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[Unbound By Death]

Jekyll - I'm surprised nobody mentioned it yet, was an amazing show.

One of the best series ive seen.

Definitely the best one mentioned ITT.

Highly recommended.

 

[GorillaJu]

Party Down was hilarious.

Came to post this. Amazing show.

 

[StriKeVillain]

Rubicon and Terriers.

 

[UnderWaterTree]

So well written shame it didn't get that much attention

 

[Succinct Verbosity]

I wonder what the most popular cancellation is? Star Trek TOS? Enterprise? Firefly?

It's a sci-fi show wither way.

 

[Resident4t.]

Super interesting show about a con man that lives a double life. Cancelled immediately. Pushing Daises broke my heart. Lone Star getting cancelled just made me angry.

 

[LaunchpadMcQ]

Aaron Sorkin's "Sports Night". Before you ask, yes this was before he started spewing out crap.

 

[Commanche Raisin Toast]

The Fades

 

[bonesmccoy]

I felt that Star Wars: The Clone Wars didn't get the send off it deserved, particularly after the excellent Season 5 finale. (Not really lesser known, but there are a lot of SW fans who ignored it)

Space: Above & Beyond ended too soon but it at least got some closure. Several of the main characters died, the unit was broken up, and the war with the Chigs restarted.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

A bizarre steampunk cartoon based on a bizarre Mignola (of Hellboy fame) comic. Lasted all of one episode, which you can watch here.

 

[DECK'ARD]

This deserved to go on a bit longer as well:

 

[Xpike]

I felt that Star Wars: The Clone Wars didn't get the send off it deserved, particularly after the excellent Season 5 finale. (Not really lesser known, but there are a lot of SW fans who ignored it.)

Boy do I have some great news for you.

 

[rjinaz]

Shows I liked that I felt ended too soon and at the top of my head:

Awake
Deadwood
Reaper
Veronica Mars
4400
Wolf Lake
The Cape (I know, but I liked it)
Sarah Connor Chronicles
Angel

 

[impact]

Angel definitely. Season 6 would have been so good, but to leave it at that ending? Bullshit!

I also thought United States of Tara was pretty good since Patton Oswalt and Brie Larson were entertaining and Toni completely carried it with her performance. Another awful ending.

 

[An-Det]

Nice to see mentions of Threshold, Odyssey 5, Stargate SGU, Terminator SCCC, and The 4400. The first three in particular were rough for me. Threshold I watched as it aired and I think was my first cancellation (Freakylink I watched as it aired, but I was much more into Threshold). Odyssey 5 I got the dvd's from blockbuster and couldn't believe it was cancelled afterwards. SGU was amazing at the end, despite taking a while to get there, but Sci-Fi wanted any excuse to remove more scifi at the time to fit in more wrestling and ghost bullshit. Terminator I watched last year, so I knew what I was getting into, but ended up really enjoying it, that really should have went on after that damn cliffhanger. The 4400 at least finished the story in two books, though I've never found decent summaries since I dont have the time to read them and just want to know what happened next.

 

[Lotto]

My Life as a Teenage Robot. It wasn't really the best show but I enjoyed it enough to miss it when it got cancelled/ended.

 

[Ventara]

The Black Donnellys. It's on netflix now.

This guy knows what's what.

 

[Wreck-It Ralph]

I thought these were both pretty unique. The River was a found footage horror show about a crazy magic river, and Alcatraz was about time-traveling Alcatraz inmates.

I watched them after they were cancelled, so I knew to expect an unsatisfactory ending to both of them, but I was still sad when I reached the end and realized there would be no more episodes.

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The show that single handedly made me quit watching TV for almost five years when it got canceled.

Surprised no one mentioned it... although the argument could be made that some people didn't find it good. I LOVED this show.

Five years? Hot damn, has it been that long?

 

[Deleted member 10571]

Korgoth of Barbaria did not make it past the pilot and I will forever be bummed out by that.

I forgot about this and subscribe to the thread because of this, F4 and Human Target.

 

[The Lone Courier]

I never heard about Terriers before reading this thread. It never aired in my country. It got cancelled, but is the ending really unsatisfactory ? I want to see more Donald Logue (he was the only thing I liked in the first episode of Gotham).

I personally thought the ending was pretty good. Everything is wrapped up with no lose ends. And the last scene was poetic in way.

 

[beat]

I just remembered Dirty Sexy Money. It was heavily retooled after the interesting first season, ruining most of what made it work, and then cancelled when the retooling didn't even help the ratings.

 

[Bold One]

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The show that single handedly made me quit watching TV for almost five years when it got canceled.

Surprised no one mentioned it... although the argument could be made that some people didn't find it good. I LOVED this show.

Anything with Summer Glau in it gets cancelled

 

[neurosisxeno]

Anything with Summer Glau in it gets cancelled

Arrow seems to be going strong.

 

[GraceflAnger]

Flashforward. Loved that show. Can't stand how they ended the first and only season with that tease for the non-existent 2nd season.

