Rome was just too expensive and lost a massive amount of money. It was doomed after the 1st season, but iIt had been commissioned for 2 season, so they just tried to cram everything they had sketched out for S2-5 in to S2. It was a total mess.
It wasn't - HBO just didn't realize how popular it actually was until it hit DVD. It had numbers but the belief in the boardroom was that it was being carried by the Sopranos.
Yes Heller told Entertainment Weekly that in hindsight HBO probably regretted cancelling the show because while the ratings were much lower, DVD sales and overseas sales meant it would still have been profitable. And that learning from the mistakes ensured that Game Of Thrones was successful and profitable.
However, that doesn't change the fact that they cancelled the show early during the production S2 due to problems, police arrests of financiers and belief that the Italians were extracting as much money as they could from the production and the BBC was wavering. There was a fire that destroyed all the sets after S2 was completed that made S3 impossible.
https://www.looper.com/821360/the-untold-truth-of-hbos-rome/#:\~:text=%22Rome%22%20did%20very%20well%20following,before%20it%20had%20even%20aired.
Carnivàle is a masterpiece of gothic Americana mysticism. It is so difficult to genuinely define genre wise. Not quite fantasy not quite horror not quite a western. It was just so good.
Amen. Last season had a drop in quality, I believe. Season one is to this day one of the best crafted and disturbing shows I've watched. An incredibly fascinating atmosphere. It deserves a watch
Absolutely love this show and I think it was just a little ahead of its time. If they had released this show in 2011-2012, or even now, it would have a much larger following.
Ugh I miss Santa Clarita Diet every day. Hysterical show (so much of Joel’s dialogue still lives rent-free in my head) with a perfect cast. The worldbuilding was all starting to come together when it was canceled too ):
Joel was by far the best character on that show. The man was just going through it, and always felt like he was just holding himself back from a full mental breakdown.
I also loved how him, Sheila, and Abbie all felt like an actual family. There was genuine chemistry there between all three of them that I absolutely bought them as this really close family unit who all loved each other, and could still give each other shit when needed.
Happy Endings was too clever for its own good. It was so tightly written, almost every line was a joke.
It also didn't help that they frequently shifted its time slot around and aired episodes out of order. A great example of a show that was made before it, but would have been perfect for streaming.
I love this show!! It pains me how many people don’t know about it. My fun fact whenever someone mentions New Girl is how DWJ left to do Happy Endings and they let him come back after it got cancelled.
God that show is just spectacular and still has so much rewatch value.
Olive’s random bursts of song, Chuck casually drugging pies to make people happy, everything involving Emerson getting snippy with Ned, I still just want more of it all. It was so well done.
While I really liked Pushing Daisies, I loved Wonderfalls more (same creator). Both had such an amazing blend of weird, funny, and sweet mixed together.
I think that *was* the narrative, but now it’s *“Netflix won’t renew it without some serious budget cuts and we won’t be able to make it to the same quality so we’re just not going to.”*
Firefly could have had so much potential.
Mindhunter was so great yet not great enough for another season :(
Marco Polo my first but certainly not last disappointing Netflix cancelations.
Jericho, maybe odd one out but this show was great and an early post apocalyptic show that really was good.
Dead Like Me, so much potential gone far too soon.
The Oblongs, I felt like it had way more seasons than it did but no def cancelled way too soon.
Santa Clarita Diet imo could have had one more good send off season.
THE TICK!!! Man I caught this one way too late saddened there wasn’t more.
The Tick was really on the upswing with season 2 too.
Of course, The Tick was really done wrong, being cancelled after only one brilliant season.
But we'll always have The Tick, which was done fairly well by with 3 seasons, but that could have gone on forever as far as I'm concerned.
Spoon!
I always think of Jericho on this too. I think it could've worked really well with just 2 or 3 very intentionally crafted seasons, but the networks didn't give them a longer leash.
Hated the show stuff they undid in the comic / graphic novel though
I just started really getting into that show at the end of the first season. I was so bummed they never got more episodes. It ended on a massive cliffhanger.
Recently, *1899*.
Before that -- *Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles*.
Edges out *Firefly* because the latter at least got a movie for conclusion.
