Shows you were saddened to see get cancelled

[Big C]

Can you ever recall being really sad when you found out one of your favorite shows was getting cancelled?

I'll admit that I found out when I heard the fate of "Step By Step," I cried.

I'm not making that up.

You have to consider that I not only loved the show a lot, but how much I adored Angela Watson.

[Brian Damage]

When I found out 'Back to You' was cancelled, I was really upset.

[Zoneboy]

I can't think of any show that actually made me cry when it was canceled although I probably would've squalled my fool head off if I'd been alive during Twilight Zone's original run but I was born 4 months after the last episode aired in 1964.

[Stuck In The '70's]

I was pretty down when Dallas went off the air although it's best days were behind it.

[treky]

I recall I was pretty upset when I learned that CBS had canncelled "WKRP IN CINCINATI".

Also in the early 80s when NBC canncelled "BRET MAVERICK".

[Yooch]

The show Brooklyn Bridge. I was sad when it was cancelled, but then it was understandable, there were only a limited number of scenarios that could be presented, and the kids in the show couldn't stay kids forever. A good thing is that it exited while it was at the top of its game.

Same creators, I believe, that did Family Ties, another quality show--which tells you right there something about it.

[Scoobiedoo30]

I was very upset when ABC Cancelled Full House in 1995 you did not want to see How Upset I was when I Leard that ABC Cancelled Full House.

[littlebelle]

I was really sad when they cancelled "Touched by an Angel". I feel like they still had room for show growth.

[repeatshistory]

How about a list?

Shows that I was sad to see cancelled by network:

FOX
The Adventures Of Brisco County, Jr.
Firefly
Wonderfalls
Undeclared
Arrested Development
Family Guy (the first time!)


ABC
Push, Nevada
Miracles
EYES

NBC
20 Good Years

UPN
Platypus Man
Pigsty
Nowhere Man

WB
Angel
That Was Then

But the show I was most sad to see go, the one that I TRULY grieved it's passing, was Remember WENN on AMC.

[dawsongirl]

I was very upset when ABC Cancelled Full House in 1995 you did not want to see How Upset I was when I Leard that ABC Cancelled Full House.
Yeah, I probably was too. Don't really remember, but I was obsessed with that show in my teen years.

[oz615]

I was HIGHLY upset when Moesha and Popular got canceled because it ended on a cliffhanger and may never know what happens in their respective storyline.

[MikeL]

oh i was up in arms when full house got cancelled i hated that show and stil do it is so damm fake.always wil be fake.gayest show ever in the world.

i dd cry when royal family got cancelled after passing of redd foxx and when the highlander ended it run i was pretty down

and Alf that was total shocker and married with children.and Night court

[comedyfreak]

I was sad to see Three's Company go it was like saying goodbye to old friends.

I was bummed when Less Than Zero got cancelled I really liked that show especially when they added Will Sasso to the cast.

[Goldilocks]

"Touched by An Angel" - yeah, I know it had a 9 year run, but I sobbed for days when it got cancelled.

"Keen Eddie" - :mad: I've never forgiven FOX for cancelling this brilliant show! :mad:

"The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" - I wasn't even born yet, but had I been alive and old enough to care, I would've been sad. :(

"American Dreams" - NBC got the bright idea to move this show to Wednesday nights and it lost viewers, thus getting cancelled. Although slow-moving, this show was excellent.

"Back to You" - I don't think FOX gave this enough time. (FOX is already on my short list - see "Keen Eddie" mention above.) I've been watching Kelsey Grammar since the early 80's, so for him to NOT have a TV show, is sad. Thank God for "Frasier" reruns.

[littlebelle]

"Touched by An Angel" - yeah, I know it had a 9 year run, but I sobbed for days when it got cancelled.


That's how I feel. Even though it was long running, I still was sad.

[Jack Gomez]

The biggest one for me was Freaks and Geeks. I still remember watching the last few minutes of the last episode on NBC thinking, wow, this is it. That's all. Really sad. A few other ones were Undeclared, Firefly, Misfits of Science, Whiz Kids and ALF.

[markway895]

Nowadays I'm more likely to be upset when shows get cancelled after 1 season or less when they don't give them a chance to find their audience. Back To You and Pushing Daisies are killed yet these stupid mindless reality shows just keep coming. (Mamma's Boys???? Wife Swap???... The Nanny one...and how many more The Bachelor seasons aurghhh!!!) come on stop cancelling potentially sucessful shows for trash! Remember when Cheers was almost cancelled its first season?

[sunshinefizzy]

I didn't cry when ELR said goodbye, but it felt like a part of me died. That was always like mom and me time on Monday nights. Good times.

I am usually not a fan of this show but I got teary eyed during the Friends three hour finale.

