Submitted by
Users who Dugg This
1KrazyKorean
13260 Followers
Adnan Shaffi
2940 Followers
Divine Diva
9400 Followers
Eric Smith
981 Followers
Art Thou Bored
2897 Followers
MrSoloDolo
1615 Followers
John Boitnott
15829 Followers
ninjagamesAug 13, 2010
yeah good list, I agree with many of those, especially arrested development. That was a really funny show but then got cut off :/
cobraclutchAug 13, 2010
As much as I love Arrested Development, I thought it ended at a good time. By the end of the third season, the storyline jokes were starting to become overdone, and didn't seem to pack as much punch as the first two seasons. Glad they didn't run it into the ground (like what's happening with The Office).
Not that Fox gave them a chance to ruin it...
drunkenkiteAug 14, 2010
I miss megas xlr!
I dig giant robots!
schudog3Aug 13, 2010
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. was one of the best shows to ever hit TV. Viva Bruce Campbell
bohicatwentytwoAug 13, 2010
Except for that one show he had where MiniMe played Napoleon.
mizzrymAug 13, 2010
F that. Jack of all Trades was a great show.
arschgaudiAug 13, 2010
Brisco was very good.
Flash Gordon on the other hand blew the proverbial dead donkey dick.
crazyredivanAug 13, 2010
I'll say it: Bruce Campbell looks damn good in Brisco. Don't know why....
eastwood24Aug 13, 2010
RIP Firefly. You will not be forgotten.
soc7Aug 13, 2010
Firefly was what I expected the future might be like when I was a kid and saw Neil and Buzz standing on the moon. A kids imagination - half western/half star trek.
Firefly was the best.
ralphbotAug 13, 2010
"Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand"
dugg for firefly.
zomiaenAug 13, 2010
Firefly and Jericho my two favorites off that list. Fox entirely f**ked up canceling Firefly. And Jericho didn't get enough viewers? Yeah, maybe that's because CBS aired it on a Wednesday at 9 PM EST. Not a good time.
spritomAug 13, 2010
"Yes... yes. This is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... This Land."
ralphbotAug 13, 2010
"I think we should call it 'Your Grave!'"
redhawktechAug 13, 2010
"I think we should call it your grave!"
celotilAug 14, 2010
"Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"
FPSmotoAug 13, 2010
I have got to get the Firefly series on Blu-Ray already. I keep waiting for the price to decrease, but it's soooo tempting!
truebluejp90Aug 13, 2010
Every time i re-watch an episode I wonder what would've happened if Fox aired them in order on Tuesday @ 8.
f**k Fox and their gorram greedy bastard of a leader.
mushrooms538Aug 13, 2010
fox can't take the sky from me...
Closed AccountAug 13, 2010
Keep flyin
Seriously though I still cant believe the drool dropping idiots at FOX. They had the next Star Trek on their hands and they blew it out the nearest airlock because it didnt have enough ratings in 10 months. Despite that they aired the episodes out of order and kept moving the time slot.
r1100sAug 13, 2010
I have watched Firefly, Jericho, Freaks and Geeks, and Arrested Development in their entirety after hearing the buzz about how they should have never been canceled.
But I never saw them when they were on the air. Fox simply sucks donkey nuts at promoting their shows.
vishreddyAug 13, 2010
same here
lacsapperAug 14, 2010
Really, you suck donkey nuts at promoting your shows?
(just kidding :)
spoonyforkAug 14, 2010
I'm never going to get a chance to forget Firefly if you people keep bringing it up. Sorry, it wasn't that good and you know it. Get over it.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
masomlejnAug 14, 2010
This is blasphemy! This is madness!
allisonaxeAug 14, 2010
This is an overplayed meme, stop it!
spritomAug 16, 2010
He chusheng zajiao de zanghuo!
fractalmanAug 13, 2010
Where is "The Smoking Gun"?
andyroo316Aug 13, 2010
And 'Carnivale'!
Thumbs up for 'Freaks and Geeks' and, true story; a lecturer at my old university wrote for (and I think co-created) Max Headroom!
pvandervossenAug 13, 2010
Playmakers on ESPN
Over There on FX
Two of my favorites that disappeared for various reasons.
stewwriterAug 13, 2010
I miss ALF... does that even count?
zannaduAug 13, 2010
I miss it too, but I think it got its fair share of time. What a weird ending, though.
hewhopoopsAug 13, 2010
I can dig Brisco County, but... no love for The Sarah Connor Chronicles?
feloniusmonkeyAug 13, 2010
Very surprised as well
sabachAug 16, 2010
I find the absence of American Gothic surprising as well.
dinglebuttAug 13, 2010
let me guess, a whedon show and arrested development?
cronicalAug 13, 2010
aaaaaaaand about 25 others
spacem00seAug 13, 2010
Add Charlie Jade to the list, if you enjoy sci-fi. Great show, made it one season, then nothing.