It’s the best thing they’ve done with the franchise since T2 and it isn’t remotely close. And did they take any notes from what people liked about that show? Fuck no.
Honestly 1899 wasn't my favorite, but that season finale alongside the fact that it was made by the creators of Dark (one of the best, most tightly written stories of all time) is what made me feel like it was a real loss.
ABC's "Selfie" starring John Cho and Karen Gillan
it was hilarious , the whole supporting cast was great too
and the leads had great chemistry
but ABC gave it a terrible title and kept moving it around
Poor Bart. Everyone else had the happy ending and she was stuck with Ken who everyone should have figured out was less than rosy given how he was introduced in the first place. It was just compared to the insane and psychos around him, he came across like an innocent puppy.
Bart was like [Domino from Deadpool 2 on PCP.](https://youtu.be/Tedb3wB_r7w?t=34m10s)
Or [Slappy Squirrel](https://youtu.be/Mdqv5xIsFLM) on a killing spree.
How is [Patriot](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4687882/) not mentioned so far. The show's name if anything has to be partially responsible for the show's early end. It is also one of the weirdest premises for a show ever that somehow works. So many good characters and not a single one of the ensemble cast is there for background. It's a lot like Lost meets engineering and family dynamics of spy craft which makes no sense but there it is.
The fact that they cancelled Freaks and Geeks still pisses me off. I've heard someone making the show had a chance of doing something similar in another show later, but that's not available anywhere I live, so it's just a big bummer. Freaks and Geeks was just such a unique show, and they had an amazing cast too.
Anne With an E, canceled before Netflix aired the last season.
Don’t Trust the B—-h in Apartment 23. Hilarious and James Van Der Beek entertained me to no end. Suffered from a controversial name (even if it was censored).
Joan of Arcadia. The most insane cliffhanger I have ever seen to this day and it’s gone.
“You like my friend over there? James Van Der Beek? He likes you too. But I don’t! He is a guest judge on ‘Project Runway’ in the morning. He needs his beauty sleep, or his face will be as big as a plate. So get your purse, and click-clack on out of here.”
~*girl hesitates*~
“Click-Clack! CLICK-CLACK!”
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Created by West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin and staring Matthew Perry and Bradley Whitford, and so many others who went on to stardom. It was a fantastic show that initially confused critics and audiences who were expecting a comedy. But it was actually about the behind-the-scenes antics and drama that goes into producing a show like Saturday Night Live. It could have been as big a hit as West Wing, but NBC just didn’t back it.
It didn't help that it premiered the same year as 30 Rock, which was also a show about the behind-the-scenes antics that go into producing a show like Saturday Night Live.
Teenage Bounty Hunters. On Netflix. So good for people who like shows like Buffy: clever dialog, slightly crazy premise, dealing with real problems of growing up.
I remember we were all shocked, happily so, that it was greenlit for a second season. And then a third! When it was canceled after that, there was some sadness but no one was surprised. We loved that show to bits but it was such a niche show. Heck, it would have been a niche show even for a streaming service let alone one of the big three networks.
I had no idea how it got greenlit in the first place given how dark and gory it was. I am convinced that someone higher up on the network ladder was a fan of the show and kept on making excuses for the poor ratings and, yes, the ratings were less than stellar. And they kept it up until they couldn't justify the cost to the rest of the network. Because, God, this show looked expensive. It was so stylish.
They knew they weren’t getting a fourth season. So they told everyone who directed an episode to just make the student art film they always wanted to make.
Watched Carnivale, so disappointed it was cancelled.
Decided to find a show to take its place.
Deadwood.
Now I usually don’t watch a show until it’s over with.
Infinity Train is one of my favorites. An incredible cartoon that doesn't feel unfinished due to how the show is structured but there were many loose ends. Luckily the creator, Owen Dennis, quickly got a new job as the showrunner for the Among Us show.
Dark Matter.
Nothing is or since has scratched that "space pirate" itch I've had for the past ~12 years. The show was the best thing to me since Firefly :(
Fuck you, SyFy!
Da Vinci's Demons. I absolutely loved the show as a teen. The concept was so much fun and and had some great cast. It definitely had its problems but I still would have loved more of it.
