# Which dead TV shows do you most wish they would bring back? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250 "2012-04-09T12:54:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/1 "2012-04-09T12:54:12Z")
By “bring back” I mean return to new first-run episodes in prime time on the networks they were originally one. This is to try to avoid mentioning shows that still run in reruns and syndication. If the show just stopped airing new episodes, that would count for a “bring back.” My first choice would be _Terriers_, but I’d also like to see a new season of: The Wire Deadwood Rome Carnivale Human Target …just to name a few. How about you? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/2 "2012-04-09T13:01:32Z")
This is the Firefly thread. I was happy with how The Wire and Rome ended, even if i loved both shows. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/3 "2012-04-09T13:05:38Z")
We are defenders of the night. We are Gargoyles. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/4 "2012-04-09T13:12:22Z")
Let me be the first to say _Arrested Development_. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/5 "2012-04-09T13:15:45Z")
_Brimstone_. Fox, as is their usual, didn’t give this show a chance to find an audience, and in fact killed it right after a major plot point was revealed. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/6 "2012-04-09T13:16:18Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > This is the Firefly thread. I was happy with how The Wire and Rome ended, even if i loved both shows. +1 ---
**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 9, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/7 "2012-04-09T13:17:38Z")
Quantum Leap ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/8 "2012-04-09T13:18:11Z")
The only show I can think of\* that I would actually bother to watch\*\* if it returned to the air would be _King of the Hill_. My first instinct was _The Sopranos_, but it would be a pale imitation no matter what they did. - that has not already been mentioned \*\* DVR ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/9 "2012-04-09T13:38:01Z")
Terriers. And just to repeat, Firefly. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/10 "2012-04-09T13:40:09Z")
If they could magically do it with the same actors and quality: \*\*Rome The Prisoner\*\* (the original, of course) \*\*The Dick Van Dyke Show Middleman Connections/The Day the Universe Changed \*\* ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/11 "2012-04-09T13:49:42Z")
A few good ones already mentioned. My all time favourite is Deadwood, closely followed by Firefly. I kind of want to say Buffy, but I liked where they left it. (I dislike where the comics have gone plotwise). There was a one season show in the late 90’s called Now and Again, which I really enjoyed but it only got one season. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/12 "2012-04-09T13:52:59Z")
twin peaks ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/13 "2012-04-09T13:57:16Z")
**Eureka**. Yes, the new season is just starting, but it’s been canceled and this is it. Bringing it back wouldn’t involve much more than the suits at Siffy taking their heads out of their asses. Unfortunately, **Firefly** _can’t_ come back. **Serenity** answered too much and changed the 'Verse, and if it resurrected it would mean an end to **Castle** , **L.A. Complex** , **Homeland** and a lot more. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/14 "2012-04-09T13:59:09Z")
_Middleman_ _Rubicon_ _Journeyman_ _Pushing Daisies_ _Better Off Ted_ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/15 "2012-04-09T13:59:58Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > twin peaks I loved the quirkiness of the show and the crazy characters, enough so that I rewatched it recently on Netflix streaming, but rather than bringing it back I would prefer that they had ended it earlier. The last episodes just wandered off into la-la land for me. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/16 "2012-04-09T14:00:19Z")
Terriers Deadwood Mr. Show ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/17 "2012-04-09T14:02:37Z")
_Dead Like Me Keen Eddie_ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/18 "2012-04-09T14:05:58Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Keen Eddie That was one of the few shows that I watched exactly like most people watch most TV shows – because it was mildly entertaining and I didn’t have anything else to do. With most shows, I either am a devoted fan or have other things better to do, but Keen Eddie was lightweight and watchable. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/19 "2012-04-09T14:11:27Z")
This is actually more a list of shows I wish were never canceled since most are from long ago and restarting them up now would be impossible/impractical: G vs. E which (show was crazy fun). Andy Richter Controls the Universe Better Off Ted Freaks and Geeks Undeclared Clone High I am preemptively including Cougar Town because I think it’s doomed. Legend of the Seeker (it was just getting good). Star Trek Enterprise (Seasons 1-3 were uneven at best but season 4 embraced the Original Series. I would have loved to see what Season 5+ would have brought). Clerks The Animated Series (which actually may be coming back). Kitchen Confidential ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/20 "2012-04-09T14:13:16Z")
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