Cancelled too soon

My So Called Life

Law and Order - Trial By Jury.

Mercy Street.

I'll Fly Away.

it's like, you know

Seinfeld-esque comedy airing on ABC in 1999-2000. Was gradually building a following when ABC pulled the plug to air its new prime time game show hosted by Regis Phibin THREE NIGHTS a week -- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Happy Endings

Don't Trust the B- in Apt. 23

Insatiable

Glow

Baskets.

The Louis CK stuff brought it down and the ended was obviously rushed.

I would have also settled for a Christine Baskets spinoff, but that’s obviously not happening now.

Quark

Travelers.

The Five Mrs. Buchanans

Pushing Daisies

Carnivale

Savannah (1996)

2000 Malibu Road

The show deals with four women living together at a beach house located at 2000 Malibu Road: Jade (Lisa Hartman), a former prostitute trying to get out of the profession; Perry (Jennifer Beals), a young lawyer also escaping from her past (i.e. a slain fiancé police officer and a serious drinking problem); Lindsay (Drew Barrymore), a would-be actress trying to get the right break; and Joy (Tuesday Knight), Lindsay's overweight, overprotective, two-faced, manipulative sister, who also served as her agent. Jade owned the house. In order to leave her profession as a high priced prostitute, she took in roommates to help her pay for the house.

The series ended with several unresolved cliffhangers: Roger (Michael T. Weiss) was seen raping and beating Perry in a stairwell. Meanwhile, Porter's (Mitch Ryan) men shot Hal (Robert Foxworth) dead, and after arguing with Lindsay upon discovering she was sleeping with Eric (Brian Bloom), Joy was struck by lightning.[2] Lisa Hartman provided a closing narration to serve as a (perfunctory) tie-up for the characters, though possibly only on overseas broadcasts.[3]

The Brink. I like Pablo Schreiber.

Travelers was on four or five seasons. They concluded their story arc.

Better Off Ted definitely gone too soon

I still miss Wonderfalls and think of it often.

Thirtysomething

Pasadena-2001 primetime soap on FOX.

American Gothic, was a great show

White Collar

Jack & Bobby

Star Trek: Enterprise

1899 but there is a theory that it's coming back under a new name

R15, I watch Wonderfalls every few years or so. What a gem.

Good and Evil. It was a Susan Harris sitcom/soap parody featuring Teri Garr (the evil sister) and Margaret Whitton (the good sister) as the daughter of cold bitch Marian Seldes.

Only last 6 episodes, it was like a 90s version of Soap.

Agree Star Trek: Enterprise

I rewatched Enterprise last year and it was much better than my old recollections. I think their problem is the stories started off so weak for the first season or so. As the show firmed up they already alienated too many viewers who had given up on them.

I particularly enjoyed their Mirror Universe episodes.

Rome ( HBO)- I liked that show so much- and not just because of all the male nudity.

Gidget (1965)

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Archive 81

The Powers That Be.

[quote]Law and Order - Trial By Jury.

Also "Law & Order: LA"

The Last OG. Yeah I know Tracy and Tiffany suck now, but I loved it.

R29- How about Law & Order UK?

r31 Didn't that run for five or six seasons? Yes, I know the seasons are shorter in the UK.

Enlightened. I would love 8 seasons of Laura Dern flipping out.

R32- Yes, It was on the air for at least 5 seasons. I just thought it was a cute response to R29.

Paper Dolls and its iconic 2-minute opening theme. Spin Terry, spin.

The reboot of “V.” Also “Jack & Bobby.”

R1 that was the first one that came to mind.

Pan Am

Home Fires

The Big C

V (2009 TV series) I loved where all the aliens seemed to be helping people, but instead they were harvesting them for food.

Shameless. It was only on 11 seasons and I feel like they didn’t squeeze every bit out of it.

Speaking if V, I loved a short-lived show called "VR.5". On in 1995, it was about virtual reality and it was waaaay ahead of its time. I watched it mostly because of the smoking hot Lori Singer, and also starring Michael Easton as her buddy for you gentlemen.

