"Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about. What's yours?"

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Kevin Smokler
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Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.

What's yours?
September 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM

Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.

What's yours?

— Kevin Smokler (@weegee.bsky.social) 2025-09-12T21:06:46.385Z

[ScoutHikerDad]

1. Bloodline

[mentalsolstice]

21. 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼

[FalloutShelter]

36. Definitely Bloodline.

My husband and I actually talk about that once in a while, when plowing through cable programs that last too long.

ALSO… The Booth at the End.
Mysterious man ( the devil) makes deals for souls out of a booth in a local diner.

[MerrilyMerrily]

2. I'll Fly Away

[electric_blue68]

17. I loved that show!

[KitFox]

26. Yes! That is my choice, too.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

58. My choice too. I don't think anyone streams it.

Thanks for writing.

[Dr. Shepper]

3. Freaks and geeks

[markodochartaigh]

4. Firefly.

And special mention to Quark (wasn't a Star Trek show):

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV4Ztn9euy7SLoOEoEY0bVvVCddG2zbdN&feature=shared

If we can include foreign series then Star Cops:

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If we can include foreign language Scúp:

?feature=shared

I would put up C.U. Burn, but I can't find whole episodes online.

[House of Roberts]

5. The Two of Us (1981-1982)

Starred Mimi Kennedy and the great British comedian Peter Cook.

[Midnight Writer]

6. American Gothic. "Someone's at the door."

[Easterncedar]

8. Yes. That one, too.

[Easterncedar]

7. Firefly. Damn that should have outlasted Bonanza.

[ms liberty]

9. Max Headroom and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Both of those shows should have run for several years at least.

[Delarage]

10. The Last Resort

....so appropriate for today, unfortunately, and way ahead of its time (ethical military disobeying corrupt & evil orders).

And also Battlestar Galactica (1978)---not the reboot. This one should have kept going.

[Ziggysmom]

11. People of Earth - wish it had continued past season 2

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[markodochartaigh]

12. That looks pretty good!

Thank you, I'm going to look for it streaming.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

46. Yes, that was a wonderful show.

And apparently promised a third season before ending it after two.

[jmbar2]

49. Had kind of a Forest Gump vibe - walking through eras of history with music.

Surprised to see the whole series on YouTube. Good watch for someone who wants some nice mindless entertainment.

[Iggo]

13. Recently? The Nevers. Jupiter's Legacy. 1899. The Mick.

[skypilot]

14. Although it lasted more than 2 seasons...

...I have to say that I truly miss Friday Night Lights. It lasted 5 seasons, which was probably enough time to tell the story it had to tell. It was a beautifully written and cated show.

[werdna]

16. Hank 1965 sitcom

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_(1965_TV_series)

[10 Turtle Day]

18. The Riches

With Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver, it ran 2007-2008 and ended in a cliffhanger. They were a con family who’d assumed the identities of another family. I still can’t believe they just dropped it right when so many lies were all tangled up leaving viewers wondering how in the hell they could ever get through it without getting caught. Excellent acting and funny as hell. It’s available to stream on Hulu but you’ll be dissatisfied by the unresolved ending.

[quaint]

23. Minnie Driver! Eddie Izzard!

It was great except the end (as you stated).

[beemerphill]

19. Backstrom

Not popular, but funny.

[justaprogressive]

20. Two series

The Invaders


& Max Headroom

[mahatmakanejeeves]

57. MeTV shows "The Invaders."

It comes on in the eastern time zone at 5:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings.

Thanks for writing.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

22. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Norman Lear comedy from 1976 - 1977.

[jmbar2]

27. I went back and watched a bunch of episodes recently

Many of the topics are so relevant today - the fake Christians, employment instability, domestic violence, changing women's roles. What a walk through our cultural past.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

59. jmbar2, yes

"Everything old is new again".........."What goes around comes around." Each generation proudly heralds what is brand new, but honestly, it's repetition that cycles just long enough to seem revolutionary.

[Upthevibe]

69. some_of_us_are_sane......

I loved Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman! That was groundbreaking...

[Drum]

24. Galavant!

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Someone wrote:
“So if Monty Python and the characters from The Princess Bride walked into Disney World, this is what would happen, right?”

[Coventina]

25. Andy Barker PI

[MuseRider]

28. American Gothic and a tie with Firefly.

Someone's at the door has haunted me for a long time. I loved the cast and Gary Cole was super in that character.

[Tetrachloride]

29. MASH

r
r
r

[jmbar2]

30. American Dreams

American Dreams is an American drama television series that ran on NBC for three seasons and 61 episodes, from September 29, 2002, to March 30, 2005. The show tells the story of the Pryor family of Philadelphia during the mid-1960s, with many plotlines around teenager Meg Pryor (Brittany Snow), who dances on Dick Clark's American Bandstand. The show often featured contemporary musicians performing as popular musicians of the 1960s. Season one takes place in 1963–64, season two in 1964–65 and season three in 1965–66.

[hedda_foil]

45. Loved it!!!

[ucralum]

31. Homefront

On ABC from fall 1991-spring 1993. Set in an Ohio town in the immediate post-World War II era, with a fantastic cast--Kyle Chandler, John Slattery, Ken Jenkins, Mimi Kennedy...

