TV shows that were cancelled that upset you...

[jaetee]

I have a short list of TV series that were cancelled that I think should not have been:

• Surface - From a couple of years ago. It ended after first season and the ending left viewers with a lot of unanswered questions! Good writing, good story, good acting... There's actually a huge petition online to bring it back...
  
  Daybreak - Broadcast ended 2/3 way through the season, but you could at least watch the end online
  
  Bionic Woman - I think the writer's strike killed this one. I thought it was decent enough.

There were others, but I cannot think of them right now.

 

[redbenjoe]

columbo

 

[MasterBlaster84]

What a huge question that is, there have been so many shows.

I don't know why but when MASH ended I felt abandoned. :'-( I don't remember if it was cancelled though, not sure what the terms were that ended that show.

 

[ford93]

I miss Hill Street Blues.

 

[jaetee]

Okay... I guess I should have qualified my statement a bit... There are a ton of shows that were cancelled that I miss which were great (Including the three mentioned). The ones you guys mentioned so far were shows that actually had a pretty good run before they ended up on the chopping block.

Columbo, MASH & Hill Street Blues were on the air for a combined 73 years, I think...

Anyway, what I really meant were TV shows that were cancelled within the first season, or never made it to a second season...

 

[MasterBlaster84]

That makes it much tougher to remember, shows that were cancelled in the first season don't usually stick in my mind very well. I'm going to have to think on that for a bit.

 

[gf9696]

I was going to say Married with Children but it had a long run.Can't think of any cancelled in the first season that I liked

 

[Boom Shaka Laka]

Lately...

Journeyman (lead actor Kevin McKidd eventually turned up as Dr. Owen Hunt on Grey's Anatomy)
Life on Mars (U.S. version) (there was a BBC version that ran 2 seasons, followed by a sequel, Ashes to Ashes)

Long ago...

Bay City Blues (a 1983 Steven Bochco series starring Dennis Franz and Sharon Stone about a minor league baseball team; canceled after only 4 of the 13 completed episodes aired.)
The Sanford Arms (a 1977 attempt to continue the Sanford and Son story without Sanford [Redd Foxx] or Son [Demond Wilson]. Also canceled after four episodes. Cool show because many of the original S&S characters participated, including Grady and Aunt Esther.)

 

[jaredscottfla]

after one season??? really imposible to remember i'm sure going back there were some. I was sad when hawaii five o went off but it was on for 11 yrs. Party of five was a really good show that won the emmy for best drama and the next yr was gone

 

[jaredscottfla]

Lately...

Journeyman (lead actor Kevin McKidd eventually turned up as Dr. Owen Hunt on Grey's Anatomy)
Life on Mars (U.S. version) (there was a BBC version that ran 2 seasons, followed by a sequel, Ashes to Ashes)

Long ago...

Bay City Blues (a 1983 Steven Bochco series starring Dennis Franz and Sharon Stone about a minor league baseball team; canceled after only 4 of the 13 completed episodes aired.)
The Sanford Arms (a 1977 attempt to continue the Sanford and Son story without Sanford [Redd Foxx] or Son [Demond Wilson]. Also canceled after four episodes. Cool show because many of the original S&S characters participated, including Grady and Aunt Esther.)

remember fat cal he rep demond wilson,played fred's fat new border a white dude. yea,red foxx was coo/

 

[jaetee]

Okay.... let's just say "shows that ended prematurely"

I actually remember that Sanford & Son spin-off show, and I was 11 in 1977!

I agree about Life On Mars. I watched every episode this past season and enjoyed it.

Two more that come to mind that could have surely been extended for another season or two are:

Jericho
&
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

 

[jaredscottfla]

murder one with daniel benzali was a really good show cancelled after one season

 

[monchito]

beverly hillbillies

 

[jaredscottfla]

the hillbillies
believe it or not that show was on for 6 yrs in the 60's amazing what garbage we watched back then. "all the "rural" comedies
Hillbilies,pettycoat junction,green acres,and of course everyone's favorite HEE HAW

 

[jaredscottfla]

the magnificent seven,lonesome dove the early yrs. Westerns never made it on Tv,after Kung Fu , and Bonanza, and gunsmoke and the late 60's family westerns,Like The big valley ,Laramie,and High Chapparel
Hey Anyone remember Robert Conrad he had 2 good shows,How the west was won and baa baa black sheep,both gone after short runs,also a show with one of the coolest themes of the 70's SWAT

 

[monchito]

the hillbillies
believe it or not that show was on for 6 yrs in the 60's amazing what garbage we watched back then. "all the "rural" comedies
Hillbilies,pettycoat junction,green acres,and of course everyone's favorite HEE HAW

yea but those were the days man rockford files mc-millian and wife columbo

 

[MasterBlaster84]

the hillbillies
believe it or not that show was on for 6 yrs in the 60's amazing what garbage we watched back then. "all the "rural" comedies
Hillbilies,pettycoat junction,green acres,and of course everyone's favorite HEE HAW

yea but those were the days man rockford files mc-millian and wife columbo

To funny, I not only remember those shows but I watched them a lot. Okay many I watched as reruns but I did watch them and I really dug the Rockford files.

 

[jaredscottfla]

stuart margolin who played angel on rockford was cool,i liked noah berry jr his dad
My brother had the rockford camaro same color and all.
U forgot Mccleod what's funnier then a Texas Ranger Detective Riding a Horse in NYC

 

[jaredscottfla]

in keeping with a bbx theme
remember nightflight on usa network? Max headroom,that was here today gone tommorow
Also Vh1's Behind The Music,I read They might Bring that back. I always enjoyed Those.
or going back further Don Kirshner's Rock concert? Geez now i really feel old... No i was not @ for the start of Bandstand but i do remember Hullabaloo and soul train

 

[MasterBlaster84]

My brother had the rockford camaro same color and all.

Didn't Rockford drive a Firebird? I'm going from old memory here.