There are so many great shows out there. They don't make them like they used to. All in the Family, M*A*S*H, Seinfeld, Barney Miller and The Jeffersons, just to name a few.
But there are the shows that never made it. Archie Bunker's Place only lasted four seasons. Stark Raving Mad only lasted 18 episodes. The Weber Show lasted only 15 episodes. And The Michael Richards Show only lasted eight episodes. What other great shows only lasted a short life?

Well, I could say Life with Lucy, but that show wasn't really all that great.

"Tucker",
"Three's a Crowd"
"The Ropers"
"Gloria"

The Critic (1994-1995)
John Larroquette Show (1993-1996)
True Colors (1990-1992)
Fish (1977-1978)

What about Bobby Sherman's early '70's sitcom, "Getting Together"? I never saw that show because I was just three years old when it aired, and no reruns have been shown! LOL! I understand it was a spinoff of "The Partridge Family." Maybe TVLand or Nick At Nite Will air reruns of "Getting Together" someday. That would be neat!

--Gary Sandy was in the '77 sitcom All That Glitters. He played the guy who had the "best buns"
--Co-Ed Fever was axed after 1 episode
--A New Kind Of Family w/Eileen Brennan, et al.

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Social Studies

The Mike O' Malley show.
Canceled after just two episodes.
Not great, but it COULD have been!

The Family Man 1990. Had potential
Amanda's Place 1983 (Bea Arthur)

"Checking In"
"704 Hauser Street"
"The Brady Brides"
"The Bradys"
"The Brady Bunch Hour"
"Hello Larry"
"The New Andy Griffith Show"
"9 To 5"
"George And Leo"
"The Geena Davis Show"
"Bette"
"Good Morning Miss. Bliss"
"Hi Honey I'm Home"

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What about DADDIO?

I saw part of an episode and it was okay.that show is long forgotten. Tucker is on NICKELODEON in the United Kingdom.

Police Squad! (In Color)...Starring Leslie Neilsen....also starring Alan North...and Rex Hamilton as "Abraham Lincoln"....with Special Guest Star Florence Henderson (who immediately dies in a hail of bullets).

One of the funniest shows on T.V., unfortunately, it only lasted 6 episodes.

"Bette"
"Boston Common"
"Veronica's Closet"
"Flash Forward"
"Go Fish"

Champs ( 199?)
Thunder Alley ( 1995)
Something so right (1997)
Social studies (1997)
Mr. Rhodes (199?)
Nick Freno:liscensed teacher (1995?)
go fish (2001)
pacific pallisades (1997)
my so-called life (1994)
some of my best friends (2001)
models inc (1994)
savannah (1995)
it's like you know.....(1999)
hearts affire (199?)
nurses (199?)

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Jo- Blair, i thought you liked that song?
Blair- i do
Jo- then why are you doing that to it?
Blair- doing what?
Jo- Sining it like Julie Andrews!

"Chimps, I'm Working with Chimps."- Amber, CLueless.

One show I enjoyed was called....High Incident......another was Hill Street Blues

I really enjoyed "The Lucie Arnaz Show", although I could've done without that canned laughter. Take that away, and the show was smashing!

I always liked the show The Powers That Be

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The Phoenix, Manimal, StreetHawk, The Master, Automan, The Quest(The 80's one), Macgruder & Loud, Hot Pursuit, Misfits Of Science, We Got It Made, The Wizard, Hard Time On Planet Earth, Raven, Whoops!, Deadly Games, Live Shot. And one more WEREWOLF.

Short-Lived Shows (that lasted 2-4 seasons):

1) The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hours- 3 seasons
2) The Munsters- 2 seasons
3) The Munsters Today- 3 seasons
4) The Addams Family- 2 seasons
5) Mayberry R.F.D.- 3 seasons
6) Archie Bunker's Place- 4 seasons
7) Rhoda- 4 seasons
8) Mork and Mindy- 4 seasons
9) Welcome Back Kotter- 4 seasons
10) WKRP in Cincinnatti- 4 seasons
11) Cosby- 4 seasons
12) Phyllis- 2 seasons
13) Just the Ten of Us- 2 seasons
14) The New Dick Van Dyke Show- 3 seasons

"All Is Forgiven" lasted only about a month on NBC in the mid 1980s, but had what I still consider the best first episode of any series I have ever seen. Well-written, character-based humor was present after only 22 minutes. "Flying Blind" on FOX in the early '90s, with Tea Leoni, was also very funny at times.

Guys, you are all forgetting the extremely short lived series' Mary (1985-1986) and Annie McGuire (1986). Mary starred Mary Tyler Moore, Addams Family's John Austin and before Married With Children, Katey Segal. That show only lasted 13 episodes. The same as the biggest TV veteran Lucille Ball in that same time region. Also Annie Mc Guire lasted only 7 shows.

Originally posted by RIPCaroll O'Connor:
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But there are the shows that never made it. Archie Bunker's Place only lasted four seasons. Stark Raving Mad only lasted 18 episodes. The Weber Show lasted only 15 episodes. And The Michael Richards Show only lasted eight episodes. What other great shows only lasted a short life?[/B]


all the shows u just names were hobbible, except for maybe stark raving mad.

