Judy Garland had a variety show from 1963 to 1964. They went thru several different formats, having Jerry van Dyke for comedy bits was a mistake and I don’t know if Garland was really capable of handling the grind of a weekly show. But at least the DVDs exist.
I have a station on my cable package called GET TV, which shows Judy Garland, Andy Williams, Merv Griffin, etc. a couple times a week. You might check to see if you have it; it’s in the high numbers where you just come across it by accident.
“Boot Camp”, reality show from 2001.
Staffed by actual drill instructors, it put regular Joes and Janes in kinda military training situations.
I liked it, but it only lasted one season.
Sledge Hammer has been mentioned, but that show was huge in New Zealand, to the point where David Rasche did a whole bunch of commercials here basically playing Sledge. It was nice to spot him in In The Loop recently, playing a warmongering right-wing politician.
VH1 - “The List”
I really enjoyed that. It only lasted one season. I’m not sure why.
I thought I might have been in time to be the first to nominate this, but of course I was wrong. Mark Valley is awesome, but his shows keep getting cancelled. Or he gets kicked of after divorcing the female lead.
I will also vote for Firefly, and I think my mother and I must be the only two people on earth who enjoyed The Michael J. Fox Show.
Another thanks for the mention of My World… and Welcome to It. That and The Farmer’s Daughter (3 seasons) made me a perpetual William Windom fan.
The daughter on MW&WtI latter played Phyllis’s daughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, et seq. and quit showbiz after that.
Yesterday, I watched an episode of The Mothers-In-Law for the first time in ages. Lasted 2 seasons, but in my mind it only lasted 1 season. The great Roger C. Carmel was booted after the first season by Desi Arnez over money. That hurt his career so he was forced to take crappy jobs like guest starring on an unpopular Sci-Fi series and such.
(The character’s first names were the same as the actors. Until Carmel was replaced by Richard Deacon who kept the previous actor’s character name. A fine actor but no Carmel.)
Carmel, Eve Arden and the surprisingly still living Kaye Ballard made a great cast. The weakness was their kids who made them the in-laws. Good enough actors but weak characters.
So, uhm, was William Windom. 
Three shows, all from the 80s.
“It’s Your Move” Starring Jason Bateman and the dude who played Marcy’s first husband on “Married With Children”.
It was right after “Silver Spoons” had been cancelled, and Bateman clearly was talented enough to have his own show–but for some reason it just didn’t click. A few episodes are still on youtube.
“The Marshall Chronicles” Starring Joshua Beckett.
This show was “Square Pegs” but much edgier, especially considering the decade in which it was released.
“Outlaws” from 1986, with a bunch of B-list actors including Richard Roundtree and Charles Napier. About a bunch of cowboy bandits and a sheriff who get magically transported 100 years into the future. It really was a great concept and worked well but again, fell through the cracks.
He has a small but good part in the Coen Bros.’ Burn After Reading. Check it out.
Well, when its pilot premiered in May 1977, it was a Star Trek parody, but something big happened before the series started appearing regularly in 1978, which is why the first episode appearing in 1978 was called “May the Source be with You.” Looking at the complete episode descriptions, it looks like there was still a strong Star Trek spoof element, but Star Wars couldn’t be ignored…
Yeah, I was surprised and delighted to find out that he’s a legit actor who still gets work. He absolutely sold it as the reality-manufacturing neo-con Linton.
You just reminded me of* Human Target*, which I enjoyed.
When Things Were Rotten - a Mel Brooks spoof of Robin Hood. 13 episodes in 1975, and I guess is some sort of ancestor of Men in Tights.
One of the bits that sticks with me is when a character is accused of betrayal. He protests his loyalty, and is told “Tell it to you creator.” He of course immediately starts calling out “Mel! I didn’t do it!”.
Has anybody mentioned Herman’s Head?
I can still sing the theme song to that.
I really wish Dead Like Me had kept going. I really enjoyed it, and there is so much mythology they could’ve started exploring other than just the reaper mythology.
Working: A funny workplace comedy starring Fred Savage. I don’t remember much of it at all other than it was really funny and had a lot of literal/cutaway style jokes.
In Treatment: A show on HBO that only lasted three seasons. I remember explaining the show to a friend who said “so all you do is sit there and listen to them talk?” and I showed her one episode and she was riveted.
Sports Night: Already been said, but my all-time favorite TV show hands down