TV shows you wish weren't cancelled.

[beautiful_death]

TV shows nowadays don't have the same originality like it did, say 10 years ago. So let's reminisce about the shows that ended too soon...

I really miss "In Living Color" since it is the only sketch comedy show known to have a majority cast of POC (people of color). It launched the career of Jim Carrey, even though he was the token white guy of the show. Also, the skits with subversive biting social commentary were awesome. And you had classic characters like Homey D. Clown, Fire Marshall Bill, Wanda, Vera de Milo and the Men on Film.

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air....it ended so soon, and on such an anti-climatic note. (They moved out of Bel-Air) You gotta love pre-blockbuster Will Smith and the ever dorky Carlton (Alfonso Ribiero). And it was a well-written show to boot!

[kitty868theonly]

I never really had the chance to watch "In Living Color". But, I love the "Prince of Bel-Air"! I think they still show that on TV (My TV doesn't have 'Nick' or 'Nick @ Nite' T_T)..... Sorry, going off topic...

Anyway, most of the shows they took off that I hate that they did (many are cartoons- yes I STILL watch cartoons). Many of the cartoons they show now and days is plain---- stupid... Like, "My Gym Partners a Monkey"...? WTH is that?!? But, the good ones that were taken off are:

1) Pepper Ann
2) Doug (Classic man...)
3) Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers
4) Can't believe I am saying this one, but- Gummy Bears (Why does that song STILL run in my head?!?)
5) Quack Pack
6) Danny Phantom (????- I THINK this was recently or a year back)

Hmmm...... There are probably others, but I don't know them at the moment :p. I know there shows that were canceled- but I can't think of them at the moment---- it'll come to me later... :p

[eurys]

Oh, how I hate when a TV show I love meets a premature demise and goes to join the graveyard of other cancelled TV shows :cry

Right now, I can think of two shows I truly enjoyed but which still were cancelled after one or two seasons : CarnivÃ*le (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carniv%C3%A0le) and Earth 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_2_(TV_series)).
Those shows weren't without flaws, but writing was good, acting was often great and the premise was original. I guess they cost too much to produce (special effects, settings and all that stuff).

[Spartan27]

Arrested Development, the funniest show since Seinfeld, and it was canned just because of its horrible timeslot. What Fox expected out this show by putting it up against heavy hitters like Lost I'll never know. Extremely smart show, that used running jokes extremely well, it also had an actual storyline that was interesting. The show also had an extremely well rounded cast, with people like Jason Bateman, Micheal Cera (who starred in Superbad), David Cross, Jeffrey Tabor, and others. Hell the show won 6 Emmys in only 2 and half seasons, that is what you call quality.

[Rain]

Futurmama and family guy top the list, but they got uncancelled:p

still cancelled shows

Yes Dear, that show was hilarious

and probably something else, but I can't remember

[Vizard_King]

FireFly, withought a doubt.
The movie Serenity was great but I want more Episodes,damn it!

[cheez]

Titus that show was so funny. Firefly was a great show also.

[Riekie]

Hmm when thinking about it perhaps Danny Phantom, but seeing the final episode last week (which was quite horrid) I think they did a good thing cancelling it. I mean, I've seen better episodes. But also, they can't recycle everything and that was what they were doing..

Sad it had to end so soon though.

Oow and Trinity Blood! I want to know what's reeaally up with Cain, but too bad..no more. Though the Vatican stuff was quite boring.

[Spartan27]

omg Titus, I used to love that show, it didn't even make one season I think.

Futurama was also a good show, that I thought was better than its brother The Simpsons, a lot edgeier and generally a better storyline, there were actually some emotional episodes, like the one focusing on Fry's dog.

[beautiful_death]

I heard there were going to be new Futurama episodes next year. There are a few Futurama direct-to-DVD movies out though. ^_^

Also, Adult Swim in the US will stop running Futurama episodes :(

The good thing about some of these cancelled shows is that most of them are avaliable in DVD format. Huzzah for technology XD

[emoloz]

FRIENDS <3333 Omg how i love that show SO MUCH. I didn't want it to end at all and i felt so depressed after the last episode. Am not sure if it counts though since there's always re runs on E4 over here.

Stuff like Vicar Of Dibley and all the UK comedy classics to be fair. I miss laughing at new ones of those.

Can't think of anything else really.

[imamess]

Freaks and Geeks - it feels a little bittersweet that Judd Apatow is now cleaning up with his films because this show was great.
The Critic - I have a soft spot of self-deprecating characters voiced by Jon Lovitz.
Arrested Development - yeah, just great
Mr. Show - David Cross and Bob Odenkirk's mid-90s sketch show on HBO meant they could do pretty much anything. Among the cast were Brian Posehn and Tom Kinney, the voice of Spongebob.