Originally posted by Bedsheets2:
One show I enjoyed was called....High Incident......another was Hill Street Blues


i also enjoyed high incident, i remember when vanessa marcil was on.. as for hill street blues it can harldy be considered short lived, as it lasted like ten years and won like 100 emmys i believe they had the record for most emmy wins until last year when ER broke it.


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Andy- Yep, Sexy lingerie that's you, that's what i named you.
Tootie- Oh, say you didn't
Jo- I Will not be known as sexy lingerie.

" Gross-a-roo"- Punky Brewster.

"Archie Bunker's Place" actually shouldn't be considred a failure for only lasting 4 seasons as this was a continuation from "All in the Family".

Remember back in the day if a show lasted 4 seasons it was considred a success because it would enable the producers to sell it to syndication. In some cases 3 seasons are a success.

Recently CBS cancelled "What about Joan" Joan Cusak's series which I think only came out mid season last year - that is a disppointment. Also the new series "Danny" starring Daniel Stern was cancelled after only 2 episodes! There's no such thing as developing a show anymore I guess.

If that had been the case "All in the Family", "Cheers", "Family Ties", and countless others would have bit the dust in the early going as well.

I will post again later when I develop my listing of shows that shouldn't have been cancelled!

Ed

The Dana Carvey Show.

Hilarious.... but a little too much for prime time ABC.

Originally posted by LucyFan:
Short-Lived Shows (that lasted 2-4 seasons):

1) The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hours- 3 seasons
2) The Munsters- 2 seasons
3) The Munsters Today- 3 seasons
4) The Addams Family- 2 seasons
5) Mayberry R.F.D.- 3 seasons
6) Archie Bunker's Place- 4 seasons
7) Rhoda- 4 seasons
8) Mork and Mindy- 4 seasons
9) Welcome Back Kotter- 4 seasons
10) WKRP in Cincinnatti- 4 seasons
11) Cosby- 4 seasons
12) Phyllis- 2 seasons
13) Just the Ten of Us- 2 seasons
14) The New Dick Van Dyke Show- 3 seasons



"Just the Ten of Us" lasted three seasons-it was a mid season replacement in 1988.

And I don't think "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" would count-it was more 'specials' and went under diff'rent names during it's run due to changing sponsers. And the fact that it wasn't really much a series since by that time space of three seasons most shows would have upwards of 80 episodes!

Originally posted by factsoflife:
Hearts A Fire (199?)



1992-1995

Vicki http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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Hey ALF fans visit
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Originally posted by Sheriff Swell:
"Archie Bunker's Place" actually shouldn't be considred a failure for only lasting 4 seasons as this was a continuation from "All in the Family".


Ed

Thank You so much for pointing that out. Because that is the truth.

My favorite obscure program was "Get a Life" with Chris Elliott, in the early 90's. Chris was a 30 yr. old paper boy who lived with his parents, and the first season was great! The second was a bit out-there and was soon cancelled. I still have several taped episodes of this show.
Early this year, "The Lone Gunman" was a great spin-off of "X-Files" but didn't last more than a few episodes

The Critic(1994-95)
Geena Davis Show (2000-01)
First Version of Charles in Charge (1984-85)
Square Pegs (1982-83)
ALF (1986-90)
Keanan & Kel (1996-99)
Salute Your Shorts (1991-92)
Clarissa Explains It All (1991-94)
Hey Dude (1989-91)
What's Happening!!! (1976-79)
What's Happening Now!!! (1985-88)
Rhoda (1974-78)
Phyllis (1975-77)

That's all for now.

OKAY I HAVE TO SHOUT THIS!! JUST THE TEN OF US IS THE BEST SITCOME EVER (in my opinion of corse)!! LASTING FROM APRIL 22 1988 -MAY 3, 1990 THE LUBBOCKS WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART!! IF ANY ONE KNOW OF ANY CHANNELS AIRING THIS SHOW PLEASE COMTACT ME ASAP!!

well thanks and i appollogize for shouting!!

ps i also liked day by day and sister kate!!

Originally posted by LONEWOLF:
Automan

Now that show rocks! I love it!

I really liked the original Gidget with Sally Field. That was only on for one season, wasn't it? 1965-66, I believe.:crazy:

Bridget Loves Bernie,starring Meredith "Elyse Keaton" Baxter
Birney!!!!:)

Didn't "Good Morning Miss Bliss" move from the Disney Channel to NBC and then became "Saved by the Bell"? Speaking of the Disney Channel, one show I remember they used to have was the 80's spin off of "Leave It To Beaver" which was called "Still The Beaver". It moved over to TBS in the late 80's and was renamed "The New Leave It To Beaver".

To refresh your memory, the show's plot was about Beaver moving back in with his mom after a divorce. He moves his two boys (Kipp and Oliver) with him. Ward passed away (it never really said how, but I think the guy who played him in the original actually died). Wally married his high school sweetheart, Mary Ellen Rogers and they have two kids (Kelly and Kevin). They live right next door to June and Beaver.