HBO's Deadwood (and the cause, Rome)

Anyone remember "The Swan", where they took fugly gals and gave them lipo, cosmetic surgery, dental work, etc.- then a glam makeover?

Time Traveler’s Wife

High Society - It was such a blatant AbFab ripoff that I wish the lawsuits had had the time to heat up.

It's All Relative - There were so many gay jokes the Flyovers had yet to hear.

Sports Night - Shut up, lady. A man is talking!

Suddenly Susan - It could've become suddenly watchable!

Dinosaurs - Maybe one of the puppets survived the ice age.

Ellen - Maybe a dyke's life gets interesting after 40?

Trial & Error on NBC. It only had two short seasons. I thought it was hilarious. Nicholas D’Agosto was hot as the lead, and as much as I dislike her as “herself”, Sherri Shepherd is a talented comedic actress. I was hoping another network/streamer would have picked it up, but alas…

All My Goddamn Children should still be on the air!!!

At Home with Amy Sedaris (and Strangers with Candy!) should have had more seasons.

Trial & Error

Yes to Trial and Error

[bold]Flashforward[/bold] on ABC.

Everyone on Earth loses consciousness for 2+ minutes, during which time they have a flashforward vision of their lives in 6 months. With that premise, there were as many plotlines as there were characters and involved everything from government conspiracies and doomsday cults to marital infidelity, unexpected pregnancy, and apparent murder. The show also wrestled with ideas of mortality and whether the glimpsed destiny could be altered or not. Heady stuff.

I think [bold]Flashforward[/bold] was ahead of its time and would have done better in the current TV climate, with alternate channels, streaming services, etc. The show was very complex, which did not fit in well with standard network viewing habits of the time. (If you missed an episode, it could be very hard to catch back up.) It was also hurt by a long break, of almost 3 1/2 months, in the middle of its season.

Adding insult to injury, ABC cancelled the show with only 2 weeks left in the season. Though they tried to throw together an ending of some sort, it was impossible to tie up all the loose ends and come to a coherent resolution. It was an unsatisfying end to an extremely ambitious show.

Totally agree with the aforementioned My So-Called Life.

Freaks & Geeks

Invasion

The Crossing

The Crimson Field

[quote] Trial & Error on NBC. It only had two short seasons. I thought it was hilarious. Nicholas D’Agosto was hot as the lead, and as much as I dislike her as “herself”, Sherri Shepherd is a talented comedic actress. I was hoping another network/streamer would have picked it up, but alas…

I can't stand Sherri as a person, but she was hilarious on that show.

R38 I think Pan Am would fared better as a cable show.

People of Earth-TBS sitcom which lasted two seasons. The second season ended on a cliffhanger. TBS initially renewed the show for a third season, but later reneged.

[quote]Cancelled too soon

My fucking ass, you apologists for my father's abuse of me and haters of liberty and our precious conservative values.

I loved the one season Prime drama, Good Girls Revolt. It was interesting, and gave me a mid century fix as I was suffering from Mad Men withdrawal.

With all the turmoil with HBO Max, I fear that Minx and The Other Two may show up on this thread soon…

Timeless

Firefly!

The Middleman deserved to run for years.

I also loved Last Resort with Andre Braugher and Scott Speedman.

The Fantastic Jouney (1977):

Enlightened.

Happy Endings!! I'm re-watching it on Hulu.

Freaks & Geeks, Wonderfalls.

Taboo with Tom Hardy

Eerie, Indiana. IT starred Omri Katz as a young boy living in a very strange town where all kinds of weird things happen. After it got cancelled it developed a cult folloring and they brought back in a changed form and of course it flopped.

Enlisted and United States of Al (Both military comedies; Parker Young was in both)

Popular Grosse Pointe (teen soap parodies)

Some that others have mentioned: Trial and Error, Powers That Be, GCB

I loved Grosse Pointe—it was hilarious.