[Velius]

Errr, loz, Friends wasn't canceled. >.> It ran it's course and ended at a appropriate time. :D

Probably the latest shows I can remember that I actually watched that I wish weren't canceled were, Enterprise and Traveler. Both had soo much potential.

[stark espada]

titus,firefly and greg the bunny,dead like me was that one show I think the name of it I think was that. those are the shows that top my list

[earthforge]

Samurai Jack: Just four, four seasons!

Star Trek The Original Series: They deserved much more chances for another season.

[cheez]

Politically Incorrect, I know Bill Maher has a show on HBO but I don't have HBO. Other than that Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Greg the Bunny, and Red vs. Blue (I know it wasn't a tv show but it was still great).

[beautiful_death]

Oh, and I forgot to mention......Martin. That show ended because Martin Lawrence is batshit crazy and was harassing one of the cast members XD

[GreenBlack]

I have to go with all my childhood classics. Doug, Rocko's modern life, I never saw any true endings. It all felt so rushed if the shows from back then did end. I'm glad they aren't adapted into this day, but I miss the old shows.

[Cute_Poison]

Veronica Mars - it ended so...blah :mad:

[Shannon]

I think they shouldn't have cancelled Arrested Development. That show was classic. It was smart-funny, not the kind of slapstick, gross-out type of funny. I don't even see it on G4 that much anymore. D:

[God_of_Flash]

Veronica Mars - it ended so...blah :mad:
Totally agree!How could they?:mad:

[casin]

Dead Like Me was the awesomest show. And Season 2 had such better writing than season 1. It just bugs me so much that it got cancelled (whoever took over the network didn't like the show).

Carnivale should have continued too. They said they only had one season left to explain everything so I don't see why they couldn't have just stuck through instead of ending the series on a cliffhanger.

I liked Futurama too. But I'm a little hesitant to the prospects of it coming back because I don't really like any of the recent seasons of Simpsons. It's almost like they're trying to be Family Guy now and I miss the old Simpsons humour.

[Luhy]

Invader Zim ; ; I loveded you piggy!

[Katya]

For anyone that watched Nickelodeon back when it was still good...
I loved Are You Afraid of the Dark... I belive that it was on Nickelodeon, correct me if I am wrong please...
But that show was awsome, and I miss all the cartoons that they got rid of too..and Oh Yeah! Cartoons...and I really loved Kablam
I miss Dexters Labatory that was on Cartoon Network as well...
God, I miss the old cartoons alot more than I thought I did.

[vonix]

ummm i think it was called Surface....not sure but a kid found like a dinosaur egg and it was a really cool show but they never came back for season 2.......also kingdon hospital was a good show that LOTS of people liked but they also never came bak for season 2 (kingdom hospital is a kinda old show btw)

[Shdo]

space above and beyond. i cant belive they made one season, they really made a intresting look on war.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTfOpa8MA8Q&feature=related

also drawn together. not enough episodes. oh wait http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBcAWEes3sA&feature=related a new season!!! thanks to this thread i found it!!!!!11111

[soz_udead]

i think Kingdom Hospital should be put back on the air for another season or w/e, kingdom hospital was a pretty kewl

[emoloz]

Errr, loz, Friends wasn't canceled. >.> It ran it's course and ended at a appropriate time. :D
.

True but theres never going to be a new episode of it. I think they could have gone for another 2 seasons at least. They even said so but never mind.

[tari101190]

the parkers was a show i used to watch and loved. i doubt any1 here has heard of it though...

[Risingblade]

Greg the Bunny

[tari101190]

CHARMED!!!

best show ever.

[rvngu]

i'd say futurama but they're releasing movies now.

[alexie]

Samurai Jack: Oh GOSH how I hated when they did that! :mad:

Dead Like Me was a fantastic show. It left me with some unanswered questions. :yell
>_<

[Shadoblak]

Arrested Development
Megas XLR
Journeyman

[tari101190]

Dead Like Me was a fantastic show. It left me with some unanswered questions. :yell

i know what you mean!!! it didn't eve end properly.


Megas XLR
the best moder cartoon ever made.

i'd say futurama but they're releasing movies now.
futurama's not finished...and they arn't movies. they are new episodes just realeased early in bulk as movies b4 the new series starts.

[Risingblade]

The PJ's (I think that was the name)

[alexie]

i know what you mean!!! it didn't eve end properly.

It didn't :cry but I loved the last episode! Cliffhanger >_<

I've haven't seen Arrested Development, and resently, I thought of watching it. Now, I'm afraid to even watch itsince I think I'll end up getting angry because they didn't finish it...

