinks are free and the best part, there’s a paycheck waiting at the end of the night.” Brian Austin Green show that lasted about 10 episodes. Funny as hell. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/235 "2016-01-07T03:13:36Z")
Freakazoid! Earthworm Jim. I guess Gravity Falls would count since the second season finale will be the last episode. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/236 "2016-01-07T03:29:29Z")
I almost forgot. Did anybody watch **Inhumanoids**? For 1986 it was one of the creepiest, yet coolest cartoons ever. Well, if you’re a kid. I loved it and I don’t know why it only lasted 13 episodes. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/237 "2016-01-07T18:26:18Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Funny, I’d describe 30 Rock as Studio 60 with good writing and non-annoying characters. To each his own, I guess. Seriously? I can see us disagreeing on the writing, but how can you stand to watch Tracy Morgan? After three episodes I felt like I had rubbed a cheese grater across my flesh, thanks to him. But as you say, to each his own. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/238 "2016-01-07T18:44:50Z")
> [@DirkGntly](#): > > Doctor, Doctor - a Matt Frewer 30-minute sitcom from the late 80s or early 90s, not long after his Max Headroom days. It was hysterical, but you had to pay attention, as the gags were both verbal and visual. They came so fast that you’d be laughing at one and miss the next and go, “wait, he said WHAT?!?” I think it was too quick for the average viewer. Oh, yes. I liked that one a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/239 "2016-01-07T19:15:15Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > I almost forgot. Did anybody watch **Inhumanoids**? For 1986 it was one of the creepiest, yet coolest cartoons ever. Well, if you’re a kid. I loved it and I don’t know why it only lasted 13 episodes. DE-COM-POOOOSE! Interesting there was evidence that show was in the same universe with both GI Joe and the Transformers. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743/240 "2016-01-07T19:53:43Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > Seriously? I can see us disagreeing on the writing, but how can you stand to watch Tracy Morgan? After three episodes I felt like I had rubbed a cheese grater across my flesh, thanks to him. > > . Yeah. I couldn’t even make it thru a epi, due to him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-failed-tv-shows/741743.md?page=13)