Eddie Haskell is still around. He owns his own construction company and he has two boys, Freddie and Bomber (which were actually played by his two sons). Lumpy still comes around from time to time.

I liked the show, but it just went off the air with no final episode or anything. I still have a few episodes on tape. Do any of you remember watching this show?

I liked a show on CBS maybe about 7 years ago called "The 5 Mrs. Buchanans." I think it only lasted about a year though. It starred Eileen Heckart as an evil mother-in-law. It was great! :lol:

Anyone remember the '70s series called(I believe)Sunshine
and starring Bill Mumy(post-Will Robinson & pre-Lennier years)
as a struggling musician?

Bette
Encore! Encore!
Emeril (although the last episode was awful)
DAG

I remember a short lived comedy in the early 1980's about a wizard disguised as a mechanic and his apprentice in sorcery, who was, by day, a high school student. I think it was called "Mr. Merlin".

I do remember the show "Sunshine".

I was actually thinking about it only yesterday because Billy Mumy was on an A&E special about child stars. The John Denver song that served as the show's theme lasted longer than the show.

FILTHY RICH!!! I LOVE THJAT SHOW!:D

Anyone with episodes of these great TV show that they can trade with me?

Thanks.

Too Close for Comfort
Ted Knight Show
He's The Mayor
It's Your Move (Jason Bateman)
Dear John
Hogan Family
When Things Were Rotten (a Mel Brooks gem)
Our World (nostalgic documentary)
...
and a lot more

Teen Angel

Nurses (1991-1994)
The Five Mrs. Buchannens (1995?)
Life With Roger (1996-1997)
Can't Hurry Love (1995?)
Cafe Americain (1992?)
Teen Angel (1998?)

I know they weren't very popular shows, but I personally thought they were far funnier than Friends, Frasier, and some of the other more popular 1990's sitcoms.

yeh i remember that show so well.I used to watch every time it was on.I too miss it.

Swans Crossing (kinda funny though officialy a drama, like ALly mcBeal today), and it launched Sarah Gellar's career..ironically Kristy Swanson had just originated..yup. BUFFY BTHE VAMPIRE SLAYER at that time.(1992)


SQUARE PEGS (1982)

Well I really liked The Fighting Fitzgeralds, it was laugh out loud kind of comedy, but unfortunaly it couldn't hold an audience. It was a mid season replacement last season.

Oh Grow Up, that was a funny show to I beleive it only lasted 6 episodes on ABC. But I think if they would have kept it they wouldn't be in the runt they are now. It was the kind of show that would grow on you.

There was an old the WB sitcom called Kirk starring Kirk Cameron, the was a pretty good show.

This show with Steve Harvey could have been great but they cancelled after one season... but that is okay because he got his own award winning show only a couple years later. Also, what about "On Our Own" with all the Smollet children that show could have turned out to be great!!:happyface

I'll add some more
Fast times at Ridgemont High (my fave TV Honey Courtney Thorne Smith rehashed Jennifer Jason leigh's Stacey character from that film)
Square pegs
Gidget
Smothers Brothers Show (NOT the controversial but funny 1967-69 CBS show BUT the black and white one with Tom as a guardian angel)
Gilligan's Island 91964-67
The orgiginal Top Cat and JEtsons; hell too many cartoons then had short lives.

Three shows I can remember are: Our House, Freaks and Geeks, and Life With Roger.

Maniac Mansion is another show I remembered.

I'd have to say "Fernwood 2night" 1977 and "The Betty White Show" 1977-78, and "The Munsters Today" 1988-91, "The New Leave it to Beaver" 1985-89, "The New Gidget" ???-???.

Square Pegs

Get Real

Freaks And Geeks

Movie Stars

Two Of A Kind

Saved By The Bell: The College Years

The Torkelsons

Like the Statler Brothers sing, do you remember these?

The Brady Brides (1981, NBC)
The Bradys (1990, CBS)
Our House (1986-1988, NBC)

1. The Tortelli's
2. The Oblongs
3. Clerks
4. Family Guy
5. Greg the Bunny
6. The Good Life
7. Titus

Fawlty Towers (Britcom)
Smart Guy
It's like, you know...

I wonder why shows get cancelled so quick these days. If it isn't a hit immediatly, it gets cancelled. 'Married with Children' and 'happy Days' weren't instant hits either, but at least these shows got a second chance -and I'm glad they did!-

HOw bout the show......FLO



Alice rulz,,,,,,,,,la la la la laaaaaaaaa

The TBS original sitcoms.

"Down to Earth"
"Safe at Home"
"Rocky Road"

Originally posted by Will and Grace Fanatic
Oh Grow Up, that was a funny show to I beleive it only lasted 6 episodes on ABC. But I think if they would have kept it they wouldn't be in the runt they are now. It was the kind of show that would grow on you.


Good show. It did grow on me.

I actually found some info on "Oh, Grow Up". It wasn't actually cancelled do to ratings. The creater of that show is also the man behind HBO hit drama "Six Feet Under". Any ways OGU was cancelled because the creater Alan Ball was having creative difficulites with ABC. That's why it was cancelled.

their are alot of shows i thought were funny that didnt last more then 4 years.i really liked cpo sharkey with don rickles him and pruit always cracked me up,i also liked the show its your move .one show i also enjoyed was sanford i think that show shouldhave lasted longer.does anyone remember when aunt ester visits and they find freds marriage certificate and it shows ester signed her name where the wife issupposed to sign.it was a very funny episode.

