# Your top three "bring the show back" (+ Explanation as to why) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482 "2013-04-01T01:26:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/1 "2013-04-01T01:26:07Z")
Title says it all. I know there’s been various types of this. but this is the new, fresh one that limits you to three and demands you give reasons why. No reasons = banned from my future BBQ party. I think I’ll make a poll based on answers given. Here’s mine: [ol] [li]Firefly: Pretty much goes without saying (Though it’s been said MANY times), that this show was a victim of Fox’s 100% inability to catagorize and promote the show to the intended audience.[/li][li]Quantum Leap: This is just a personal choice… the show may have kinda jumped the shark with the “evil leaper” but I still enjoyed it thoroughly, and would always welcome it back[/li][li]All In the Family: I always read that a show like that couldn’t be made today. i think a show like that HAS to be made today.[/li][/ol] Share and Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/2 "2013-04-01T01:34:33Z")
1. Firefly - They’re big damn heroes, and no power in the 'verse can stop them. 2. Better Off Ted - an amazingly funny show with a great cast. 3. I don’t know. Most of the better-reasoned pleas I’ve heard for a show to be saved were for shows I didn’t watch. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/3 "2013-04-01T01:36:39Z")
I can only think of one and it’s just because a friend and I were talking about this yesterday: **Big Love** : I’d really like to see what happened to the wives after that final episode. Did the family stay together? Did they end up splintering off farther? New husband or husbands? What about the public shaming? SO MANY QUESTIONS. ---
**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 1, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/4 "2013-04-01T01:44:51Z")
Unlike every other fan, I don’t want _Firefly_ back. Everybody is too old now, and _Serenity_ changed the dynamic forever. Let it go. Bringing it back would mean the end of _Castle_ as well. I love the show to death, but I’m willing to let it rest in peace. 1. _Wedding Band_ - This was a great little show on TBS last season that it seems like I was the only person watching. It chronicled the adventures of a Seattle-based wedding band with humor, sass and some great music. Killed after 13 episodes. I’ll come back later with my other 2 choices. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/5 "2013-04-01T01:48:44Z")
Terriers ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/6 "2013-04-01T01:49:54Z")
**Deadwood** for one more season to wrap up the character arcs. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/7 "2013-04-01T01:51:43Z")
\*\*My Name Is Earl \*\*- Ended on a ‘cliffhanger’ and a genuinely unique and very well done show. I honestly cannot think of another 2 ☹ ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/8 "2013-04-01T01:52:42Z")
I would have loved one more season of Rome ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/9 "2013-04-01T01:57:56Z")
Bring back _Lost_, retcon the whole last season as the halucenegenic result of some tainted Darma saltines, and keep making episodes until some writer can come up with an ending that makes sense and answers every mystery posed in the show. I’ll second _Terriers_ and throw in _Drive_. Both shows had a lot of potential and died too young. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/10 "2013-04-01T02:01:17Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > I would have loved one more season of Rome I really hoped it would bridge the gap up to the first episode of _I, Claudus_. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/11 "2013-04-01T05:02:39Z")
Still waiting for _The Blackadder Five_ ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/12 "2013-04-01T06:33:04Z")
1. Newsradio 2. My Name is Earl 3. Life Not in any order, or even the top 3, but 3 I’d like to see more of. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/13 "2013-04-01T14:09:44Z")
Batman, the old 60s camp version, with guest villains Jim Parson, Lindsay Lohan (no, no, she doesn’t HAVE to act), Adam Sandler, Oprah, Adam West, et al. Same Bat-Time… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/14 "2013-04-01T14:20:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Batman, the old 60s camp version, with guest villains Jim Parson, Lindsay Lohan (no, no, she doesn’t HAVE to act), Adam Sandler, Oprah, Adam West, et al. > Same Bat-Time… I would have thought you’d want the old Superman series back. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/15 "2013-04-01T14:28:36Z")
Certainly canceled before their time: **Sports Night** **Freaks and Geeks** **Arrested Development** ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/16 "2013-04-01T14:30:43Z")
Well, there’s been The New Adventures of Lois & Clark, and Smallville, and a new live action movie this year, so… ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/17 "2013-04-01T14:36:10Z")
1. Human Target - it was good fun and the guy super hot. Although he’s in Body of Proof now so I can still get my fix. 2. Terriers - Quirky and I loved the casting. 3. The Chicago Way (at least I think that’s what it was called. It had Jennifer Beals in it.) ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/18 "2013-04-01T16:19:00Z")
Pushing Daisies, it was a beautiful, unique, fun show that got cut off too soon. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/19 "2013-04-01T16:20:18Z")
[ol] [li]Carnivale[/li][li]Firefly[/li][li]A worthy B5 continuation[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482/20 "2013-04-01T17:24:54Z")
A second season of [Clone High](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clone_High) would be pretty cool; it was a funny show and it ended on a bit of a cliffhanger. It gets bonus points for being “Canadian content”, of course. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-bring-the-show-back-explanation-as-to-why/654482.md?page=2)