[melboyd~]

hmmph, "Nightstalker" series ... it only lasted 10 eps..y did they have to cancel the show >_<

[abducted]

Dead Like Me was a fantastic show. It left me with some unanswered questions. :yell
>_<

Yep was about to say Dead Like Me. but the good news is they have a movie coming out this year!!:D

the parkers was a show i used to watch and loved. i doubt any1 here has heard of it though...

i've heard of it. :lmao i miss how stupid Kim was, her dumbness could drive someone insane

[rvngu]

sailor moon, i loved that show but it had to end cause they were at 200 episodes.

[Kaori Machida]

Are all those old cartoons still playing? Like Bugs Bunny, Sylvester and Tweety, Tom and Jerry? I don't have cable so I don't even watch T.V. anymore (With the exception of That 70's Show, but they are all reruns now) Those cartoons where awesome.

When I was little, I used to always watch the Super Mario Brothers cartoon. I was so sad when the station went off the air!

[alexie]

Yep was about to say Dead Like Me. but the good news is they have a movie coming out this year!!:D

:eek: No joke there is a movie coming out?
:yay::yay:
Wait, are they going to have the same artists for the characters?:huhuh
Could you please give me the link? :o
*goes off to investigate too*

[Lady Mizura]

All of the animes Toonami had!

Especially Cyborg 009 and Ruromi Kenshin. They just stopped playing them! It was what made me want to come home after school :cry

[beautiful_death]

I miss the old Toonami anime lineup too...now I think it's Adult Swim that has anime, albeit on late night. =P

Oh, and I totally miss the Powerpuff Girls. They don't play the episodes anymore :( I don't even like the new uber-anime version that plays in Japan.

[spacecat]

Angel...it brought on the worst ending ever :-_-

[melboyd~]

i didnt follow angel until the last eps...coz they stopped it half way. i hate connor tho.

hm, i missed Xena the warrior princess~

[Siren]

As far as cartoons go?
Invader Zim (SO hilarious)
Rocko's Modern Life
Futurama (I'd have real, seasonal episodes rather than cut-and-spliced movies)
Pirates of the Dark Water *HELL- YES*
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (I'm not sure if anyone remembers this one)

As far as Live Action goes:
Are you afraid of the Dark, from Nickolodean. Definatley miss that one.
Salute Your Shorts...I don't remember if this was cancelled or what

[abducted]

:eek: No joke there is a movie coming out?
:yay::yay:
Wait, are they going to have the same artists for the characters?:huhuh
Could you please give me the link? :o
*goes off to investigate too*

Same characters except for 2 major changes that might piss you off :( You'll see for yourself here's the link below. Oh yeah and Reggie is totally gonna grow up to be hot! lol
http://imdb.com/title/tt1079444/

Angel...it brought on the worst ending ever :-_-

grrr:killu i know everyone has their own opinion but i liked the "ending". have you checked the continuation of Season 6 in the comic books?

[Kaori Machida]

I miss the old Toonami anime lineup too...now I think it's Adult Swim that has anime, albeit on late night. =P

Oh, and I totally miss the Powerpuff Girls. They don't play the episodes anymore :( I don't even like the new uber-anime version that plays in Japan.

XD I used to love the Powerpuff Girls! Bubbles was so cute. And Mojo Jojo, gotta love that guy. "I do not talk like that! I do not re-incite! I am clear, concise, to the point!" (One of the few things I remember from that show =P When Bubbles hit her head and though she was Mojo) I miss the old cartoons! T_T

[beautiful_death]

Kaori: My favorite Powerpuff was Buttercup, because she's so kick-ass. The best episode which was all about Buttercup was "Buttercrush", when she has a crush on Ace from the Gangreen Gang.
http://i27.tinypic.com/ok39lv.jpg

[alexie]

Same characters except for 2 major changes that might piss you off :( You'll see for yourself here's the link below. Oh yeah and Reggie is totally gonna grow up to be hot! lol
http://imdb.com/title/tt1079444/

I just saw who they changed. Why!!!:cry I kind of know why she didn't go back, but I'm going to miss him; he was one of my favorites. But I'm glad that most of them are going to be there :D
Thanks :hug

[casin]

Firefly

Dead Like Me - I know there's a film coming up but I just don't think I could see anyone other than Laura Harris playing Daisy. And no Mandy Patinkin? For shame...

Carnivale sort of. I mean, they had originally planned for 3 seasons so I would have liked to see the final season but they quit after 2. I wasn't in love with the show, but it would have been nice to see a resolution.