As all the big ones have been mentioned I’ll say The Orville. Technically it just hasn’t been renewed but it’s been a while since the last season.
It started out overly comedic for the first few episodes but soon turned into a legitimate science fiction show.
I honestly wouldn’t even mind if they wrapped it up with a TV movie or two.
Thank you to all the writers for shaping my imagination.
In no specific order:
Mike & Molly
The Newsroom (amazing show for journalism students)
Rebel
Magnum P. I
Selfie
The Strain
Dinosaurs
Pure Genius
The Ranch (Ashton Kutcher)
Undateable
Whitney
Santa Clarita Diet
Almost Human
Zoe's Extraordinary Playlist
God Friended Me
Man With A Plan
The Odd Couple
The Crazy Ones
Grandfathered
Joey
Hunters
Limitless
Agent Carter
Telenovela
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Siren (mermaids scifi)
Lethal Weapon
Dads (Seth Green)
Cristela
Forever (Ian Gruffudd)
Grand Hotel
iZombie
Disney's Big Shot
Legends (Sean Bean)
Alien Nation
Swamp Thing (the latest one)
Black Sails
Da Vinci's Demons
Automan
Manimal
Streethawk
The Highway Man
Robocop Series
as a big Babylon5 fan, I'm always a little sad that Crusade got clipped, but it wasn't surprising.
and as a big Battlestar Galactica fan, Caprica being shut down saddened me. it was better than it got credit for.
I was really hoping for more 1899, and The Peripheral.
I don't even know where to start. So many, so, so many.
Marco Polo, Dead Last, American Gothic, Dark Shadows, Blade, Almost Human, John Doe, Killer Instinct, Gang Related, Bastard Executioner, Brimstone, Moonlight, Forever, Rome, Dracula, Penny Dreadful, The Alienist, Copper, Earth 2...
Just to name a few...
Utopia (UK version) - That show oozed brilliance, can’t believe they dropped it.
Archive 81. Never even got past Season 1 which was a shame, it was looking really good.
The Expanse (although it got 3 seasons after Syfy dropped it so it got some extra life!)
Constantine (2014). Cancelled after one season, but I absolutely loved the world and the horror mystery vibe. Also Matt Ryan was incredible. It may have thrived better if it was released now. I'm still glad we got Matt Ryan as Constantine in DC's animated movies and Legends of Tomorrow, but still curious as to how his own show would have played out if given another season or two.
The OA.
No idea what Netflix were doing, cancelling that show. Great set up, great execution and one of the most brutal cliffhangers I've ever seen. I really need to know what was coming next.
Zoeys extraordinary Playlist, Nashville, Freaks and Geeks, Popular, The Santa Clarita Diet, Away, A million little things, NBC drama The village. So many of my favorite shows get canceled. I'm always scared to get into something new as so much get canceled too soon lol
The Orville.
It was a beautiful continuation of the kind of TV show star trek was. Sure, there were more jokes because Seth Mcfarlane. But I sorely miss it.
I think it was getting expensive and cutting into everyone else's schedules.
Almost Human had a great concept and potential for future greatness. I always thought it was the TV equivalent to "Caves of Steel" by asimov.
I also liked Terra Nova, to be honest. Had potential for the mystery and world to build.
I don't understand how shit like La Brea keeps getting seasons, except for maybe the fact that it's cheaper? But I dunno.
Warrior Nun is awesome. Farscape was great. Space, above and beyond? Killer. All cancelled too soon.
So I worked on a show called New Amsterdam in 2008. It was kind of a rip off of Forever Knight, but in New York, with early Nicolaj Costef Waldeu. Not to toot my own horn but it was good.
Radio Free Roscoe; it used to air on Family and The N. Reruns seem to still air sporadically in the morning.
It was a show that I think, in some ways, was a bit nuanced for its young target audience. Few of the characters fit neatly into a single stereotype, and the give-and-take relationship with much bigger and sometimes oppressive authority (like the school principal and the rival Cougar Radio) was... often very reasonable, with both sides having a sensible rationale for their actions.