Jericho, man what a let down. Canceled the show during a cliffhanger.
chiefucfAug 13, 2010
Supposedly it continued on it comic format, but I haven't had a chance to check it out.
The actors weren't the best and it was sometimes hammy as a result, but I enjoyed the story.
cepsterAug 13, 2010
It came back, though. They gave it a pretty decent resolve at the end.
spacem00seAug 13, 2010
Yeah, it came back for a 2nd season, but again canceled after 6 or 8 episodes, which had a mid-season cliffhanger.
groberts1980Aug 17, 2010
The second season was a half ass attempt to shut the fans up. Then they rushed the ending when they decided to cancel it a second time. Jericho was awesome.
tabakoAug 13, 2010
Jericho. Really!? Jericho being cancelled was a bad thing???
fadetooneAug 13, 2010
Yes.
hattrix22Aug 13, 2010
It was canceled, BUT the public made a stink and forced them to continue the story line for another 1/2 season or so ... and it sucked. They did well by ending it.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
basicallyacidicAug 13, 2010
well it is sad... but thank god for TV show resurrection... futurama. is. god.
ninzorisAug 13, 2010
The Wire.
Although I don't know how I would feel 15 seasons into it. Maybe it ended just when it needed to.
crytekemployee3Aug 13, 2010
Freaks and Geeks. woot. I have the boxset, which includes 1 dvd and 1 advertisement.
cubswillwinAug 13, 2010
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, HOW I MISS YOU SO. I'm never gonna forget Tobas Funke's profession: "analrapist".
Closed AccountAug 13, 2010
I typically don't digg comments with caps but I just couldn't agree more...
randomerratumAug 13, 2010
I blue myself for nothing.
themadmuleAug 13, 2010
I was waiting for somebody to mention Arrested Development. As much as I love the series, it definitely had run its course to its fullest potential in those three seasons.
mikeyb6969Aug 13, 2010
Definitely Arrested Development, it's as clear as the Ann on plain's face.
tdogg241Aug 13, 2010
...her?
xxm3talheadxxAug 13, 2010
Is she funny or something?
randomerratumAug 13, 2010
egg?
capitalgainsAug 13, 2010
plant?
bamazombiepunchAug 13, 2010
Dollhouse got canceled way too soon as well. Some of these like Max Headroom deserved the axe.
rdldr1Aug 13, 2010
I guess, if you are into crappy convoluted story lines.
truebluejp90Aug 13, 2010
I'm pretty sure Dollhouse was Joss Whedon saying f**k you to fox.
Closed AccountAug 13, 2010
Dugg for someone who actually watched Dollhouse to appreciate the slow build Whedon was giving it. Fantastic sci-fi with the potential to go a lot further than it did.
uselesstriviaAug 13, 2010
It could have been good, but he entrusted his franchise to some pretty terrible and inauthentic actors.
It's another example of studio interference + bad acting ruining otherwise good writing.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
allisonaxeAug 14, 2010
Anyone who dismisses the acting in Dollhouse clearly wasn't paying attention to Enver Gjokaj (Victor.) In the second season, his acting was amazing, especially when he was playing Topher's character.
Closed AccountAug 14, 2010
Agreed. Faith from Buffy was decent, but nothing special - but Sierra and Victor were awesome, and Amy Acker was incredible. The short string of appearances by Summer Glau were pretty sweet too.
It wasn't motion picture blockbuster quality acting, but for a scifi tv show it was solid. The Topher character and scenes in general were masterfully executed.
balancedAug 13, 2010
Max Headroom was way ahead of it's time. I think a similar concept (a dire/wacky look at the media in a dark future) could work today, if done right. The closest thing we have, really, is Futurama.
rdldr1Aug 14, 2010
I actually tried to tolerate two episodes of Dollhouse. It was visual garbage. I cant believe it was not canceled sooner.
Closed AccountAug 13, 2010
God soo many good shows that i loved that were canceled. Rip :'(
nickbc87Aug 13, 2010
No kidding right? I loved Jericho!
........... Also, no one has mentioned Kings. I loved that show, great cast, great sets, excellent cinematography, and NBC had to screw me over!
pmwspenderAug 13, 2010
The 4400 ended right when it was about to get really cool.
tehnicoAug 13, 2010
I liked invasion. Not a lot, but would have liked to see more.
doctechnicalAug 13, 2010
"Automan"? "Manimal"? Are you kidding me? Those two Glen Larson abortions should have never been on the screen to begin with.
