Season 1 was great. Season 2 took a nosedive in quality when rich lady joined the team
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Less known but still very good canceled TV Shows.
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Season 1 was great. Season 2 took a nosedive in quality when rich lady joined the team
Team Filler
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It wasn't all about Atlantis, mind you. S1 of Universe has some shit-ass characters and stories that long overstayed their welcome, such as the lol-worthy Lucian Alliance shenanigans and the Chloe-Scott-Eli triangle stuff. I myself pretty much wrote off Universe after S1, but then S2 turned things around, had some amazing episodes, and pulled me back in.
If anything, blame the fuckheads at SyFy for killing the entire franchise on television in a misguided ratings-chase.
asthmagasm
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If an internet high five existed, I would give you several for this post.
Keeping with the trend only myself or few enjoyed, I was sad Code Monkeys didn't get renewed for a third season. At first I hated the show but it grew on me, especially after it went on Netflix. I wish there would have been at least one or two more seasons.
I_R_ Patch
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Carnivale .
Terriers was good.
Outsourced was really funny.
Ben and Kate was all right.
My Name is Earl was also funny.
These get cancelled while so many crap shows litter our TV.
lunchtoast
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Yes! Watched that for the first time earlier this year. Loved it. Probably would have worked better on another channel...or Netflix/Amazon. The first season is on Amazon Prime so that's something.
¡HarlequinPanic!
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Man, 3 pages and no mention of classic program Shasta McNasty?
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
I thought exactly the opposite. It started great but become more and more worse as the season progressed. The Icing on the cake was that old rejuvenating guy. His character felt so out of place.
Another show I really enjoyed that was cancelled way to soon was Awake.
The ending isn't really satisfying, but at least it didn't end with a cliffhanger as they used an emergency ending in case it got cancelled after the first season.
The ending isn't really satisfying, but at least it didn't end with a cliffhanger as they used an emergency ending in case it got cancelled after the first season.
Sir_Crocodile
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Eureka
Secret town in america where the worlds super geniuses live, work and often bring the world to the brink of destruction through experiments gone awry.
Five seasons of awesomeness
Secret town in america where the worlds super geniuses live, work and often bring the world to the brink of destruction through experiments gone awry.
Five seasons of awesomeness
I thought that show long outlasted its welcome. It got plenty of seasons, which included a near-complete rewrite of the show!
Put me down for this as well.
Don't Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23. So damn hilarious and cancelled way too early
yes all quality, all taken so soon
Samurai Jack never gets a resolution either
yet 2 and half men and BBT win emmys and will enter double figure seasons
backflip10019
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Undeclared was pretty good. Not as good as Freaks and Geeks, but still pretty good.
Sir_Crocodile
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I thought it was still great. Apparently the show was popular but it didn't make a huge amount of money because of the sfx.
And although it got plenty of seasons, three of them were half length and the two "long" seasons were 18 and 21 episodes respectively, so it was really only three full seasons worth of episodes.
Androidsleeps
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I loved this because Portia was basically playing her character in Arrested Development, and it worked.
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.
That the show was different wasn't the problem I felt. It's that no one was likable and the plot wasn't very good until perhaps near the end with season 2 and by then it was to late.
Now the loss of Eureka and even Warehouse 13 still hurts. Same with Alphas.
James Woods
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Brimstone. It does have a sense of closure at the end tho.
robotzombie
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I'm gonna go with The Unusuals.
It was a really weird, great cop show starring Jeremy Renner and it sadly only lasted a single season. I thought it was doing something pretty unique and off beat for a primetime network show, which is probably why no one watched it and it was cancelled...
It was a really weird, great cop show starring Jeremy Renner and it sadly only lasted a single season. I thought it was doing something pretty unique and off beat for a primetime network show, which is probably why no one watched it and it was cancelled...
FunkyPajamas
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Yeah, came here to post this. I'm not done with the first (and only season) yet, but I've been enjoying it so far.
Also, John Doe and Keen Eddie. Really liked those.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doe_(TV_series)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keen_Eddie
Col WillieSharp
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Cancelled too soon, even counting that surprise bonus final season.
thecouncil
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Boomtown was a good show, as I remember.
Sethtimus Prime
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I really enjoyed Surface until it was cancelled.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
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This was so good. It's a shame it ended up in ABC Family because it would have been really popular on Syfy.
Chronology
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Another one for
So good, and cancelled so soon. Anyone know why it went away?
So good, and cancelled so soon. Anyone know why it went away?
Banderdash
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That we got 3 pages into this and noone has mentioned Deadwood is a damn travesty.
This was also a great series.
Gameboy415
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I thought The River was fantastic:
I also really enjoyed several recent shows FOX stupidly cancelled after only one season:
-Terra Nova
-Alcatraz
-Almost Human
I also really enjoyed several recent shows FOX stupidly cancelled after only one season:
-Terra Nova
-Alcatraz
-Almost Human
For me:
1. Don't trust the B in Apartment 23
2. Better Off Ted
3. Eureka.
I disagree. I felt the show got better and better with time.
Naaa, I loved it. I knew it was doomed from the start tho.
I really loved this show. Crazy car fights n' all.
1. Don't trust the B in Apartment 23
2. Better Off Ted
3. Eureka.
I disagree. I felt the show got better and better with time.
Outsourced. I think I'm the only one on this planet that adores this show.
Naaa, I loved it. I knew it was doomed from the start tho.
Human Target
I really loved this show. Crazy car fights n' all.
DonasaurusRex
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i refuse to accept its cancelled
TarpitCarnivore
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Carnivale
Party Down
Chicago Code
The Hour
Pan Am
Rubicon
Southland (including this despite getting 5 seasons because it bounced around networks)
Party Down
Chicago Code
The Hour
Pan Am
Rubicon
Southland (including this despite getting 5 seasons because it bounced around networks)
Don't Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23. So damn hilarious and cancelled way too early
Loved that show.
A lot of people already mentioned Better off Ted, which was also good.I think I'm most bitter about Go On being canceled. I really loved that show.
shiftplusone
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really enjoyed the one season that this show had
That one still hurts, that show was so fucking amazing
Also came to post this one, such an excellent and underrated show.
I think that one is relatively known, all things considered ;_;
you'll always live forever in my heart
Damn, that show was amazing. It really represented the tail-end of "Generation X", as the culture faded into irrelevance.
It's a shame it got stuck in the early '00s prime time animation death march. They had several more episodes that only got half-made before it was canned.
There's a DVD of this? No shit...
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