[megamanj2004]

The ones I was truely stunned by were:

Perfect Strangers - the way Balki and Larry were realizing they were going to be daddies said it all.

Night Court - both a sad and simultaneously a dissapointing finale

Green Hornet, The - I would've loved to see another season of this show, but ABC canned it b/c it was oversahdowed by Batman's popularity

Just the Ten of Us

Barney Miller - When everyone left out of the Squad Room, that said it all

Cheers

Simon & Simon

St. Elsewhere

Good Times

[Tubehead]

mine are:
Early edition its one of my favortie show. it didn't gave finael ending they just stop showing it

now and aging it was about thisguy died and they put his brain into this body. he can run really fast hes lot samter. it don't come on tv any more. it didn't last long.

blind jusctice it was about this blind ploice man.

mutant X it was kind of like x-men or hereo.

whichblade. it didn't last long. it lasted good while.

[jimpickens]

SOF first they messed with it by replacing Real Andrews and Mark Sheppard with Dennis Rodman and David Eigenberg in the second season and ruined it by trying to make it hip and throwing in random guest stars which led to its cancellation in 1998 because it lost so many fans by its change direction plus the fact that STAR64 ( I lived in Ohio at time this show ran ) kept preempting it for every little thing didn't exactly help matters either.

[OOliver]

Mine are:

Gilmore Girls

And the one that really upset me...

KNOTS LANDING after 14 seasons, in which the show just got better and better with every episode (never jumped the shark).


I really wanted to be sad when they cancelled Designing Women as well, however they killed this show prematurely when they lost Delta Burke and Jean Smart. I was sad to see the good years go.

Same for Golden Girls - I think the show had run it's course and it was time to say adieu before the last season, which became a parody of it's best years.

[dakert]

I was sad when Planet of The Apes got cancelled

[DSfan]

I was sad to see Friends go off the air in 2004. All the other shows I have followed I only followed through reruns so never really experienced that thing. Although I'm sure Fresh Prince would have upset me in that there were only 6 seasons and they ended it in a very good/emotional way.

[Steve M.]

I'm With Her

[Rosslover]

as ER comes to an end, I would have to say it and also the two other shows that were part of Must See TV ...FRIENDS and Will and Grace. Joey 's cancellation as well as Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Dirt. were also too early.

[treky]

also "DIRT" on FX

[70s show watcher]

also "DIRT" on FX i liked dirt too

[repeatshistory]

I'm With Her

Absolutely. Teri Polo never got the respect she deserved as an actress on ABC. Two REALLY terrific shows she was involved in got cancelled one right after the other, in I'm With Her and SportsNight (in reverse order, but you get the idea.)

[bmasters9]

I finished all of "Hardcastle and McCormick" on DVD, and I wish that it didn't end in 1986. I wish that it had continued at least for one more season to 1987.

[Mrdata]

My list is:

Home Improvement

King of the Hill

Palmers Town USA (was really starting to get good then they canned it)

Star Trek The Next Generation



Charles

[MrRetro_08]

King Of The Hill
Back To You

[megamanj2004]

King of the Hill - I agree wholeheartedly on that one. One side of the coin says Mike Judge and crew were right to wrap it up, but at the same time it also means that part of FOX's Sunday Night Animation Domination line-up gets a little crippled as well, which is sad.

Others:

Hill Street Blues - If only Daniel Travanti stayed w/ the show for one more season.

Mannix - This was was pounding hard in the Top 10 or Top 20 by its 8th season and the last ep. featured the late John Ritter who was killed (not by Mainnix himself) but one of the bad guys, which made it even more sad to see it go. This show would've even had a 9th season had CBS and Paramount settled their tensions to give this a 9th season. Intersting how once CBS cancelled this show, any success Paramount would try to have airing any of their shows on CBS would be short-lived for many years to come (up until CBS snatched JAG from NBC).

ALF - Good call! That was just a horrible way for this show to bow like that.

[rebafan1]

Even though I only started watching it in it's final season, I was upset when Reba got cancelled.

[ryan423]

Studio 60 and Back to you make the top of the list... followed by Everwood, 8 Simple Rules, Reba and Summerland!

[MikeL]

Beavis and Butthead it schould stil be on today cartoon was a classic

[catlover79]

When I found out 'Back to You' was cancelled, I was really upset.
Me too!! I really enjoyed it and felt there was a lot of untapped potential. FOX really treated it like crap. :mad:

[jimpickens]

When Things Rotten that show was never given a chance.
Firefly
Danger Theatre
The Last Precinct
Cliffhangers
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

[wkomorow]

SG1
Farscape
Still Standing

[bigk18]

My favorite sitcom, Boy Meets World. My favorite TV show, Stargate SG-1 and it's spin off, Stargate Atlantis. At least they had a good run.

