What canceled TV show would you bring back if you could? - Page 5

BreizhManu · 12-03-2009, 09:53 AM

Not completely related but interesting read :

http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-b...e-00s,35256/1/

RomaGoth · 12-03-2009, 10:00 AM

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Sadly, yes...got 1 season of awesomeness and nothing more

Thought so. That show was pretty damn funny though. The guy who played the devil was very good, and the chick was hot.

RomaGoth · 12-03-2009, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

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.

The difference now is that very few shows are "filmed before a live studio audience", so to speak. The Office, 30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, and others are all filmed without an audience and/or laugh track. I wonder if Scrubs started that trend or if a prior show was responsible?

RomaGoth · 12-03-2009, 10:05 AM

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The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. - a fun scifi/comedy/western way ahead of its time
Titus - This show so hilarous, shame it only got 3 seasons

Two shows I forgot about. Bruce Campbell is a very underrated/underappreciated actor imo.

Ronnie Dobbs2 · 12-03-2009, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by RomaGoth

The difference now is that very few shows are "filmed before a live studio audience", so to speak. The Office, 30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, and others are all filmed without an audience and/or laugh track. I wonder if Scrubs started that trend or if a prior show was responsible?

I really think The Larry Sanders Show was the show that influenced the way much of TV comedy is done today. Although it didn't have the audience of the shows that followed, the lack of a laugh-track and the turn towards smart, somewhat mean humor was really ahead of its time.

RomaGoth · 12-03-2009, 10:12 AM

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I really think The Larry Sanders Show was the show that influenced the way much of TV comedy is done today. Although it didn't have the audience of the shows that followed, the lack of a laugh-track and the turn towards smart, somewhat mean humor was really ahead of its time.

Ah, I forgot about that show. Pretty funny stuff that was.

sterlingice · 12-03-2009, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by BreizhManu

Not completely related but interesting read :

http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-b...e-00s,35256/1/

Ugh- what a horrible list. You have a couple of perennial Emmy winners and then a bunch of cult classics, many of which just aren't that good.

SI

Edward64 · 12-03-2009, 10:02 PM

Highlander - have to bring back the writers from the early seasons.
Battlestar Galactica - one more season on the new earth would have been perfect
X-Files - but do away with the conspiracy episodes
HBO Rome

and, of course ...

Kung Fu

Karlifornia · 12-03-2009, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Ugh- what a horrible list. You have a couple of perennial Emmy winners and then a bunch of cult classics, many of which just aren't that good.

SI

I think that list was actually pretty damn good. It left off most of the network tripe, because it's precisely that: Tripe.

Grammaticus · 12-03-2009, 10:36 PM

Definately Deadwood and Rome. I'll add Tour of Duty to the list.

sterlingice · 12-03-2009, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Edward64

Highlander - have to bring back the writers from the early seasons.

The last two seasons were awful but I loved everything before that. Ok, correction- the last season and a half. The previous season finale/premiere with the watchmen/immortal war was great and they had the excellent four horsemen two-parter in season 5, too. It's just the whole demon/Richie thing was stupid and they were just mailing it in for season 6.

SI

EagleFan · 12-03-2009, 11:42 PM

Sportsnight - loved that show during it's very brief existence

-apoc- · 12-04-2009, 12:04 AM

Pushing Daisies cause it just made me smile.

Samdari · 12-04-2009, 08:37 AM

Sports Night is just the cream of the crop here. I think more people have purchased the DVD's than watched the show during its run.

I'd add Robbery Homicide Division, but that cannot even get the originals out on DVD.

DaddyTorgo · 12-04-2009, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

The last two seasons were awful but I loved everything before that. Ok, correction- the last season and a half. The previous season finale/premiere with the watchmen/immortal war was great and they had the excellent four horsemen two-parter in season 5, too. It's just the whole demon/Richie thing was stupid and they were just mailing it in for season 6.

SI

i agree. have the show on DVD and season 6 is just painful.

sterlingice · 12-04-2009, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Samdari

Sports Night is just the cream of the crop here. I think more people have purchased the DVD's than watched the show during its run.

I have nothing to back this up, but I think more people watched it on Comedy Central than on ABC. By which I mean more people were introduced to it there. It ran a single time on ABC, maybe with some reruns. Comedy Central ran it nightly for a couple of years so there were more chances to start watching it, even if the number watching each time was much smaller.

SI

RomaGoth · 12-04-2009, 10:12 AM

The Chapelle Show

judicial clerk · 12-04-2009, 11:16 AM

Tales of the Gold Monkey

Pumpy Tudors · 12-04-2009, 11:54 AM

You Can't Do That on Television, Becker, and Woops!

the_meanstrosity · 12-04-2009, 12:19 PM

+1. I heard that the Wonderfalls producers had some interesting story lines planned for the second season. Fun show that introduced me to the term mouth breather.

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3. Wonderfalls - It never got much of a chance.

Malificent · 12-04-2009, 03:06 PM

After Firefly, anything by Bryan Fuller (Wonderfalls, Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies).

Senator · 12-04-2009, 05:50 PM

White Shadow

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