Shows that you like that never quite made it

[locked&loaded]

I was upset family guy got kicked off the air but its back
same with futurama. Dilbert was alright... some more that are hard to remember are the critic and dr.katz.. but i hardly remember those.

what do you think?

[Yeagermeister]

I was upset family guy got kicked off the air but its back
same with futurama. Dilbert was alright... some more that are hard to remember are the critic and dr.katz.. but i hardly remember those.

what do you think?

Futurama was ok but I have never cared for the others.

[the fake norm hitzges]

I was upset family guy got kicked off the air but its back
same with futurama. Dilbert was alright... some more that are hard to remember are the critic and dr.katz.. but i hardly remember those.

what do you think?

i was disappointed when beavis and butthead was canceled.

dilbert was good.i forgot about it till i read your post.

futurama is still great even though they are re-runs

king of the hill is in its last season.sad,sad,sad.


ill be on suicide watch the day the simpsons gets canceled.

thank God for the miracal of youtube

[tomson75]

I wouldn't exactly call Family Guy a show that 'didn't quite make it'. It's been hugely successful.

Family Guy, That 70's Show, Cheers, MASH, and Friends are sitcoms that I could watch till I die.

The West Wing, CSI, Law and Order, the stable of shows on Discovery/Military/NGEO, and a handful of miniseries make up the rest of my TV consumption.

The only ones I can think of that didn't quite make it were Boston Public, HBO's Deadwood, and HBO's Rome. They all started out strong but floundered within a few seasons.

[Yeagermeister]

i was disappointed when beavis and butthead was canceled.

dilbert was good.i forgot about it till i read your post.

futurama is still great even though they are re-runs

king of the hill is in its last season.sad,sad,sad.


ill be on suicide watch the day the simpsons gets canceled.

thank God for the miracal of youtube

I read somewhere that ABC was going to pick up King of the Hill.

[Yeagermeister]

I wouldn't exactly call Family Guy a show that 'didn't quite make it'. It's been hugely successful.

Family Guy, That 70's Show, Cheers, MASH, and Friends are sitcoms that I could watch till I die.

The West Wing, CSI, Law and Order, the stable of shows on Discovery/Military/NGEO, and a handful of miniseries make up the rest of my TV consumption.

The only ones I can think of that didn't quite make it were Boston Public, HBO's Deadwood, and HBO's Rome. They all started out strong but floundered within a few seasons.

Ugh don't get me started on Deadwood :(

[locked&loaded]

i was disappointed when beavis and butthead was canceled.

dilbert was good.i forgot about it till i read your post.

futurama is still great even though they are re-runs

king of the hill is in its last season.sad,sad,sad.


ill be on suicide watch the day the simpsons gets canceled.

thank God for the miracal of youtube

futurama is back on cartoon network.I heard aftere they are done with the 3 movies that the new episodes will be out

[tomson75]

futurama is back on cartoon network.I heard aftere they are done with the 3 movies that the new episodes will be out

Good. That last movie sucked.

[bbgun]

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9590/vlcsnap288407hl6.jpg

[burmafrd]

Space: Above and Beyond= 1 season with so much promise but put up against 60 minutes.

Earth 2= a show that had so much potential if they had gone to a second season.

Roswell= a guilty pleasure that started very well then they got fixated on Heigle's boobs and soap opera.

China Beach= by far the best Vietnam series ever done; another year could have told a bunch more stories sadly.

There are a few otthers over the last 20 years that go along as well.

Frankly very few in the last 10 years or so that I care about at all.

[CowboyWay]

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9590/vlcsnap288407hl6.jpg

I really thought that show was funny. Something about that guy just makes me laugh. "Cabin Boy" was a god awful flick, but something about it just makes me laugh and laugh.

[Cochese]

Dark Skies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Skies) on NBC.

[Danny White]

I agree with Deadwood... that show really needed two more seasons to finish the story arc. Anything much more than that would have been too much, but it ended prematurely.

Firefly is another show that, while I didn't watch it at the time, I've since seen all the episodes on Netflix and really think it should have been given more than the one season it got.

