Post Your Pick For A Very Promising Show That Was Neglected and Canned that could have had a bright future...

Boston Public - The First 3 Seasons Were Great In My Opinion but Fox Didn't care and threw it on death Row Friday where i forgot to watch. :flabnabbi

Mister Sterling. The writing was brilliant, the acting was superb, everything about this show was fantastic. And only nine episodes were broadcast.

Also, Keen Eddie, for the same reasons. And those are only two from the past few years. There are countless others.

Instead of listing the obvious (My So-Called Life, Popular, every NBC sitcom put after Friends between 1995-2000), I'm listing two shows that were axed when it could still be repaired.

Law and Order: Trial by Jury- It had an incredible pilot, which was possibly one of the best episodes of the entire franchise, but the remaining episodes were either too predictable or just a bad rehash of an early-period L&O episode. But given time it could've improved (L&O: SVU's first season or at least most of it was horrible). Shame, NBC!

Herman's Head- After the best debut season of any sitcom in a long time, the second season disappointed on so many levels it was almost excruciating to watch. However, you could almost hear the writers getting back up to speed come season 3. In fact, the last half ranks upon some of the best comedy of the '90s. And if the rumors about the plans for season 4 are true (Hedy was apparently to have four people inside her mind too), then it was the wrong thing to do.

Mister Sterling Also, Keen Eddie

I agree, those were two good shows.

FOX killed a bunch of shows that I thought had potential, like The Tick, Andy Richter, and Futurama.

Futurama at least had a good four seasons. Most of the other shows that FOX kills off without giving them a chance get far fewer episodes.

Flamingo Road!

And so what if it's a drama! And so what if it was cancelled over 20 years ago! NBC still screwed up by putting it up against "Hart to Hart."

Wonderfalls :)

I agree, those were two good shows.

FOX killed a bunch of shows that I thought had potential, like The Tick, Andy Richter, and Futurama.
Titus

Futurama at least had a good four seasons. Most of the other shows that FOX kills off without giving them a chance get far fewer episodes.

Thank GOD for at least that much. $@#&! Fox execs.


I say Eyes. Gee...4 episodes wasn't plenty to find an audience?? <ABC exec scratches his ass> pissed:

Titus

Ah, yes. Another great move on the part of FOX.

Going back a decade or so, let me put forth Earth 2, a one-season wonder from NBC. Such potential. So many stories to tell. Thankfully, it is getting a DVD release this summer. Additionally, I have to say that after viewing a handful of episodes of both The Boys and The Building, shows that aired on CBS in 1993, the fact that both lasted only five episodes is a travesty. They both had so much going for them despite some early show jitters. So very much...

And finally, I really enjoyed the three episodes of first years that aired on NBC a few years back. I think it could have told a few good stories.

They moved Boston Legal to Friday? When?? No wonder I can't find it.

Dee

Joan of Arcadia
Firefly
Odyssey 5

Hunter & Wonderfalls.

MY SO-CALLED LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joan Of Arcadia.

MY SO-CALLED LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ditto!

Joan Of Arcadia.

factsoflife, I totally agree! I thought that show could have gone the necessary 100 episodes for syndication, if not more. I know of two online petitions that were out there to save the show! Actually one petition was actually a campaign to save JOA on the Parents Television Council's website with CBS's e-mail address (does that count?); the ever-popular petitiononline.com was the other and had at least 3,000 signatures long before May 18.

They moved Boston Legal to Friday? When?? No wonder I can't find it.

Dee

No I was talking about the show boston Public it aired on fox a couple of years ago it was about a boston public high school.

what about Freak and Greeks it was very good but on a bad time slot and move show too many times

Top of my list:

Get A Life
Sledge Hammer!
8 Simple Rules (...yes, even without John Ritter [no disrespect] it deserved better. James Garner and David Spade were damn funny.)
Futurama
Fawlty Towers (Yes, I'm including Britcoms. Wanna make something of it?)
Grounded For Life

Boston Common
Freaks and Geeks

Savannah... the WB canned it after two seasons, if they had just moved it back to Sunday nights the ratings could have rebounded and it could have been saved.

8 Simple Rules (...yes, even without John Ritter [no disrespect] it deserved better. James Garner and David Spade were damn funny.)




I agree. I thought the last two seasons were very funny.


Point Pleasant should have been given a chance. All FOX had to do was advertise the show or move it to another night and it would have done well, I believe anyways.

POPULAR!!!

Oliver Beene

Freaks and Geeks and Whoopi.

Frank's Place
Roc

BROOKLYN BRIDGE

Savannah... the WB canned it after two seasons, if they had just moved it back to Sunday nights the ratings could have rebounded and it could have been saved.

The show was canned but not the name, the WB gave the name to lucys baby. :D

The show was canned but not the name, the WB gave the name to lucys baby. :D


ok thats funny because those shows both premired in the same year... in fact on the same night. and if fact were both Aaron Spelling shows so it could have been a nod to Savannah which at the time was the more "critically acclaimed" show of the two. and was getting higher ratings... however in the end i guess 7th Heaven came out victorious, alas.

at this point in 2005, I don't think George Eads is losing any sleep over the demise of Savannah

at this point in 2005, I don't think George Eads is losing any sleep over the demise of Savannah
He was in that?? lol, no, I think you right. :lol:

He was in that?? lol, no, I think you right. :lol:

yes, he was so popular on that show that after his character had been killed off he was brought back. i can't remember if it was as the same character (Travis) or a different character.

Eads may not be loosing sleep, but i'm sure everyone else is... where is Jamie Luner? Robyn Livley? Shannon Sturges? Ray Wise? David Gail?