# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/41 "2012-04-09T15:34:24Z")
Aside from the obvious choices of Firefly and Arrested Development, Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls, and The Unusuals spring to mind for me (and in the case of the last two, probably only for me). ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/42 "2012-04-09T16:36:26Z")
_Parker Lewis Can’t Lose_ ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/43 "2012-04-09T16:43:25Z")
_Kim Possible_ - maybe they could do a college years series. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/44 "2012-04-09T16:44:20Z")
Firefly and The Unusuals. they didn’t give either a chance. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/45 "2012-04-09T16:46:51Z")
I was ready for \*\*The West Wing \*\*to keep going with the new administration. I know some thought it had lost something the last few years, but I hated to see it end. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/46 "2012-04-09T16:47:38Z")
St. Elsewhere and Hill Street Blues. Loved those shows. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/47 "2012-04-09T16:52:34Z")
Freaks and Geeks My So-Called Life The United States of Tara Northern Exposure ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/48 "2012-04-09T16:54:02Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Andy Richter Controls the Universe +1 ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/49 "2012-04-09T17:00:18Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Aside from the obvious choices of Firefly and Arrested Development, Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls, and The Unusuals spring to mind for me (and in the case of the last two, probably only for me). The Unusuals – that was the one with Jeremy Renner, wasn’t it? Excellent show. For me it’s Terriers and Kidnapped. At least Kidnapped is on DVD, but no Terriers yet. I’d watch a new version of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and Fridays – there’s no good skit comedy anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/50 "2012-04-09T17:03:04Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > _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. I’d like to see Reaper, which was another Fox series, revived. It also ended on a cliffhanger (involving the main character’s father). And I also miss Rome, Deadwood, Terriers and Pushing Daisies. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/51 "2012-04-09T17:13:38Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > We are defenders of the night. We are Gargoyles. I support this. Also, [Significant Others](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significant_Others_%282004_TV_series%29), a funny Christopher Guest style psuedo-improv format that nobody watched. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/52 "2012-04-09T17:28:35Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’d like to see Reaper, which was another Fox series, revived. It also ended on a cliffhanger (involving the main character’s father). Yep, I just caught Reaper on Netflix a few weeks ago. I started getting bummed when I was nearing the end of the second season and I knew there wasn’t anymore. It would be a great fit on USA these days. I think all the other networks have mostly given up on the hour-long comedy-drama formet. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/53 "2012-04-09T17:34:06Z")
Dead Like Me Pushing Daisies Stargate SG-1 Stargate Atlantis Firefly The X Files Reaper Brimstone Angel Buffy I’d love to see Star Trek back in some form or other ---
**Author:** ![LaurenIpsum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@LaurenIpsum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaurenIpsum)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/54 "2012-04-09T17:50:14Z")
I’ll say Torchwood, in its original monster-of the-week incarnation. I know many people didn’t like that version, and preferred the mini-series structure of “Children of Earth”. But I liked the original cast lineup, and after “Miracle Day,” I think the whole government conspiracy thing is played out - and it was already played out after The X-Files did it, at least to me. I’d just like to have an interesting little alien/monster/time-travel story without a major conspiracy behind it. ---
**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 9, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/55 "2012-04-09T17:56:04Z")
_Kim Possible Daria_ \*Cupid \*(the original, with Jeremy Piven) _Father Ted Lie to Me_ _Beat the Geeks_ _MST3K_ _Doug_ \*Fantasy Island \*(either version, or better yet both) _Twilight Zone_ ---
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/56 "2012-04-09T18:17:12Z")
Veronica Mars ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/57 "2012-04-09T18:44:55Z")
I haven’t read this thread, but I’m going to guess Firefly has been mentioned, let’s see, 56 replies, I’ll say 16 times. Doing a search now: Holy crap! 17 times including the one I wrote in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/58 "2012-04-09T18:50:13Z")
Early Edition Picket Fences Outsourced Hee Haw Laugh-In ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/59 "2012-04-09T18:55:26Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > I haven’t read this thread, but I’m going to guess Firefly has been mentioned, let’s see, 56 replies, I’ll say 16 times. And no way to know how many others there are like me, who didn’t name it only because it had already been mentioned so many times. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/60 "2012-04-09T19:17:15Z")
I opened this thread to get titles to search netflix for, and I wasn’t disappointed. I thought I hadn’t heard of **Brimstone** , but when I checked wiki, it was familiar. I assume I heard about it here. I’ve heard of **Deadwood** , but never seen it. The two that I hadn’t heard of at all were \*\*The Unusuals \*\*and **Reaper**. They are now on the list. I can only think of one show that hasn’t been mentioned. I’d vote for **Middleman** , **Pushing Daisies** , **Dead Like Me** , and **Wonderfalls**. And I’d like to nominate \*\*Rocky and Bullwinkle \*\*for revivification. If you haven’t watched it as an adult, don’t judge me until you do. I like \*\*The Tick \*\*and would probably watch it again, if there were new episodes. But somehow I don’t really crave new episodes. And **Connections (1 - 3)** and \*\*The Day the Universe Changed \*\*were great, but they were well contained. I could definitely go for a new series by James Burke, though. I think I also saw one called **Pinball**. He has other books out that haven’t been converted to TV, so the possibility is there. Oh, and \*\*Firefly \*\*goes without saying. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250.md?page=4)