And the last season of Angel was my favourite. But then it just.. ended. It was great while it lasted though, with Spike and Angel and all. I hated Connor and all that wierd Jasmine crap, but once they moved into Wolfram&Hart I thought the show was getting really good.
The first season was amazing too. I still miss Doyle...

[beautiful_death]

Oh, I forgot to add: The Other Half. It was the men's response to "The View". I can only describe it as a more clean-cut version of "The Man Show" without the girls on trampolines.

[Lunar]

Umm,Mutant X anyone?I enjoyed it as series so much,as for the movie,there always X-Men.

[melboyd~]

yea, mutant X... the first time i saw that series, and the mutant X's leader, my memory quickly referred to Lex Luther from the louis and clark series xD only captain picard can make my day with the mutants ^^

@casin, i've said this, and will say it again..i hate connor too >.< and yeah, the jasmine arc was kind of off. really miss that show tho.

[Who]

Not sure if I've already posted here, but my top two:
Invader Zim
Clone High

[abducted]

Clone High

wow i completely forgot about clone high...wish Daria was still on as well tho at least it had a good run and got a decent ending.

[AnimeGirlPan]

I think
extreme dinosaurs and street sharks
those shows kicked ass

[stark espada]

firefly-I will never forget that show it was so good how dare they cancel it.
and
dead like me-That was such an awesome series. The opening alone was pwnage

[CeriaHalcyon]

As for me, i'd have to say Invasion and Surface both of which ended in dramatic fashion, but still left me and others wanting to know so much more.

[Peachilicious]

Arrested Development. I watch it from time to time since it's on every weekday on one of my local stations, and it always provides quite a few good laughs.

Samurai Jack: Oh GOSH how I hated when they did that! :mad:
Oh they canceled that? Damn. I didn't watch it too often because I never knew when it was on, but from the few episodes I did see I became pretty interested in the show.

[Luhy]

Invader Zim and Iron Chef (Japanese version)

[IngenuityGap]

Clone High
The Critic
Undergrads
Freakazoid!
Firefly
Enterprise
Doug
Earthworm Jim
Futurama
Harvey Birdman
Mr. Show
Greg the Bunny
Drawn Together


And as an honorable mention: Bugs Bunny and Looney Tunes that aren't horribly edited.

[Bleu]

Arrested Development,
Friends,

various foreign shows you've never heard of..

[Grey1x]

Back then when I was a kid... Samurai X was live on "Batatoon" who was a show for kids, and Samurai X was violent, and I Really liked it :E. But seems it got canceled due to the violence -_-.

[Revan1990]

was live on "Batatoon" who was a show for kids
lol...I remember that...and I remember the most annyoing clown in the world...^^

[blackluster]

Firefly. The greatest scifi tv series of all time.

[optics]

Salute Your Shorts

I loved that show, and still do! Oh if Dina could only see me now aha

[tari101190]

Xiaolin Showdown!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaolin_Showdown#Mystical_elements

[penguin]

FireFly, withought a doubt.
The movie Serenity was great but I want more Episodes,damn it!

yes, Firefly
i want more episodes too :(
all i can do now is just keep rewatching the same episodes... unless they do continue it! :nuts

[phantomfork]

Wonderfalls - Although they did release dvd's which sort of makes up for taking this smart, funny, imaginative show off the air after 4 episodes. -_-

Freaks and Geeks was another good one.

Witchblade (the live action version) Believe it or not this was a really awesome show with a good story and great characters. It ended halfway through the second season because the lead actress was having personal problems. :cry But there's a rumor flying 'round the internet that dvds will be released soon.

[IngenuityGap]

yes, Firefly
i want more episodes too :(
all i can do now is just keep rewatching the same episodes... unless they do continue it! :nuts

It isn't going to be brought back. However, the story is continuing in comic form with the new Serenity series. Just like Buffy Season 8 is in comic form.

[penguin]

It isn't going to be brought back. However, the story is continuing in comic form with the new Serenity series. Just like Buffy Season 8 is in comic form.

i heard about the comic, but i havent read any of them yet...
but still i like the actors and everything
they made it much more fun

[butterandtoast]

^^ Oh definitely Firefly! That was an amazing show! Me three on wanting more episodes! >:[
Yea, I can watch the old episodes over and over again cause its that amazing! But I would much rather prefer new episodes!!!

Futurama! It was funny, okay?!

[penguin]

^^ Oh definitely Firefly! That was an amazing show! Me three on wanting more episodes! >:[
Yea, I can watch the old episodes over and over again cause its that amazing! But I would much rather prefer new episodes!!!

