**Official** Unofficial Cancelled in One Season Thread

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ImpulsE69

ImpulsE69

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Actually..most shows I like get canned after 2 seasons:

Reaper
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil
Carnivale
Pushing Daisies
V (new one)
Friskie Dingo
 
Ketchup

Ketchup

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Knight Rider (the second one).

Not sure when they figured out it would end, as they kill the back story before the end of the season.
 
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bearxor

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techs said:
How about shows that were cancelled BEFORE their first episode:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_series_canceled_before_airing_an_episode
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Went to make sure The IT Crowd was on the list and it was. I am torn because the pilot was just Terri-bad. But I love The IT Crowd. But if it had gone on, we wouldn't have gotten three awesome seasons of Community with Mcahale.

Pilot in case anyone is interested:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmjpk4_the-it-crowd-us-pilot_fun#.USbYRxG9KSM
 
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Childs

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Off the top of my head:

Profit
The Event
Journeyman
Day Break
Firefly
Drive
Lonestar
Freaks and Geeks
Wonder Falls
Life - Technically 2 seasons, but a short initial season, and a reduced second season.
Undeclared
Drive
Human Target - Again, technically 2 seasons, but not two full season orders.
Pushing Daisies - Again, more than one season I know...
Relativity
Night Stalker (2005)
 
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RaistlinZ

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my-so-called-life-2-2.jpeg


Show was great, a bit ahead of its time. Claire Danes back when she was a redhead FTW. :awe:
 
Eug

Eug

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Dresden Files was great. Shot locally too.

I also liked Alcatraz, but Dresden Files was better even though it had a much lower budget.

Shows that should have been canned after the first episode: Just about any "reality" show... except the one with The Woz in it. ;)
 
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nageov3t

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Kings

I'd still rate is as one of the best shows in the last decade.

also, "Huge" on ABC Family (funnily enough, featuring Firefly alum Gina Torres)... that show was really, really good. like, My So-Called Life good. but obviously it wasn't featuring hot people, so it tanked.
 
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rockyct

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loki8481 said:
Kings

I'd still rate is as one of the best shows in the last decade.

also, "Huge" on ABC Family (funnily enough, featuring Firefly alum Gina Torres)... that show was really, really good. like, My So-Called Life good. but obviously it wasn't featuring hot people, so it tanked.
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I really liked Kings as well. There was some good acting in that show and I watched every episode as it aired even though I figured it wouldn't make it. It was an ambitious show that was very hard to sell to people.

I also loved Jericho although a fan campaign got them to make a short second season just to finish off the story because it ended on such a cliff hanger.

Studio 60 is another show I really liked that hasn't been mentioned yet. It came out the same year as 30 Rock so everyone knew only one of them would make it.
 
gorobei

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smith (2006)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805667/

cast is a who's who of stars who would later get their own series or be part of big shows. (sans liota and madsen) very short run (7 eps), not enough ratings for how expensive the show was. but every episode moved the ball plot wise, plus amy smart tv grade sex scenes.


life(2007) aka everyone's favorite ginger
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0874936/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3

great first season potential just got burned through at mach10 due to writers strike. season 2 just had nowhere to go. also had sarah shahi who just appeared on Persons of Interest reprising the tough girl role she perfected on Life.


and going way back
profit (1996)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115323/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

way way ahead of its time.
 
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bearxor

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rockyct said:
I really liked Kings as well. There was some good acting in that show and I watched every episode as it aired even though I figured it wouldn't make it. It was an ambitious show that was very hard to sell to people.

I also loved Jericho although a fan campaign got them to make a short second season just to finish off the story because it ended on such a cliff hanger.

Studio 60 is another show I really liked that hasn't been mentioned yet. It came out the same year as 30 Rock so everyone knew only one of them would make it.
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The second half of Studio 60 wasn't in the same league as the first half. It got REALLY preachy. The show could have gone on if it had focused less on politics and religion than the drama of putting on a live show every week and the failings of its main characters.

It was also way more expensive that 30 Rock. Funny thing, I actually watched Studio 60 that season and hated 30 Rock. It wasn't until I started catching the 30 Rock intros in the middle of the second season at the end of my Office recordings that I started falling for the show and gave it a second chance. Glad I did.
 
Rakewell

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Police Squad.

Most preposterous TV show cancellation in the history of cancellations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_Squad!#Cancellation

ABC announced the cancellation of Police Squad! after four of its six episodes had aired in March 1982. The final two episodes were aired that summer. According to the DVD Commentary, then-ABC entertainment president Tony Thomopoulos said "Police Squad! was cancelled because the viewer had to watch it in order to appreciate it." What Thomopoulos meant was that the viewer had to actually pay close attention to the show in order to get much of the humor, while most other TV shows did not demand as much effort from the viewer. In its annual "Cheers and Jeers" issue, TV Guide magazine called the explanation for the cancellation "the most stupid reason a network ever gave for ending a series."
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Childs

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I dont know why, but for some reason when I saw this thread today I thought of Andy Barker, P.I.. That was a pretty funny show.
 
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