# Which cancelled or defunct TV series do you miss most? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 5, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095 "2008-04-05T17:12:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/61 "2008-04-06T05:09:14Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] I guess the show I miss the most is _The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr._ [/QUOTE] There we go, that’s the one I came to mention. Went through a couple of others in my head, mostly shows cut down before their time like Firefly, Farscape and The Invisible Man. They all had one of two things in common. They were either on Fox, or the Scifi network. Someday I hope those retarded syphillitic monkeys will figure out how to run a fucking network. Hint 1: One show with 100 episodes is worth more in the long run than 25 with four episodes each. Hint 2: Your network only gets N ratings in X timeslot. Period. Your history shows this. Don’t cancel a show just because it doesn’t get multiples of N. PLAN FOR N. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/62 "2008-04-06T05:22:00Z")
Another vote for _Firefly_ here. Also, being a big B5 fan, I wish they hadn’t canceled _Crusade_. I loved that show, even if it was just a touch “D&D In Space” (you had a thief, a wizard, a warrior, a healer, a corporate archaeologist, and a telepath! Throw in a dwarf and you have a full D&D Party!) Horatio Hornblower - Being an on-again-off-again series of TV movies, you can hardly say it was cancelled, but comon, the last set of movies, _Loyalty_ and _Duty_, only took the story as far as _Hornblower and the Hotspur_, the meat of the series, starting with _Beat To Quarters_ was only one more book away! Hopefully they get back to making those sometime. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/63 "2008-04-06T06:43:41Z")
[QUOTE=Illuminatiprimus] Futurama - still haven’t seen Bender’s Big Score yet so no opinion on whether its inferior to the original [/QUOTE] Watch it! It will probably feel inferior at first due to expectations and the fact that it’s a time travel story. It deserves a 2nd viewing, though. I’ve seen it 4 times (and I NEVER re-watch movies anymore) and I hold it on the same level as the best episodes. The best eps IMO are: \*The Devil’s Hands . . . \* _The Sting_ _Luck of the Fryish_ _Jurassic Bark_ Probably in that order. If you liked those you’ll like Bender’s Big Score. But watch it at least twice. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/64 "2008-04-06T10:03:09Z")
Thanks Cisco - it’s in my lovefilm queue so it’s just a case of waiting until my turn (although I guess I could just buy it…) ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/65 "2008-04-06T11:05:04Z")
Studio 60 The Wire Deadwood Carnivale Firefly Arrested Development Wonderfalls I thought Rome concluded satisfactorily, so I don’t need to see more. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/66 "2008-04-06T11:12:22Z")
WKRP in Cincinnati Night Court Barney Miller New Radio VIP MIssion: Impossible ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/67 "2008-04-06T12:04:00Z")
[Now and Again](http://imdb.com/title/tt0212395/) Yeah, it wasn’t _great_ science fiction but it was entertaining. That’s all I need. They killed the series with a cliff-hanger, too, the bastards. **Cagney and Lacey** I still miss **Cop Rock** , dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/68 "2008-04-06T12:41:06Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] She looked pretty damned good in **Last King of Scotland**. Her appeal never was based on her resemblance to swimsuit models. [/QUOTE] Right you are, on both counts. In LKOS I had to go back to the opening credits to be sure who that was. When I learned (or paid attention to that fact that) it was Gillian I almost flipped. In fact, I thought she did as good a job as a chameleon as she did as an actor, so I started a thread on the subject. It’s been a good while, but the thread was fun. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/69 "2008-04-06T12:53:04Z")
[QUOTE=Ronald C. Semone] Maverick [/QUOTE] Sorry I left this one out of my Old Time list. In school this was the one show that had the Tube Room as close to completely full (guys sitting in other guys’ laps even) as any show of the day. James Garner and Jack Kelly were terrific every week and the guest characters and scatter-brain plots were always top dollar. I sometimes wonder, though, if my memories of this show would be shattered, as they were when I saw a recent rerun of _Have Gun, Will Travel_, and if that were to happen I’d never forgive myself for watching one. Other shows like that, that hover on the edge of forgettable and “never were so great” would have to include: Cheyenne Yancey Derringer Trackdown Wanted Dead or Alive Sugarfoot Bonanza The Virginian One that’s definitely in the Who Cares zone for me is _The Rifleman_ which is (along with _Bat Masterson_ (another dud for me)) now a prominent feature on Encore Westerns. I watched one episode and almost lost my lunch. Times have surely changed. That show is dreck! ---