Faulty Towers....hahah remember the sign out front the letters were always messed up and it would say Farty towels or something like that? hah

One very short lived show I remember was Second Noah, I never watched it but remember it well because it was filmed in Tampa, FL in a suburban neighborhood, I drive past everyday. The family that owned the house won a contest or something and they used their house, the gazebo and all. Funny its just in the middle of a neighborhood in central florida.

Someone said Street Hawk... yes! I cant believe that was so short, i thought it was on for years, now I know why it seemed like every episode was the same!

Bob (with Bob Newhart and Betty White)
Vicki (Vicki Lawrence's talk show)
Golden Palace
Homefront
Lois and Clark
The Torkelsons

;) anyone remember "After M*A*S*H"? That show was good but it failed in the ratings and with critics who tuned in hoping to see the same nuttiness like on "M*A*S*H". what about "The Tortellies" spin-off from "Cheers" dealing with the life of Carla's ex-husband, Nick? Bob Newhart has been getting it rough lately by a generation too consumed with shock humor. I loved both versions of "Bob"- the comic book version and the greeting card version with Betty White. I also loved "George and Leo" but they made a fatal mistake when they tried to mix the sharp tongue Judd Hirsch with the low key Bob Newhart. it might have looked good on paper seeing another variation on the "Odd Couple" concept but it didn't play out well. one of the funniest and most watched episode to my knowledge was when Bob and Judd's former guest stars from all of their previous shows made cameo roles. another short-lived program was "Heaven Help Us" in which Ricardo Montalban plays a God-type character looking over a newly dead couple. the star was John Schneider and it was on from 1996-1997 in syndication. what about the short-lived programs that many people assume ran for years and years: "Batman" actually ran from 1966-1968 but back in those days more episodes were produced during a single season. "Star Trek" ran from 1966-1969 but we all know the popularity that show has attained!

My Brother and Me (1994-1995)

Hi Jericho,

I thought I was the only person who remembered "Safe At Home". Glad you posted!

Bob 1992-93
Pistols n Petticoats 1966-67
The Brian Keith Show 1972-74
The Mothers-in-Law 1967-69
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers- 1970's


All very funny shows that never really caught on and in the case of Pistols n Petticoats, the star, Ann Sheridan died during the first season. Wish they would show them all again. Maybe some day.....
Greg

Whiz Kids 1983-1984(cacelled after 1 season). The show with the old school PC. Not a sitcom, but I liked the show.

Oh Madeline
The Crew
The Sanford Arms
Phyllis
These were my favorites

"All's.Fair"-2 seas.

Was the Fighting Fitzgeralds, a show with Bernard Hughes who play a priest. If so I did like that show. Christine Ebersole I think played a daughter.. One character was gay?

These two have been mentioned but I really liked them and wished they would've lasted longer.
The Golden Palace
Our House
Other ones I can think of are: Watching Ellie with Julia Louis Dreyfuss
Bob Patterson with Jason Alexander
In Laws
Hidden Hills
The Faculty with Meredith Baxter
Saved By the Bell:The New Class
The Pursuit of Happiness
Was Delta mentioned?
How about her husband Gerald McRaney's show the spinoff of Touched By an Angel; Promised Land
Or Jesse with Christina Applegate
Two shows with the Olsen twins, So Little Time and Two of a Kind

That's all I can think of right now. :p

How about Pacific Palisades?
Or Titans?

:confused:

Emeril
Push, Nevada
Our House

The Critic had potential.

NO found out that the show I was thinking of starring Bernard Huges was called the Cavanaughs.

These are the best shows that were pulled within one year

Drexell's Class
Dabney Coleman teaching fifth graders - trust me it was funnier than it looks on paper!

The Powers That Be
David Hyde Pierce and Peter MacNicol before they hit big.

Boston Common
Lasted for just over a year but was funny as hell, typical of these sort of firecracker shows both the star and the girl turned up later in Mediocre sitcoms (Yes Dear and 2 Guys + a Girl)

Hudson Street
A really, really good Tony Danza vehicle, very popular in Australia too, top ten every week it was on!

The Michael Richards Show
Sure - he was playing Kramer as a PI, but that's a good thing!

Me & the Boys
I loved this show, screened during one summer here in Australia, My Wife and Kids owes a debt to this show.

i liked hello larry dispite what critics said also house rules and pehnom

Wasn't that the one with Bronson Pinchot where that same woman would guest star as a different character every week?

That got a pitiful weekday afternoon timeslot for a few weeks in Australia so I didn't get to see much of it.

Hmm...here's the ones I can think of right now:

Saved by the Bell: the College Years
Kirk
Lois & Clark: the New Adventures of Superman
Our House

Originally posted by barb1686
Hmm...here's the ones I can think of right now:

Saved by the Bell: the College Years
Lois & Clark: the New Adventures of Superman

I would not exactly call either of those shows forgotten. Saved By The Bell: The College Years will forever be remember as part of the SBTB franchise. And Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman lasted for, what, four seasons? Dean Cain and that series are intertwined and always will be.

