TV shows gone too soon

[Bosonic]

I nominate Siberia, which only made it to one 11 episode season. Shame as I found it enjoyable (Survivor+Blair Witch)

Siberia Episode 1

[dawg]

1. I liked the show these guys were on.

[Codeine]

19. Big damned heroes. nt

[MissB]

22. Shiny.

I've always wanted Jayne's hat.

[csziggy]

24. There are directions out there to knit or crotchet a Jayne hat!

Knit:
http://redshirtknitting.com/?page_id=217

http://www.knittingninja.com/patterns/jayne-cobb-hat/

https://glitzyfaery.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/the-ultimate-jayne-hat-pattern/

Crochet:
http://linz-craftingadventures.blogspot.com/2013/01/jayne-cobb-hat-crochet-pattern.html

http://blasphemoushomemaker.blogspot.com/2013/01/free-crochet-pattern-jayne-cobb-hat.html

http://dryope.typepad.com/grove/2006/03/crocheting_jayn.html

Or you can just buy one on ThinkGeek: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f108/

[sarge43]

27. It's only a true Jayne Hat if Mom makes it. nt

[bigwillq]

2. Sports Night, My So-Called Life (nt)

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

3. Max Headroom

Accept no substitutes.

[Coventina]

39. Yes!! A show that was sooo spookily prescient.

[GoCubsGo]

4. Carnivale.

I'm still pissed at HBO for cancelling it...

[dawg]

11. Should I watch it on HBO Go ...

or will it just infuriate me when it prematurely ends?

[GoCubsGo]

15. It's worth watching, despite the abrupt ending. n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Northern Exposure, one of the quirkiest shows ever.

Exec. Producers decided to develop other "projects" (because what matters in Hollywood is not whether you have a hit, but whether you have a new hit) and the show lost its edge. Didn't help that the star wanted out.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. The show pretty much fell apart when the main character (Joel - Rob Morrow) left

I totally agree with you about its quirkiness, loved all the terrific characters. I used to write about TV, mainly worked with CBS, and Northern Exposure was one of my all time favorites.

[krispos42]

6. "Police Squad"

Six episodes. Six lousy episodes.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. I know. I remember looking forward to that one, too, loved the movies!

Apparently, it had dismal ratings. At around the same time, CBS tried giving a new sitcom to both Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke (separately), not to mention Bullwinkle the Moose. But all of those sank quickly and disappeared, as well. I used to work with CBS and I shared your disappointment.

[Initech]

17. Definitely.

Six episodes but they're still extremely funny and still hold up pretty well.

"Cigarette?"
"Yes I know."

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. I would have liked to have seen another season of Rome as well as Masters Of Horror

..two extremely well acted, written, and produced shows.

[dawg]

14. I'll second Rome.

I thought it was pretty great.

[First Speaker]

10. Nowhere Man

...intriguing show from the 90s, about a man--Bruce Greenwood--whose identity is suddenly, and without warning, simply erased by a Mysterious Conspiracy. One season--and it was just cancelled, leaving us in midair with no explanation. I've always been pissed by that...

[csziggy]

25. Coronet Blue was sort of like that

Man with amnesia and a mysterious past with people trying to kill him every week. Frank Converse played the lead.

For years I wondered what the mystery was - and thanks to the internet it is now solved!
The Mystery of "Coronet Blue" Revealed! http://wesclark.com/webnoir/coronet_blue.html

[hifiguy]

44. I remember that show!

I was just a kid when it was on but remember the plot and liking it a lot.

[Scruffy Rumbler]

12. Firefly! nt

[Lars39]

13. Firefly

[Initech]

16. Arrested Development

Back when it was good. I was not a fan of the recent Netflix revival. You can't take the ensemble out of an ensemble cast and expect it to work. Single characters does not a show make.

[Codeine]

18. Firefly!

That's the clearest example of a show killed too soon.

[flying rabbit]

20. The Tick

Funny as hell.

[Laffy Kat]

21. St. Elsewhere.

Don't remember how many seasons it was on but I loved that series. Wonder if it is available anywhere.

[orleans]

23. st. elsewhere was the first show i thought of too

apparently it was on for six seasons
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083483/?ref_=nv_sr_1

amazon has season 1 on dvd

and the best of on vhs with a 4 tape set (ugh)

i wish they'd put it on dvd

[Laffy Kat]

26. Maybe eventually they will. nt

[AngryOldDem]

29. It was on from 1982 to 1988.

Pretty decent run. A lot of other series should have had such a shelf life.

I was a fan, too, but it was kind of hard toward the end with all the ridiculous plot lines, not to mention the series finale. But for the time, it was pretty good TV.

I have the first season on DVD. There are also some other compilation DVDs of other selected episodes, but I don't think the entire series by season has ever been released, other than Season One.

EDIT: I will give the show credit for bringing AIDS to the TV medium, back when nobody was talking about it, especially on series TV. They had a storyline early on about a politician (I think) being diagnosed, and then the whole story arc later with Mark Harmon's character contracting -- and later dying (offscreen) -- from it.

[sarge43]

28. Firefly, Frank's Place, Kings. nt

[AngryOldDem]

30. "My So Called Life" and "Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip"

"My So Called Life" that should have lasted an entire season, and should have been given a second.

But it gave the world Clare Danes, for which I am eternally thankful.

"Studio," I think, just came too soon after the end of "The West Wing." Sorkin should have waited awhile. I have the series on DVD, and whenever I watch it I see a lot of promise. You have to hang in there with it, which I understand is hard for a lot of TV viewers to do.

[d_r]

31. firefly

Firefly
Freaks and geeks
Wonderfalls
Police squad

[lame54]

32. Men of a certain age...

The greatest show nobody saw

[mysuzuki2]

33. Howdy Doody

followed by Rocky Jones, Space Ranger. Yes. I'm old!

[sharp_stick]

34. Sledge Hammer

I loved the two seasons this was on. The cliffhanger ending and no pickup the 3rd season really pissed me off.

David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer,[1] a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character. Al Jean and Mike Reiss, best known for their work on The Simpsons and The Critic, wrote for the show and worked as story editors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledge_Hammer!

[Raine1967]

35. Square Pegs

[bikebloke]

36. Deadwood

So much was set up for the following season.

[Va Lefty]

37. Dead Like Me

Mandy Patinkin and Ellen Murth were great in this show.

[Coventina]

38. Andy Richter Controls the Universe & Andy Barker, Private Eye

Firefly - OF COURSE!

Arrested Development - *sniff*

[geardaddy]

40. Andy Richter Controls the Universe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Richter_Controls_the_Universe

[Auggie]

41. The Paper Chase, Lou Grant, and Network

Network may have had another six episodes in it. The other two are real oldies. Lou Grant aired for five seasons but could have gone more. The Paper Chase lasted only one.

[PeaceNikki]

42. Pushing Daisies.

[hifiguy]

43. Twin Peaks,

Freakazoid, The Original Monty Python (with John Cleese - the season without him was good, but still).

[HERVEPA]

45. Frank's Place , Firefly, Hot'l Baltimore