**Author:** ![Ready\_for\_my\_closeup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@Ready\_for\_my\_closeup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ready_for_my_closeup)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/70 "2008-04-06T13:30:24Z")
I agree with many of the previous entries, particularly Arrested Development, Futurama, Brisco County Jr. and Studio 60. My contribution to this thread would be **My So-Called Life**. That show was so important for my young teenage self and it was a crushing disappointment when I found out it was canceled. I’ve got the feeling that many of my favorite shows get canceled prematurely. This thread would be a lot shorter if we were discussing shows that were allowed to run their course. ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/71 "2008-04-06T13:30:33Z")
American Gothic. I never watched Twin Peaks, so this was my dose of wierdness. Died a death with nothing resolved, as far as I remember. I could be wrong, its been ten years or so. Also, Arrested Developement. Not so much the show itself, but GOB, specifically. I could live with a GOB spin-off. Joey we can have, but not GOB? COME ON!! To scratch my GOB itch, I even rented out “Lets Go To Prison”… My GOB itch remains unscratched. ---
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Picket Fences Early Edition Quantum Leap ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/73 "2008-04-06T13:41:24Z")
The West Wing Futurama The Avengers The Prisoner Band of Brothers Twin Peaks Blakes Seven ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/74 "2008-04-06T13:44:17Z")
My votes would have to be for _Blackadder_, _Red Dwarf_, and _Black Books_. They’ve been talking about _Blackadder V_ for ages now (although it looks like it’s going to be in the _Only Fools & Horses_ route of sporadic Christmas Specials, if they ever get around to it) and _Red Dwarf_ has been on hiatus since 1999 and is unlikely to be coming back, despite what Messrs. Grant & Naylor say. _Black Books_ is great, though, and It’s a shame they’ve got no intention of reviving it. It deserves more than 3 series, especially when you consider the potential the characters have. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/75 "2008-04-06T13:53:11Z")
Seconding many of those listed already and adding: [Starved](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starved) [The Judy Garland Show](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Judy_Garland_Show) [On the Air](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Air_%28TV_series%29) [Doctor, Doctor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Doctor_%281989_TV_series%29) [Max Headroom](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_%28TV_series%29) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/76 "2008-04-06T14:22:10Z")
Oh, and also [Tru Calling](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tru_Calling). ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/77 "2008-04-06T15:13:30Z")
I know I posted this on another thread elsewhere but… Herman’s Head. Bosom Buddies. James at 15/16. 30 days. Tangent: back in the day of no-VCR/DVR etc. TV seemed more enjoyable because more was invested in a TV program by the viewer. I’d know that my program was on at a certain time and evening, and if I missed it, too bad. The anticipation made the event better. When commercials came on, I’d run to the kitchen for something and hurry back. If you called me on the phone, I might have to get back to you. If the station experienced technical difficulties during the magic window, I was PISSED. Remember trying to watch two programs—switching at commercials—and having to crank the old rotary dial back and forth? A few years ago I picked up Season 1 of Mary Tyler Moore on DVD. I was disappointed. True, it didn’t hold up perfectly over time but that aside, but the particulars of the original experience were totally different. Some of the above (Bosom Buddies and 30 days) are available on DVD but I haven’t bought them. ---
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Dead Like Me. Keen Eddie. Blackadder. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/79 "2008-04-06T16:59:47Z")
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63] I know I posted this on another thread elsewhere but… Herman’s Head. [/QUOTE] How old were you when Herman’s Head was on? I was 10 and I loved it, but most people who were adults at the time hail it as one of the worst shows ever. ---
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[QUOTE=3waygeek] New episodes starting next week. [/QUOTE] Not in my world. In my world, the last episode of ER was the one after Mark died, when Carter encouraged an overwhelmed med student (Gallant? the one who was an asshole to Neela) just as Mark helped him in the first episode. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095.md?page=5)