I watched the first few episodes and really enjoyed them, but after that, the "group" people just got on my nerves.
Brilliant But Cancelled
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I watched the first few episodes and really enjoyed them, but after that, the "group" people just got on my nerves.
My list (minus Star Trek, which lasted three seasons and has been in syndication quite sucessfully) is-
Breaking Point (1963 TV series)*
The Tournament
This Is Wonderland
Believe
Coronet Blue*
Slattery's People*
He & She*
The Trials of O'Brien*
Love on a Rooftop*
Max Headroom
Action
Alien Nation
Mercy Point
My World... and Welcome to It]
Run, Buddy, Run
The Champions
Crusade
Brats of the Lost Nebula
Da Boom Crew
Young Justice
The Flash (1990 TV series)
Beware The Batman
Green Lantern: TAS
Bridget Loves Bernie
Space: Above And Beyond
Star Cops
That`s all I can think of for now.
*denotes a show so rare (and usually quite old) that it won`t ever be put on DVD, but was brilliant, therefore worthy of inclusion.
Breaking Point (1963 TV series)*
The Tournament
This Is Wonderland
Believe
Coronet Blue*
Slattery's People*
He & She*
The Trials of O'Brien*
Love on a Rooftop*
Max Headroom
Action
Alien Nation
Mercy Point
My World... and Welcome to It]
Run, Buddy, Run
The Champions
Crusade
Brats of the Lost Nebula
Da Boom Crew
Young Justice
The Flash (1990 TV series)
Beware The Batman
Green Lantern: TAS
Bridget Loves Bernie
Space: Above And Beyond
Star Cops
That`s all I can think of for now.
*denotes a show so rare (and usually quite old) that it won`t ever be put on DVD, but was brilliant, therefore worthy of inclusion.
There's one I loved that I haven't seen mentioned yet:
Terriers
Terriers
Glad to see that you and I agree.
I though so too, especially for the Aya and Razer love story.
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Oh, yeah. Excellent choice.
I know it was cancelled due controversy over the show's premise, but was it actually any good? I remember watching it as a kid and being singularly unimpressed (seemed a little like an All in the Family ripoff to me) but maybe the brilliance was going over my head given my young age.
As for other show's I'm going to add "the Paper Chase," even though Showtime eventually brought it back.
I'd also like to mention the Denis Leary show, "the Job," which was sort of a photo-Rescue Me, only with cops instead of firefighters.
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Yes. I really wish we could have gotten at least one more season.
I rather enjoyed that show, and I can't believe I forgot about it. I would have liked to have seen where they went in a second season.
Yes! I miss that show.
"Batman" (1966)
But only if it didn't continue down the route that season three had gone.
Not exactly "Brilliant", but still fun.
But only if it didn't continue down the route that season three had gone.
Not exactly "Brilliant", but still fun.
That was a good one, as was Shawn Ryan's "Chicago Code"
Chicago Code really should have gotten a second season, the ratings weren't that bad (great compared to what took it's place) and it was probably the best cop show I have seen in a long time.
I'm just glad they were able to come up with a sort of ending.
Me too. I was very happy they used their 13 episodes to tell a full-ish story instead of leaving it on a cliffhanger.
hope you get the joke.
Firefly
Lost in Space
Enterprise
Lost in Space
Enterprise
In a way the 1966 Batman was continued, since Adam West and Burt Ward lent their voices to The New Adventures of Batman in 1977 and Warner released it on DVD back in 2007. I just re-watched a few episodes on a lunch break a few weeks ago, after having watched Season 1 of the 66 TV show, and while there are a few differences from the 66 show, I might as well have been watching a few more episodes of the 66 TV show.
But another animated property that I really wish would come back for another Season is Batman Beyond, as well as the 1994 Spider-Man show. That Spider-Man ended on a cliff-hanger that really that is just calling for a movie to be made.
I entirely agree with these. I didn't watch Firefly until last year, when I noticed it on Netflix. I've been a Nathan Fillion fan ever since he played Joey Buchanan on One Life to Live back in the '90s, so decided to check this show out.several people said:
Uh-huh... the show where the lead actress had perfect hair and about one and a half facial expressions (usually scrunched-up) and was written and acted so poorly that the people on one forum started referring to her as "Bratniss." I finally gave up on it after the first season; the new day it moved to resulted in a conflict with another show and I abandoned it without regret.
My own choices go back quite awhile, since I don't watch much current TV anymore.
Canadian shows:
Adventures in Rainbow Country (my favorite show when I was a kid)
The Beachcombers (a lot of people all across the country were upset when this was canceled, and for various insanely stupid reasons it's never been available on DVD. CBC and the other people/companies that own some or part of it would make a nice bit of money if they would offer it for sale.)
The Royal Canadian Air Farce (unfortunately it just quit being funny after the death of cast members John Morgan and Roger Abbott, and an attempt to bring in younger comedians to make it more 'relevant' to younger viewers failed to improve the show)
UK shows:
Space Island One, a science fiction show about an international group of scientists aboard a space station orbiting Earth. It ran for 2 seasons, and while I'm not sure if it was only planned to last for such a short time, it was very disappointing when the show ended.
Classic Doctor Who. Colin Baker was treated very shabbily, and in my opinion the Sylvester McCoy seasons were mostly a mess (a few good stories, but toward the end I'd honestly quit caring much). Who knows how things might have turned out if the show hadn't been canceled - in my perfect world, Paul McGann would still have been the Eighth Doctor, but in a proper Classic Who style, not merely in one TV-movie and a webisode.
Other shows:
The Fantastic Journey (SF series from the '70s, starring Jared Martin, Carl Franklin, Ike Eisenmann, and Roddy McDowall); the group never did find their way off the island before the show was canceled.
Battlestar Galactica: The real one, not that nuBSG stuff.
Wizards & Warriors: Fantasy series that didn't take itself the slightest bit seriously; it was a hoot!
The Ropers: Spinoff from Three's Company. The Ropers decide to stop being landlords, sell the building, and move to a different neighborhood. They become neighbors to the snooty realtor who sold them their new place.
Logan's Run: TV series based on the movie & novel. Not 'brilliant' but still a show I found entertaining.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Again, not 'brilliant' but still entertaining.
Highlander: The Raven: Spinoff from the Highlander TV series, focusing on Amanda and Nick. The show ended on a cliffhanger when Nick discovers he's an Immortal. I always thought it was crummy that we never got to see how he handled that transformation, since he had always been the 'mortal pov' on the show.
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven: Damn, but I'm still highly annoyed that this show got canceled. It had been renewed for a second season, so the producers/writers felt free to end the season on a cliffhanger. So we will forever not know what happens after Shelley Webster jumps off the bridge in the Land of the Dead to return to Earth to find Eric Draven, who thinks she's gone on without him. There were a lot of loose ends of various characters' storylines that never got properly wrapped up. The producer did attempt to get a TV-movie approved so the story could have some kind of conclusion, but alas that wasn't possible.
The Borgias (series with Jeremy Irons as the Pope): This was canceled before the proper conclusion to the story history tells us of the Borgias (ie. Rodrigo Borgia's death, Cesare's downfall, Lucrezia's life with her new family). The best they could do was a script sold on Amazon, for the Kindle. I bought it because I did want to have some kind of ending for the characters; it was rather poorly done, however.
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