[repeatshistory]

Farscape


Without a doubt the most egregious example of a network promising a continuation and then canceling a show. Sci-fi Channel lost my viewership at this point, and has NEVER regained it. Farscape was their HIGHEST RATED SHOW, but because they didn't own ENOUGH of it, they cancelled it. Never mind that they were making money on it, they decided they weren't making ENOUGH money on it. Jerks.

[megamanj2004]

Beavis and Butthead it schould stil be on today cartoon was a classic

Another great call!

When MTV pulled the plug on it, that sucked big time.

[mrsmatthewperry]

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Joey

[yankeesrj12]

I Didnt Cry, But I Was Sad/Pissed:
* Family Guy (FOX) ((Thank god it came back!))
* Friends (NBC)
* Will and Grace (NBC)
* Traveler (ABC)
* Pushing Daisies (ABC)
* ER (NBC) ((It's probably time to end it, but it's quite sad))
* The King of Queens (CBS)

[Cactus Jack]

Arrested Development, Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared, 8 Simple Rules, Quintuplets, Complete Savages

[JamesG]

FOX's Brimstone; the deceased cop who has to capture escaped demons and send them back to Hell.

[Steve M.]

Ed! ED! ED!! ED!!! ED!!!!

[masterdkd]

I wouldn't say saddened but sucks of what happened to them.

Married with Children
Newsradio

The two above I didn't mind for them to be canceled but I think both of them deserve closure in a big way-for themselves and for the fans.

Adventures of Brisco County Jr.-could at least last for another year or two
Werewolf-the series in the late 80's or early 90's-at least one more year

[catlover79]

Providence was another show I was both shocked and saddened to see cancelled. I just loved it...but at least Melina Kanakaredes (a fellow Ohio native!!) is having the last laugh on CSI: NY.

[70s show watcher]

i agree about providence i really liked that show

[megamanj2004]

I got another one:

Kolchak: The Night Stalker - this show didn't even get a chance to make a name for its self. Even the 2005 revival of this show got canned too soon as well.

[dawsongirl]

Futurama. Another show that Fox treated like complete ****. Now look what their Sunday night is left with. Idiots.

Lois and Clark.

[KJH278]

EMERGENCY!
Chips
The Dukes of Hazzard
Brooklyn Bridge

[James]

Coach
Family Matters
Home Improvement
Joan of Arcadia (CBS canceled it despite a petition drive by the Parents Television Council to save it! :mad: )
Our House (NBC, 1986-88)
Perfect Strangers
State of Grace (ABC/Fox Family, 2001-02)
Step By Step
Three Wishes (NBC, fall 2005)
The Wonder Years (I've said it before, but it should have had at least one more season to give it proper closure like M*A*S*H got!)

[catlover79]

^ Don't forget, the same dodos at CBS cancelled one of my favorites, Christy. Christy got more cards and letters than any other show in CBS history!! :mad:

[steevo]

I was miffed when "Soap" got canceled. It didn't even have a chance to have a finale.

"WKRP" could have gone another season or two.

Same with "Firefly" and "Arrested Development".

:mad:

[Steve M.]

I was miffed when "Soap" got canceled. It didn't even have a chance to have a finale.

Didn't the Moral Majority force it off the air because of Billy Crystal's gay character? (Don't forget when his brother had a black girlfriend!)

[catlover79]

Didn't the Moral Majority force it off the air because of Billy Crystal's gay character? (Don't forget when his brother had a black girlfriend!)
I thought it went off the air mainly because Soap's main sponsor quit on them (among other things like you just mentioned).

[megamanj2004]

My Sister Sam (1986-88; CBS) - Well on one side of the coin, it was good that CBS canned it before we would learn of Rebecca Schaffer's untimely death (remember how NBC horribly toyed w/ Chico and the Man after Freddie Prinze died and how years later ABC did the same thing w/ Eight Simple Rules when John Ritter?) on the other side of the coin, CBS made the fatal mistake w/ this show of moving it from Mondays to Thursdays by putting it up against NBC's powerhouse lineup of shows.

My Two Dads (1987-90; NBC) - This show like My Sister Sam started their 1st seasons in the Top 25 on the Nielsens. But in the case of this show, NBC made the mistake of waiting until mid-season to start S2 and then like My Sister Sam, this show too was hit by a timeslot change.

[steevo]

Didn't the Moral Majority force it off the air because of Billy Crystal's gay character? (Don't forget when his brother had a black girlfriend!)

That controversy had pretty much died down by the end of the first season. It was cancelled because ABC didn't like its falling ratings, though according to some they were still respectable.