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28 January 2008
TV shows you like that are cancelled I'm just getting into Dead Like Me, and it's so sad, because I know there are only two seasons. But I guess I can enjoy those two seasons. And, I liked Journeyman a lot, but I guess that's cancelled, too. Anyone else have a cancelled TV show on their mind?
i liked wonderland. well, at least i liked the two episodes that abc aired before the show was unceremoniously cancelled. it had a lot of potential. plus, seeing martin donovan in a tv series was pretty cool.
John from Cincinnati (I am probably the only person that liked this show, but found it getting so weird I want to know how it turned out and they just left me hanging)
Men in Trees was a blatant ripoff of Northern Exposure, without John Corbett, who is a member of the select group of male celebrities who I'd allow to have their way with me.
John from Cincinnati had so much potential it's a travesty that it wasn't given more of a chance. Shame that Milch is playing it safe by following it up with yet another cop show.
From a long time ago, American Gothic, with Gary Cole as an evil sheriff who may be the devil only lasted one season. Bizarrely enough, it was a collaboration between Sam Raimi and Shaun Cassidy.
The two episodes of Wonderfalls I saw were pretty great, but I missed the other two that aired. I guess the half season they shot is available on DVD, I should pick it up eventually.
Also, Upright Citizens Brigade was really starting to hit its groove when it got axed. I'd also like if there were more episodes of The State floating in the ether, but I didn't watch it at the time.
I'm an ardent supporter of Arrested Development, but I did feel that the three seasons were probably enough (maybe just short of enough). It's so dense that the episodes feel fresh for many, many viewings. Technically, though... It's a show I liked that got canceled.
I invested so much in the set up of Carnivale that I was frustrated with the cancellation and the frenzied conclusion. The show was wonderfully crafted and conceived, but the pacing and plot development were abusive.
When I was a kid, I loved Nowhere Man. I think that got canceled?
Men in Trees isn't cancelled, chewie. It's coming back in February. (I've never even seen an episode of it. I just read far too much entertainment press.)
I agree with pokermonk that AD was best off being a perfect little 3-season gem.
Sports Night was great and I dearly miss both Rome and Deadwood.
There was a show called Almost Grown back in the late 80s that I dearly loved. The music was awesome. One episode revolved around the main characters locking themselves in the college radio station and repeatedly playing "Time" by the Chambers Bros. Another had Ken Olin desperately requesting a particular version of Almost Blue by Elvis Costello. I thought no one in the world remembered this show but me until someone mentioned in on Mefi a while back. And now that I look it up on IMDB, I see that it was a David Chase show. That explains a hell of a lot. I feel vindicated.
I loved Sports Night. I was also a guilty-pleasure fan of Standoff -- the dialogue wasn't Aaron Sorkin, but it wasn't bad, and the leads had awesome chemistry.
If anyone else actually misses them, please let me know.
:-)
Dead Like Me was cool and its life too brief. Great music, too, mostly by Stewart Copeland. Peter Gabriel even wrote a song with him for the series.
I got into the last couple episodes of Life On Mars, too. Was it canceled prematurely? Its ending was abrupt.
Does anyone remember the first couple years of Fox? Jennifer Love Hewitt started her career on a slightly funny show called On Shaky Ground. Some shows, like the X Files, thrived, while others were just continually cut down and blew away like chaff after barely a season.
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