"Dead Like Me" should definitely be on the list. Two seasons was far too short. I also have fond memories of "Wizards and Warriors".
punkcatAug 13, 2010
even as a kid, who loved Tron, i could not get into Automan.
drcyclopsAug 13, 2010
Automan and Manimal didn't die soon enough if you ask me.
Closed AccountAug 15, 2010
Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. I have your post-it note. Prepare to die.
kfj3000Aug 13, 2010
Why does everyone always put Arrested Development as a show that didn't get enough attention? The show was on for three seasons. If you can't get an audience in three seasons it's just not going to happen.
Don't get me wrong, I loved AD but I'm just tired of everyone that has some view that the show was railroaded off of TV.
randomerratumAug 13, 2010
You're very right, but Fox certainly didn't do them any favors. They kept changing the air time and breaking weeks up so it was hard to follow. On the strength of the show's critical success, I think they were trying to use it to compete with the other networks, pitting it against big-ticket shows (like Lost and Survivor if I remember correctly). Without the advertising and a huge built-in audience, it just couldn't keep up.
It was just cut way too short for the audience it did have. The characters were so strong and the story barely got wrapped up at all... it really just needed one more season and/or a proper sendoff.
All in all, it's a MUCH better series on DVD (so easy to go through 4 or 5 episodes in a sitting - my wife and I watch the whole series once or twice a year) I strongly urge anyone who hasn't seen it to just go out and buy the first season on DVD... you won't regret it.
punkcatAug 13, 2010
i never heard of the show until it was off the air.
mojomogulAug 13, 2010
The issue was it was never marketed by Fox in comparison to their other shows. I personally never heard of it until an AV Club write-up and caught up on it on DVD while Season 3 aired. During that time (Season 3), it changed nights bi-monthly and then they ran the final 4 shows on some random Sunday afternoon.
This was after it garnered 5 Emmys and 11 nominations.
ljseinfeldAug 14, 2010
@ random: FOX is fairly notorious for launching a show and then making it hard to find. This is also what lead to the (first) death of Futurama.
I'd aslo imagine that the suits would rather make money on reality-type shows where nobody makes more than scale as opposed to having a cast with big name people who will command a much larger salary.
tradwolleyAug 13, 2010
Futurama has already died twice, how did it not make this list.
davidlynessAug 13, 2010
Because it's still on.
mercanoAug 13, 2010
Because there was a new episode last night?
ljseinfeldAug 14, 2010
I was thinking the same thing. Just because it's back (thank goodness), doesn't mean it wasn't killed prematurely.
paperbackmummyAug 13, 2010
I really liked Pushing Daisies. The network failed to promote it well after the writer's strike, however, and the show lost many of its viewers in just the first season. The show's writer, Bryan Fuller, always gets the crappy end of the stick when it comes to his television series. He's created a few really great shows, but none of them have made it past a second season. The networks they've been on all cancel them for lower quality television. It's a shame.
chaosevilAug 13, 2010
Olive Snook yummm,.,.,
Closed AccountAug 13, 2010
Pushing daisies was fantastic, and the whimsical presentation was so fresh. Still, I wonder if it would have gotten stale if it ran for a long time. I would have liked to see it get maybe another season, to allow the storyline to play out, but I don't think it had the potential for a longer running shows. There's only so much you can do with that gimmick before it jumps the shark.
paperbackmummyAug 14, 2010
I agree that it wouldn't have done well if it had run more than three or four seasons. I just wanted the plots tied up. Apparently there is a comic book in the works, but there has been very little news about it. They intend to tie up some story lines with that.
allisonaxeAug 14, 2010
I thought of Pushing Daisies when I saw Wonderfalls in the list, as they were both shows by Bryan Fuller.... and then I scrolled down one more and BAM there it is. He really does get screwed often, doesn't he? is he developing anything new?
paperbackmummyAug 18, 2010
Yeah, two new shows. He's creating a TV series based on Augusten Burroughs' book "Sellevision." He's also pitched a show called "No Kill," a show about a no-kill animal shelter, to NBC. There isn't much information about either at the moment, though.
akairennAug 13, 2010
A show devoted to Quark would be awesome. It'd be like Cheers, but with Ferengi.
doctechnicalAug 13, 2010
No. No more Star Trek. That dead horse has been beaten so many times there's not enough left to make a homeopathic solution of dead horse at 30c.
No. Just no.
uselesstriviaAug 13, 2010
I disagree with your assessment but I had to dig you for the homeopathy crack...that was excellent.