I have to chuckle at Get a Life. I love that show! I don't know how long of a shelf life it could have had, though. Sometime the the brightest stars burn the fastest. :D

[Yeagermeister]

I agree with Deadwood... that show really needed two more seasons to finish the story arc. Anything much more than that would have been too much, but it ended prematurely.

Firefly is another show that, while I didn't watch it at the time, I've since seen all the episodes on Netflix and really think it should have been given more than the one season it got.

I have to chuckle at Get a Life. I love that show! I don't know how long of a shelf life it could have had, though. Sometime the the brightest stars burn the fastest. :D

HBO promised the Deadwood creators two 2 hour movies to end it but they never happened. All of the actors moved on to other projects. So it's pretty much dead. It's a shame.

[Rack Bauer]

Journeyman and Firefly are a couple I can think of just off the top of my head.

[Faerluna]

Raines with Jeff Goldblum

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0802148/

[theebs]

Arrested development
the world according to andy richter


I have a ton of them. I forgot the name of the show with the comedian that was based on his life and how crazy his dad was....loved it....it was on fox for a year.....

i will think of more..

[locked&loaded]

Journeyman and Firefly are a couple I can think of just off the top of my head.


they made a movie about firefly right? also i heard a ton of people have been buying the dvd set, may get the networks thiniking... I may have to check it out. Whats it about?

[Danny White]

they made a movie about firefly right? also i heard a ton of people have been buying the dvd set, may get the networks thiniking... I may have to check it out. Whats it about?

The movie was called Serenity.

The show is basically a Sci-Fi Western hybrid.

The main character is an homage to Han Solo. He's a rouge pilot with a conscience who, after being part of an unsuccessful rebellion against an evil "empire" now operates a pseudo-legal smuggling/shipping operation on the outer fringes of the galaxy... which has many "frontier" motifs.

He has a crew of colorful characters, including the girl from the new Terminator series.

They get into a lot of scrapes with the government/empire as well as with other assorted outlaw types.

They're basically always just trying to make enough money to live on, and then usually, at some point, the main guy's conscience is tested and he has to decide if he's going to look out for himself or do the right thing. Like I said earlier, a lot of shades of Han Solo in him.

It's a great show though, and like Joss Whedon's other stuff, the writing and dialogue is great and there's a lot of humor in it and good storytelling.

Don't watch the movie until you're done watching the show, but all in all it's a good finale for a show that ended far too early.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Ugh don't get me started on Deadwood :(

It still makes me mad the cancelled it . Not only that but they said they were going to make a two part (2 hour each part) movie to tie up all the ends but then did not.

I remember reading an interview with Ian McShire (sp?), the one that played swearigin, and he said they told them they were going to do the movies and they never heard anything and later figured it was a no go when he found out they tore the sets down. :mad:

[BrAinPaiNt]

Space: Above and Beyond= 1 season with so much promise but put up against 60 minutes.

Earth 2= a show that had so much potential if they had gone to a second season.

Roswell= a guilty pleasure that started very well then they got fixated on Heigle's boobs and soap opera.

China Beach= by far the best Vietnam series ever done; another year could have told a bunch more stories sadly.

There are a few otthers over the last 20 years that go along as well.

Frankly very few in the last 10 years or so that I care about at all.

I liked earth 2 as well. Forgot all about that show.

[BrAinPaiNt]

I agree with Deadwood... that show really needed two more seasons to finish the story arc. Anything much more than that would have been too much, but it ended prematurely.

Firefly is another show that, while I didn't watch it at the time, I've since seen all the episodes on Netflix and really think it should have been given more than the one season it got.

I have to chuckle at Get a Life. I love that show! I don't know how long of a shelf life it could have had, though. Sometime the the brightest stars burn the fastest. :D

Never got to watch firefly but if it was half as good as the movie they made I imagine I would have liked it.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Call me a geek but I got where I liked watching the last star trek series with scott backula called Enterprise.

Not great but I enjoyed it.

There is a show on right now that I imagine will get cancelled. Crusoe. It is not a great show by most measures, sometimes it is silly, but I just enjoy it.

I know it ran it's course back in the day but I loved night court. Every once in a while they show an episode or two on one of the channels but I can never remember which channel or the time.

