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Press Junketeer  Posts: 446 Joined: 10 Jul 2009     | |
Beat Writer  Posts: 193 Joined: 2 Feb 2009     |
Quoted For Truth |
On the Record  Posts: 5546 Joined: 16 Dec 2008     |
So true, its vastly more popular now than it was when it was on air. *sigh* I love Arrested Development A few newer shows that were cancelled in the first season, Life(NBC), Aliens in America(CW), Everybody Hates Chris (CW) and various other comedies that are being replaced by Jay Leno and other shitty 'comedies' but at least HBO still has some good comedies. |
Beat Writer Posts: 193 Joined: 2 Feb 2009 | Cowboy Bebop! |
Muckraker  Posts: 270 Joined: 21 Jun 2009     | Another one would be Father Ted. Though in all fairness, it was probably better that they ended it since the death of Dermot Morgan. (Who played the titular character of the series.) |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 438 Joined: 2 Mar 2009   | Samurai Jack and Keen Eddie |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1017 Joined: 22 Sep 2009    | Angry Beavers! |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 6 Joined: 2 Nov 2009     | Avatar. Sure, it was on for a REALLY long time, and yeah, it had a resolution and everything, but by golly, I WANT MORE OF IT! here's a great idea for that: Avatar: Generations. they could be a bunch of stand alone episodes that feature a different avatar from past or future and what they did when they were avatars. oh baby, that would be AWESOME. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1143 Joined: 4 Jan 2009  | Carnivale was one of the most original shows i have ever seen, and i loved every ep. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 105 Joined: 23 May 2008  | Titus. The show ended where it needed to, but it was a great ride while it lasted. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 726 Joined: 14 Mar 2008    | I really liked Undergrads, shame there was only one season. The guy still wants to keep it going, and he's getting some funds and all that, but dangit if I'm not eager to watch the antics of Nix, Rocko, Gimpy, and the ol' lovable Cal. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 873 Joined: 4 Jun 2008   | Invander Zim. Screw you Nickolodeon. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1811 Joined: 9 Jan 2009 | Lab Rats, was just a smalltime british sit com but it was really funny. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 396 Joined: 17 Aug 2009   | The original Star Trek series: it only got three seasons. If only they could have seen the true comedy gold in that show. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1238 Joined: 30 Mar 2009  | Samurai Jack |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 821 Joined: 15 Aug 2008  |
Seconded, but that's almost better than seeing them last really long, get old, and die. Shows for me: Korgoth of Barbaria, the shortest of the short, only got that great little short about it that was intended to be its pilot. I'm such a huge fan of Conan the Barbarian that a show about it would be awesome. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 542 Joined: 30 Jun 2009 | I've seen only a few good shows listed, I'll reiterate them along with all the shows you monkeys missed. Firefly; couldn't have gone bad even after 10 seasons Futurama; had the potential to last longer than the Simpsons has (someone should create a similar thread for shows that should have long ago been ended, like Law & Order) Enterprise; knew it was dying, so it whipped out the good stuff at the last moment. had little potential because of linearity constraints which they totally fucked in the Star Trek remake anyway. Farscape; last season was balls in the face, but the creators themselves said they had 9 seasons planned. Dead Like Me; could have gone another couple seasons, but there was never much room for expansion beyond the realm of a sitcom. Sliders; literally limitless potential, but with casting issues axing every compelling character, funding issues leaving the scifi thriller in the show in the toolshed production making every episode more and more like old horror flicks, the show contracted leprosy and fell apart as inevitable as the tides. Aquaman; lots of potential, but picked the wrong damn superhero to make a trendy show out of on a beach. Now Wonder Woman and her trysts on the island full of Xena-like babes and her adventures into the forbidden realms of man would have made a VERY compelling show. Angel; as soon as Buffy The Vampire Slayer ended its 7th season, Angel barely limped on one last, terrible, plot-slaughtering season. If Greenwalt and Whedon had kept things safe and familiar that 5th season they could have done their Wolfram & Hart exec team season later on, but they changed the show too much in that season and lost their core, girl power fanbase by killing off Cordelia and Fred alike. The Invisible Man; Still not sure why this show ended, other than having a 70's cop show about a sassy bald white guy and his wanna-be ghetto invisible white partner with a dead brother that lives inside his brain story-line. But I loved it, miss it, wish they hadn't axed it, but whatever, I felt like listing it anyway. Now there are other shows I could have listed as well like Stargate: Atlantis, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Hercules, Xena, all shows that could have gone much longer but their stagnating story-lines demanded execution anyway. If you feel the need to dispute me, obviously you read to the last page of the thread which NOBODY EVER FUCKING DOES so I'll end my thread with the following close: why did I write all this when nobody is going to read it anyway? |