Some of the tv shows I like were mentioned

The Powers that Be
Running the Halls
CPO Sharkey
Out of this World
Tattinger's
704 Hauser
Whoops!
Boys Will Be Boys
Rags To Riches
Misfits of Science
Viper
Free Spirit
Get A Life
Swans Crossing
KIDS Incorporated
Fired Up
Brothers(showtime channel)
Hank
Just the Ten of Us
Sister Kate
Herman's Head(Gotta Love Yardley Smith)
Nearly Departed
Soul Man
Daddio
Joni Loves Chachi
Emeril
Busom Buddies
Blanskie's Beauties
FLO
Norm
The Tortellis
The Roppers
My Mother The Car
Me and the Chimp
Supertrain
Soap
Torlkeson's(AKA Almost Home)
Grady
MR. T and Tina
New Leave it to Beaver
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
The New Munsters
You Again(starring Jack Klugman and John Stamos)
A.E.S. Hudson Street
a.k.a. Pablo
Accidental Family
Ace Crawford, Private Eye
Adams Rib
Munsters
Addams Family
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
Aftermash
Airwaves
Aliens in the Family
All-American Girl
All Is Forgiven
All that Glitters
All's Fair
Almost Perfect
Aloha Paradise
Alright Already
Amanda's
America 2-Night
American Dreamer
The New Andy Griffith Show
Angie
Ann Jillian
Anna and the King
Annie McGuire
Another Day
Anything But Love
Apt. 2-F
Apple Pie
The Army Show
Arnie
Arresting Behavior
Ask Harriet
The Associates
At ease
Austin Stories
A Year at the Top
You Can't Take It with You
You Take the Kids
You Wish
You're the One
Hello Larry
The Van Dyke Show
Veronica's Closet
Vinnie & Bobby
Viva Valdez
Uncle Buck
Uglest Girl in Town
Undeclared
Under One Roof(AKA Spencer with Chad Lowe)
Unhappily Ever After
Union Square
United States
USA High
I Married Dora
Was a Sixth Grade Alien
Ichabod and Me
If Not for You
I'm a Big Girl Now
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
Imagine That
In-Laws
In the Beginning
In the House
Ink
Inside Schwartz
It Had to Be You
It Takes two
It's a Man's World
Its About Time
It's Garry Shandling's Show
It's Like, You Know
It's Not Easy
It's Your Move(with Jason Bateman and David Garrison)
Ivan the Terrible
The O'Keefes
O.K. Crackerby
The Oblongs
Occasional Wife
The New Odd Couple
Odd Man Out
Off Centre
Off the Rack
The Office
Oh Baby
Oh Grow Up
Oh Madeline
Oh, Those Bells
On Our Own
On Our Own(newer version)
Er(with George Clooney) The Comedy one
On the Air
On the Rocks
On the Spot
One Happy Family
One in a Million
Day by Day
One of the Boys
One of the Boys(newer version)
One World
Open All Night
Open House
Operation Peticoat
Our Man Higgins
Out All Night
Out of the Blue
Over the Top
Ozzie's Girls
Easy Street
Eisenhower & Lutz
The Ellen Burstyn Show
The Ellen Show
Empire
Encore! Encore!
Ensign O'Toole
Even Stevens
Everything's Relative
Everything's Relative(newer version)
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
Walter and Emily
Wanda at Large
The War Next Door
Washingtoon
Watching Ellie
The Waverly Wonders
We Got It Made
The Weber Show
Welcome Freshmen
Welcome to New York
We'll Get By
Wendy and Me
We've Got Each Other
What a County
What a Dummy
What About Joan
When the Whistle Blows
When Things Were Rotten
Where I Live
A Whole New Ballgame
Who's Watching the Kids?
Wild Oats
Wish You Were Here
Women in PRison
Woops!
Working
Working Girl
Working it out
Working Stiffs
Quark
Que Pasa U.S.A.?
The Queen and I
Zoe
Zorro and Son
Pacific Station
The PJs
Paper Moon
Parenthood
Park Place
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Partners
The Partners
Party Girl
The Paul Lynde Show
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
Pauly
Payne
Pearl
The People Next Door
Pete and Gladys
Peter Loves Mary
Phenom
The New Phil Silvers Show
Phyl & Mikhy
Phyllis
The Phyllis Diller Show
Pig Stye
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
The Pitts
Platypus Man
Please Standy By
Police Academy: The Series
Police Squad
The Popcorn Kid
Popi
The Practice
Pride & Joy
Princesses
Private Benjamin
Public Morals
Pursuit of Happiness
The Pursuit of Happiness
Rachel Gunn, R.N.
Rags to Riches
Raising Dad
Raising Miranda
Rango
The Redd Foxx Show
Reggie
Regular Joe
Report to Murphy
The Rerun Show
Reunited
Rhythm & Blues
The Robert Guillaume Show
Roc
Rocky Road
Roll Out
Room for One More
Room for Two
Roomies
The Rounders
Roxie
The Royal Family
Run Buddy Run
Safe at Home
Salute Your Shorts
Sammy
Sanchez of Bel Air
The San Pedro Beach Bums
The Sandy Duncan Show
Sanford
The Sanford Arms
Sara
Scorch
Second Chance
The Second Hundred Years
The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
The Secret Lives of Men
Semi-Tough
Shaky Ground
Shaping Up
Shasta (McNasty)
She's the Sheriff
Shirley's World
The Show
Sibs
Simon
The Simple Life
The Sinbad Show
Singer & Sons
The Single Guy
Sirota's Court
The Six O'Clock Follies