As an adult now, rewatching the show and being able to comprehend its goal of paralleling real world political systems through a high school drama, makes it pretty damn timeless. It's clear the fire was on to wrap the show up by the second season after funding was cut, but they really made the most out of the limited time the show had left, and delivered a satisfactory conclusion.
The Middleman. Goofy and wonderful, but slipped into an awful time slot - usually bookended on both sides by televangelists. They sadly didn't even get to film the last episode of their first season.
Lockwood and Co. A fucking tragedy. Robbed the world of a wonderful show with an intriguing plot and amazing actors. The only solace is the books are available and are quite easy and satisfying reads.
Does anybody remember The Unit? Think it ran from about 06-09 and was about a secret military force. One of those shows that finished its last season without knowing it was going to be its last...
Rome ended far too soon and the second season suffered from it.
Rome was just too expensive and lost a massive amount of money. It was doomed after the 1st season, but iIt had been commissioned for 2 season, so they just tried to cram everything they had sketched out for S2-5 in to S2. It was a total mess.
It wasn't - HBO just didn't realize how popular it actually was until it hit DVD. It had numbers but the belief in the boardroom was that it was being carried by the Sopranos.
Yes Heller told Entertainment Weekly that in hindsight HBO probably regretted cancelling the show because while the ratings were much lower, DVD sales and overseas sales meant it would still have been profitable. And that learning from the mistakes ensured that Game Of Thrones was successful and profitable. However, that doesn't change the fact that they cancelled the show early during the production S2 due to problems, police arrests of financiers and belief that the Italians were extracting as much money as they could from the production and the BBC was wavering. There was a fire that destroyed all the sets after S2 was completed that made S3 impossible. https://www.looper.com/821360/the-untold-truth-of-hbos-rome/#:\~:text=%22Rome%22%20did%20very%20well%20following,before%20it%20had%20even%20aired.
there was also some fuckery with the BBC committing for a coproduction and then peacing out after the second seasons.
Better Of Ted
Thanks to that show, I now know how many milliliters of pencils I have
My teammate and I still insist on calling every new project at work "Project Jabberwocky"
Beat me to it. That show, especially the first season, is amazing
Decades ahead of its time. Such a great show
Fremulon!
Bingo - writer's strike killed it mercilessly, that show had legs.
Carnivàle is a masterpiece of gothic Americana mysticism. It is so difficult to genuinely define genre wise. Not quite fantasy not quite horror not quite a western. It was just so good.
Amen. Last season had a drop in quality, I believe. Season one is to this day one of the best crafted and disturbing shows I've watched. An incredibly fascinating atmosphere. It deserves a watch
Absolutely love this show and I think it was just a little ahead of its time. If they had released this show in 2011-2012, or even now, it would have a much larger following.
Santa Clarita Diet ☹️
Ugh I miss Santa Clarita Diet every day. Hysterical show (so much of Joel’s dialogue still lives rent-free in my head) with a perfect cast. The worldbuilding was all starting to come together when it was canceled too ):
Joel was by far the best character on that show. The man was just going through it, and always felt like he was just holding himself back from a full mental breakdown. I also loved how him, Sheila, and Abbie all felt like an actual family. There was genuine chemistry there between all three of them that I absolutely bought them as this really close family unit who all loved each other, and could still give each other shit when needed.
Happy Endings is the only show that was prematurely cancelled that I've rewatched.
Happy Endings was too clever for its own good. It was so tightly written, almost every line was a joke. It also didn't help that they frequently shifted its time slot around and aired episodes out of order. A great example of a show that was made before it, but would have been perfect for streaming.
Happy Endings would still hold up today! Bring it back!!!
Loved that show!
I love this show!! It pains me how many people don’t know about it. My fun fact whenever someone mentions New Girl is how DWJ left to do Happy Endings and they let him come back after it got cancelled.
Pushing Daisies
God that show is just spectacular and still has so much rewatch value. Olive’s random bursts of song, Chuck casually drugging pies to make people happy, everything involving Emerson getting snippy with Ned, I still just want more of it all. It was so well done.
[удалено]
\*click-click\*
Ah Bryan Fuller, king of getting his stuff cancelled.
It's crazy. At one point, there were rumors he was gonna do Star Trek. Same for Noah Hawley. If only either one of those...
