Brilliant But Canceled - your choices?

[tzikeh]

thecomfychair and I were talking about the news that ABC has picked up Rob Thomas's pitch to re-make Cupid, which I find... bizarre and wrong for so many reasons. That led to listing cancellations that made us bitter. Whether because the show was canceled mid-first season for any one of several ridiculous reasons, or because it was never given a chance to find its audience, or because of network politics--or because it was canceled after one or two (or even three or four seasons) when it had set up a clear plan for the following season, there are those cancelations that, when mentioned, can still stir up anger and frustration even years after the show was yanked.

I'm not talking about something that had run for eight seasons and you wanted to see *more*, dammit, but shows that were canceled for all the different WTF reasons: network brainlessness, or politics, or a lack of becoming an instant hit--you know what I mean.

My top five, in no order at all:

Cupid
The Invisible Man
EZ Streets
Farscape
Dead Like Me

My five runner-up votes, any one of which could have been in the top five list on a different day:

Firefly
Now and Again
Boomtown
Carnivale
Odyssey 5

So - hit me. What are yours?

ETA: Honorable Mention: Maximum Bob.

Comments

[thecomfychair.livejournal.com]

Whoa! Someone else has heard of it! Usually I just get blank stares. I was so mad when they canceled it; I had such a crush on Nigel.

[keiko-kirin.livejournal.com]

Relic Hunter! Nigel! I mourn that show, even if it was kinda, well, lame. But it was definitely fun and campy. Is it sad of me that I'd totally buy this on DVD if it were released?

[thecomfychair.livejournal.com]

It was lame, but it was fun lame, in the way that those random syndicated shows often are (see also: The Lost World, Mutant X, ect). It actually is on DVD, but I've yet to find it in-stock and available to purchase anywhere.

[klia.livejournal.com]

Aren't those DVDs some lame "best of" sampling of only a few eps, though? I want the whole series!

[klia.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, there are other RH fans in the wilds of fandom! I had a thing for Nigel, too: there's just something about a guy with floppy hair; bonus for glasses. *g*

One of the many reasons I loved Flyboys was because CA had a small role. I was thrilled, because I hadn't seen him in years!

[thecomfychair.livejournal.com]

Hmm, CA was in Flyboys? I was planning to eventually watch that movie, I saw it mentioned in an article about one of my favorite mini-series, The Librarian, (they have the same producers), and it looked intriguing. Now I'll have to see it for sure.

[klia.livejournal.com]

I'm biased, because I kind of flipped over Flyboys, but I think it's really good.