# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poker_in_the_rear)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/81 "2012-04-10T02:03:11Z")
It’s Your Move ---
**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 10, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/82 "2012-04-10T02:08:39Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Alas, _Police Squad_. > > In Color! Yes, this one too. It’s too bad there were only a handful of episodes. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/83 "2012-04-10T03:05:24Z")
_Undeclared_ _Early Edition_ (with Parker Stevens) _Seinfeld_ (after getting out of jail) _Whose Line_ (U.S. version) _Drew Carey Show_ (working in dept store) ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/84 "2012-04-10T03:21:02Z")
I may be the only one who’s heard of this, but I really liked “Son of the Beach.” Very funny scripts, and great eye candy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/85 "2012-04-10T03:41:15Z")
The Rockford Files Twin Peaks Two and Half Men with Charlie Sheen. Sorry Ashton. Arrested Development ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/86 "2012-04-10T04:15:23Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I may be the only one who’s heard of this, but I really liked “Son of the Beach.” Very funny scripts, and great eye candy. I liked that too! His Springer parody talk show was a riot too! ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/87 "2012-04-10T04:18:59Z")
_Life_ _Journeyman_…it was just getting interesting _Fawlty Towers_ And yeah, _Firefly_ ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/88 "2012-04-10T06:41:03Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > _catches fruit_ NO! YOU WILL NOT HARM HIM! > > I loved that show too, and wished it actually played out to the end. I think by the time it was gone, the schedules were so wacky that I could never find out when it was being shown, so I missed a lot of the ending, if it ended > > I also want to say that Babylon 5: Crusade was a fun show even though it seemed to have missed the mark with many sci-fi fans, but I liked it a lot. I’ll second this one. While the show had it’s problems, I never the less really enjoyed it. Funnily enough I actually credit the show with making me aware of the work of Johnny Cash. :dubious: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SnakeBabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@SnakeBabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeBabe)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/89 "2012-04-10T06:57:29Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > … > _Pushing Daisies_… Love that show. I miss it ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/90 "2012-04-10T07:26:06Z")
DEFINITELY _Firefly!_ Number one! Twin Peaks MST3K SOAP ( if they could magically have the original cast too ) ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/91 "2012-04-10T10:20:10Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > I’ll second this one. While the show had it’s problems, I never the less really enjoyed it. Thirded, I loved that show too! ---
**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 10, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/92 "2012-04-10T12:44:55Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I opened this thread to get titles to search netflix for, and I wasn’t disappointed. > > …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. I don’t know about a series “Pinball”, but Burke wrote a book, _The Pinball Effect_, which is “hyperlinked” throughout. It would make a good series. Also his book \*The Knowledge Web." He wrote a series of columns in _Scientific American_ circa 2000 that were collected in book form as _Circles_, which had lots of material for a Connections/DtUC -type series. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/93 "2012-04-10T12:46:08Z")
> [@kbear](#): > > Veronica Mars +1 ---
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[FIREFLY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPRlHwwVIug) [The Middleman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul1ZujsaC8A) FIREFLY [Farscape](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDEC5UE34_4) FIREFLY [Better Off Ted](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DeVCOdBUpk) FIREFLY [Brimstone](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKJR8BEJsaU) FIREFLY MST3K, but only if Dr. Forrester and TV’s Frank return with it. Pearl, Brain-guy, and Bobo were fun too, but I miss the old Mads FIREFLY Good vs Evil, or G vs. E FIREFLY ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/95 "2012-04-10T13:26:12Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Hows about **When Things Were Rotten**? > mmm I liked that show too. But the one I’d really like to see again is _Numb3rs_. ---
**Author:** ![bmasters1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/96 "2012-04-10T13:30:27Z")
_Trapper John, M.D._ _St. Elsewhere_ ---
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_[Clone High](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clone_High)_: Too many recent animated series have kept going past the time when they wore out their premise. This one ended (on a cliffhanger) just as it was hitting its stride. _[Karen Sisco](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Sisco)_: A good series based on a good movie (_Out of Sight_). Plus Carla Gugino. Cancelled after a single season and it hasn’t even been released for home viewing. _[The Jackie Thomas Show](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackie_Thomas_Show)_: I know. A sitcom with Tom Arnold? But it was actually really good. > [@Biggirl](#): > > [Huff](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huff_%28TV_series%29), a show nobody’s ever heard of from Showtime starring Hank Azaria and Oliver Platt. The second season ended with a hell of a cliffhanger and then. . . nothing. Speaking of Platt, he did a series called _[Queens Supreme](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens_Supreme)_ (not a great title) where he played a judge. Good show but it only lasted three episodes. Another series I’d like to see get a DVD release (especially to see the ten episodes that weren’t broadcast). ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/98 "2012-04-10T13:53:55Z")
My top priority is easily **Carnivale**. Also **Arrested Development** (supposedly getting new episodes as a Netflix exclusive?) Haven’t seen it mentioned, but I would have loved several more seasons of **Father Ted** (impossible, the lead actor died.) ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/99 "2012-04-10T14:02:34Z")
MST3K with all of the casts but with an entirely new subplot. Wonderfalls. Mr. Show Sci-Fi had some enjoyably stupid (or stupidly enjoyable) reality shows that would be fun to see more eps. ---
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