Popular was great the first season and half or so, and then..blech. Ryan Murphy…

Turn-On

Raised By Wolves was crazy, weird sci-fi. I would have liked one last season to wrap it up.

Pleased to see Wonderfalls, High Society, Home Fires and The 5 Mrs. Buchanans here. I loved all those shows.

I would add The Days And Nights of Molly Dodd but it did run five seasons....problem was, most of them were on Lifetime, and in those years I didn't have cable. And of course now apparently it's lost forever. Damn.

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The Jury

Justice

I am so pleased to see so many of my favorites mentioned: Popular, Apt 23, Grosse Pointe, Glow, Carnivale, Rome, Pan Am and Good Girls Revolt.

R26, my mother wholeheartedly agreed with you. She wrote the television station to ask that Gidget stay on the air. To their credit, they wrote her back asking her to give The Flying Nun a chance.

The only time I took action after hearing a show was on the bubble was GCB. I signed a petition, wrote four advertisers and mailed five bibles into ABC.

The combination of Apt 23, Smash, Ugly Betty and GCB’s cancellations helped me to understand that my tastes were not shared by most of the broadcast television audience. I licked my wounds and stopped watching network TV.

GCB, Better Off Ted

"Blondie," the 1957 television series.

Glynis (Sept.-Dec.1963)

Swingtown with the delicious Grant Show.

General Electric Theater.

"Turn-On."

I loved SWINGTOWN! I rewatched in on streaming during lockdown. Grant was hot, but so were Josh Hopkins and Michael Rady,

Samantha Who?

Ugly Betty's cancellation was pretty heartbreaking - it was a favorite - but to be honest, Season 3 was a mess and they beat the Henry/Betty thing to DEATH.

Sadly, any chance of a movie probably died with Silvio Horta.

Better Off Ted

[quote] I loved SWINGTOWN!

I loved the grownups part of it. The program was very frustrating as they kept switching between the swingers, the teen daughter, and the little boy it was like you were watching television with somebody suffering from attention defect disorder holding the remote who kept switching channels every five minutes.

Shannon's Deal, Deadwood, Firefly, American Gothic

Ahem

Powers that Be

Hannibal

Don't Trust TheB

GCB

The Oblongs

r12, so 2000 Malibu Road is basically a prequel to The Golden Girls?

In order to leave her profession as a high priced prostitute, she took in roommates to help her pay for the house

I found Claire Danes in My So called Life to be the most painfully realistic depiction of a teenager I'd ever seen. Everything cheesy and heartfelt about growing up she touched really well.

Journeyman-NBC time travel drama that aired in fall 2007.

Imposters, with Rob Heaps, Parker Young, Marianne Rendon, Brian Benben, and Inbar Lavi should have had a third (final) season. Great cast with excellent chemistry, along with some homo-erotic bits between Heaps and Young.

R52, R65 — I’m with you on Freaks and Geeks.

Meanwhile, that piece of shit 70’s Show kept going and going…

Beulah

"Did someone bellow for Beulah?"

Oh, I forgot about Better Off Ted I actually bought the series on Google TV. Jay Harrington was a hottie. Season 2 finally figured out that Linda and Veronica worked well together for the laughs.

There was a sci-fi series with William Fichtner, "Invasion," created by Shaun Cassidy of all people, that only lasted two short seasons -- about a Florida town dealing with weird stuff after a hurricane.

Not a US show but Utopia on Channel 4 in the UK was a great show and then they cancelled it!

Good Behavior, the TNT series with Michelle Dockery. I loved it. Two great seasons. For the longest time, TNT left it up in the air, but finally officially cancelled it. They should have at least done a wrap up movie.

R97 -Invasion (of which I was a huge fan, in part because it co-starred Eddie Cibrian) lasted one regular (22 episode) season - from September 2005 to May 2006.

The Riches (2007) with Ms. Eddie Izzard & Minnie Driver

[quote] R66 Taboo with Tom Hardy

Taboo hasn't been cancelled, It's just a matter of pinning Tom Hardy down to film it (It's also written and produced by Tom and his Father 'Chips').