Futurama! It was funny, okay?!

yea, we need new episodes! :yell

oh, i also like Futurama
that show was so funny
why good, funny shows get cancelled?? :cry

[Lilium]

At the moment, cashmere mafia D: i actually quite liked it >_<

[leng]

Veronica Mars - it ended so...blah :mad:Totally agree!How could they?:mad:
That's a start... but How dare them? :mad:

Angel...it brought on the worst ending ever :-_-
Ok... so... it's been 5/6 years(?) since the show finished and all that, but... I still miss "Angel"... I tried to get into "Bones" just beacuse was the new regular of David Boreanaz fix... but it just wasn't that good. I coudn't get used to see him without that black leather jacket :love

Jericho! It has ended this month (?) and withoud a descent ending...
I wanna know what the hell happend to Jake and Hawkins! :mad:

[rayne_himura]

Angel, Veronica Mars and even Freaks and Geeks. :D

[beautiful_death]

Invader ZIM. That show was delightfully batshit crazy. Jhonen Vasquez is quite the genius.

[Covered]

Kablam XD

[Kam]

Invader Zim most defiantly. Nick made epic fail for canceling that show.

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

That's cause Nick sucks.

Zim was one of the best shows around.

Another show I hated that Sci-Fi cancelled was....

FARSCAPE!
Me and my mother both loved that show....>_<

CURSE YOU, SCI-FI CHANNEL!

[eave]

FireFly -_-

[butterandtoast]

Ah! And Veronica Mars!!! How could I have forgotten about that?!

[Renegade Raine]

That's My Bush!

It was so absurd, but I loved it. :(

[gab00n]

The 4400, arg!!! I hate it when they cancel my favorite shows, especially when there is no reason too. I think NBC did it because they want everyone to watch Heroes, which I do so what the problem is?

[CeriaHalcyon]

The 4400, arg!!! I hate it when they cancel my favorite shows, especially when there is no reason too. I think NBC did it because they want everyone to watch Heroes, which I do so what the problem is?

EXACTLY!!! i personally haven't watched heroes, after Surface and Invasion were cancelled, i gave up on television dramas and tv altogether. but i loved the 4400 it was one of my all time favs.

another one which should not have been cancelled and totally didnt make sense was the cancelization of Crusade...Babylon5 has enough of a following to support that show, so why did it fail? they didnt even complete a whole season, that was such Bull Sh*t!

and yet stargate continues to go on and on and on in so many different forms... i'll never figure that out...

edit: and Angel also, why did that have to end?

[Shdo]

another one which should not have been cancelled and totally didnt make sense was the cancelization of Crusade...Babylon5 has enough of a following to support that show, so why did it fail? they didnt even complete a whole season, that was such Bull Sh*t!



the man who came up with B5 and crusade and the producers didnt got along, he wanted to continue to make glorious plots and they wanted to make it a more standard crap. he decided to kill the project then to disgrace it.

[Lady Scaper]

Ah shows that should not have been cancelled. Ah

Well Farscape (I worked really hard on the whole Farscape campaign to get the miniseries and I have an FC here so join up)
Firefly - Why!! It was so good, everything worked. Everything, writing acting, costumes, special effects, just perfect

The 4400 it was getting so good. I really liked the political side of things being added to it.

Although it wasn't cancelled, the current Battlestar Galactica. Although I have problems getting into the show, I still think it deserved more then 4 seasons

[CooWings]

Pinky and The Brain. God, that cartoon is really classic! I love that show. Awesome voices, awesome stuff, packed with moral values and evil plans to take over the world! :fu

And even the song is made of win. It hypnotizes you. :nuts

And then there's Futurama. I swear I never watch this show without cracking up.

[cornflakes]

In ten pages, Firefly probably has been mentioned millions of times, but oh well. One more time won't hurt. =] It was an awesome show. T-T The fact that Firefly was ignominously shuffled around and then cancelled in the first season while shows like Lost and Alias lasted millions of seasons is the reason I no longer believe in God.

[Gol D. Roger]

Painkiller Jane.

You know, the show was bad. It was plain campy, corny, and bad. But for some bizarre reason, I really happened to enjoy it. It was just a guilty pleasure.

Second, John From Cincinatti. It was a really strange show, and started off slow, which is why it was probably canceled, since it didn't build an audience. But people who stuck with it saw it for what it was: a really incredible snapshot of life, mixed with a mysterious smattering of science fiction. I thought it was plain brilliant, and I'm still sad that HBO canned it.

And I second what someone said about Battlestar Galactica, although this season is proving to be freaking amazing, so... Maybe not. I'm sad that this will be the last season, but the way things are playing out, it might not be as good if the show were to extend further.

[beautiful_death]

Living Single. Man, that show was epically awesome.