This is what I came into the thread to mention. It’s not on DVD? Crap.
I loved that show, and so did everyone I knew who remembered and loved WKRP.
“Dusty’s Trail” Exact copy of “Gilligan’s Island,” even stars Bob Denver. 26 episodes.
My husband found it for me. “Strange Luck.” We’re watching an incredibly bad recording of it from youtube. Watch it with automatic captions and you’ll laugh. A lot.
“The Magician” Bill Bixby helps people via magic tricks. Love the theme song. 22 episodes.
“Then Came Bronson” 27 episodes.
It was really a shame the way Fox handled ‘Firefly’ by showing the episodes out of order & not really giving it a chance from the start. The cast was wonderful, especially Nathan Fillion, & the writing was good (enjoyed the banter between the characters).
“Rafferty” Patrick McGoohan doctor series. 13 episodes.
“Bronk” Jack Palance detective show. 25 episodes.
“E/R” Elliott Gould comedy hospital show. Early George Clooney. 22 episodes.
“Kolchak: The Night Stalker” If you don’t know this one, shame on you. Darren McGavin stars. Watch the two made-for-TV films, instead. 20 episodes.
I laughed like an idiot through all nine episodes of the 2001-02 live action version of “The Tick”. Apparently not enough other people did.
I vaguely recall liking a 1990-91 Robert Ulrich show called " American Dreamer", probably largely because I thought Robert Ulrich was awesome. But I don’t remember much of it these days.
Am I the only one who remembers Johnny Bago from 1993? Peter Dobson plays a New Jersey mobster who’s set up and has to go on the lam from both the mob and his parole officer/ex-wife. So he hits the road in an RV, meeting unusual characters along the way; including, once, Elvis. I found this description in an episode guide:
I’d watch that. I remember the show having a surreal goofiness to it.
I very much enjoyed Earth 2, and own it on DVD. Ended on a cliffhanger, and there was no follow-up movie (TV or otherwise) to resolve it the way some other series have ended.
I was a fan of John Doe as well, but reading that spoiler makes me regret its cancellation a lot less.
A show that really deserved a better fate was Keen Eddie, another Fox casualty. Wonderfully quirky show about a “fish out of water” NYPD detective in London. Had tons of potential.
Ditto on Frank’s Place. Fantastic show.
And the arrival of the paper was always heralded by an orange cat. 
How sad is it that, to this day, I can hear John Schuck in my head saying over and over, “The bunco squad, the bunco squad” when he had a glitch?
I liked it to, but even by the end of the first season they were kind of running out of ideas. To bad, as it was a cool setting.
(also googling to see if there was even any follow up (there wasn’t) , the actress that played the young daughter in that show is already dead. Kinda depressing ).
The Jackie Thomas Show
It starred Tom Arnold and was produced by his then wife Roseanne Barr.
I don’t remember a whole lot about it other than I really liked it at the time and nobody else did. It was really dark for a sitcom as I recall.
Right, that was it! Still pretty stupid reason. Don’t think its target audience was India.
Loved that show! Was Mulder’s (from The X-Files) favorite show! Made a point of saying at the beginning that all the magic tricks were done live, without any TV fakery.
Another I remember (which actually lasted two seasons) was the 70s PI show Petrocelli. Had a neat gimmick where it would re-enact the crime three times, first the prosecution’s version, then the defendant’s, then finally in the court room Petrocelli’s, which would always reconcile the two and prove his client innocent. Also Barry Newman was a very likeable star. Shame he never did much else (other than the cult classic movie Vanishing Point)…
You appear, you STAR in a film like Vanishing Point and you don’t ever NEED to have done anything else. Your legend is complete.
TCMF-2L
Good point. VP was re-made recently and all I heard was how much better the Barry Newman version was.
Neighbors From Hell–terrific premise. It’s failure had “meddling by assistant producers who didn’t get the concept” written all over it.
Tales From The Gold Monkey.–classic.
Bring Em Back Alive was way under-rated.
I have missed Hello Larry! for 35 years. McLean Stevenson and Kim Richards demonstrated their superb dramatic capabilities and exquisite comedic timing in every episode. It breaks my heart to see her in Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. if she hadn’t been screwed out of that great show, she could have been a huge film star. The writing was brilliant while the ensemble cast was sheer sit-com hilarity!
I’ve seen some injustice in my lifetime; the Rodney King verdict, the assault of Nancy Kerrigan, 9/11; but if I live to be 100, nothing will outrage me more than the cancellation of Hello Larry!
The problem with a thread like this is one show leads you to 5 more and you’re here all day. Case in point: “Petrocelli” made me think of…
“Delvecchio” The investigations of LAPD detective Dominick Delvecchio (Judd Hirsch), who is also studying to become a lawyer. 20 episodes.
Which leads to…
“George & Leo” George Stoody is a mild-mannered bookstore owner who encounters a hoodlum/magician named Leo Wagonman, the estranged father of his new daughter-in-law Casey. Leo, on the run from a mob intent on collecting the payoff money Leo stole from a Las Vegas casino, decides to stay in the spare room above George’s bookstore. Bob Newhart and Judd Hirsch. 22 episodes.
Which leads to…
“It’s Your Move” Jason Bateman. 18 episodes.
Which leads to…