Someone on here mentioned Minx. Season 2 isn’t happening even though it’s already been filmed.

Law & Order UK

The Cafe

Home Fires

Murder One

Civil Wars

The Trials of Rosie O’Neill

Thirtysomething

I liked thirtysomething, and wish it hadn't been canceled, but they were only a year away from having to call it fortysomething.

R93 I'll have to check that one out.

I've just recently discovered Parker Young and if I remember right he was also in that Fox military comedy.

The Honeymooners- not the later version from the 1960's and beyond.

Law And Order: SVU

Oh wait that belongs on the thread about shows that SHOULD be cancelled already.

TWENTY FOUR seasons is long enough.

Agreed 104, I would have loved to see more of The Cafe.

I’d also add Scarborough, which had a similar, if broader, style.

Loved that show, r106, it was called Enlisted. Young hottie guys and pretty funny episodes. Only last about 13 episodes.

R110 I never saw it but have a few friends that loved it & said it had some deliciously homoerotic content, too.

R52/R100 -- Ah, thanks. For some reason, I thought it had had two short seasons, but maybe that was just because it didn't air in December and didn't come back until January the following year.

I originally watched for Eddie Cibrian too. 😉

A couple of Netflix series that I ended up enjoying much more than I thought I would, and both had more gay main characters than I was expecting:

Teenage Bounty Hunters Half Bad: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself

Santa Clarita Diet should have had at least one more season.

Point Pleasant (2005)-supernatural FOX show.

Suburgatory. Girl had just gotten the hot guy on the finale and they leave it on the cliffhanger.

Loved Suburgatory, featuring DL fave Parker Young, and one of my faves, Jane Levy, whose Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist was also cancelled too soon.

The Young Rebels

Parker Young was in Suburgatory too?

He needs to show peen on his next show to break the curse or else he's going to be the 21st century Ted McGinley.

This Parker Young?

And he acts, too?

Suburgatory had gone off the rails by the time it was cancelled. The show was originally about Jane Levy's teenage city girl placed into a world of Stepford Wives. The final season shifted focus to her girlfriend's romance with some black kid.

Very woke. Not much comedy left. Pulling the plug was a mercy.

Someone buggywhip R121 for ridiculous usage of the term "woke."

R121 thinks acknowledging the existence of non-white people is "woke"

Which is funny since straight Republicans think any show with LGBT characters is "woke"

A lot of good products at Trader Joe's

Trader Joe's likes to cancel products the way Dick Wolf likes to fire actors.

I had blocked r121 from before, so I’m sure he posted a typical brain-free comment on something.

I've probably posted Dead Like Me in the past but...

Dead Like Me

"Bosom Buddies"- only 2 seasons?!

[quote]This Parker Young? And he acts, too?

Who cares? He stood around real good.

^^^ That was kind of my point.

"Enlisted" is currently on Hulu, in production order, not broadcast order, so the brothers' personal journeys make more sense.

Hot daddy Geoff Stults is the lead. He's a working actor, but I wish he had become a bigger star.

Parker Young goes shirtless in "Enlisted," but even more in "United States of Al."

R49 Agreed. I loved Limitless the TV series, especially Jake McDorman.

I'll add Party Down, Episodes, Santa Clara Diet, White Lines, Grand Army, Bonding, Blockbuster, In the Dark, and Hunters. Bot that any of these were stellar, but they were enjoyable to watch. Party Down, in particular, could gave lasted years given the premise of the show. Too bad, really, for it was well written, directed, and acted.

Isn't Party Down doing another season soon?

"Playing It Straight" (2004). Fascinating (to me) but cancelled after a few epusodes. I guess it made people way too uncomfortable.

I love it, R134!

Angie Tribeca

Hot L Baltimore

Roseanne

Can't remember the name of it but Tony Randall played a gay neighbor or uncle...Was it 'Sidney"? Sorry, it only lasted for a few episodes. Very daring at the time.

Resurrection Boulevard, Noah’s Arc, City of Angels.