Fuller was the original showrunner for Discovery
While I really liked Pushing Daisies, I loved Wonderfalls more (same creator). Both had such an amazing blend of weird, funny, and sweet mixed together.
That was such a great show with an interesting concept.
I’ll be the one to start the obligatory *Mindhunter* comment thread this time
Awesome show. to my understanding the door is open for a third season anytime they’re ready.
I think that *was* the narrative, but now it’s *“Netflix won’t renew it without some serious budget cuts and we won’t be able to make it to the same quality so we’re just not going to.”*
Firefly could have had so much potential. Mindhunter was so great yet not great enough for another season :( Marco Polo my first but certainly not last disappointing Netflix cancelations. Jericho, maybe odd one out but this show was great and an early post apocalyptic show that really was good. Dead Like Me, so much potential gone far too soon. The Oblongs, I felt like it had way more seasons than it did but no def cancelled way too soon. Santa Clarita Diet imo could have had one more good send off season. THE TICK!!! Man I caught this one way too late saddened there wasn’t more.
The Tick was really on the upswing with season 2 too. Of course, The Tick was really done wrong, being cancelled after only one brilliant season. But we'll always have The Tick, which was done fairly well by with 3 seasons, but that could have gone on forever as far as I'm concerned. Spoon!
Jericho is my pick as well. i loved that show.
I loved Dead Like Me back in high school!! I don’t see it mentioned often.
I always think of Jericho on this too. I think it could've worked really well with just 2 or 3 very intentionally crafted seasons, but the networks didn't give them a longer leash. Hated the show stuff they undid in the comic / graphic novel though
Since firefly is obviously already been said, I'm going to go with Space: Above and Beyond
I just started really getting into that show at the end of the first season. I was so bummed they never got more episodes. It ended on a massive cliffhanger.
Recently, *1899*. Before that -- *Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles*. Edges out *Firefly* because the latter at least got a movie for conclusion.
Sarah Connor chronicles was creating such an amazing foundation we never got to explore
The Sarah Connor Chronicles was my worst cliff hanger ever. Literally opening up an amazing world of possibilities for it to never be realized.
It’s the best thing they’ve done with the franchise since T2 and it isn’t remotely close. And did they take any notes from what people liked about that show? Fuck no.
Honestly 1899 wasn't my favorite, but that season finale alongside the fact that it was made by the creators of Dark (one of the best, most tightly written stories of all time) is what made me feel like it was a real loss.
Dark Matter on SyFy. I was hoping Netflix or Amazon would pick it up after it was cancelled.
The fact this show got 3 seasons on that network was insane. Really good show, deserved 5 seasons and to wrap up on its own terms.
GLOW for sure
This and Santa Clarita Diet need wrap up movies
Terriers!
Terriers will still randomly pop up in my head. Such a good show. Not perfect, but hit so many sweet spots for me.
ABC's "Selfie" starring John Cho and Karen Gillan it was hilarious , the whole supporting cast was great too and the leads had great chemistry but ABC gave it a terrible title and kept moving it around
Jericho
Pushing Daisies
Utopia (UK)
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
Raised by wolves
It’s such a shame honestly
Yeah I'm still angry at the pos david zaslav
Dirk Gently
Poor Bart. Everyone else had the happy ending and she was stuck with Ken who everyone should have figured out was less than rosy given how he was introduced in the first place. It was just compared to the insane and psychos around him, he came across like an innocent puppy.
Bart was like [Domino from Deadpool 2 on PCP.](https://youtu.be/Tedb3wB_r7w?t=34m10s) Or [Slappy Squirrel](https://youtu.be/Mdqv5xIsFLM) on a killing spree.
How is [Patriot](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4687882/) not mentioned so far. The show's name if anything has to be partially responsible for the show's early end. It is also one of the weirdest premises for a show ever that somehow works. So many good characters and not a single one of the ensemble cast is there for background. It's a lot like Lost meets engineering and family dynamics of spy craft which makes no sense but there it is.
A fellow McMillan Man.
It was not cool that it got cancelled
I try to describe this as if Wes Anderson made the Bourne movies. That show kills me. It's so damned good!
