Your Favorite TV Show That Was Cancelled

[Harvey]

Alien Nation was short-lived series that I really enjoyed. It was brought back for a series of five telemovies and a number of follow-up novels, but I would have preferred a second season.

Farscape, of course, though it did get a wrap-up in the form of the miniseries--just not the longer wrap-up that would have left the series much more complete.

 

[RandyS]

SeaQuest and Sliders. Both started strong and degenerated into garbage by the time their first seasons were over. the remainder of both series was nothing but beating a dead horse.

Farscape. It had a respectable run, but should have gone two or three seasons longer.

Terminator. The addition of the pointless (and annoying) women in season 2 ruined this show. Although I DID like the girl from Razor. The other three new ones were stupid. Particularly the neighbor.

Enterprise. Just as it was finally getting good, it got canceled.

Firefly. I still don' know why this one was canceled.

 

[Zameaze]

Alien Nation

How could I forget that one: I loved that series, the wee tad of a while it was on, anyway.

 

[Mistral]

Oh, my, let's see:

Survivors-remake-I was having so much fun, had the finale on DVR-and found out it wasn't being picked up.

Journeyman-a sweet show that was slowly evolving into thinking man's tv-and away it went. The final scene was very poignant and showed just how strong it could have been.

Jeremiah-truncated by a pissed-off creator and inept execs, this show had created a fascinating character(Mr. Smith) and went down before we could explore him enough, imo.

Space: AAB-I was so excited for this show-and the competition killed it. Bad night to put it on-Sunday vs (Voyager? I think that was the Trek it faced off with, possibly DS-9, I don't recall now)

Eli Stone-I loved this show for all of its quirkyness and the excellent cast. And then it was gone...

4400-I can't help but feel there was another season still in there, dammit!

Terminator-don't get me started. When I realized that's how it ended I was furious

The Unusuals-I would watch this late at night by myself off the DVR after the wife went to bed. She didn't get it but I loved it. When it canceled I was like "WTF? WHY?"

Studio 60-loved it, made me think and then POOF, it was gone

 

[RandyS]

I just thought of another one: Nowhere Man, the show that followed Voyager on UPN during it's second season. A fine mystery series that hooked me from the begining, and just got better as it went along, then ended on a cliffhanger with a twist.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Shows that were cancelled by bad, incoherent writing long before the Neilsens made it official: Heroes, Twin Peaks.

Shows that were cancelled/ended at the right time: Lost, BSG, Farscape, DS9, B5.

Shows that were cancelled when they still had a lot of untapped potential: Firefly, Carnivale, Invasion, Miracles, ENT.

 

[Greg Cox]

That's a rough one, but I think I gotta go with FARSCAPE . . . .

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Jericho
Journeyman
New Amsterdam
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Dollhouse
Firefly
Star Trek: Enterprise
Invasion
Threshold
John Doe
Space: Above & Beyond
The 4400
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Pushing Daisies
Drive
Defying Gravity
Virtuality (never even got a chance to start)
Standoff

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

No love for Cop Rock? I'm shocked. SHOCKED, I tell you.

Seriously, you gotta give them one thing: No one had ever thought of doing a cop musical. And some of the songs weren't half bad, either.

"Has the jury reached a verdict? ... HIT IT!"

 

[McCoy]

I really liked Cop Rock, but then I'm a fan of bluesy rock, which was their main staple.

Millennium: despite the fact that I liked the last season the least, canceling it before 2000 was criminal.

 

[SVD]

Shows that were cancelled by bad, incoherent writing long before the Neilsens made it official: Heroes, Twin Peaks.
....
Shows that were cancelled when they still had a lot of untapped potential: Firefly, Carnivale, Invasion, Miracles, ENT.

Not sure about the writing complaint on Heroes, but I was watching it more for the "Superpowers sans spandex and secret identities" aspect.

Ones in that last category for me:Moonlight, New Amsterdam . Such novel premises for both, at least to this consumer of the standard issue TV fare (cops, doctors, and lawyers).

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Pushing Daisies should have had another season.

 

[Kelthaz]

Invader Zim and Megas XLR.

 

[Dream]

I guess I'm lucky. The only shows that I watch these days hadn't gotten get cancelled. LOST ended, Fringe is still going, and the CW probably wants Supernatural to go for as long as possible.

Angel. It had a fitting ending. It was probably best that it ended in season 5 when it was still good. At least it didn't become as bad as how Buffy got in season 6 and 7.

 

[Keith1701]

Law & Order
Star Trek: Enterprise
MXC

I have to agree with Law & Order that is one of my favorite shows.

 

[Bah Humbug]

Crusade. I wish that it hadn't been canceled before it even got on the air.

SeaQuest 2032- I really liked Michael Ironside as the captain. It should at least have been given a full season. It was a big improvement over the season before.

Jericho. Was getting better right up to the end.

Now and Again. I really hate when they leave shows on cliffhangers.

Northern Exposure and Moonlighting. I was upset that these show were cancelled but they both really should have been canned before their last season while they were still good.

 

[Nowhere Man]

TOS
Enterprise
Did Quantum Leap get cancelled, or was it planned?
Better off Ted
Northern Exsposure was awsome
Robot Chicken gets cancelled every year
Family Guy
Futrama
Greatest American Hero

 

[Australis]

New Amsterdam. Could have been very good.
Star Trek: Enterprise. Was getting there, s5 could have been great.
John Doe. THIS. Cancelled WAY too soon, great characters, intriguing story arc.
Defying Gravity. Not a great show but I was keen to see where it would have ended.

 

[Bloodwhiner]

Homefront

Space: Above and Beyond.
(Im ripping the episodes to my media center as I type this)

 

[trekkiebaggio]

Joan of Arcadia. The second season was largely slow but towards the end it looked like it was going in a really dark and interesting direction.