[Wray]

Rome

[SmithnCo]

Too early: Thundercats (the new one)

For other cartoons, Avengers EMH and Spectacular Spidey as well. :(

[Sorcerer]

Killed too early:

Police Squad

Only six episodes.

[Remmy2112]

For me shows that died off too early include the following:

Life
Terriers
Lights Out
Firefly
Stargate Universe
Jericho
And Rome.

Rome was sad because of that fire that destroy many of their sets, or so I read. It was probably the biggest contributor to its cancellation.

Life downright pissed me off because the show was pretty much cancelled because of Jay Leno. He didn't want to retire after the Tonight Show was to pass to Conan so NBC decided to cut most of its 9 PM (central timezone) shows or move them to other nights and/or time slots so that Leno could have a 9 PM talk show which bombed. Life was not moved because its subject matter was deemed inappropriate for 7 or 8 PM so it got the axe. Were it not for Leno that show would likely have run longer.

Stargate Universe had finally found its stride in season 2 but it was axed as Sci Fi/Sy Fy usually does to divert money from one or two expensive shows into 3-6 less expensive ones that were either cheap reality programming (Ghost Hunter style), original programming (Alphas), remakes of foreign programs (Being Human), or directly porting over Canadian television shows (Lost Girl and the upcoming Continuum). Some of these new programs are good while others are just awful.

[soundscream]

Firefly and Kings deserved more time.

[Schweinehund]

I just wish Heroes didn't turn so bad so quick.

I think Simpsons needs to be put to rest.

[dead souls]

Season 5 was pretty shaky, so I agree.

Yep. Outside of a few stellar episodes I found Mad Men season 5 to be pretty disappointing. I really don't think it needs 26 more episodes.

[Helmholtz]

Wish they'd kill:
The Office
Dexter
but the damage is already done. Stopped watching them a season or two ago, and probably should have before that even.
Shows that were on for just the right amount of time: The Shield, The Wire, Breaking Bad (at least it seems this way).

[SmithnCo]

I just wish Heroes didn't turn so bad so quick. I think Simpsons needs to be put to rest.

Yes. Time to put Simpsons out to pasture.

[i-Lo]

Gone to soon:

• Firefly (can't be emphasized enough)
• Dollhouse
• Human Target

Long in the tooth:

• Law & Order
• Chuck
• Simpsons

[trinest]

Kill: Law and Order (all of them)Too goddamn many.

They essencially did all that is left now are the international versions. And I think SVU is still going. But the rest are gone.

I wish they kept LA going.

[Zzoram]

Starship Troopers: Roughneck Chronicles

Sony killed it with only 2 or 3 episodes left to complete the series. They should've just finished the last episodes.

[DXPett1]

Had AT LEAST another season left in it

[Rarity]

Too early:
Wolvering and the X-Men
Human Target
Pushing Daisies
Awake
Journeyman

Kill:
How I Met Your Mother
Big Bang Theory
Two and Half Men
Reality shows

[MickD]

Perfect - Damages, with that last season push, ended perfectly.. also I have no worries about Breaking Bad ending.

Killed too early - Pushing Daisies, John From Cincinnati, Bored to Death, Deadwood, Arrested Development (but the new season is coming)!!

KILL - HIMYM, Big Bang, Jersey Shore, Family Guy, Dexter, Always Sunny, True Blood, Wilfred

[C4Lukins]

Too Early: Wonderfalls, Firefly, AD, oh there is a ton of them. Actually King of the Hill. That show could have gone on forever. It never really swayed in quality.

With the time to end it thing. It should only be about shows that you enjoyed that have gone downhill so much that they are only hurting their legacy. If a show always sucked then why do you care?

Time to end it: The Office US. I think it had about 5 good seasons, and a lot of good episodes after that, but the end of Michael Scott should have been the end. They should have tied everything up that season for all the characters and not dragged out that season hoping that they could keep it going.

The Simpsons goes without saying but I guess I will say it just one more time.

True Blood, Weeds and Dexter: All three of these shows started somewhat serious with a bit of comedy and a nice balance of being serious enough that you found the stories and characters compelling. And then at some point, pretty much around season three with all of those shows they gave up on the attempt to be somewhat serious and went full blown crazy late night soap opera.

Battlestar Galactica: After season 2 it really became a mess. And it is not so much that it needed to end early, but they constricted the universe to such a level that there was nowhere to go with it. Lets talk about unions and work conditions for 5 episodes. Lets explore abortion for a couple of episodes. Religious cults are interesting, lets put the antagonists and one of the more entertaining characters in that setting for awhile. Such a great idea that just lost itself in trying to be overbearing with modern day politics.