Star Trek has been "reimagined" too many times. They kept trying to do gimmicks. DS9 was the last good series because it kept that hopeful optimistic "gene roddenberry" approach to Trek.
Voyager wasn't quite the same because it had a pessimistic tone...it was always these people trapped a bazillion lightyears from home, doomed to never return. Enterprise had a similar problem in that it's tone was "here's the beginning of the bright and optimistic future...but we're not quite there yet".
Honestly I think a new show could be incredibly successful if they just went back to the roots. Get a ship. Get a crew. Go on some adventures. You don't need some new gimmick, and the ship doesn't have to be called Enterprise. Set it in the TNG setting, a few years after the events of DS9 and go to town.
akairennAug 13, 2010
I'm also digging for the homeopathy line - golden, that.
Anyway, I was being completely non-serious, and making a crack at the fact that the article listed a show called 'Quark'. ;) After the sad hilarities that were Voyager and Enterprise, I'm happy enough to let the series rot in the ground. About the only thing I'd want to see is a Klingon-centric series, and that's just never going to happen. :P
gorftronAug 13, 2010
MST3K had a few more years in it.
zannaduAug 13, 2010
It could theoretically go on forever. Yay for Rifftrax.
skippydoorknobAug 13, 2010
And Cinematic Titanic
unfatherAug 13, 2010
Articles: Now without words!
Seriously people, please do not digg this out of principle. This is not a display of graphical art, it's a bunch of YouTube trailers stacked on top of one another. We are better than this.
badfrogAug 13, 2010
Misfits of Science
doshindudeAug 13, 2010
Lazy article. No descriptions, only youtube videos. Buried.
bookantAug 13, 2010
I came here to say the same thing. Who's Digging this s**t. In addition to being just being video links with no content added, more than half the shows were pure crap that deserved to be cancelled.
Should've been called, "Links to Every Short-Lived Show I Can Think Of. Click My Page, Please!"
wilf_brimAug 13, 2010
Very uneven list. Some crap that never should have even been a pilot (Manimal) along with true jems that were aborted in their prime (Firefly). I'm glad that Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies were on the list. I would have added Space: Above and Beyond, too. Like Serenity it had some clunky episodes, but it was really starting to hit its stride when it got the axe.
hattrix22Aug 13, 2010
Wilf, I added my Space: Above and Beyond comment to the original comment area of the 'article'. Seems we're on the same page!
truebluejp90Aug 13, 2010
Firefly wasn't even in its prime. That's the worst thing of all.
shawnbadenAug 13, 2010
Another vote for Firefly.
A few that come to mind simply because they were cancelled part way through the first season and completely left the story hanging are: Reunion, Traveller, and Vanished.
altairchitectAug 13, 2010
Firefly and Pushing Daisies were definitely short lived.
Pushing Daisies was too whimsical, creative, and fantastic for TV. I wish they had a couple more episodes to wrap things up nicely instead of rushing everything in the series finale.
jshhmrAug 13, 2010
Agreed. Every once in a while there comes a show that is completely original, but nobody watches it. They would rather have tons of cops shows, reality shows, and other crap to watch. Pushing Daisies was my favorite new show.
antdudeAug 14, 2010
Couldn't it be saved for cable/satellite? :(
eastshoresAug 13, 2010
HBO's Carnival was one of my favorites, and they killed it without even a second thought, didn't try to end the story at all =(
jshhmrAug 13, 2010
The preacher fulfilled his contract with the devil, and began doing the voice of Squidward on SpongeBob.
downneckAug 13, 2010
how the f**k does Deadwood not make this list?
mikemarinoAug 13, 2010
Because some ****s****r f**ked up when he was making this god forsaken list that I have been hearing so f**king much about. Only a bunch of hoople heads would believe that Deadwood shouldn't have made the list. JOHNNY GET THE f**kING SLED.
drcyclopsAug 13, 2010
Hang dai, Wu. Hang f**king dai.
CSA4everAug 14, 2010
'Deadwood' was the best tv series ever made. Why are you not in charge of some network?
veriixAug 13, 2010
Heroes
/s
theghoulAug 13, 2010
What?!?
The lone gunmen (the precursor to wikileaks)
The Unit (see the episode about the floating terrorist prison and doubt its coolness)
Blade the TV series (it was much better than the vampire crap out now)
veriixAug 13, 2010
The Pilot episode of the Lone Gunmen was its undoing
Closed AccountAug 13, 2010
The lone gunmen had all the potential in the world.
