Best Cancelled Series (that you can get on dvd!)

POSTED BY: adlai
UPDATED: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 05:22
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CLAYBO

Monday, January 9, 2006 3:00 AM

1) Firefly =(
2) Now & Again
3) Freeks & Geeks

Guy killed me, Mal. He killed me with a sword. How weird is that?

MEIMEIMEG

Monday, January 9, 2006 3:12 AM

Arrested Development. I'm pretty sure they were just cancelled. So funny...It was on Fox, though, so it figures...

SUGARFAIRY

Monday, January 9, 2006 6:48 AM

Firefly
Angel
Wonderfalls
Dead like me

Has anyone else noticed the lack of love between Fox and ME alums? They do seem to kill a lot of the shows they are involved in very quickly, eg. Tru Calling, The Inside, Wonderfalls. Are there any more?

I agree with the earlier post about Charmed. I watch it (not so much this season) and I'll be the first to admit that it is complete drivel.

"Coming soon to a forum near you: Something profound and insightful"

CHINDI

Monday, January 9, 2006 7:05 AM

freaks and geeks
sports night

FINN MAC CUMHAL

Monday, January 9, 2006 7:29 AM

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Originally posted by Gelassenheit:
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"Dead Like Me" all the way, man...

agree totally. one fine show that I still don't understand why they cancelled. Got any info on that?

The first season of Dead Like Me was really good. The writing and the storyline were spectacular. I really felt for George, and I was fascinated by the whole “Reaper” thing.

The second season, however, really stunk. The writing went downhill; storylines didn’t mesh. I totally flashed to Dark Angel and the way the second season killed the whole experience.

When the second season is that bad it is usually because something has gone awry within the production. With Dark Angel, it was 9/ll. The specter of terrorism made the continuation of the first season storyline difficult due to sensitivity concerns, so a new storyline was created, which in some respects might have been good on its own, but never quite worked, for me. (I suspect. I don’t think anyone has ever admitted that such problems existed, but it’s difficult to believe they didn’t.)

With Dead Like Me, the problems were just petty creative conflicts between MGM and Fuller, who ended up leaving the show during the first season. Gayheart left during the first season, which I suspect could be related. I don’t know the full details, but when the creator of the show leaves before the first season is filmed due to a managerial conflict that’s a pretty good indictor that Dead Like Me was probably cancelled because it had lost its direction.

Oh, he's so full of manure, that man! We could lay him in the dirt and grow another one just like him.
-- Ruby

NUCKLES87

Monday, January 9, 2006 9:00 AM

Firefly
John Doe
Sonic the Hedgehog SATam.

Aye, the last one on the list may have a few people scratching there heads.

The real shame about this list is...two of them ended on cliffhangers.

I don't beleive I need to explain Firefly, but John Doe and SATam where both surprisingly deep intelligent shows. John Doe had you always guessing what was around the next corner. You never knew what the hell was going on, who anyone was, but you could still get a real sense of the story. John Doe was a great character to.

Sonic the Hedgehog is probably one of the more underrated animations out there. And funny thing is, although it is the most short lived out of all the Sonic animations, it was easily the best. With a compelling story and characters you either loved or loved to hate, it was one of the better animations of the 90's. Got canned after it's second season because the new ABC president didn't like it.

By the way...neither are available on DVD to my knowledge. Doe just hasn't been released yet, and SATam is embroiled in a rights dispute between DiC, Sega, Disney, and some other companies. John Doe is coming to Sci Fi though.

How's my firefly speak? Good? Bad? Fee-oo?

...It's fee-oo isn't it?

FIZZ6KITTY

Monday, January 9, 2006 11:23 AM

Firefly
Wonderfalls
Dead Like Me

TWEETYANGEL

Monday, January 9, 2006 5:28 PM

1. Firefly
2. Space: Above and Beyond
3. Angel
4. Tru Calling

These aren't available but were still good...

5. Jake 2.0
6. Tarzan...I know...but I liked it...
7. Night Stalker

By the way...this is my first post here...

TweetyAngel

SERENYTY

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 3:12 AM

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Originally posted by Jharrod:
Joan of Arcadia was cancelled?

Damn, been too long gone from home.

Yeah, it was.

There was a Firefly-ish following to it, though. The Joan of Arcadia fan site and the official Amber Tamblyn site (of which I am a huge poster). We emailed CBS, wrote letters, posted. Not as big a scale as Firefly, but still we tried to keep it.

Sadly, it was cancelled after 2 fabulous seasons. Hopefully Season 2 will be on DVD soon (I wish it was now, there's a scene in season 2 I could use for a school presentation).

~A message from Serenyty~

RACOONBOY

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 3:49 AM

Firefly,
Angel,
Tru Calling,
Dead Like Me,
Arrested Development,
and Futurama.

Those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head, and yes, House is a great show, but I never got into Medium, it didn't really look all that good.

Oh, and Family Guy, but that was Uncancelled.

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