# TV series canceled too soon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-canceled-too-soon/331875 "2005-11-20T03:08:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-canceled-too-soon/331875/61 "2005-11-21T14:02:49Z")
**Bosom Buddies** –A show that has Donna Dixon, Thelma Hopkins, Peter Scolari, Holland Taylor, Wendy Jo Sperber and _Tom Hanks_ only lasts two years. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-canceled-too-soon/331875/62 "2005-11-21T15:33:00Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > **Bosom Buddies** –A show that has Donna Dixon, Thelma Hopkins, Peter Scolari, Holland Taylor, Wendy Jo Sperber and _Tom Hanks_ only lasts two years. Nah the show outlived it’s premise. How many years were they going to be in drag? They couldn’t find another apartment in two years? IIRC they tried to get away from the original premise at the end, then it all fell apart. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-canceled-too-soon/331875/63 "2005-11-21T16:03:56Z")
I had no idea there were other people who really liked _John Doe_. I’m still annoyed about that one. (Anyone know the title of the theme song? I loved the use of the cello and would like to have a copy.) And _Cupid_! Man, I liked that show; Jeremy Piven is awesome. I’m hoping that at some point, the networks will be releasing these shows as downloads in an iTunes manner. Especially the ones that appeal to a small percentage of viewers. Could be a hell of a money maker. I mean, I once spent a whole day searching for episodes of Cupid online; the only one I came across was one starring Lisa Loeb (available from her website, IIRC), as my wife did for _Voyagers_. I’d gladly pay a fair amount for them. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-canceled-too-soon/331875/64 "2005-11-21T18:44:28Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > \*\*Star Trek \*\* only had 3 years, the biggest crime in TV history. A big FU to the guy that canceled it. > > Jim The real villain is the guy who moved it to 10 PM Friday night for the third season, causing Roddenberry to cease involvement. That’s the guy ultimately responsible for Spock’s Brain and Turnabout Intruder. My vote is [No Soap Radio](http://www.jumptheshark.com/n/nosoapradio.htm) which was on around the time Police Squad was and was even weirder. Only lasted four episodes, and was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-canceled-too-soon/331875/65 "2005-11-21T19:25:33Z")
I still miss _Alien Nation_. Where’s my freaking DVD set, complete with the mediocre tv movies? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-canceled-too-soon/331875/66 "2005-11-21T20:16:36Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > (Dante did include many contempory political figures in other circles. A good annotated copy of Inferno should be able to point them out for you.) T’was John Ciardi got me into this mess, thinking I could keep things straight reading Dante once. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![VampyChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@VampyChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VampyChick)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-canceled-too-soon/331875/67 "2005-11-21T20:56:57Z")
Having recently rewatched all of **Space: Above and Beyond** on the new DVDs, I think I know what happened in that case. Good idea, bad execution. The pilot sucked hardcore–I was thinking about halfway through, “Why did I like this show nine years ago?” After the pilot it definitely got better, but let’s be honest, the pilot can make or break a show. One of their major problems as far as believability was timeframe. They didn’t set it forward far enough for some of the plot elements they were using. Widescale human genetic engineering, interstellar travel, and AI revolt, all within the next sixty years? ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-canceled-too-soon/331875/68 "2005-11-21T23:26:33Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Man, how come I can never think of any of these on my own? > > I heartily agree with: > The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. > and > Sports Night. Amen to both of the above. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-canceled-too-soon/331875.md?page=3)