# What TV Shows do you wish were still on the air? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 1999, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483 "1999-11-17T06:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/21 "1999-11-17T15:48:00Z")
Hill Street Blues Alien Nation - I think that was it’s name - it was about the alien slave ship that crashed on earth, one of the aliens was a cop and his partner had a thing with one of the aliens…I’ll go away now… ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/22 "1999-11-17T16:09:00Z")
“M Squad”! A raspy Lee Marvin, and a Count Basie title theme (historical note: this is the music parodied at the beginnings of Police Squad and Naked Gun outings). Hec Ramsey. Richard Boone in a show about the end of the old west. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/23 "1999-11-17T16:14:00Z")
There was a show on TV maybe three years ago, set in an advertising agency, that was hilarious. I can’t remember the name of it, but one of the actors was Wendie Malick, who now plays Nina Van Horn on “Just Shoot Me.” What the heck was it called? It only ran for a season. I also miss “Picket Fences.” I know David Kelley can only spread himself so thin, but I’d trade “Snoops” for “PF” in a heartbeat. * * * Live a Lush Life Da Chef ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/24 "1999-11-17T16:27:00Z")
Kyla: TV Nation is no more, but now Micheal Moore is doing “The Awful Truth” on Bravo, which is very nearly the same thing. The first season is now being or just was RE-Run fot the third time. During the regular season it was on Sunday nights. I don’t know when the new season begins, check [http://www.theawfultruth.com/](http://www.theawfultruth.com/) H ---
**Author:** ![Pixoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pixoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixoid)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/25 "1999-11-17T17:32:00Z")
Chef Troy: IMdB’s amazing: your show was called [“Good Company”](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0115186). ---
**Author:** ![Konrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f475e1/32.png) [@Konrad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Konrad)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/26 "1999-11-17T17:33:00Z")
The Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Ophanim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8491ac/32.png) [@Ophanim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ophanim)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/27 "1999-11-17T17:44:00Z")
I can’t believe it took 25 posts for someone to sat The Straight Dope. I loved Mike Lukas. Also The Critic The Tick Freakazoid Parker Lewis The original Transformers You should all be ashamed * * * Indecision is the key to flexibility. Kyoko Baby, Shane ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/28 "1999-11-17T17:58:00Z")
Ophanim, you made me recall a few more… The Gobots Wild West Cowboys of Moo Mesa Saturday and Sunday morning sucks, these days…Poké THIS TV executives… ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/29 "1999-11-18T06:22:00Z")
“Wild West Cowboys of Moo Mesa”? I seem to remember a cartoon called BraveStar that my son and I loved! I think they lived on Moo Mesa. Could that be the same show? I remember a show called Promised Land or something like that. It was about a kid who was the Quarterback of a football team somewhere in Nebraska. Kind of a drama type show. Anyone else remember that one? I really like it, but it didn’t even last one season. I also loved the series WiseGuy with Ken Wahl, before he turned into such a flake. Hard to believe Kevin Spacey pretty much got his start on that show, huh? Cheers was a MUCH better show AFTER Diane left, and Rebecca came on board. ("Beer and peanuts, that’s our game, C-H-E-R-S!!) Enright3 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/30 "1999-11-18T06:28:00Z")
Does anyone remember the show about five years ago with an ex-con crossing the country in an RV? His parole officer was also his ex-wife, and she would have been happy to see him dead. I forget the rest of the details, but it managed to top itself each week for going over the top – until the network cancelled it. ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/31 "1999-11-17T19:22:00Z")
I could second your votes for a lot of these shows, but what would be the point? Instead, my vote goes to: I Spy – terrific Bill Cosby/Robert Culp espionage show with a sense of humor. Not the same as Get Smart, which was a comedy about espionage. If I had TV Land, I could probably watch I Spy (and Get Smart). I don’t. _sigh_ * * * –Da Cap’n “Playin’ solitaire 'til dawn With a deck of fifty-one.” ---
**Author:** ![Donj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Donj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donj)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/32 "1999-11-17T19:24:00Z")
Diane, FYI. The goalie-mask wearing creep in the Friday the 13th movie was known as Jason. Freddy was from Nightmare on Elm Street. Shows I wish were still on…C.H.I.P.S. and good SNL episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/33 "1999-11-17T19:29:00Z")
Get A Life Fantasy Island (2nd version) SCTV Mystery Science Theater 3000 EZ Street ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/34 "1999-11-17T20:15:00Z")
I can second a lot of the previously mentioned shows, especially MST3K. But I’d also like to mention a program that fascinated me for the 3 months or so it was on the air called UnSub. Forensic specialists who hunt down and capture Menaces To Society. Also, I loved Boston Common. It just fell apart after they brought on that dude who played Robin on Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/35 "1999-11-17T20:20:00Z")
MADAME’S PLACE. I had a big crush on Judy Landers. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/36 "1999-11-17T20:26:00Z")
Max Headroom Quantum Leap Wiseguy * * * Anger is only one letter short of danger. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/37 "1999-11-17T20:26:00Z")
Damn…no one’s mentioned most of mine yet. MST3K Homicide: Life on the Street Due South (so I loved the Mountie! So sue me!) Good eps of X-Files…_sigh_ Magnificent Seven The Sentinel The Highlander Star Trek: DS9 And Satan…I _know_ most of these are in syndication! I want new eps, dammit! \< grin \> * * * “The point of a journey is not to arrive.” -Neil Peart, Rush ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/38 "1999-11-17T20:48:00Z")
most obvious would be The Critic I’m also a fan of TV Nation. I just bought the book based on the show. Only read the intro so far though. then there’s Crusade; I’d have liked to see what Straczynski had in mind. I’d have also liked to have seen Babylon 5’s fifth season; I didn’t have cable when it switched over to cable, and when I finally got cable it didn’t carry that channel! Actually I know it would be impossible to give Edgar Bergen another TV show, now that he’s dead, but he’s one of my favorite performers and I spend a lot of money on old tapes and movies with him in them. I just bought “You Can’t Cheat An Honest Man” and watched it today. This guy’s just great. Also, I don’t think anyone’s mentioned this yet but I was a fan of The John Laroquette Show. So funny. I liked the time he’s starting to believe that his AA counselor is Jesus. “He isn’t really Jesus.” “He may be. How can you be so sure?” “Remember the time last winter when he slipped on the ice right outside and fell?” “Yeah.” “See? He can’t even walk on frozen water!” * * * “I’m just too much for human existence – I should be animated.” –Wayne Knight ---
**Author:** ![AzRaek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/azraek/32/16739_2.png) [@AzRaek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzRaek)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/39 "1999-11-17T21:09:00Z")
I second Due South. The new ones on TNT are not as good. MST3K Masquerade. Anyone remember it? From 1984 I think. A spy organization hires average people to do their dirty work. 3 hours of Bugs Bunny every Satuday morning, like it used to be. * * * I’ll be there Where I’ll teach what I’ve been taught And I’ve been taught… ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/40 "1999-11-17T21:12:00Z")
I can’t believe no one has posted the Kids in the Hall. They were **WAY** to funny. No, I don’t miss Small Wonder one bit. Honest. Although it makes a wonderful ambush website. 😉 HUGS! Sqrl * * * Gasoline: As an accompaniement to cereal it made a refreshing change. Glen Baxter [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483.md?page=3)