 

[squidyj]

I think all the best ones have been mentioned but to reiterate

Life
Clone High
Profit


Stargate Universe did not start off very well but it had a lot of potential and they killed it just as it was starting to grow into that potential.

 

[Hamlet]

So well written shame it didn't get that much attention

Loved this show. Still pretty annoyed at how Disney handled it.
"New episodes at midnight should gain us more viewers right?"

 

[mercenar1e]

Human Target

If only Mark Valley played John Reese.

 

[neojubei]

Noah's ARC
Alphas

 

[Apt101]

Lie to Me. It had a good run but I think still ended a season or two early.

 

[Soodanim]

The Almighty Johnsons.

A New Zealand produced/set show about reincarnated Norse gods reincarnated in modern times. Wiki plot:

The show follows a student named Axl Johnson, who on his 21st birthday discovers his family members are reincarnated Norse gods. The problem is, they do not have full control of their powers and it is up to Axl (the reincarnation of Odin) to restore them and ensure the family's survival by finding the reincarnation of Odin's wife, Frigg.

It's a funny show that doesn't censor itself, but also has sad and darker moments.

I absolutely loved it when it aired, but a year has passed since season 3's ending and no news has emerged as far as I'm aware. I guess it really is the end. I miss it. It was so good.

While Googling I found out that it has only just started to air in the US (well, July 11th).

 

[Ovid]

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

The pilot was fantastic but I thought it fell off towards the end. The reason being they knew it was going to be cancelled and rushed to have a finale. The Event would be perfect for Netflix or Amazon.

I really enjoyed Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles. I was sad when it was cancelled.

 

[battousai11]

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 ;_;

I didn't actually hear anything about it until the third season. All I knew about it was that it had Elisha Cuthbert, but I didn't end up watching it until it was cancelled.

 

[Bold One]

Arrow seems to be going strong.

I dont watch Arrow,

 

[Violence Jack]

This should have lasted far beyond 5 seasons. Best show since Married With Children.

 

[PsychBat!]

Police Squad

I found out the reason why ABC cancelled Police Squad and it is so stupid.

 

[megashock5]

I was really lukewarm about this show at first, but then it really starts to find it's groove in the latter half of its run, introducing a bunch of awesome characters that deserve more screen time.

Still irks me that this isn't available on DVD. Frustrating.

 

[Chuckie]

I dont watch Arrow,

Doesn't make his statement less true.

 

[Soodanim]

I found out the reason why NBC cancelled Police Squad and it is so stupid.

Hmm, curious, I'll Google it...

Police Squad! was cancelled because you had to actually pay attention in order to get the jokes

Jesus fucking Christ.

 

[Chuckie]

I found out the reason why NBC cancelled Police Squad and it is so stupid.

Lol. And NBC's reason is not even true. Police Squad (and Naked Gun) is really REALLY easy humor.

 

[iosefe]

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.

i like you

those last few episodes were absolutely fantastic.

 

[Henke]

Sports Night
Hung
Deadwood
Boomtown
How To Make It In America

 

[celebi23]

Still miss these shows:
My Own Worst Enemy (show left on a cliffhanger )
New Amsterdam (Doesn't the new show Forever seem familiar? )
Kings (a 2nd season was set up so freaking perfectly )
Ugly Americans (the iOS app doesn't make up for a lack of more episodes)
Reaper (was set up for a 3rd season pretty well )
Breaking In
Whitney (screw all you haters, it was funny)

 

[Zatoth]

Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire

 

[mre]

Super interesting show about a con man that lives a double life. Cancelled immediately. Pushing Daises broke my heart. Lone Star getting cancelled just made me angry.

From Wikipedia:

Lone Star is an American drama television series which originally ran on Fox from September 20, 2010 to September 27, 2010

That's harsh, man.

 

[sammich]

Gang Related..

Why does it seem that every second show on here is a FOX cancellation. Depressing.

 

[beat]

Boomtown
How To Make It In America

Aw. =(

Boomtown had a great gimmick in its first season, and then if memory serves the network made them drop it in the second season.

As for How To Make It In America, it wasn't great, but it was pretty entertaining and the characters actually had some struggles. I liked watching it, anyways.

 

[XxSlasherMcGirkxX]

This deserved to go on a bit longer as well:

I was gonna come in posting this as well.

 

[Currygan]

Ripper Street was cancelled, then Amazon revived it

still super fucking salty at the fact my people preferred uber shit reality shows insteads of watching an extremely well made Victorian drama like RP. Fucking morons

 

[Risible]

A bizarre steampunk cartoon based on a bizarre Mignola (of Hellboy fame) comic. Lasted all of one episode, which you can watch here.

Whoa, that was amazing.

 

[sn00zer]

Jekyll - I'm surprised nobody mentioned it yet, was an amazing show.

This show has one of the worst second story arcs Ive ever seen.....first half was incredible though