[BoRaGard]

32. The Orville: New Horizons (sci fi comedy)

Tour de force!

2 seasons.

On prime and apple and probably other places as well.

[BOSSHOG]

33. Crime Story, back in the 80s

[Iggo]

47. Boy! Was I mad when they cancelled that!

[BOSSHOG]

48. Still Am

[lapfog_1]

34. Action!

The funniest damn show that was actively hated by a large number of people.

Inside the movie making business...

Jay Mohr - "If I were you I would pee the cobb salad every day!"
Buddy Hackett! "Peter has to think you are dead... so what you do is go down to Beverly Hills and sign up with the William Morris agency!"
Illeana Douglas "Peter... I'm a whore" Peter Dragon "so you will stay the night"

only 13 episodes... but written by people that actually lived many of the jokes they included in the show.

[Dragonfly64]

35. The OA

[Upthevibe]

71. Dragonfly64........

That's the one I always say..........The OA.........It's such a bummer that it was cancelled...

[rsdsharp]

37. I really liked Johnny Ringo. Of course, it was on in 1959, and I was 5,

but I still miss it. The gimmick was that Ringo used a LeMat.

[tonkatoy8888]

38. After Life

Written by and starring UK comedian Ricky Gervais.

Gervais is a recent widow who, to put it mildly, is not coping well.

[Norrrm]

39. My name is Earl.... They took every stereotype they could find and emphasized it.

I only saw it in reruns.

[Sneederbunk]

40. Frank's Place.

[Onthefly]

41. Agreed!

[The Madcap]

42. Bosom Buddies

I know...it's kind of silly, but the team of Hanks and Scolari were great together.

[Wiz Imp]

43. Police Squad

[LeftInTX]

50. Never saw it and can't find reruns anywhere.

[Wiz Imp]

55. You can apparently watch full episodes on Fubo with a free trial

https://www.fubo.tv/welcome/series/113774414/police-squad

The whole series can also be bought on DVD from Amazon for less than $10.

[Wiz Imp]

44. Brooklyn Bridge

[FullySupportDems]

51. Life

Last edited Sat Sep 13, 2025, 08:08 PM - Edit history (1)

Was an interesting show. The line, "Do you want to know how I made it through 12 years of prison? " in the last scenes of the last episode was memorable.

If I can have two, the show Brimstone was fun, in a catching demons from hell kind of way.

Edited to fix the quote

[IcyPeas]

52. Carnivale (2005)

[Deep State Witch]

53. Earth 2

1993-94.

[Jilly_in_VA]

54. China Beach

Which I think lasted three seasons? My husband bought me the complete series on DVD, and I still can't watch it all. I cry too much.

Also FIREFLY! Has nobody mentioned that yet?

[Wiz Imp]

56. Fawlty Towers

[LearnedHand]

60. Hannibal, Kaos

There are rumors Bryan Fuller wants to start a new Hannibal miniseries with Zendaya playing Clarice Starling. (Yes please!!!!)

Kaos played only 1 season and Netflix freaking canceled it. It was a modern day telling of the Greek gods, with Jeff Goldblum playing Zeus. It roughly told the story of Orpheus and Euridice.

[Earl_from_PA]

61. I have 2.

When Things Were Rotten, a Mel Brooks take on Robin Hood. Which could never be made today. PC and all it entails.

And, QUARK, a Richard Benjamin show about sanitation engineers in space. It probably couldn't be made today for the same reason.

[ms liberty]

65. I had totally forgotten about both of those, omg! I loved When Things Were Rotten

[chia]

62. Pachinko. Incredible.

And:

Big Little Lies

Little Fires Everywhere

[NH Ethylene]

63. A third season of Big Little Lies was expected.

I was stunned when it was over and I read a little about it online, to find out that the creepy mother-in-law was played by Meryl Streep! Her performance was so rivetingly disturbing that I did not even recognize the actor. Amazing!

If there is a season 3 I hope she is part of it. I love to hate her!

[global1]

64. So Help Me Todd.....nt

[Aristus]

66. "Sports Night". Two short, spectacular seasons.

1999-2001. A different time. Pretty much a different world. When it seemed we were on the cusp of a permanent progressive era. Before the dark times. Before the empire.

I still watch it occasionally, hoping to grasp on to that long-gone era for just a half hour or so, desperately trying to escape the hell of our present day.

[Rhiannon12866]

67. Crazy Like a Fox 1984-1986 CBS

Starring Jack Warden as a private detective and John Rubinstein as his attorney son who was frequently dragged into his father's cases.

[ProfessorGAC]

68. Coronet Blue

It was a summer replacement series, but was supposed to continue.
But, before all the deals were struck, Frank Converse took a role in a cop show.
So, the series ended before we found out what was really going on.
The writers & producers, much later, described what the whole story was and how it was supposed to end.
Would have been awesome to see the episodes that explained everything.
My dad and I both loved that show for the 10 or 12 weeks it was on.

[Upthevibe]

70. mahatmakanejeeves.........

The OA.......

[Upthevibe]

72. mahatmakanejeeves........

Also, Forever. I loved that show and it was only on for one season.

Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen were excellent.