# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Aeris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Aeris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeris)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/161 "2012-04-26T14:59:25Z")
I’m going to vote for\*\* Firefly\*\* BUT not to come back as a show. I want them to make Serenity Part II. Also, **Kings** which you may or may not know was a VERY short lived show on NBC that was frigging phenomenal. The problem was NBC hated it from before it even aired and they didn’t hype it at all! Nobody knew about it so NBC just let it slip right into oblivion. Seriously, see if you can find the episodes, I believe there are about 4 or 5 of them. It’s like a movie every week. Ugh! Please bring this one back! Or better yet have someone good like AMC pick it up. Also, someone mentioned **Father Ted** and I would like to +1 that!! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/162 "2012-04-26T15:50:10Z")
[Thanks](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208510/) > [@](#): > > James Winthrop: [addressing his fellow Puritans] I have decided in hopes of lifting the spirits of the community to hold a gathering in the shop tonight. Everyone’s invited. There will be music and, well, not dancing, because that’s a sin. It will be a, well, not a party, because that would be wrong. But I assure you we’ll have lots of, well, not fun, because that’s against everything we stand for. ---
**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 26, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/163 "2012-04-26T17:29:05Z")
> [@Aeris](#): > > Also, **Kings** which you may or may not know was a VERY short lived show on NBC that was frigging phenomenal. The problem was NBC hated it from before it even aired and they didn’t hype it at all! Nobody knew about it so NBC just let it slip right into oblivion. Seriously, see if you can find the episodes, I believe there are about 4 or 5 of them. It’s like a movie every week. Ugh! Please bring this one back! Or better yet have someone good like AMC pick it up. I saw that show on DVD after it was cancelled. I agree that it was good and would like to see it revived. But I don’t think NBC failed to hype it; I remember commercials for it in advance. The [Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_%28U.S._TV_series%29) says that the ratings for the first four episodes (aired on Sunday nights) that the show was exiled to Saturdays. So in my opinion the problem wasn’t a lack of network support, but the fact that they aren’t willing to give a show long enough to attract an audience. ---
**Author:** ![Craz3d117](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c4cdca/32.png) [@Craz3d117](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craz3d117)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/164 "2012-04-26T18:09:16Z")
Not a fiction show, but I’d give my left foot to see **Mail Call** from the History Channel come back. Some more non-fiction TV shows I would love to see back: Monster Garage, Junkyard Wars and Survivorman. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/165 "2012-04-26T18:15:50Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > done… TO DEATH Ah I’m a bit slow today ! Either that or my subconscious is making up jokes and slipping them past my conscious mind. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/166 "2012-04-26T18:17:15Z")
Human Target, Firefly, Saving Grace \, ditto for BSG. And a weird one: I kinda wish they’d bring back Fantasy Island. I can only imagine the kind of fun that could be had with that premise now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/167 "2012-04-26T18:23:40Z")
Cartoon Colorama Chiller Theater ---
**Author:** ![MacdaddyC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@MacdaddyC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacdaddyC)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/168 "2012-04-26T18:52:51Z")
[Fillmore](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillmore!). ---
**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 26, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/169 "2012-04-26T18:55:01Z")
The Riches, Starved and The Love Boat (seriously.) ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/170 "2012-04-26T20:25:09Z")
Since no one has mentioned it in 169 posts, I guess I’m the only one, but I’d love to see **Legend of the Seeker** come back. Marvellous show with some really interesting characters and mostly fun storylines. And I normally _hate_ fantasy; I was bored to tears by the Lord of the Rings movies. But **Legend of the Seeker** is probably one of my top ten TV series of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/171 "2012-04-26T20:52:08Z")
> [@Roadfood](#): > > Since no one has mentioned it in 169 posts, I guess I’m the only one, but I’d love to see **Legend of the Seeker** come back. Marvellous show with some really interesting characters and mostly fun storylines. And I normally _hate_ fantasy; I was bored to tears by the Lord of the Rings movies. But **Legend of the Seeker** is probably one of my top ten TV series of all time. I did in post #19 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frumpy\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Frumpy\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frumpy_Jones)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/172 "2013-04-01T01:21:04Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Terriers > Deadwood > Mr. Show +1 to Mr. Show. So ahead of the curve… ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/173 "2013-04-01T03:36:51Z")
Mike Rowe used to beg viewers, at the end of Dirty Jobs, to send in their ideas. I guess they really DID finally run out of dirty jobs. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/174 "2013-04-01T03:58:06Z")
Terriers. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/175 "2013-04-01T10:01:34Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I saw that show on DVD after it was cancelled. I agree that it was good and would like to see it revived. But I don’t think NBC failed to hype it; I remember commercials for it in advance. The [Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_%28U.S._TV_series%29) says that the ratings for the first four episodes (aired on Sunday nights) that the show was exiled to Saturdays. So in my opinion the problem wasn’t a lack of network support, but the fact that they aren’t willing to give a show long enough to attract an audience. I seem to recall reading that it was really expensive to produce, so it needed good ratings from the get-go to keep it from becoming a money pit for the network. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250.md?page=8)