# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/41 "1999-11-17T21:28:00Z")
How ‘bout the "Olsen Twins’ Super-Power-Hour" Or maybe “America’s Funniest Painful Tragedies that Didn’t Happen to You” If not, then I will settle for “Baywatch - The Jersey Shore!” Of course, I’d also love it if NBC found some lost Pre-Diane/Sam-hooking-up-Coach-still-alive Cheers episodes ## In the meantime, I am sticking with the Simpsons. Once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/42 "1999-11-17T21:30:00Z")
Twin Peaks. The Ellery Queen Show. Hill Street Blues. * * * Armed, dangerous… and off my medication. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/43 "1999-11-17T21:39:00Z")
The Family Guy. Crusade. I was really curious to see if the second season would rock, like the second season to Babylon5. DS9. Just when the show was getting really good, it got the axe. Gargoyles. I think a version of it’s on Saturday mornings, but I gotta work. \ American Gothic. Picket Fences. The John Laroquette Show. MST3K. * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/44 "1999-11-17T22:56:00Z")
They cancelled “Family Guy”?!?! Bastards! MST3K In Living Color Straight Dope Roseanne (the early years) * * * JMcC, San Francisco [http://members.tripod.com/~weirdstuff/index.html](http://members.tripod.com/~weirdstuff/index.html) “Hear the voices in my head, I swear to God it sounds like they’re snoring” ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/45 "1999-11-17T23:01:00Z")
_The Good Guys_ (late 60s, with Herb Edelman, Joyce Van Patten and Bob Denver) _Laverne & Shirley_ especially with Lenny and Squiggy! 😃 _The Steve Allen Show_ (local variety show, weekdays at 11:30 p.m.) _El Show de Iris Chacon_ in Spanish; she was the sexiest showhost I’ve ever seen!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sylence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sylence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylence)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/46 "1999-11-18T00:26:00Z")
_Night Court_. And a lot of others already mentioned. – Sylence * * * And now, for my next trick, I will talk in spooky half-references. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/47 "1999-11-18T00:51:00Z")
3 cartoons. _Kidd Video_ _Hyperman_ _Calamity Jane_ Where can I find these last 2 series on tape? _Calamity Jane_ was the best drawn series ever to hit Saturday morning!!! (And the sexyist cartoon babe to hit American TV ever) :0 * * * Is an appreciation of beauty a function of the human soul? ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/48 "1999-11-18T01:01:00Z")
Night Court, MST3K, and The Monkees. Yes, I like the Monkees. I like them _alot._ Feel free to insult me as you see fit. There’s nothing that any of you could say that I haven’t already heard. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/49 "1999-11-18T02:34:00Z")
Cheers Seinfeld Joannie Loves Chachi (kidding) The Family Guy [sigh] WHY was that cancelled? It could’ve been another Simpsons. Hellooooo…“Fast Animals, Slow Children” (with the cheetah chasing the toddler)? I almosted pissed myself laughing! ## BTW-I thought my brother and I were the only ones with a morbid fascination with Small Wonder. It’s got a car accident quality to it–you just can’t look away. “They have the internet on computers now.”–Homer J. Simpson ---
**Author:** ![LordDenning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LordDenning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordDenning)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/50 "1999-11-18T02:50:00Z")
Benson. ---
**Author:** ![Konrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f475e1/32.png) [@Konrad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Konrad)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/51 "1999-11-18T02:55:00Z")
How good was the Straight Dope show? Years after I saw 2 episodes I still kept thinking of that show and finally did a search on “The Straight Dope” that brought me here. Anyone remember a show called History Bites on The Learning Channel? That was really good. Hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Rincewind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Rincewind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rincewind)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/52 "1999-11-18T03:26:00Z")
Kunilou: I think that the show you are asking about was called “Johnny Bago”. I hate to admit this but I miss Dr. Who I can’t believe it was cancelled. I figured it would run forever. * * * “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent” Isaac Asimov ---
**Author:** ![timmar68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@timmar68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timmar68)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/53 "1999-11-18T04:24:00Z")
I loved “The Carol Burnette Show”. My sister got some tapes of “The Jack Benny Show” for Christmas and I watched it with her. I laughed so hard when i watched it. That show was a riot! * * * MaryAnn The more you complain, the longer God lets you live. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/54 "1999-11-18T04:39:00Z")
In no special order: He-Man Thundercats Gi Joe Transformers (original) Scooby Doo (damn you, Scrappy!) That show with the antique show and Nightmare on Elm Street Earth 2 ST:TNG Quantum Leap Highlander (with the same vibe as the first few years) That show with Quai Chang Kane I’m forgetting so many… –Tim * * * We are the children of the Eighties. We are not the first “lost generation” nor today’s lost generation; in fact, we think we know just where we stand - or are discovering it as we speak. ---
**Author:** ![Ophanim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8491ac/32.png) [@Ophanim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ophanim)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/55 "1999-11-18T04:56:00Z")
I hate to use this for my own demented purposes but, does anyone remember a Cartoon on Nickelodeon in the late 80’s called “The Lost Cities Of Gold?” It was a cooperative effort by the Japanese and the French, I miss that show. Does anyone have any info on it? Remember Silverhawks? I don’t miss that show. The toys were stupid. Interesting trivia, the creator of Babylon 5, was also the creator of She-Ra and Captain Power. That Quai Chang Kane show was either Kung-Fu or Kung-Fu the legend continues. * * * Indecision is the key to flexibility. Kyoko Baby, Shane ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/56 "1999-11-18T06:23:00Z")
Some mentioned already, some not: Strange Luck Forever Knight Quantum Leap Masquerade Cover Up Night Court Earth 2 Alien Nation Werewolf (one of the original Fox shows) Duet (ditto) Parker Lewis Can’t Lose Friday the 13th: The Series Shannon’s Law Freakazoid The Exile Dark Justice John Laroquette Show Stingray Silk Stalkings (with Chris and Rita) I’ll come back if I think of more. * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. Semper Ubi Sub Ubi ---
**Author:** ![Zulu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9adbd/32.png) [@Zulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulu)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/57 "1999-11-18T06:51:00Z")
I’ll second Picket Fences. I loved that show. I’d also like to see Fraggle Rock and The Muppet Show (the original, not Muppets Tonight!). I’d like to see them even in syndication. And I love Family Guy, too. But I don’t think that it was cancelled forever. I remember reading something about it, and it’s possible that they could bring it back on at a later date. I sure hope they do. ---
**Author:** ![alberich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@alberich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alberich)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/58 "1999-11-18T07:01:00Z")
I like to think that John Eric-Hexum wouldn’t have shot himself in the head if “Voyagers” was still on. 🙂 Anyone remember the name of the kid character (not the actor)? * * * Mark Kinney [alberich@iglou.com](mailto:alberich@iglou.com) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/59 "1999-11-18T07:22:00Z")
“The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” I miss Johnny. ---
**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 18, 1999, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483/60 "1999-11-18T08:09:00Z")
The Muppet Show is being syndicated on the Odyssey Channel. Hassle your cable company for it; it’s great to see the old gang again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-wish-were-still-on-the-air/11483.md?page=4)