Love, Sidney, r139

with Swoosie

DL favorite TV's "Angie."

a relatively plastic surgery free swoosie…

"Keen Eddie"

The Grinder … Fred Savage, Rob Lowe … hilarious

Women's Murder Club

Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency

It was surprising that it only had one season. It won a Peabody!

"Bare Essence", based on the popular TV movie of the same name. I loved 80s perms, cake-icing makeup, shoulder pads and bitches.

"The Tony Randall Show" was much better than "Love, Sidney," and it ended too soon as well.

"The John Larroquette Show."

The Ben Stiller Show

[quote] I loved the one season Prime drama, Good Girls Revolt. It was interesting, and gave me a mid century fix as I was suffering from Mad Men withdrawal.

I really liked this show. I have wondered if it was lasted had it been on AMC instead of Prime.

NOW & AGAIN starring Eric Close, Dennis Haysbert and the always fabulous Margaret Colin. Created by Glenn Gordon Caron (Moonlighting). CBS stuck it on Friday night -- after Kids Say the Darndest Things & fucking Cosby -- where it got pummeled by Dateline (then in top #30).

And it had a kickin' Soul II Soul-ish theme song:

Santa Clarita Diet. I wish there was one more season of Derry Girls and of Man Seeking Woman.

R132, R133: Yes! Party Down just announced that they’re working on a new season. :)

[quote]NOW & AGAIN starring Eric Close

I've always liked Eric Close. I discovered him on Santa Barbara, which I was watching to see what Kim Zimmer was up to post-Guiding Light, and my crush was instantaneous. I've always liked all-American boy types with brownish/reddish hair (cf. Topher Grace, Aaron Tveit). In fact, Eric and Aaron Tveit could play brothers very convincingly (though Eric is 16 years older).

Thanks for mentioning him, r154. I'm now going to watch him in Legal Action, a 2018 film on Amazon Prime's Freevee platform.

Just remembered this favorite, gone too soon.

'Hack' starring the always wonderful David Morse, with support from Andre Braugher, Donna Murphy, and (unfortunately) George Dzundza, who was the only false note in the show.

"When corruption charges strip him of his job, his family and his pride, former cop Mike Olshansky forges a new identity as a Philadelphia cab driver, patrolling the city as a roving vigilante who works with local police."

Better than it sounds, and better than you might imagine. Not available anywhere to stream, unfortunately.

“Models Inc.” — Who was shot at the wedding?!

It was probably a terrible show, but I was 12 years old and LOVED it.

I loved Models Inc when I was 12, too!

Party Down is coming back in February!

Playmarker-1 hour drama about pro football team that aired on ESPN in 2003

The Greatest American Hero. It may have spanned three seasons on the books (IMDB), but there were only 40 episodes total, due to writers strike & such. And the possibilities with the suit were unlimited, since he didn't have the instruction manual!

Clarice

Secrets of Midland Heights - 1980 CBS primetime soap about teens in a small, sleepy Texas town. It starred a few before-they-were-famous actors: Linda Hamilton, Lorenzo Lamas, and Melora Hardin. And the cast included the forever-sexy Jim Youngs, who is still a bachelor...

The Munsters

The Carmichael Show.

Only 32 episodes over three seasons. One of the best.

R167- That was one of my favorite shows in the 1960's-

The Lucy Carmichael Show

Tell Me you Love Me, with Jane Alexander as a therapist who is counseling three couples with problems in their relationships. So true-to-life I almost couldn't make myself watch it. Jane is, as always, incredible. Ten episodes on HBO, not renewed. Adam Scott was in this as well, for those of you who liked him when he was young.

R169- We got to see Luke Kirby's ASS and BALLS

R158, I’ve always wanted to see that show and you’re right, it’s not available anywhere (legit or otherwise).

Y:THE LAST MAN is one of my favorite comics series ever, and I had been waiting on the tv adaptation forever. The resulting series wasn’t GREAT, but it did deserve to continue since it had barely scratched the surface of the original story. I was very surprised it wasn’t renewed.