Beat Writer  Posts: 154 Joined: 14 Oct 2009 | Nothing latly on the Disney channel I can tell you that. The old shows were much better and needed a longer runtime. |
Paperboy  Posts: 16 Joined: 6 Nov 2009   | I joined the forums at last after some lurking, just so I could put this here: SWAT Kats (The Radical Squadron) Two seasons, second one unfinished. Screwed by Ted Turner so that was all. That is all. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 397 Joined: 5 Feb 2009  | Freakazoid and Gargoyles qualify. Yes, the very same companies who made these kickass cartoons are WB and Disney. |
Video Producer  Posts: 370 Joined: 23 Feb 2009     | Lucky Louie Carnivale Dead Like Me K Street Deadwood |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 480 Joined: 4 Jun 2008 | Deadwood and Rome spring to mind. Although I actually quite liked the way Rome accelerated madly towards its conclusion. |
Paperboy Posts: 16 Joined: 6 Nov 2009 |
Oh hell yeah Freakazoid! That was classic. Gargoyles was another case of being screwed by the network... The creators are working on a comic-book series to continue the story at least, now unrestrained by network watchdogs. :3 |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1380 Joined: 11 Jun 2009   | Heroes I don't count Seasons 2 and 3 for obvious reasons |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 376 Joined: 28 Jul 2009 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. NBC show about a struggling sketch comedy program, starring Matthew Perry and the guy from The West Wing. Bitingly witty, truely compelling, with an ending I am convinced is only so weak because they told the writers half-way through the show's run that they're only getting one season, so wrap it up. One of my favorite shows of all time. and it only got ONE FUCKING SEASON. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 672 Joined: 8 Nov 2007    |
Because sometimes I show up. Most of those shows had a long enough run though. Farscape was nasty because they were promised a 5th season and about 2 weeks before shooting the last footage for #4 they heard that the 5th season was cancelled. They didn't have the time to even try and wrap some stuff up. Ah well, Peacekeeper Wars was made and the comics are going strong in sales. I'll add one more vote for Carnivale. And add a show not mentioned yet: 13 episodes, didn't even make it to the end of the first season. The show had so much style and penache. Maybe not the most sofisticated stuff ever but the way it was presented was awesome. And it made me fall on love with Lori Petty all over again. John Glover made an awesome devil as well by the way. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 87 Joined: 3 Mar 2009 | I was getting into that show Invasion when it was out, but they stopped making it after the first series finale. I'm in the UK and I loved shows like Black Books, IT Crowd, Green Wing and the like. But I agree that by keeping the number of episodes short, they all remain brilliant. There are very few British comedies that last more than a few series. |
Paperboy  Posts: 32 Joined: 22 Jul 2009   | Either The Butt Ugly Martians or Cubix |
Paperboy  Posts: 48 Joined: 24 Jun 2009 | Despite all the hate that is gonna stem from this... Star trek Enterprise. as well as Vision of Escaflowne |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1726 Joined: 8 Jan 2009 |
I fucking loved that cartoon! |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 764 Joined: 25 Jun 2009  | Game Over was brilliant! =D But what would you expect from a video game themed show from the makers of Futurama? =] |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 92 Joined: 27 Sep 2009 | Firefly naturally |
Copy Clerk Posts: 104 Joined: 18 Sep 2009   |
Holy cow... i remeber this how old is this anyhow? |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 80 Joined: 5 Nov 2009 | Another vote here for Carnivale - beautifully made, atmospheric, fascinating. And I was kind of pissed about Xena (fangirl squee!) because I think that the way it ended sucked ass - it is not big and it is not clever and it is not dramatic and full of intensity and impact to do that. All it does is give loyal fans the finger and a great big "fuck you". Was going to say Battlestar Galactica. But on second thoughts it was a story arc that had a beginning, middle and end (even if that ending had a distinct whiff of gorgonzola about it...) |
Paperboy  Posts: 50 Joined: 3 Jun 2009  | Arrested Development, Firefly, Futurama, Justice League. |
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They quashed it because it hit too close to home! I agree, though, that was a compelling show.