The Slap Maxwell Story
Sledge Hammer!
Small & Frye
Smart Guy
So Little Time
So This Is Hollywood
Social Studies
Someone Like Me
Something So Right
Something Wilder
Sparks
Sports Night
Square Pegs
Stand by Your Man
Stanley
Star of the Family
Stark Raving Mad
Starting From Scratch
Stat
Stockard Channing in Just Friends
The Stockard Channing Show
The Stones
Strangers with Candy
Strip Mall
Struck by Lightning
Style and Substance
Student Bodies
Sugar and Spice
Sugar Time!
Sunday Dinner
Sunshine
Suzanne Pleshette Is Maggie Briggs
Sweet Surrender
Sydney
Szysznyk
The Tab Hunter Show
Tabitha
Taina
Take Five
Talk to Me
Tall Hopes
Tammy
The Tammy Grimes Show
Tattingers
Teachers Only
The Ted Knight Show
Teech
Teen Angel
Temperatures Rising
Temporaily yours
The Texas Wheelers
Thanks
That '80s Show
That's Life
That's My Bush
That's My Mama
Thea
Then Came You
Thicker Than Water
The Thin Man
13 East
13 Queens Boulevard
The Thorns
This is Alice
Those Endearing Young Charms
Those Two
Three Sisters
Those Whitting Girls
Three's a Crowd
Throb
Thunder Alley
The Tick
The Tim Conway Show
Titus
To Rome with Love
Together We Stand
Tom
Tom, Dick and Mary
The Tom Ewell Show
The Tom Show
The Tony Danza Show
The Tony Randall Show
Too Something
Too Young to Go Steady
Top of the Heap
Tough Cookies
Townies
Trial and Error
The Trouble With Larry
The Trouble with Normal
True Colors
Trying Times
Tucker
Turnabout
Two Guys and a Girl
Two of a Kind
The Two of Us
The Tycoon
The Naked Truth
Nancy
The Nancy Walker Show
The Nanette Fabray Show
Nanny and the Professor
Nearly Departed
Ned and Stacey
Needles and Pins
New Attitude
The New Get Smart
The New Gidget
A new Knind of Family
The New Monkees
The New Phil Silvers Show
New York Daze
Nick & Hillary
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
Nikki
90 Bristol Court
No Soap, Radio
Noah Knows Best
Nobody's Perfect
Norby
Normal Life
Normal, Ohio
Nothing in Common
Nothing is Easy
The Nutt House
M.Y.O.B.
Madame's Place
Madigen Men
Madman of the People
Maggie
Maggie(Newer Version)
Maggie Winters
Make Room for Granddaddy
Making it
Making the Grade
Malibu, CA
Mama
Mama Malone
Mama Rosa
Mama's Boy
Man in the Family
Man of the People
Manhattan, AZ
Maniac Mansion
Many Happy Returns
Marblehead Manor
The Marge and Gower Champion Show
Marge and Jeff
Margie
The Marriage
Married People
The Marshall Chronicles
The Martin Short Show
Mary
Mart Hartman, Mary Hartman
The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
Maybe its me
Maybe This Time
McKeever & the Colonel
The McLean Stevenson Show
Me and Max
Me & Mrs. C.
Me and the Boys
Me and the Chimp
Meego
Meet Corliss Archer
Meet Millie
Melba
Men Behaving Badly
Men, Women, and Dogs
The Michael Richards Show
Mickey
The Mickey Rooney Show
The Mighty Jungle
The Mike O'Malley Show
Minor Adjustments
A Minute with Stan Hooper
Misery Loves Company
Miss Winslow and Son
Mr. Adams and Eve
Mr. and Mrs. Dracula
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Mr. Merlin
Mr. President
Mr. Rhodes
Mr. Roberts
Mr. Smith
Mr. Terrific
Mrs. G Goes to College ( aka The Gertrude Berg Show)
Molloy
The Mommies
Mona McCluskey
The Montefuscos
Morton & Hayes
The Mothers-in-Law
Movie Stars
The Mullets
Muscle
My Big Fat Greek Life
My Brother and Me
My Favorite Husband
My Friend Irma
My Guys
My Hero
My Hometown
My Living Doll
My Secret Identity
My Sister Eileen
My Secret Identity
My Sister Sam
My Son Jeep
My Talk Show
My Two Dads
My Wildest Dreams
My World and Welcome To It
The Kallikaks
Karen
Karen's Song
Katie Joplin
Kelly Kelly
King of Kensington
Kirk
Knight & Daye
Kristin
The Jackie Thomas Show
Jamie
The Jean Arthur Show
The Jean Carroll Show
The Jeff Foxworthy Show
Jennifer Slept Here
Jenny
Jesse
The Jim Backus Show
The Jimmy Stewart Show
The Job
Joe & Mabel
Joe and Sons
Joe & Valerie
Joe Bash
Joe's Life
Joe's Wold
Joey
The John Forsythe Show
Julia
Just in Time
Just Our Luck
Just the Ten of Us
Ladies' Man
Ladie's Mna(Newer version)
The Last Frontier
The Last Precinct
The Last Resort
Lateline
Laurie Hill
Leap of Faith
A League of Their Own
Learning the Ropes
Leave It to Larry
Lenny
Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills
Lewis & Clark
Life... and Stuff
Life with Elizabeth
Life With Father
Life with Lucy
Life With Roger
Life with Luigi
Life's Work
The Little People
Live-in
Living Dolls
Living in Captivity
Lizzie McGuire
Local Hero's
Lost at Home
Lost on Earth
Losta Luck
The Louie Show
Love & Marriage
Love & Marriage(newer Version)
Love & Money
The Love Boat: The Next Wave
Love on a Rooftop
Love, Sidney
Love That Jill
Love Thy Neighbor
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
The Lucie Arnaz Show
Luis
Life's Rush
Hail to the Chief
The Halls of Ivy
Hanging In
