A few short-lived Tv shows that I loved! ?

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and of course, the best short-lived TV series of all time, "Firefly".

(and I'm sorry Nathan Fillon is such a freaking idiot not to want to make several billion dollars)
 

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Nathan Fillon is such a freaking idiot not to want to make several billion dollars
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Iirc it was canned becase it had poor ratings, it had poor rating becase it was poorly promoted and had inconsistent schedule that some eps aired at terrible times, and this was becase the executive at fox at the time did not like /"get" the show, and also had a creative clash with whedon over the direction of the show.

I remember there was other ridiculous things like you'd watch 5 eps and suddenly you can't find the next episode and later reading that the pilot was aired late in the series because the network thought airing it out of order was a good idea. And after the ratings tanked it got canned.

Back then in a class of 50+ film and media students, I was the only one that watched it.
 

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Iirc it was canned becase it had poor ratings, it had poor rating becase it was poorly promoted and had inconsistent schedule that some eps aired at terrible times, and this was becase the executive at fox at the time did not like /"get" the show, and also had a creative clash with whedon over the direction of the show.

I remember there was other ridiculous things like you'd watch 5 eps and suddenly you can't find the next episode and later reading that the pilot was aired late in the series because the network thought airing it out of order was a good idea. And after the ratings tanked it got canned.

Back then in a class of 50+ film and media students, I was the only one that watched it.
They've been on Nathan for years to re-group and bring back the cast. If he can star in that blasted "Rookie" crap, why not "Firefly"?

Hmm, I'll also toss in "Freaks and Geeks".

For nostalgia's sake, this was a must-see for us 80s kids. ? :love:

"Fawlty Towers" gets a nod too, because it was outlandish comedy and Cleese was perfect.

"Dead Like Me" - an HBO gem that deserved a lot more love; now "owned" by "The Good Place"

"Westworld" - another HBO gem, and I think it ultimately failed because it was getting too difficult for STUPID people to understand.

and "Deadwood". This was a Western unlike any others, and Ian McShane as the evil Al Swearengen was at the top of his game long before "John Wick". :love:
 
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Avatar: The Last Airbender. It had three good seasons and an amazing ending, but I'm a little sad they never decided to do anything else with the series after that. No followup series, no live action movies, no remakes, nothing. What a waste of potential.
 

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They've been on Nathan for years to re-group and bring back the cast. If he can star in that blasted "Rookie" crap, why not "Firefly"?
He tried twice - once for an animated series (allegedly almost greenlit when Tim Reid (Shepherd Book) died and nobody wanted to do it without him at that time), and once when the CW was looking to acquire it. Fox blocked the CW one by pulling out oddball contract clauses that ultimately led to them greenlighting the movie (with an insane target number on ticket sales granting the show one more season; it hit that number only about three weeks on DVD, but it was out of theaters at that time, so null and void).
"Westworld" - another HBO gem, and I think it ultimately failed because it was getting too difficult for STUPID people to understand.
The final season was kind of dumb and meandering. The first season was so good you could forgive most of the flaws of the second though.

What about "Travelers" (2016-2018, Netflix) or the surrealist series Pushing Daisies (2007-2009)
Pushing dasies (2007)
Hah - cross posted!
 

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Avatar: The Last Airbender. It had three good seasons and an amazing ending, but I'm a little sad they never decided to do anything else with the series after that. No followup series, no live action movies, no remakes, nothing. What a waste of potential.
Not to be that guy, but I'm pretty sure Avatar: The Last Airbender has a Sequel called The Legend Of Korra. Not to mention a live-action movie adaptation in released in 2010 that adapted season 1 and it also has an ongoing live action TV series adaptation.

Okay maybe I am being that guy. ??
 

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Not to be that guy, but I'm pretty sure Avatar: The Last Airbender has a Sequel called The Legend Of Korra. Not to mention a live-action movie adaptation in released in 2010 that adapted season 1 and it also has an ongoing live action TV series adaptation.

Okay maybe I am being that guy. ??
You should talk to your doctor about these hallucinations.
 

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John Doe (2002)
Ah yes, one of the shows Fox murdered by playing "Time Slot Bingo" - at least ABC Family (now something else I don't remember - Freeform or some such? Actually changed during the final season IIRC) gave their version of what looked like the same show - Kyle X/Y - three seasons (though it ended on a freaking cliffhanger).
Another tragic Fox murder was Wonderfalls; originally aired following one of the worst "reality" shows ever, and in the dead slot (Friday night at 9) to boot (I believe Firefly debuted in that same slot the next season, or something like it). As multiple critics pointed out - "Put this show on ANY other night, or, better yet, right after American Idol if you must pair it with one of your reality shows, and it will rule. Where it is? You're killing it already."
 

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and of course, the best short-lived TV series of all time, "Firefly".

(and I'm sorry Nathan Fillon is such a freaking idiot not to want to make several billion dollars)
I watched firefly and it wasn't even that good.
 

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Ghost Stories English dub. It got one season and wasn't expected to do well outside Japan, so they allowed the US dub team to do whatever so long as they kept the ghosts and how to banish them the same.

My god does that got replay value.
 

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Farscape
Forever
Fringe
Wolf Lake
Vampire High
Blood Ties
Sleepy Hollow

Yes... I like cheesy tv shows... >_>
 
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