[bbgun]

WWII-era show "Homefront" was also good.

[Bob Sacamano]

Over There

[Yeagermeister]

Call me a geek but I got where I liked watching the last star trek series with scott backula called Enterprise.

Not great but I enjoyed it.

There is a show on right now that I imagine will get cancelled. Crusoe. It is not a great show by most measures, sometimes it is silly, but I just enjoy it.

I know it ran it's course back in the day but I loved night court. Every once in a while they show an episode or two on one of the channels but I can never remember which channel or the time.

It kinda grew on me like one of those rashes Sarge is always getting. :D

But being the geek that I am I liked all of the Star Trek series esp Voyager once 7 came on board. :D

[Yeagermeister]

It still makes me mad the cancelled it . Not only that but they said they were going to make a two part (2 hour each part) movie to tie up all the ends but then did not.

I remember reading an interview with Ian McShire (sp?), the one that played swearigin, and he said they told them they were going to do the movies and they never heard anything and later figured it was a no go when he found out they tore the sets down. :mad:

They should have made a spin off with just Al and Woo. :laugh2:

[burmafrd]

Firefly was the most over rated and over hyped show I have seen since the followup to Friends by the doofus.
It was pretentious and so obviously an ego trip by Joss (who did an incredible job of inventing BTVS) that I doubt it ever really had a chance to be popular. There were several parts on it that just grated on me- and apparently on most people that tried to watch it.

[locked&loaded]

There is a show on right now that I imagine will get cancelled. Crusoe. It is not a great show by most measures, sometimes it is silly, but I just enjoy it.



up north we dont have many channels and crusoe was on... awful. just awful.

[MetalHead]

Ned and Stacey

[Yeagermeister]

Ned and Stacey

Never heard of it

[Faerluna]

But being the geek that I am I liked all of the Star Trek series esp Voyager once 7 came on board. :D

I love Star Trek, but I never got into Voyager at all until a few years ago. they had it on Spike TV in the afternoons, and I watched it religiously.

For awhile there it was a ST geek's dream. DS9 was on in the morning, followed by TNG, then Voyager in the afternoons.

[Yeagermeister]

I love Star Trek, but I never got into Voyager at all until a few years ago. they had it on Spike TV in the afternoons, and I watched it religiously.

For awhile there it was a ST geek's dream. DS9 was on in the morning, followed by TNG, then Voyager in the afternoons.

Yeah I used to record them and watch them after I got home from work. :D

:geek:

[MetalHead]

Never heard of it

Ned-Thomas Hayden Church
Stacey-Debra Messing

It was on Fox...very funny.

[mr.jameswoods]

21 Jump Street- unfortunately, the show was overshadowed by Johnny Depp's fame and was falsely labeled as a teeny bopper show but it was really ahead of it's timeand has never been given the credit that it is due. That show approached heavy topics in a sincere manner such as HIV, homosexuality, racism, gangs, child abuse, teen pregnancy, homelessness, rape and other issues that were far too taboo during the late 80's, a time in which Hollywood was completely braindead and every character was a stereotype and plots were predictable and avoided certain subjects. Think back to some of your favorite 80's movies and they are filled with unabashed stereotypes; every Asian is a nerd or a karate guy, every Hispanic was a drug dealer, every Black guy talked jive, every fat guy farted and ate everything in sight, every Gay character had a lisp and hit on any male in sight, every blonde girl was sexually pomiscuous or a cheerleader. To think that a show broke these stereotypes and had a multicultural cast that were not token characters was groundbreaking. The sad thing is girls watched the show only for Johnny Depp's looks which led Fox to create a superficial treen drama in 90210 and that led to the creation of all these teen shows. The reality is 21 Jump street was well written and had good intentions even if it got famous for the wrong reasons. Go back and watch some of those seasons and you will be impressed at how it tried to approach these topics in a sincere manner even if it was less forceful and unrefined by todays standards.

[Rack Bauer]

Call me a geek but I got where I liked watching the last star trek series with scott backula called Enterprise.

Not great but I enjoyed it.

There is a show on right now that I imagine will get cancelled. Crusoe. It is not a great show by most measures, sometimes it is silly, but I just enjoy it.