Hank
The Hank McCune Show
Happy
Hardball
Harper Valley, P.T.A.
Harrigan and Son
Harris Againt the World
Harry
Harry and the Hendersons
Harry's Girls
The Harvey Korman Show
The Hartmans
The Hathaways
Have Faith
He and She
Head Over Heels
Heartland
Hearts Afire
Heaven for Betsy
Herbie, the Love Bug
Here and Now
Here Come the Brides
Here We Go Again
The Hero
He's the Mayor
Hey Dude
Hey Jeannie
Hey Landlord
Hi Honey, I'm Home
Hey Mulligan
Hidden Hills
High Society
Highcliffe Manor
Hiller and Diller
Hiram Holiday
His and Hers
Hitz
Hizzoner
Holding the Baby
Holiday Lodge
Holmes and Yo-Yo
The Home Court
Home Movies
Home Free
Homeboys in Outer Space
Homeroom
Honestly, Celeste!
Hooperman
Hope and Gloria
Hot L Baltimore
Hot Off the Wire
House Calls
House of Buggin'
House Rules
How to Marry a Millionaire
Hudson Street
Husbands, Wives & Lovers
Hype
Cafe Americain
Calucci's Department
Camp Runamuck
Camp Wilder
Campus Cops
Can't Hurry Love
Captain Nice
The Cara Williams Show
Carter Country
Champs
Charlie & Co.
The Charlie Farrell Show
Charlie Hoover
Charlie Larwance
The Charmings
Check it Out
Checking In
Chicago Sons
The Chicago Teddy Bear
Chicken Soup
City
Claude's Crib
Cleghorne!
The Closer
Co-Ed Fever
Coming of Age
Common Law
Condo
Conrad Bloom
Cop and the Kid
The Corner Bar
Costello
Coupling
Cousin Skeeter
Cracking Up
The Crew
Cursed
Cutters
The Geena Davis Show
George
George and Leo
The George Carlin Show
The George Wendt Show
The Gertrude Berg Show
Getting By
Getting Personal
Getting Together
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Ghost Busters
Gidget
The New Gidget
The Girl with Something Extra
The Girls
Gloria
Glynis
Go Fish
Going my way
Going Places
The Goldbergs
The Golden Palace
Good Advice
Good and Evil
Good Company
Good Grief!
The Good Guys
Good Heavens
The Good Life
Good Morning, World
Good News
Good Sports
Good Time Harry
Goode Behavior
Goodnight, Beantown
Goodtime Girls
The Govenor & J.J.
Grand
Grandpa Goes to Washington
Grapevine
Grapevine(Newer Version)
The Great Gildersleeve
Great Scott
Greetings from Tucson
Greg the Bunny
The Gregory Hines Show
Grindl
Grosse Pointe
The Growing Paynes
Grown Ups
Guestward Ho!
Gun Shy
Guys Like Us
FM
F-Troop
The Faculty
Fair Exchange
Family Affair(2003-2003)
Family Album
A Family For Joe
Family Man
Family Rules
The Famous Teddy Z
The Fannelli Boys
Far Out Space Nuts
Fast Times (at Ridgemont High)
Father of the Bride
Father and Son
Fernwood 2-Night
Fay
Ferris Bueller
Fibber McGee and Molly
The Fighting Fitzgeralds
Filthy Rich
Fired Up
First Impressions
First Time Out
Fish
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
FlatBush
Flesh 'n' Blood
Flying Blind
Foley Square
Foot in the Door
The Four Seasons
Frank's Place
Frannie's Tavern
Free Country
Free Spirit
From a Bird's Eye View
Fudge
Funny Face
D.C. Follies
Daddy Dearest
Daddy's Girls
Dads
Dag
Damon
Danger Theatre
Danny
A Date with Judy
Date With the Angels
Davis Rules
Dear Phoebe
The Debbie Reynolds Show
Delta
Delta House
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
Detective School
Diana
Dick and the Duchess
Dilbert
DiResta
Dirty Dancing
Do Over
Doc
Doctor, Doctor
The Dom DeLuise Show
Doctor in the House
Domestic Life
The Don Rickles Show
The Donald O'Connor Texaco Show
Don't Call Me Charlie
Dorothy
Double Rush
The Double Life of Henry Phyfe
Double Trouble
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Down Home
Down to Earth
Dreams
Drexell's Class
The Duck Factory
Dudley
Duet
The Dumplings
Dusty's Trail
Dweebs
Babes
Baby Blues
Baby Bob
Baby Brown
Baby Im Back
Baby Makes Five
Baby Talk
The Bad News Bears
The Baileys of Balboa
Bagdad Cafe
Bakersfield P.D.
Baker's Dozen
Ball Four
Barefoot in the Park
Battery Park
The Baxters
The Ben Stiller Show
Best of the West
Bette
Better Days
The Betty Hutton Show
The Betty White Show
Between Brothers
Beulah
Beverly Hills Buntz
Big Brother Jake
Big Eddie
Big John, Little John
Big Dave's World
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
The Bill Cosby Show (1969-1971)
The Bill Dana Show
Billy(1979)
Billy(1992)
The Bing Crosby Show
Black Tie Affair
Bless This House
Blondie
Blue Skies
Bob
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
The Bob Crane Show
Bob Patterson
Bonino
The Bonnie Hunt Show
Boss Lady
Boston Common
The Boys
The Boys Are Back
Boys Will Be Boys
The Brady Brides
The Brady Bunch Hour
Bram and Alice
Brand New Life
Breaker High
Breaking Away
The Brian Benben Show
The Brian Keith Show
Bridget Loves Bernie
Bringing Up Buddy
Bringing Up Jack
Broadside
Brooklyn Bridge
Brotherly Love
The Brothers
Brothers and Sisters
Brother's Keeper
Buddies
Buffalo Bill
The Building
Built to Last
Bustin' Loose
Busting Loose
90 Bristol Court

