Inside Job
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
Last Man on Earth
Lazor Wulf. Two seasons, with a forced change in animation studios between seasons, didn't give the show enough opportunity to grow.
Tuca & Bertie and Firefly as well. Maybe Lower Decks too
If streaming shows are fair game, Final Space. So much passion poured into such an excellent production and Netflix axed it after 3 seasons.
Threshold really should have gotten more than one season. Unfortunately, I don't think anybody's ever heard of it.
My name is Earl, super disrespectful to end on a cliffhanger after 4 seasons
4400 both version, pretender, x-files, clarice,
The Pretender. Mostly because they had just had a huge cliff hanger. And the made for TV movies never got aired in my country.
Outer Range
Firefly
I wonder how the person who's decision it was to cancel firefly feels about this now. Do you think they were under a lot of pressures because of funding, or they just weren't that into the show, or was there a new show they wanted to divert funding to. Wonder what the story was there.
Firefly
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.
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.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I would have loved to see how they planned to resolve that cliffhanger.
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!
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!
Mind hunter, surprised i didn't see it mentioned
Yeah, so good! This was Netflix’s True Detective and they just…dropped it?
A lot of good answers already. I'll add Santa Clarita Diet. It's a nice little show.
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.
"I've always wanted to do that."
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.
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