I know it ran it's course back in the day but I loved night court. Every once in a while they show an episode or two on one of the channels but I can never remember which channel or the time.

Great minds think alike.

I also really liked Enterprise (the vulcan chick was HAWT).

Voyager was a great show as well.

And I also kind of liek Crusoe. It's not a "Great" show, but it's enjoyable.



Oh and Firefly/Serenity KICKED MAJOR ARSE!

[mr.jameswoods]

Great minds think alike.

I also really liked Enterprise (the vulcan chick was HAWT).

Voyager was a great show as well.

And I also kind of liek Crusoe. It's not a "Great" show, but it's enjoyable.



Oh and Firefly/Serenity KICKED MAJOR ARSE!

Couldn't agree more. Loved Voyager and Enterprise. Voyager was a nother hidden gem and in many ways I liked it better than Next Generation. Enterprise was cool because it showed the early origins of the Federation

[BrAinPaiNt]

They should have made a spin off with just Al and Woo. :laugh2:

I can think of a great title. :laugh2:

[BrAinPaiNt]

Great minds think alike.

I also really liked Enterprise (the vulcan chick was HAWT).

Voyager was a great show as well.

And I also kind of liek Crusoe. It's not a "Great" show, but it's enjoyable.



Oh and Firefly/Serenity KICKED MAJOR ARSE!

Yes the vulcan chick was hot.

I liked voyager as well.

Never liked DS9 much. I think that was the only one I just rarely watched.

I think crusoe is silly in many ways but something about being marooned on an island I just like. As a kid I enjoyed the swiss family robinson and some other movies/books about that kind of thing.

[Yeagermeister]

I can think of a great title. :laugh2:

Yes and I know what it is :laugh2:

Yes the vulcan chick was hot.

I liked voyager as well.

Never liked DS9 much. I think that was the only one I just rarely watched.

I think crusoe is silly in many ways but something about being marooned on an island I just like. As a kid I enjoyed the swiss family robinson and some other movies/books about that kind of thing.

I liked 7 better but that's just me.

I liked DS9 because I kept waiting for a man called hawk moment. :laugh2:

[burmafrd]

DS9 would have been a lot better if Sisco had been more like Hawk.

[BrAinPaiNt]

DS9 would have been a lot better if Sisco had been more like Hawk.

The only characters I liked on DS9 was Odo and the ferengi (sp?)

I don't know...just seemed like a boring show. Also that had to be the most boring Commander in a star trek series ever.

[Yeagermeister]

DS9 would have been a lot better if Sisco had been more like Hawk.

He had one Hawk moment. When Q first showed up he punched him. :laugh2:

[ConcordCowboy]

Deadwood and Rome are two that HBO screwed up on.

[Yeagermeister]

Deadwood and Rome are two that HBO screwed up on.

Yeap

The last season of Rome was screwed up by cramming two seasons in to one.

In one scene Octavian was a kid and the next he was an adult. :laugh2:

The only characters I really liked were the ones played by Kevin McKidd and Ray Stevenson. I can't remember their names at the moment.

[Chief]

"Dear John" http://www.tv.com/dear-john/show/47/summary.html was one of those shows that didn't quite make it. It starred Judd Hirsch. The guy who cracked me up was the character, Kirk Morris, played by Jere Burns.

[ConcordCowboy]

Yeap

The last season of Rome was screwed up by cramming two seasons in to one.

In one scene Octavian was a kid and the next he was an adult. :laugh2:

The only characters I really liked were the ones played by Kevin McKidd and Ray Stevenson. I can't remember their names at the moment.

Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo.

I read recently that they wanted to make a Rome movie and HBO said they made a mistake (you think) in canceling Rome.

But like Deadwood...the sets were destroyed and the actors had to move on.

The writers said when they were starting to write the second season that that is when they found out that they were canceled and they had to blow through history to wrap it up.

They said seasons 4 and 5 would have been in Egypt.

Damn HBO.

[Yeagermeister]

Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo.

I read recently that they wanted to make a Rome movie and HBO said they made a mistake (you think) in canceling Rome.

