# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/101 "2008-04-07T13:26:34Z")
[QUOTE=TWDuke] Blackadder had one of the best series arcs ever, from the idiocy\* of the first season to the unexpected poignancy of the final episode of the fourth series. To do another season would almost certainly muck it up. That said, Hugh Laurie wasn’t a regular until the third season. While a lot of fans try to pretend the first season doesn’t exist, the second is pretty well-regarded. - in that the protagonist was an idiot. The writing was actually pretty clever. [/QUOTE] Some people think the first series was the best one, with great skits on medieval shakesperian themes, and the second one a sharp fall in standards with lots of fart jokes and mugging to camera… Edmund was the idiot in that one, Baldrick the clever one. We are in the minority, but we do exist. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/102 "2008-04-07T14:18:47Z")
Enterprise Red Dwarf Daria ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/103 "2008-04-07T16:51:31Z")
Futurama TNG Red Dwarf The _old_ Doctor Who BTVS Connections and that weird middle-of-the-night PBS history show, that had the guy with the strange enunciation ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/104 "2008-04-07T17:08:25Z")
[Boston Public](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247081/). ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/105 "2008-04-07T17:21:01Z")
Cupid Joan of Arcadia Pearl Dweebs Father Ted Anything but Love Swamp Thing (yeah, yeah–guilty pleasure. Shup. 🙂 ) Daria ---
**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 7, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/106 "2008-04-07T17:21:15Z")
I forgot Daria - that was indeed a great show (and one you can’t get on DVD). ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/107 "2008-04-07T17:32:49Z")
_Firefly Max Headroom Freaks and Geeks_ ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/108 "2008-04-07T17:36:07Z")
_Undeclared_ ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/109 "2008-04-07T19:45:02Z")
Seinfeld. Yeah they went out on top (well mostly), but I think there were still a lot of spongeworthys" and “master of my domains” left. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/110 "2008-04-07T21:18:43Z")
_Firefly_ (of course) _Gargoyles_ (Although I’m hoping that the current comic book format will let them push the story even farther than they did in the show.) _Brimstone_ _The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr._ _The Dresden Files_ (Yeah, the show was very different from the books, but I liked it anyway. Especially Terrence Mann as Bob.) ---
**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:** [April 7, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/111 "2008-04-07T21:40:40Z")
[QUOTE=alphaboi867] While I’d love a reunion special showing what Dorothy, Blanche, and Rose are up to now that they’d be in their 80s (Blanche would claim to be in her 60s 😉 ) Sophia would be [del]over 120[/del] dead ☹ . Golden Girls without her is just wrong. [/QUOTE] I heard that Estelle Getty’s Alzheimer’s has gotten to the point where her brain is pretty much gone. That’s just sad. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/112 "2008-04-07T21:41:34Z")
Two Guys and a Girl imeaditly jumped to mind and every time I see Ryan Reynolds I think of how good it could have been. As for shows that I wish were still on but had a good life; Rockford Files and Mavrick both of which hold up quite well in reruns (Ok maybe I’m a James Garner fan) and Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/113 "2008-04-07T21:47:14Z")
I almost forgot about _The Electric Company_. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/114 "2008-04-07T22:22:12Z")
I am glad we have a few votes for Daria, no DVD. :mad: The Paper Chase, no DVD. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/115 "2008-04-07T23:09:42Z")
[QUOTE=Balance] _The Dresden Files_ (Yeah, the show was very different from the books, but I liked it anyway. Especially Terrence Mann as Bob.) [/QUOTE] Damn Lionsgate, damn SciFi, and damn Bonnie and her wrestling idiocy. I’m just sayin’! ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/116 "2008-04-08T07:51:07Z")
How could I forget [Bagpuss](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7335357.stm)! Only 13 episodes, I’m sure we could have had another short run. Also, [Millennium](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_%28TV_series%29). ---
**Author:** ![Robin\_Goodfellow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Robin\_Goodfellow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robin_Goodfellow)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/117 "2008-04-08T08:06:26Z")
Mainly just Fraiser. Firefly’s a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/118 "2008-04-08T08:34:00Z")
[QUOTE=Pushkin] How could I forget [Bagpuss](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7335357.stm)! Only 13 episodes, I’m sure we could have had another short run. [/QUOTE] I’m sure it _could_ be done, but sometimes these things are best left alone - look at the terrible mess they made of re-launching _Paddington Bear_ (as an ordinary cartoon, with terrible voice work). ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/119 "2008-04-08T08:51:48Z")
Wow, three pages and nobody has mentioned _Police Squad!_. There were only 6 episodes made - each one a gem of laff-your-ass-off. The three movies based on it actually exceed the entire TV series in running time. Name one other series of which that is true! ---
**Author:** ![Fourth\_Wall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Fourth\_Wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fourth_Wall)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cancelled-or-defunct-tv-series-do-you-miss-most/444095/120 "2008-04-08T09:01:18Z")
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