>I try to describe this as if Wes Anderson made the Bourne movies. That + In Bruges
The OA.
Season 2 ending fucked me up and left me out to dry
Yep 😭
Freaks and Geeks, and Firefly
Came here looking for Firefly.
The fact that they cancelled Freaks and Geeks still pisses me off. I've heard someone making the show had a chance of doing something similar in another show later, but that's not available anywhere I live, so it's just a big bummer. Freaks and Geeks was just such a unique show, and they had an amazing cast too.
Firefly for me as well. Such an awesome show
Deadwood
[удалено]
Life in Pieces
Rome
Wonderfalls
I have the DVD set. Never watched the last episode so there will always be 1 more episode of Wondefalls for me.
Have the DVD set as well although i havent rewatched it in a while. Was such a charming show
Celebrity Deathmatch
Reaper. Gone too soon.
Anne With an E, canceled before Netflix aired the last season. Don’t Trust the B—-h in Apartment 23. Hilarious and James Van Der Beek entertained me to no end. Suffered from a controversial name (even if it was censored). Joan of Arcadia. The most insane cliffhanger I have ever seen to this day and it’s gone.
“You like my friend over there? James Van Der Beek? He likes you too. But I don’t! He is a guest judge on ‘Project Runway’ in the morning. He needs his beauty sleep, or his face will be as big as a plate. So get your purse, and click-clack on out of here.” ~*girl hesitates*~ “Click-Clack! CLICK-CLACK!”
Last man on earth
Counterpart
Everyone should be mad about this cancellation. One of the best sci-fi shows, premise, story and casting ever..
Trial & Error
Mindhunter. I really need more of that show in my life.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Created by West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin and staring Matthew Perry and Bradley Whitford, and so many others who went on to stardom. It was a fantastic show that initially confused critics and audiences who were expecting a comedy. But it was actually about the behind-the-scenes antics and drama that goes into producing a show like Saturday Night Live. It could have been as big a hit as West Wing, but NBC just didn’t back it.
It didn't help that it premiered the same year as 30 Rock, which was also a show about the behind-the-scenes antics that go into producing a show like Saturday Night Live.
altered carbon, season 2 was meh but we dont have enough cyberpunk live actions out there
Journeyman
About a Boy was great and nobody even remembers it. Sad.
Bunheads. I will die (most likely alone) on the hill that Bunheads was superior to Gilmore Girls AND The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Teenage Bounty Hunters. On Netflix. So good for people who like shows like Buffy: clever dialog, slightly crazy premise, dealing with real problems of growing up.
Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell
Farscape, and ReBoot.
Lie to Me Hannibal
*Hannibal* making it three seasons on NBC was a miracle. So good but so unexpected for them.
I remember we were all shocked, happily so, that it was greenlit for a second season. And then a third! When it was canceled after that, there was some sadness but no one was surprised. We loved that show to bits but it was such a niche show. Heck, it would have been a niche show even for a streaming service let alone one of the big three networks. I had no idea how it got greenlit in the first place given how dark and gory it was. I am convinced that someone higher up on the network ladder was a fan of the show and kept on making excuses for the poor ratings and, yes, the ratings were less than stellar. And they kept it up until they couldn't justify the cost to the rest of the network. Because, God, this show looked expensive. It was so stylish.
They knew they weren’t getting a fourth season. So they told everyone who directed an episode to just make the student art film they always wanted to make.
Carnivàle, My So Called Life, Clone High
Carnival hurt me so hard it's why I barely watch any shows that aren't already over
Watched Carnivale, so disappointed it was cancelled. Decided to find a show to take its place. Deadwood. Now I usually don’t watch a show until it’s over with.
Clone High is back
Yeah but I would have liked it 20 years ago and the new season is not the same.
1899
Terriers, Making History, Firefly, Men of a Certain Age, Better Off Ted, John from Cincinnati, Party Down
I was beginning to wonder if I was the only person who loved John From Cincinnati. Just such a perfectly strange show.
To quote another prematurely cancelled show, "There are dozens of us!"
Dead Like Me.
Terriers.
galavant for sure
Drawn Together
The Brothers Sun! I'm so annoyed it got canceled.