But like Deadwood...the sets were destroyed and the actors had to move on.

The writers said when they were starting to write the second season that that is when they found out that they were canceled and they had to blow through history to wrap it up.

They said seasons 4 and 5 would have been in Egypt.

Damn HBO.

I heard HBO shut down Deadwood and Rome because they were too expensive then they turn around and green light a show that cost more than they did. I don't remember which one.

[ConcordCowboy]

I heard HBO shut down Deadwood and Rome because they were too expensive then they turn around and green light a show that cost more than they did. I don't remember which one.

I don't know which show you're talking about that got green lighted, but you're right about they canceled them because of expense.

[CowboysFan02]

Firefly - A GREAT show that Fox killed by showing out of order, they decided instead of showing the pilot first to introduce the charcters, that the first show need alot of action. So they jumbled up the episodes and made the 3rd episode the first.

Moonlight - A great vampire show.

Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Space: Above and Beyond, Journyman

[Cochese]

\

I don't know...just seemed like a boring show. Also that had to be the most boring Commander in a star trek series ever.


Janeway.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Janeway.

She was better than sisco IMO.

[Cochese]

She was better than sisco IMO.

I could make a typical female driver joke about her, but I wont. Voyager was great premise with an awful follow through. They were supposed to be struggling in a new land, but they had a never ending supply of shuttle craft, torpedoes, resources, etc. it was the like the Next Generation reset button phenomenon x100. And they made the borg sissies.


DS9 was bad if you only watched the first 2 seasons, much like Next Gen, it improved greatly around the season 3 point.

[DemonBlood]

Rome, FreakyLinks, Journyman.

[Cochese]

SleeperCell on Shotime was another great show that should have gone on longer.

[burmafrd]

Something is Out There.

[DallasEast]

NY Undercover
The Visitor
Dead Like Me
My Wife and Kids
Dresden Files
Jericho

It's nice to see some fans remember Space:Above & Beyond. It's always good to see Trek fans. I loved all the series and truly believe that JJ Abrams will do the original series justice this May. Here's one for you, Yeager ;) :

http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo4/DallasEast1701/womenoftrek.jpg

[Yeagermeister]

NY Undercover
The Visitor
Dead Like Me
My Wife and Kids
Dresden Files
Jericho

It's nice to see some fans remember Space:Above & Beyond. It's always good to see Trek fans. I loved all the series and truly believe that JJ Abrams will do the original series justice this May. Here's one for you, Yeager ;) :

http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo4/DallasEast1701/womenoftrek.jpg

Good choice for Uhura :bow:

[jwitten82]

I dont know if yall ever heard of a show called Beyond Belief:Fact or fiction, but that was one of the best shows ever.

[Cochese]

Unsolved Mysteries...The new one on Spike is an abortion. Old stories with bad voice overs and terrible music.

[REDVOLUTION]

Ugh don't get me started on Deadwood :(


Wow... watched Deadwood a few times... I thought it was good but the language was "sharp".

I really liked:

Journeyman - cancelled
Sarah Connor Cronicles - heard it may be cancelled
Lipstick Jungle - gonna be cancelled
Fringe - seems safe for now

[DemonBlood]

Unsolved Mysteries...The new one on Spike is an abortion. Old stories with bad voice overs and terrible music.

The original theme song used to scare the crap out of me as a kid.

[bbgun]

Police Squad ... In Color!

[tomson75]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot......Greatest American Hero.

iBKqwdxUH8U

[Yeagermeister]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot......Greatest American Hero.

iBKqwdxUH8U

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/Yeagermeister/greatest-american-hero.jpg


:laugh2:

That show was great....cheesy....but great

[Yeagermeister]

One of my favorites as a kid.

4gTAW5SAW3c

[CowboyJeff]

Dark Skies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Skies) on NBC.

I LOVED Dark Skies. About 10 years ago, I actually found someone who somehow obtained all the episodes of the series (including some unaired episodes) on VHS. I have no idea why that series never caught on. I was glued.

[CowboyJeff]

Rome, FreakyLinks, Journyman.

My wife and I were floored when Journeyman just vanished with no closure. I cant stand when they do that with series they do not renew!

