Mind hunter, surprised i didn't see it mentioned
Especially since it wasn't a real cancellation, just "on indefinite hiatus" followed by "never coming back" almost five years later. The second season ending very much set up at least another season.
I'm still not over Firefly. Or the Orville.
The Orville hasn't been canceled, yet. S04 will enter production this year.
Inside Job
The Expanse.
Firefly.
I don’t think The Expanse was really cancelled rather than it was ended at a story point that makes sense to continue from sometime in the future. There’s something like a decade long time skip and a huge thematic shift between books 6 and 7.
Firefly
Better off ted.
Avenue 5.
Alien Nation.
My Name is Earl.
The OA
Santa Clarita Diet and Carnivale. HBO axed Carnivale, Deadwood and Rome back to back, and I still hold a grudge.
Edit: Enterprise and Lower Decks also still sting. Lower Decks is ao fucking brilliant and I hate that no one watches it!
Amazon: The Rings of Power.
I thought it still going. I think people were ok it being cancelled though.
freaks and geeks. unbelievably stacked cast but the network never gave it a dedicated time so no one knew when they could watch it. then it got cancelled before they aired half the episodes citing poor viewership
Darkwing Duck, it ends with the first episode of a two parter...
Last Man on Earth
In order that I remember them now
- Drive
- John Doe
- The OA
- Sense8
- Limitless
- Dollhouse
- Tru Calling
- Dark Matter
- My So-Called Life
- Witchblade
- Carnivàle
- Probably more, I'll add them as I think of them
Firefly would make the list, if I watched it while it aired. But I didn't see it till later.
Tuca and Bertie. Netflix cancelled it, then HBO made another season. But just before releasing it HBO cancelled it for a tax break. It's heartbreaking to think of the writers and animators pouring their lives into it just for nobody to ever see it.
Scavengers Reign and Raised by Wolves
Scavengers Reign was fantastic and its cancellation was a travesty.
Raised by Wolves was very good too but man... Scavengers Reign...
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I would have loved to see how they planned to resolve that cliffhanger.
Teen Titans ended with a cliffhanger and then Cartoon Network put out Teen Titans Go! just to add insult to injury. Certainly the pettiest thing I've been angry about for nearly 20 years.
All time? Freaks and geeks. Was becoming the quintessential coming of age show, had hard lessons that were from the point of real kids growing up. Each character was relatable in their own way, and should have gone on for years.
Second to that is Arrested Development. And yeah it was rebooted but the cast had moved on. The show was on a great role and was just ahead of its time. The episodic nature of it just wasn't popular then.
I'll never forgive Amazon for cancelling The Tick.
Raised by wolves. Atheism vs Religion into the stars. It was so good and so much of the buildup was about to come to fruition. GAH!
Ugly Americans.
Kaos. That season 1 had me and my partner fucking hooked and they pulled the plug so fast it was hard to even finish it.
ReBoot. One of the most incredible, ground-breaking shows of its time, but it ends on a cliffhanger. I'm still holding out hope that we'll get a movie to tie up the loose ends someday.
- Utopia (UK)
- The expense
The expense
A multi-season, high-tense drama series where Gary attempts to expense his lunch through SAP.
Firefly and Pushing Daisies are staples in these conversations, so I'll throw in a less common one: NCIS LA.
I watched that show for over a decade. It was something predictable and comfortable. The show ending was like losing my favourite hoodie I've had for 14 years. Does it really impact my life? No. Do I miss it nonetheless? Yes.
A lot of good answers already. I'll add Santa Clarita Diet. It's a nice little show.
Terriers.
Terrible name for a fun show.
Mild Terriers last episode spoiler
The last episode has the two main characters drive off in different directions, knowing they'll probably never see each other again. It's actually a beautiful ending, but I wish they could have reunited.
Terminator: The Sara Connor Chronicles
Really, Westworld, but no one had mentioned TSCC yet.
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