And squandered it. On ridiculously dumb stories. I get that it was supposed to be a comical take on the xfiles universe, but they went beyond comical to "scary movie" level unfunny parody. Great idea that was executed poorly.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
sgerwel1985Aug 13, 2010
Does anyone else remember a few years back a show called "traveler" or something? It was a show about some college graduates who get tied into this entire terroristic plot and find out their best friend and roommate of 4 years was a terrorist who set them up. So they were on a mission to figure the mess out and i suppose find their "best friend."
If not, i guess i was the only one and i completely see why it failed. Anyways, i did really enjoy that show, it was really interesting show IMO.
shawnbadenAug 13, 2010
Yep, I remember that. It had great potential but I think they only got 4 episodes in. It didn't help it was introduced during the summer season (as I recall). That's always a death nail.
I'm sure it will forever be in my Netflix "saved" queue.
chrisknAug 13, 2010
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/death+knell
shawnbadenAug 14, 2010
@chriskn Thanks for the catch. I think I had "nail in the coffin" in my mind and changed it as I was typing.
pmwspenderAug 16, 2010
Most interesting 4 episode show I've ever watched.
absurdistAug 13, 2010
The Lone Gunmen
The Critic
God, the Devil, and Bob
chokeaduckAug 14, 2010
French Stewart talked so slow in that series (GTDAB) that I had to 2x the DVD. Actually a very funny show if watched in such a manner.
baronvontitoAug 13, 2010
Nice inclusion of Police Squad! I also would've put Andy Richter Controls the Universe, The Critic, Mission Hill, and Undergrads on there.
CSA4everAug 14, 2010
Definitely Andy Richter. Great mention. What I would expect from royalty.
hakzAug 13, 2010
A lot of people will laugh at this, but I agree that Flash Gordon shouldn't have been cancelled. So it didn't have quality plots like lost. It was however, fun to watch and I did enjoy following the storyline
fadetooneAug 13, 2010
Seems like it got a little more intriguing at the end too, if I remember.
dinglebuttAug 13, 2010
>quality plots like lost
>stewie avatar
you're doing great
hakzAug 13, 2010
I think you know what I meant by that statement,
punkcatAug 13, 2010
i couldn't stomach the show.
probatusAug 13, 2010
They could have tied up more of the loose ends on Lost with another season. Or at least a decent episode just about the island.
wolferzAug 13, 2010
heh... it amazes me that people still think the directors and writers of Lost had some master plan. That show contradicted itself too many times. The truth is that the writers and directors probably don't have a much better idea of what was going on than every one else. They just said "<writer> lets do this... they will never figure out what it means! <director> so what *does* it mean? <writer> I dunno... but who the f**k cares?"
fadetooneAug 13, 2010
Clerks: The Animated Series
pvandervossenAug 13, 2010
Definitely. It would have helped if the f**king network had played the episodes in order.
fadetooneAug 13, 2010
As I recall, they only aired 2 of them.
rj78Aug 13, 2010
YEAH THE TICK!!!!
oldmantimeAug 14, 2010
I had no idea they made a live action version of "The Tick". I have only seen the cartoon. I need to see this show.
rj78Aug 16, 2010
The live action show wasn't that bad honestly. I don't remember much, but I never missed an episode.
pgm_01Aug 14, 2010
I loved The Tick. I also liked The Middleman which ABC Family canceled way too soon.
coreybAug 13, 2010
I may get dugg down for this, but Kyle XY was finally coming into its stride
rdldr1Aug 13, 2010
How about The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien?
bohicatwentytwoAug 13, 2010
Max Headroom had so much potential but was too far ahead for its time. It was cyberpunk before most people knew what that meant. Also Jeffrey Tambor.
/pun intended
Closed AccountAug 13, 2010
Buffalo Bill
veriixAug 13, 2010
Frisky Dingo
daedoneAug 14, 2010
on the plus side, season DVDs are cheap now....but yes, I could watch a thousand episodes
dr_lehouxAug 13, 2010
Rome on HBO
tehnicoAug 13, 2010
The first time I saw it and realized it was filmed on location... that's when I knew it wouldn't last. Too much $$$. I loved it too.
krandenAug 13, 2010
It had a good ending at least.
CSA4everAug 14, 2010
Outstanding choice, @Dr_.
smiertspionamAug 13, 2010
The Prisoner wasn't canceled. In fact, the studio made them produce MORE episodes than they initially intended.
trevorbradleyAug 13, 2010
That's correct. In fact the first 5 episodes and the last 2 are the only ones considered "canon" by McGoohan.
pinecone816Aug 13, 2010
I really got into Eli Stone. And then they just pulled the plug.
trevorbradleyAug 13, 2010
Anyone else get weird Javascript alert popups on that page?