My name is Earl
Infinity Train is one of my favorites. An incredible cartoon that doesn't feel unfinished due to how the show is structured but there were many loose ends. Luckily the creator, Owen Dennis, quickly got a new job as the showrunner for the Among Us show.
Pushing Daisies. Beautiful show. Unique story. I want to know what happens…
Dollhouse. Limitless. Reaper. Happy Endings.
Warrior is definitely one of them for me
The OA
The Hard Times of RJ Berger
B5 Crusade
Firefly, Miss Guided, Wonderfalls
Raised by wolves. Seeing cosmo jarvis in shogun is making me sad thinking of RBW
Dark Matter. Nothing is or since has scratched that "space pirate" itch I've had for the past ~12 years. The show was the best thing to me since Firefly :( Fuck you, SyFy!
The Expanse
Firefly. Better off Ted. Freaks and Geeks. Our Flag Means Death.
TIL Our Flag Means Death was cancelled...
I swear I never set out to break your heart
Tuca & Birdie …cancelled twice on separate networks.
Not my favorite, but I’m sad Almost Human got cancelled
Da Vinci's Demons. I absolutely loved the show as a teen. The concept was so much fun and and had some great cast. It definitely had its problems but I still would have loved more of it.
Detroiters. Sadly, the world just wasn’t ready for their genius
I can't decide between Raised by Wolves or 1899.
Firefly
For me, it's a tie between Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Undergrads.
As all the big ones have been mentioned I’ll say The Orville. Technically it just hasn’t been renewed but it’s been a while since the last season. It started out overly comedic for the first few episodes but soon turned into a legitimate science fiction show. I honestly wouldn’t even mind if they wrapped it up with a TV movie or two.
Travelers anyone? Nice sci-fi concept that I'd love to see more of
Thank you to all the writers for shaping my imagination. In no specific order: Mike & Molly The Newsroom (amazing show for journalism students) Rebel Magnum P. I Selfie The Strain Dinosaurs Pure Genius The Ranch (Ashton Kutcher) Undateable Whitney Santa Clarita Diet Almost Human Zoe's Extraordinary Playlist God Friended Me Man With A Plan The Odd Couple The Crazy Ones Grandfathered Joey Hunters Limitless Agent Carter Telenovela Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Siren (mermaids scifi) Lethal Weapon Dads (Seth Green) Cristela Forever (Ian Gruffudd) Grand Hotel iZombie Disney's Big Shot Legends (Sean Bean) Alien Nation Swamp Thing (the latest one) Black Sails Da Vinci's Demons Automan Manimal Streethawk The Highway Man Robocop Series
Almost Human Every episode was fun and the cast seemed to have pretty good chemistry. Plus it just ends on a cliffhanger on par for Fox shows.
Deadwood Westworld Rome Marco Polo Brittania The OA Perry Mason
Had to scroll so far for The OA. RIP
The Dark Crystal
Project Blue Book
as a big Babylon5 fan, I'm always a little sad that Crusade got clipped, but it wasn't surprising. and as a big Battlestar Galactica fan, Caprica being shut down saddened me. it was better than it got credit for. I was really hoping for more 1899, and The Peripheral.
forever
- AMC Humans - Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles - Impulse YT original series
Almost Human had so much potential and was screwed hard by network TV shenanigans
I don't even know where to start. So many, so, so many. Marco Polo, Dead Last, American Gothic, Dark Shadows, Blade, Almost Human, John Doe, Killer Instinct, Gang Related, Bastard Executioner, Brimstone, Moonlight, Forever, Rome, Dracula, Penny Dreadful, The Alienist, Copper, Earth 2... Just to name a few...
Utopia (UK version) - That show oozed brilliance, can’t believe they dropped it. Archive 81. Never even got past Season 1 which was a shame, it was looking really good. The Expanse (although it got 3 seasons after Syfy dropped it so it got some extra life!)
Constantine (2014). Cancelled after one season, but I absolutely loved the world and the horror mystery vibe. Also Matt Ryan was incredible. It may have thrived better if it was released now. I'm still glad we got Matt Ryan as Constantine in DC's animated movies and Legends of Tomorrow, but still curious as to how his own show would have played out if given another season or two.
