One of the favorite things about finding old TV Guides is those classic Fall Preview issues. The ones where you see a bunch of shows you know won't be around that 2nd year. This this thread is about those same shows. Now to make this thread work if you list a show and discuss it....you can't name one that has been around a few seasons and not rated as high that finally was cancelled. Almost all of us know that Firefly , Angel and other shows.
To start this , I got a 1987 TV Guide for 50 cents the other day. This one had numerous shows that died. One of them was this one that died a quick death. I never knew Dennis Weaver made another TV series after one in the 1970's.
This was the description of the TV Series....
Anyhow why did a TV series starring Dennis Weaver who had already been in 2 successful shows fail ? According to Wikipedia the show ranked #82 for the season and faced stiff competition on Sunday nights in 1987. Family Ties (17th) , My 2 Dads (21st) on NBC was tough to beat. Over at CBS Murder She Wrote (9th) and the CBS Sunday Movie (18th) was on against it.
Said to be based on the the television health personality Dr. "Red" Duke, "Buck James" focuses on the career and adventures of a Texas hospital emergency room chief who is also passionately devoted to ranching.
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10-09-2015, 02:21 PM #1Unadjusted Human on CBR
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The Cancelled Shows you Remember .....
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10-09-2015, 03:05 PM #2Dirt Wizard
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It's fairly recent, but I really liked Almost Human. There was, I thought, a lot of promise for what season two could have done and the cast was really good.
Just too bad.
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10-09-2015, 03:10 PM #3Battle Through Time
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Sym-Bionic Titan and Motorcity were two animated shows I remember enjoying greatly that got cancelled. Both ended after their first seasons, consisting of 20 episodes each.
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10-09-2015, 03:29 PM #4Amazing Member
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Parker Lewis Can't Lose.
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10-09-2015, 03:57 PM #5BANNED
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Pushing Daisies.
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10-09-2015, 08:53 PM #6Incredible Member
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Here's two old ones.
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10-10-2015, 03:01 AM #7Invincible Member
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I think you mean Ferris Bueller.
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10-10-2015, 03:05 PM #8Amazing Member
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Ferris Bueller didn't have Kubiak!!!
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10-10-2015, 07:14 PM #9Ultimate Member
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Tenspeed & Brownshoe. Jeff Goldblum and Ben Vereen as quirky private eyes.
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10-14-2015, 12:35 PM #10BANNED
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Millennium and Angel hit me the hardest. I liked Millennium more than any other show, but I wasn't as mad about its cancellation as I was about Angel's.
Angel was supposed to have a season 6, but didn't because Joss Whedon requested an early renewal. It was definitely going to happen but I guess Whedon got a little impatient. Such a shame.
Millennium at least a good reason for being cancelled...low ratings. Still really sad though. I love that Lance Henriksen still wants to do a movie even in his 70's.
And as a Millennium fan, that so-called "finale" in the X-Files was such a letdown!
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02-19-2016, 01:33 AM #11Death becomes you
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Freaks and Geeks. One of the best shows ever. I was more angry at it being cancelled than any other show before or since.
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03-01-2016, 11:31 AM #12Genesis of A Nemesis
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I loved the first and only season of ESPN's Playmakers, I also really enjoyed Hung on HBO.
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08-31-2016, 01:42 PM #13Astonishing Member
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10-03-2016, 04:51 PM #14Spectacular Member
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There was a Star Trek animated series that I remember as very good, something that I think adults were following also. I think it was a little too good and production costs were too high. I believe the live action cast was doing the voice-overs.
Somewhat recently, the rug was abruptly pulled from under Vinyl. I thought it had huge potential. It was great how the main character redeemed and renewed himself to begin the show, bringing some lightness into what in many ways was a dark era of drug and sex abuse. The only thing that wasn't done well were some rather poorly portrayed and written brief appearances of then-current rock idols. Thankfully they were all very brief. I never would have think that I'd enjoy Andrew Dice Clay so much in any way as an actor...great casting.
Big O had a final season that definitely was all about being a final season and wrap up, but I don't think it was planned to be that way like some others. I like most planned endings of series.Last edited by Filament; 10-03-2016 at 05:04 PM.
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06-30-2017, 01:55 PM #15Extraordinary Member
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X-Men: Evolution.
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