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[WarrenMax007]

Everyone knows about Firefly, Jericho, Freaks & Geeks.
What are other good shows that were canceled, but not so popular as the ones above?

 

[Valravn]

Rome.
Got cancelled because of high production costs.
Carnivàle

 

[abunai]

I loved Terriers but it only got the one season on FX

 

[The_Poet]

The 4400

Threshold


Both were great Sci-Fi's which had good premises and interesting characters. Threshold even has a young Peter Dinklage in it!

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Pushing Daisies

 

[Impeccable]

The 4400, up and down in quality but overall a great super power show.

 

[Tempesta di Fuoco]

 

[Krappadizzle]

Daybreak and Grounded for Life were pretty good.

 

[Banzai]

Reaper.

The "ending" they got was just so unsatisfying.

 

[TEJ]

went in thread to say this

*brofist*

 

[Data West]

3 South

hilarious show.

 

[snarge]

Wonderfalls and Better of Ted.

I only saw a few Wonderfalls, but they were all neat.

Better of Ted is just hilarious, and has a bit of corporate satire in it.

 

[Peru]

Bunheads

Bunheads

Bunheads

I could cry whenever thinking of how disgusting it is that this show was cancelled because there are no alternatives to it at all. It was a tragedy it ended up on the shitty vanilla station it did end up on. If only it was netflix or whatever.

 

[Fallout-NL]

Odyssey 5!

Great sci-fi show with a very surreal feel to it. Sadly it was cancelled way too early, but that did enhance its sense of mystery. I loved it.

Basically the cast of 5 is out flying some shuttle mission when the earth is destroyed. They get sent back in time 5 years by an alien that tells them to find out what happened so that they may try to prevent it. The scene that follows where they discuss what just happened over coffee in a diner is really great and the show has a lot of moments like that.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Comedy:
Clone High
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7jJh8pP9qo

JFK is still my favorite TV asshole.

Drama:
Journeyman

Some people whine about Firefly and whatnot, but they got a movie out of it. My Journeyman brothers, though, they know pain. It hurts us deep.

EDIT: God damn it, now I need a drink. It still hurts.

 

[anddo0]

Human Target

 

[lazygecko]

X-Files spinoff The Lone Gunmen was great.

 

[Dharma]

The Event.

I felt that it was starting to really pick up during the later part of the season, then they went and cancelled it

 

[Chuckie]

 

[WoodWERD]

Party Down was hilarious.

 

[cr_blah_blah]

Undeclared if you want some more Judd Apatow.

 

[JBourne]

Clerks: TAS was sent out to die, when it at least deserved a second season. ABC played the fourth episode first. They played the second episode next, which was a parody of flashback episodes. Both of them made no sense out of context.

The planned episodes could've been great, too. Jay joins a boy band, Affleck as the King of Canada, KITT attempting to kill and replace Dante at the Quick Stop.

 

[biggersmaller]

"Kings" was a great show for the 12 episodes it lasted. Ian McShane as a sort of King Saul in the modern re-telling of the David story was unique and totally underserved by NBC marketing.

 

[pants]

I wanted Deadly Games to finish ;A;

A Space Above and Beyond reboot on HBO would be awesome ;A;

 

[Funky Papa]

*ugly cry*

 

[AwesomeSauce]

I loved Terriers but it only got the one season on FX

Yes, yes, yes.

Terriers is quality television. It is so good.

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

Yes, yes, yes.

Terriers is quality television. It is so good.

Came to post this. Soooooo good

 

[osu61303]

I thought Threshold was pretty good, actually stopped watching new shows before they at least had a season done, because of that show getting canceled mid season.

It was about a weird alien audio signal that would messing up all kinds of stuff

It had early Peter Dinklage too before Game of Thrones fame! He's a condescending super genius if memory serves.

 

[The Cowboy]

Defying Gravity

It loved this show, and i really wanted to see where it was going.

 

[Bo Knows GAF]

I still miss Journeyman

 

[Tim the Wiz]

Endgame. An agoraphobic chess grandmaster solves crimes from his hotel room. Basically a 21st century Canadian version of Nero Wolfe.

I loved Terriers but it only got the one season on FX

:'(

 

[ConfusingJazz]

I still miss Journeyman

This man is my brother.

 

[Shaanyboi]

 

[Mass_Pincup]

Still hurts.

 

[Gibbo]

Journeyman journeyman journeyman.

Lonestar was also not given a fair chance

 

[anaron]

Enlightened
Clone High

 

[The Dennis System]

Enlightened.

 

[FloatOn]

Clone High

 

[whatsinaname]

I enjoyed both of these shows. Definitely wanted more.

Chaos

The Middleman

 

[plainr_]

Awake.

 

[Katori]

Came here to post Threshold, Daybreak and Human Target so I'll go with...

Traveler. I'm sure in retrospect some of the acting was bad, but the plot in this show was off the charts. It was like National Treasure on TV. Would have loved to see the end.

My heart still weeps for Threshold and Daybreak as well

 

[Rhomega Beta]

 

[lunchtoast]

Carpoolers, was aired 13 episodes during the writer's strike but no further episodes were ordered.

Starred Jerry O' Connell and TJ Miller in one of his first roles. 4 guys who live near each other and carpool. You've probably seen the guy driving in the office (jealous boyfriend of the girl Darrel dated) and other comedies

 

[Ramza]

Journeyman

Fucking NBC being shitheads combined with the writers strike doomed it way too early.

 

[Bleepey]

http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt1590961

Man look at how much better it got.

 

[Darklord]

It got a lot of shit for being so different to other Stargate's and basically killing Atlantis to fund its huge budget but if you like sci-fi you should definitely watch it. It has amazing visuals, soundtrack, Rush is a fantastic character, and season 2 has some of the best sci-fi episodes since The Next Generation. Finding out what Destiny was created for is also super fascinating. I wish it didn't end.

 

[pants]

Carpoolers, was aired 13 episodes during the writer's strike but no further episodes were ordered.

Starred Jerry O' Connell and TJ Miller in one of his first roles. 4 guys who live near each other and carpool. You've probably seen the guy driving in the office (jealous boyfriend of the girl Darrel dated) and other comedies

Come on Eileen.

Hair on my jeans.

 

[Nirvana]

She Spies was actually pretty good in its first season. Really weird, British sensibility. Unfortunately they made it into a standard drama series in the second season and then cancelled it. Was fun while it lasted!

Also I thought Alphas was pretty decent. A bit cheesy in that classic Sci-Fi channel way, but I think it was a more unique take on super powers than say, Heroes.

Oh yeah Better Off Ted! Loved that show.

 

[Buzzbrad]

Rome and The Borgias

 

[strafer]