What canceled TV show would you bring back if you could? - Page 3

flere-imsaho · 03-17-2009, 09:51 AM

I think there's a special place for Firefly in people's hearts because of the way Fox well and truly fucked with that show.

MikeVic · 03-17-2009, 10:10 AM

I watched Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared one after the other. Both were good shows, but I felt Freaks and Geeks was great, whereas Undeclared was only "good."

Autumn · 03-17-2009, 01:01 PM

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Wow ... I would have forgotten about this one but I would have loved to have more episodes of Get a Life. They need to get on the ball on DVDs for this one.

I had the DVDs for Get A Life I had picked up real cheap years back. I have to say, they were almost unwatchable. I loved the show when it was on, but something changed. Luckily I sold it on Amazon to some collector for an ungodly price. Hah.

Pumpy Tudors · 03-17-2009, 01:12 PM

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Lot of Firefly fans. Thought I was the only one that loved that show.

read more internet

Yeah totally! I wish I could get away from the interwebs people who think Firefly is God's gift to mankind!

lordscarlet · 03-17-2009, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Autumn

I had the DVDs for Get A Life I had picked up real cheap years back. I have to say, they were almost unwatchable. I loved the show when it was on, but something changed. Luckily I sold it on Amazon to some collector for an ungodly price. Hah.

The only comedian worse than Chris Elliot is Tracy Morgan.

lighthousekeeper · 03-17-2009, 02:56 PM

The Higgins Boys and Gruber

lighthousekeeper · 03-17-2009, 02:56 PM

mst3k ?

JPhillips · 03-17-2009, 02:57 PM

Old school Wide World of Sports.

lighthousekeeper · 03-17-2009, 02:57 PM

Its the Gary Shandler Show

JediKooter · 03-17-2009, 03:46 PM

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mst3k ?

+1,000,000,000

I. J. Reilly · 03-17-2009, 03:49 PM

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Boomtown....loved this show.

+1 - Neal McDonough was outstanding as the drunk assistant DA

Autumn · 03-17-2009, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by lighthousekeeper

mst3k ?

I've often fantasized of having a Mystery Science Theater 3000 button on my remote. No matter what show or channel I was watching I could push it and those familiar silhouettes would appear as an overlay and start snarking on whatever happened to be on: Survivor, Entertainment Tonight, the nightly news. It would be glorious.

Travis · 03-17-2009, 04:35 PM

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Firefly was an outstanding series (Am I the only one who wasn't impressed by Serenity, though?) and deserved a longer run.

I also wanted to see more of Invasion, but I knew there was only so much further they could go without it becoming cooky.

As much as Whedon wanted to make the movie as great as possible, I think he knew it would fall short of the show but wanted to have as much closure on the universe as he could. I was just happy that he tied up as many storylines as he did. I can't recall off hand, but I believe some of the interviews he did between the show and the movie made it sound like he had intended to take 3-5 seasons to reveal the information that ended up in the movie. Given the way he tends to develop stories/characters, there was really no way the movie could live up to the style/quality of the show, but it's a lot nicer to have that information/wrap up than to have not done it at all. That said, I believe that Whedon knew the movie would likely be it for live action continuation of that series and wrapped up as much as he did.

Now if they'd just hurry up and start releasing some of the books they've talked about (like giving some info on Book's background and Inarra/the syringe she was holding when they first showed had the Reavers attacking).

mckerney · 03-17-2009, 04:56 PM

Ugh, can't believe I forgot to mention Futurama in my first post.

Neuqua · 03-17-2009, 04:58 PM

Arrested Development
Dawson's Creek

Bad-example · 03-17-2009, 06:27 PM

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Its the Gary Shandler Show

Reminding me of the great HBO product The Larry Sanders Show. That show was so funny and the casting was perfect. A real shame that music copyright issues have (mostly) kept it from reaching dvd. I remember the episode with Carol Burnett being especially hilarious. The Bobcat Goldthwaite one was great too.

SFL Cat · 03-17-2009, 06:41 PM

Probably Firefly. Watched an episode, didn't care for it much...didn't watch. Saw Serenity...liked the movie, bought the DVD of the series, watched it again and realized I missed out on a pretty darn entertaining series.

Crapshoot · 03-17-2009, 07:04 PM

Holy shit, Firefly is something I can agree with SFL on. That's reason enough to bring it back. Greatest show evah!

FBPro · 03-17-2009, 09:48 PM

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Early Edition - It was such a good, wholesome show.

Concur, EE was a show with a fresh idea for it's time.

Senator · 03-17-2009, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by JPhillips

Old school Wide World of Sports.