[CowboyJeff]

Police Squad ... In Color!

LOL!!! I like how Nordberg was white in the TV series, but OJ played that character in the movies. LOL!!!

The funniest show I watch on TV now which has not really caught on...yet....is It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia on FX.

http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/sunny/

[CowboyJeff]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot......Greatest American Hero.

iBKqwdxUH8U

LOL!!! I actually purchased the DVD sets of the Greatest American Hero (and Wonder Woman). :laugh2:

[bbgun]

One of my favorites as a kid.

4gTAW5SAW3c


Parents wouldn't let me watch Soap or Three's Company.
My older sibs couldn't watch I Dream of Jeannie because of the sexy outfit. We're very repressed.

[Yeagermeister]

Parents wouldn't let me watch Soap or Three's Company.
My older sibs couldn't watch I Dream of Jeannie because of the sexy outfit. We're very repressed.

That explains A LOT!!!!!!!!!!:laugh2:

[AbeBeta]

Arrested development
the world according to andy richter


Arrested had a good run.

Richter was really funny - surprised it never went anywhere.

About the same time there was a show called Gregg the Bunny which is amazingly funny at times

[Yeagermeister]

Arrested had a good run.

Richter was really funny - surprised it never went anywhere.

About the same time there was a show called Gregg the Bunny which is amazingly funny at times

I liked Greg the Bunny....it was a little weird but then so am I :laugh1:

[AbeBeta]

I liked this HBO show called "John from Cincinnati" -- it was really weird and some of the acting stank but it also had some really complex and deep plotlines with the basic premise of the show being how people react when faced with a miracle.

[AbeBeta]

I liked Greg the Bunny....it was a little weird but then so am I :laugh1:

when they are trying to "hip" up the show and the vampire character is trying to say "ai'ight" but keeps saying "AH-IGUT" - that was really funny.

[Yeagermeister]

I liked this HBO show called "John from Cincinnati" -- it was really weird and some of the acting stank but it also had some really complex and deep plotlines with the basic premise of the show being how people react when faced with a miracle.

David Milch of Deadwood fame was the writer of that show and it had quite a few of the Deadwood actors in it. I always wondered if HBO gave it to Milch to make up for the way they handled Deadwood.

It was a bad show and I didn't really care for it myself.

[tomson75]

when they are trying to "hip" up the show and the vampire character is trying to say "ai'ight" but keeps saying "AH-IGUT" - that was really funny.

Holy crap....my buddies and I used to joke about that all the time at work.

AH-IGUT.........BLAH!

That was funny as hell.

[ChldsPlay]

Firefly has to be the biggest one I wish had made it, even though I didn't watch it when it aired.

Dead Like Me
Andy Richter Controls the Universe
and also with Andy: Quintuplets
Journeyman
Homefront

All were great shows.

A few others that I was liking before they got cancelled but still wasn't sure if they would really turn out well:

Point Pleasant
Drive

[mr.jameswoods]

Wow... watched Deadwood a few times... I thought it was good but the language was "sharp".

I really liked:

Journeyman - cancelled
Sarah Connor Cronicles - heard it may be cancelled
Lipstick Jungle - gonna be cancelled
Fringe - seems safe for now

It could be because the show has been moved to Friday which is an ominous sign. The next show starts February 13th. I love the show but the writing could improve. They are deliberately delaying major events and the show could use more action instead of these filler side plots.

[Cowboysfan22]

I think that jerhico was a good show but it was only on for two or three seasons.

[Rack Bauer]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot......Greatest American Hero.

iBKqwdxUH8U

I LOVED that show when I was a kid. It literally got me escaping into my own imagination. I used to literally pray that I'd also get my own superhero suit.

Yeah, I had a rough childhood.

That actor played a quick "Cameo" on Heroes this season. That was pretty cool. Although I'd have really liked it if they gave him a bigger role.



Jericho was another one I really liked.

[kmp77]

I liked Greg the Bunny....it was a little weird but then so am I :laugh1:

Greg the Bunny was awesome...the best character was Tardy the Turtle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ20Ot9V4Kg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGFTI-EsQF8&feature=related

Crayons taste like purple!