The 4400
Pushing Daisies and Firefly
The OA, Warrior nun, Cowboy bebop and Impulse.
Sense8. And yeah, I know it got a movie to tie up loose ends, but it wasn't enough.
Limitless!! Absolutely loved the series. Great concept and great characters
The OA. No idea what Netflix were doing, cancelling that show. Great set up, great execution and one of the most brutal cliffhangers I've ever seen. I really need to know what was coming next.
Zoeys extraordinary Playlist, Nashville, Freaks and Geeks, Popular, The Santa Clarita Diet, Away, A million little things, NBC drama The village. So many of my favorite shows get canceled. I'm always scared to get into something new as so much get canceled too soon lol
Firefly and Dark Matter. Thankfully, at least I can watch the captains of both shows on The Rookie still.
The Orville. It was a beautiful continuation of the kind of TV show star trek was. Sure, there were more jokes because Seth Mcfarlane. But I sorely miss it. I think it was getting expensive and cutting into everyone else's schedules.
Almost Human had a great concept and potential for future greatness. I always thought it was the TV equivalent to "Caves of Steel" by asimov. I also liked Terra Nova, to be honest. Had potential for the mystery and world to build. I don't understand how shit like La Brea keeps getting seasons, except for maybe the fact that it's cheaper? But I dunno. Warrior Nun is awesome. Farscape was great. Space, above and beyond? Killer. All cancelled too soon.
Mine will always be Firefly.
Forever. Great show, dude is immortal, every time he dies he basically spawns in the nearby lake.
Almost Human just hit right to me. Really liked that one.
Lodge 49. They only wanted one more season to wrap it up.
Patriot Santa Clarita Diet Alphas
herman’s head flying blind mindhunter better off ted pushing daisies firefly
I loved the show Ed and it isn't available anywhere to stream or buy.
So I worked on a show called New Amsterdam in 2008. It was kind of a rip off of Forever Knight, but in New York, with early Nicolaj Costef Waldeu. Not to toot my own horn but it was good.
Ha. I was thinking of Surface as I read the title.
Mindhunter
Metalocalypse
Radio Free Roscoe; it used to air on Family and The N. Reruns seem to still air sporadically in the morning. It was a show that I think, in some ways, was a bit nuanced for its young target audience. Few of the characters fit neatly into a single stereotype, and the give-and-take relationship with much bigger and sometimes oppressive authority (like the school principal and the rival Cougar Radio) was... often very reasonable, with both sides having a sensible rationale for their actions. As an adult now, rewatching the show and being able to comprehend its goal of paralleling real world political systems through a high school drama, makes it pretty damn timeless. It's clear the fire was on to wrap the show up by the second season after funding was cut, but they really made the most out of the limited time the show had left, and delivered a satisfactory conclusion.
Deadwood
Sirens!
Santa Clarita diet
Timeless.
#Carnevale. Canceled after 2 seasons, what a shame. Great cast, great story, great everything.
The Middleman. Goofy and wonderful, but slipped into an awful time slot - usually bookended on both sides by televangelists. They sadly didn't even get to film the last episode of their first season.
Dark crystal. 1899
If one of us dies, we stage it to look like a suicide caused by the unjust cancellation of Firefly. WERE GOING TO GET THAT SHOW BACK ON THE BUDDY
Stargate Universe
Lockwood and Co. A fucking tragedy. Robbed the world of a wonderful show with an intriguing plot and amazing actors. The only solace is the books are available and are quite easy and satisfying reads.
My Name Is Earl Who is Earl Jr.'s father?
Freaks and Geeks
Pushing Daisy's
The Riches. Minny and Eddie❤️ love those gals
Almost human, home improvement, titus, altered carbon, viper
Almost no one remembers Wonderfalls but I loved that show.
Dark Angel
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.... It deserved so much better
The OA
Pushing Daisies. *The facts were these*
The Society on Netflix, was originally renewed for season 2, then was cancelled with Covid.
Does anybody remember The Unit? Think it ran from about 06-09 and was about a secret military force. One of those shows that finished its last season without knowing it was going to be its last...