+1

I want to see more diving from the high cliffs of Mexico!!!

Big Fo · 03-17-2009, 10:01 PM

I'd never heard of Firefly before this thread. Maybe I'll give it a shot one day.

Apathetic Lurker · 03-17-2009, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

uh huh...suuuure

you have never met the old battleaxe, have you?

sterlingice · 03-17-2009, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Autumn

I've often fantasized of having a Mystery Science Theater 3000 button on my remote. No matter what show or channel I was watching I could push it and those familiar silhouettes would appear as an overlay and start snarking on whatever happened to be on: Survivor, Entertainment Tonight, the nightly news. It would be glorious.

This must be what heaven is like

SI

Lathum · 03-17-2009, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by lordscarlet

The only comedian worse than Chris Elliot is Tracy Morgan.

+1 on the Tracy Morgan comment, there is just something uncomfortable about him

Lathum · 03-17-2009, 11:51 PM

Temptation Island

sabotai · 03-17-2009, 11:56 PM

MST3K was never canceled!!

(At least sabotai-world, it goes on strong.......*cries*)

sterlingice · 03-18-2009, 12:06 AM

I might have happened to order a set from valuemst3k before it went offline so I might just watch an episode or so a week

SI

Dutch · 03-18-2009, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Big Fo

I'd never heard of Firefly before this thread. Maybe I'll give it a shot one day.

Be forewarned, I thought the pilot episode was absolute shit (I felt like they tried to cram 500 hours of storyline into one program. I damned near turned away from it after that. But I had bought the series on DVD, so I gave the 2nd episode a shot and some of the humor appeared as well as a vast slow down in character development (a good thing) and I thought, hmmm, that wasn't so bad. Then I tried the 3rd episode and the rest was history.

Antmeister · 03-18-2009, 02:46 AM

Daybreak
The Ben Stiller Show
Firefly (of course)
In Living Color (well actually I wish the original cast didn't leave)

And I have a feeling that I will feel that Battlestar Galactica will have ended too soon when all is said and done.

BreizhManu · 03-18-2009, 07:41 AM

Dead like me

larrymcg421 · 03-18-2009, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Dutch

Be forewarned, I thought the pilot episode was absolute shit (I felt like they tried to cram 500 hours of storyline into one program. I damned near turned away from it after that. But I had bought the series on DVD, so I gave the 2nd episode a shot and some of the humor appeared as well as a vast slow down in character development (a good thing) and I thought, hmmm, that wasn't so bad. Then I tried the 3rd episode and the rest was history.

That's interesting, because the reason FOX supposedly skipped the pilot episode when it was on is because they felt it was too slow. The 2nd episode was created to be the new pilot. I thought the original pilot was much better, and this switch was one of the many ways in which FOX screwed the series.

ShaneTheMaster · 03-18-2009, 11:07 AM

Lucky Louie

Oilers9911 · 03-18-2009, 11:10 AM

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I have the DVDs, highly recommended.

Wow, I had forgotten that show. Funny show.

Passacaglia · 03-18-2009, 11:11 AM

Yeah, highly recommended is one of my favs, too.

larrymcg421 · 03-18-2009, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Logan

I have the DVDs, highly recommended.

Definitely one of the best DVD sets ever produced. Commentary for every single episode, including almost the entire cast (except Carla Gallo), even guest stars. Two different versions of certain episodes.

The only drawback to the set was that the episodes are not ordered chronologically, but instead by the date of airing, which screws up the whole continuity.

Racer · 03-18-2009, 12:00 PM

Journeyman

Schmidty · 03-18-2009, 12:01 PM

This one's easy - Frasier.

JediKooter · 03-18-2009, 12:27 PM

M*A*S*H

sterlingice · 03-18-2009, 12:52 PM

The shows that lasted 1 or 2 seasons- I definitely understand. I still will never get the Firefly following but I chalk it up to Whedon and strange phenomenons that I will never get like Boba Fett and internet memes.

But I'm curious about the 5+ years shows. There have been some justifications here for some, but do you really think they needed another season or seasons of venerable shows? I mean, for instance, I loved Cheers but when it went off the air it was time to go. A really rare example is when a show goes just about right, even more amazing if they close it out well. Deep Space Nine is about the best example of this I can think of. I've been racking my brain to try and come up with shows that went on too short and were more than 5 seasons long. Stargate Atlantis just finished at 5 and was probably a season or two too short- they still had a lot of good stuff going on, but SG-1 was easily 2 seasons too long.