[CorvoSol]

For other cartoons, Avengers EMH and Spectacular Spidey as well. :(

Still hurts man. Still hurts. On that note Batman Beyond. Best Batman animated series ever.

Too early: Kyle XY Kill: American Idol

Whatever happened to this show? All I know is the girl who played Kyle's girlfriend/sister/fellow clone was in Thor and the boy who played the snotty little bro has his own comedy now.

Screw you buddy, New Girl is on Fox

Forgot this one. It can stay.

[Rabbit Lord]

Rome is really the only show I'm really disappointed is over, that was a great show.

[SmartBase]

Always wish Farscape didn't end the way it did. Rome could've used more seasons too.

[Johnny Dazzle]

Too early: The Young Ones, it should have had at least one more season.

[ThisWreckage]

This topic illustrates how HBO's programming excels above the competition.

Killed too early: Deadwood, Carnivale, Luck, John from Cincinatti, etc. All HBO shows.

Needs to be killed: Dexter and Weeds. Soon to be joined by Homeland. All Showtime shows.

HBO's vision often exceeds their budgets and Showtime's ideas often overstay their welcome.

[Ceebs]

Screw you buddy, New Girl is on Fox

I watched 2 episodes of this. It may be the least funny comedy I have ever seen.

[Zyzyxxz]

They killed off Rubicon too early dammit! I knew it was slowpaced but it was something new and interesting at least...

Also John Doe, how the hell you gonna reveal the most important part of the show and then cancel that shit!

[Ellasman]

Killed to early: Pushing Daisies, Friends firefly is a given

Must kill: Big bang Theory

[Rokam]

Whatever happened to this show? All I know is the girl who played Kyle's girlfriend/sister/fellow clone was in Thor and the boy who played the snotty little bro has his own comedy now.

Ended on a major cliffhanger. It's too bad that it was an ABC Family show, because without all the teen angsty bullshit it was pretty good. Fun fact, the dad from the show is doing the motion capture for Master Chief in Halo 4.

[A Black Falcon]

Killed too early: Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda - the ending of the 5th season was an incredibly rushed ending, it obviously wasn't supposed to end there and they quickly stuck together a 2-episode final arc. I wish it'd had at least one more full season to give it a better ending. Great show...

Farscape is another great choice. It's really sad that it had to end with that incredibly rushed special, instead of at least getting a full 5th season like it deserved... one of the best sci-fi shows around!

[Discotheque]

Rome is really the only show I'm really disappointed is over, that was a great show.

Rome and Deadwood could have went on for so much longer :(

Game of Thrones and Spartacus are really no substitutes for Rome, as fun as they may be.

And Hell on Wheels? Shit.

Recently, Luck's cancellation really got me. Dennis Farina and Dustin Hoffman alone made for the best tv cast out there. Loved all their scenes. Then you had Mann overseeing direction and Milch writing plus a great supporting cast :(

[Angry Fork]

Too early


The shows I feel should be killed I don't watch and if they were cancelled it isn't likely a quality show would take it's place so it doesn't bother me.

Dexter should've had him been a fugitive already they wasted too much time stretching shit out but I don't hate the show. It's still entertaining sometimes, I keep watching it because I've seen so much of it and want to see how it ends like Smallville.

[CiSTM]

Too early

I ahve to agree, Twin Peaks went into slump after the mystery was solved and they started doing all those stupid side stories but on the other hand it started to get interesting again towards the end. Twin Peaks had so much potential.

- Millennium had so much potential, they went for the wrong route during season three but I would have loved more.
- Deadwood is the best god dam show ever to air and they just killed it :(
- Rome They offed Caesar way too fast, this should have been 10 season epic show.


- Firefly wasn't killed fast enough, should have ended after pilot :x
- X-Files went on too long, after Mulder left there really was not point to continue, even before that it could have been wrapped up.
- The Wire 5th season was just fucking terrible, even the fourth season was bit too preachy for my taste.

[Jijidasu]

Journeyman. Quite a while ago but I really enjoyed the first season.

[wwm0nkey]

Kill: Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, American Dad.

I agree with Family Guy and The Cleveland show but American Dad is pure gold.

[Gray Man]

I still enjoy The Simpsons, shoot me.

[Apeopleman]

They need to kill off Dexter and Dr Who. They are EXTREMELY overrated and have lived past their expiration date.

