Short lived TV shows nobody remembers (except you)

[Jim Kelly]

PUSHING DAISIES also had a comic book tie-in. Barry Sonnenfeld directed the series "Pie-Lette" (for which he won an Emmy) and he's now the director on SCHMIGADOON! (which also features Kristen Chenoweth).

[Vakanai]

PUSHING DAISIES also had a comic book tie-in. Barry Sonnenfeld directed the series "Pie-Lette" (for which he won an Emmy) and he's now the director on SCHMIGADOON! (which also features Kristen Chenoweth).

I knew and heard of none of this before, but cool! I gotta check all that out. Loved that show, how's Pie-Lette and SCHMIGADOON compare?

[Riv86672]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5fSpFv-hS8

"Legend", maybe the only Richard Dean Anderson show that ever flopped. Five episodes, I think.

That seemed pretty fun.
I remember John de Lancie was in an ep. of MacGyver once, and they had pretty good chemistry no pun intended.

[Jim Kelly]

I knew and heard of none of this before, but cool! I gotta check all that out. Loved that show, how's Pie-Lette and SCHMIGADOON compare?

The "Pie-Lette" (just rewatched it) lacks a musical number. Barry Sonnenfeld also directed the second episode ("Dummy") and that episode does have a musical bit with Kristen Chenoweth singing, "Hopelessly Devoted," which has a stronger connection to SCHMIGADOON. Sonenfeld's bright, colour infused shots are in both series and his symmetrical framing makes me think of Wes Anderson, but with more hope.

[K7P5V]

From Nickelodeon,

Speed Racer X
(2002)

[Rincewind]

Cliffhangers: NBC early 80's I think a show that was three shows one was a Susan Anton vehicle that I skipped but there was a Dracula one and one that was lot like Cowboys and Aliens because it was about Cowboys and Aliens.

This one haunted me. My family watched it when I was a kid. The Dracula serial finished, but the last episode that finished the other 2 never aired. This was the first cancellation I remember that left me hanging.

Decades later I found a bootleg copy at a convention. Turns out it was a very cheesy show. Prime 70s cheese.

[Captain Craig]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5fSpFv-hS8

"Legend", maybe the only Richard Dean Anderson show that ever flopped. Five episodes, I think.

I have this in my Amazon shopping cart. It co-stars John DeLancie. It is not even expensive, like $8, I just haven't pulled the trigger.

Edit: Amazon listing says 12 episodes

[useridgoeshere]

Flying Blind ran on Fox Sunday’s for a season in the 90’s. Loved it. Starred Tea Leoni. It sounds like a typical opposites attract but I remember it as really well-written and hilarious.

[Toreador]

Fortune Dane: Carl Weathers is a trouble-shooter for a city mayor that has a corrupt/inefficient police force.

Fortune Hunter: An insurance investigator/retriever who locates stolen items.

Spy Games: starred Linden Ashby (Mortal Kombat) and Allison Smith (West Wing) as spies who work for a small intelligence agency spying on other spies.

[K7P5V]

From Jetix/Toon Disney,

Ōban Star-Racers
(2006)

[Powerboy]

I have this in my Amazon shopping cart. It co-stars John DeLancie. It is not even expensive, like $8, I just haven't pulled the trigger.

Edit: Amazon listing says 12 episodes

I think a majority never actually aired though.

[Powerboy]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066631/

"The Bearcats", a short-lived series in 1971. Set in 1914, two adventurers driving a Stutz Bearcat have adventures including going up against a World War I tank in one episode.

"The Invisible Man", a 1975 series starring David McCallum.

"Gemini Man", a 1976 show with another invisibility premise.

[j9ac9k]

"Masquerade" - a "Mission: Impossible" type show where they would recruit ordinary civilians on spy missions based on their particular set of skills. I definitely had a crush on Kirstie Alley back then. (Greg Evigan wasn't looking so bad either)

They use all sorts of hi-tech gear for 1983, including the first apple phone, if you ffwd to :30.

[Godzilla2099]

I used to love this show

[K7P5V]

From Toon Disney,

The Weekenders