The Simpsons should have been yanked years ago, after about season 10 or 8 if you're really critical. But here we are. Married With Children and Roseanne- classic sitcoms that definitely went too long. X-Files, should have closed it off and stopped at 7. Anyone clamoring for that 17th season of ER? Once Law and Order or CSI get cancelled, will it be too soon or too late? The other L&O's? I'm pretty sure we know that answer.

So, again, really, after 5 years how many cancelled shows needed to go on longer? I'm not saying there aren't any but just because you liked a show doesn't mean it hasn't reached its expiration date.

SI

Marc Vaughan · 03-18-2009, 01:43 PM

Two easy calls

"Firefly" - great sci-fi series, cancelled in its prime imho
"The Dresden Files" - was well chuffed when the series started, was fantastically well done ... and then cancelled

Dr. Sak · 03-18-2009, 01:44 PM

MILF Island

larrymcg421 · 03-18-2009, 01:55 PM

John Larroquette Show - Original Style

The first season of the John Larroquette Show was dark and weird and completely awesome. It was one of the more authentic sitcoms I've ever seen. However, the network panicked because it got low ratings, typically not looking at their own dumb ass decision to premiere it against Roseanne and blaming it on the tone. I would like to see that first season brought back and forget the watered down nonsense NBC turned it into, which basically made it Wings in a bus station.

Ronnie Dobbs2 · 03-18-2009, 01:59 PM

When the Whistle Blows

rowech · 03-18-2009, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Schmidty

This one's easy - Frasier.

Sorry...that show had long run it's course. It had a few funny moments here and there but that show simply ran out of steam.

Honolulu_Blue · 03-18-2009, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

The shows that lasted 1 or 2 seasons- I definitely understand. I still will never get the Firefly following but I chalk it up to Whedon and strange phenomenons that I will never get like Boba Fett and internet memes.

But I'm curious about the 5+ years shows. There have been some justifications here for some, but do you really think they needed another season or seasons of venerable shows? I mean, for instance, I loved Cheers but when it went off the air it was time to go. A really rare example is when a show goes just about right, even more amazing if they close it out well. Deep Space Nine is about the best example of this I can think of. I've been racking my brain to try and come up with shows that went on too short and were more than 5 seasons long. Stargate Atlantis just finished at 5 and was probably a season or two too short- they still had a lot of good stuff going on, but SG-1 was easily 2 seasons too long.

The Simpsons should have been yanked years ago, after about season 10 or 8 if you're really critical. But here we are. Married With Children and Roseanne- classic sitcoms that definitely went too long. X-Files, should have closed it off and stopped at 7. Anyone clamoring for that 17th season of ER? Once Law and Order or CSI get cancelled, will it be too soon or too late? The other L&O's? I'm pretty sure we know that answer.

So, again, really, after 5 years how many cancelled shows needed to go on longer? I'm not saying there aren't any but just because you liked a show doesn't mean it hasn't reached its expiration date.

SI

I agree with most of this. I think it was definitely the case for "Buffy", for example. Other than a few fantastic single episodes, the quality of the show was declining from season 5 on. While I probably would have continued to watch it, had it continued to air, I think it was time for it to end. "Angel" could have had maybe another season, but even that's questionable.

As for Deep Space Nine, though my memory is a bit funny, I do recall it was starting to slip a bit. It was still higher quality than anything pre-Dominion war, but after Dax died and all, things were winding down. I am not sure if that show had anywhere else to go but down as well. Then again, my memory is a bit foggy on it at all.

Schmidty · 03-18-2009, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by rowech

Sorry...that show had long run it's course. It had a few funny moments here and there but that show simply ran out of steam.

I disagree, but that's cool. I loved right until the end in 2004. The best thing about the show was it's dialogue, and that never suffered, imo. It was one of the last "smart" sitcoms. Now all we get is garbage like Two and Half Men.

Honolulu_Blue · 03-18-2009, 03:06 PM

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I disagree, but that's cool. I loved right until the end in 2004. The best thing about the show was it's dialogue, and that never suffered, imo. It was one of the last "smart" sitcoms. Now all we get is garbage like Two and Half Men.

No. We still have things like "The Office", "30 Rock" and "How I Met Your Mother." I think the balance of "smart" sitcoms versus "garbage" is probably pretty similar to what it always has been, especially considering the decline in the overall number of sitcoms on the air.

Pumpy Tudors · 03-18-2009, 03:07 PM

sorry the correct answer was Woops!

Woops!

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Marc Vaughan SI Games Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Melbourne, FL	Two easy calls "Firefly" - great sci-fi series, cancelled in its prime imho "The Dresden Files" - was well chuffed when the series started, was fantastically well done ... and then cancelled Last edited by Marc Vaughan : 03-18-2009 at 01:44 PM.

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