[ArtistDude88]

Killed too early:

Probably been said 100 times already, but, Firefly.

Also:
Stargate Atlantis - After 10 seasons and 3 movies of SG-1, SGA felt like it was cut too short
Stargate Universe - Admit it, it was getting good!
The Dresden Files - Had a nice spin on all the law shows around.
Dead Like Me - I thought it was highly enjoyable

EDIT: OH! Forgot something:


Should of been killed earlier:
Heroes - 1st season was amazing. After the 2nd season they should of put a fork in it.

[CiSTM]

They need to kill off Dexter and Dr Who. They are EXTREMELY overrated and have lived past their expiration date.

Given that Dr. Who Reboots every time so I don't see a problem, long as they can keep writing interesting stories. Haven't seen any of the shows from the 00s so can't say if they are any good.

And now that you mentioned brit shows I think they should have canned Red Dwarf very early on and not to bother with the new show.

[ThisWreckage]

A lot of people will disagree, but I think House should have been four seasons at most. I also would have preferred those seasons to feature the original cast and the original cast only.

[vulva]

Killed too early: The Simpsons -- why did they only get 8 season for this show?

Should be killed: Way too many to name.

[IdreamofHIME]

They need to kill off Dexter and Dr Who. They are EXTREMELY overrated and have lived past their expiration date.

lol, the BBC's highest rated drama and eternal cashcow. Yup, Dr Who should be cancelled.


Some of these comments are insane, trolling gone wild.

[Corky]

Killed too early : Arrested Development

Kill now : American Dad
Should've killed a year ago : South Park
Should've killed a couple of years ago : Family Guy
Should've killed more than a decade ago : Simpsons

[Mgoblue201]

Rome would've benefited from just one more season. If I had my way, the first season would've ended with the Battle of Pharsalus and the death of Pompey, the second season would've ended with the Battle of Philippi, and the third season would've ended with Octavius's victory over Antony at the Battle of Actium, just as it had. Rome's problems are ones of omission, not necessarily pacing, and breaking it up like this would've gone a long way to solving them.

[Solo]

Deadwood could have went on for so much longer :(

Actually, and this is the real tragedy of HBO cancelling the best show ever after 3 seasons, the show would have needed 1 more season to be completed, as Deadwood burned down the next year. Deadwood should have been a 4 season show.

[CiSTM]

Actually, and this is the real tragedy of HBO cancelling the best show ever after 3 seasons, the show would have needed 1 more season to be completed, as Deadwood burned down the next year. Deadwood should have been a 4 season show.

Well, they did rebuild and Al started another saloon"whore house and tightened his grip of Deadwood after the first time the town burned to ground. There would have been still much to do. Methodist church vs. Al would have been awesome battle to see.

Killed too early : Arrested Development Kill now : American Dad Should've killed a year ago : South Park Should've killed a couple of years ago : Family Guy Should've killed more than a decade ago : Simpsons

I really hope they don't drag AD much longer. Last season was still good, but quality has been declinig.

[MarkusRJR]

Someone please kill Big Bang Theory and Glee.

[waypoetic]

Magnum PI!

[PaleFolklore]

Killed Too Early:
Rome
Deadwood
Carnivale
Firefly
Terriers

Should have been/be killed sooner:
Weeds
House
Supernatural
Hell on Wheels
The Killing

[Lord British]

Allen Gregory. I know it was very unpopular on here, but I liked it a lot. I found its obnoxiousness quite amusing and there was a fairly British sensibility to a lot of the humour.

[Meier]

Allen Gregory. I know it was very unpopular on here, but I liked it a lot. I found its obnoxiousness quite amusing and there was a fairly British sensibility to a lot of the humour.

My fiancee loved this show -- I thought it was pretty decent but it was one of her favorites for that time period where it was on. A shame, I think it could have grown. Surprised we've gotten more Bob's Burgers to be honest.

I still loved Veronica Mars season 3 personally.. would have loved to see more. Outside of Party Down (RIP) and Sarah Marshall, Kristin Bell has just been in utter shit since it too which makes me sad. :( That consultant show on Showtime is not very good but it's at least not utter dreck like all of her rom-coms have been.

[Lord Snow]

Killed too early: Rome, Firefly, Veronica Mars (yes), Awake.
Wish they'd kill: The Simpsons.

[Lord British]

How could I forget Clone High!? Should have run and run.

[Lambtron]

Shit, I forgot that Bored to Death was cancelled. :( That one died far too soon. John From Cincinnati is another I would've liked to see continue.