I am not sure what is more frightening: the fact that the list above is so very long or the fact that I recognize most of the titles.

Holy Crap - I'd thought I'd seen some TV!

Nancy,Phenom,Hello Larry,Veronica's Closet,Rags To Riches,Just the Ten Of Us.

Anybody remember Cop and the Kid,andSerpico.

My vote goes to Mary (13 episodes, 1985-86), starring Mary Tyler Moore and James Farentino.

Dear John (1988-1992), despite his four-year run, also deserved a longer life.

I never got to see The Tortellis and All is forgiven, but something tells me they also deserved a second chance.


Someone in a previous post mentioned Alf, which I wouldn't include in this category for obvious reasons --it was a BIG hit.

On the other hand, Fawlty Towers had only 12 episodes, but I wouldn't consider this a "forgotten" show, either --besides the fact that it became extremely popular, John Cleese has always credited the show's short number of episodes as the key of its success.


Just my thoughts. :) Cheers!

Some of the tv shows I like were mentioned

The Powers that Be
Running the Halls
CPO Sharkey
Out of this World
Tattinger's
704 Hauser
Whoops!
Boys Will Be Boys
Rags To Riches
Misfits of Science
Viper
Free Spirit
Get A Life
Swans Crossing
KIDS Incorporated
Fired Up
Brothers(showtime channel)
Hank
Just the Ten of Us
Sister Kate
Herman's Head(Gotta Love Yardley Smith)
Nearly Departed
Soul Man
Daddio
Joni Loves Chachi
Emeril
Busom Buddies
Blanskie's Beauties
FLO
Norm
The Tortellis
The Roppers
My Mother The Car
Me and the Chimp
Supertrain
Soap
Torlkeson's(AKA Almost Home)
Grady
MR. T and Tina
New Leave it to Beaver
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
The New Munsters
You Again(starring Jack Klugman and John Stamos)
A.E.S. Hudson Street
a.k.a. Pablo
Accidental Family
Ace Crawford, Private Eye
Adams Rib
Munsters
Addams Family
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
Aftermash
Airwaves
Aliens in the Family
All-American Girl
All Is Forgiven
All that Glitters
All's Fair
Almost Perfect
Aloha Paradise
Alright Already
Amanda's
America 2-Night
American Dreamer
The New Andy Griffith Show
Angie
Ann Jillian
Anna and the King
Annie McGuire
Another Day
Anything But Love
Apt. 2-F
Apple Pie
The Army Show
Arnie
Arresting Behavior
Ask Harriet
The Associates
At ease
Austin Stories
A Year at the Top
You Can't Take It with You
You Take the Kids
You Wish
You're the One
Hello Larry
The Van Dyke Show
Veronica's Closet
Vinnie & Bobby
Viva Valdez
Uncle Buck
Uglest Girl in Town
Undeclared
Under One Roof(AKA Spencer with Chad Lowe)
Unhappily Ever After
Union Square
United States
USA High
I Married Dora
Was a Sixth Grade Alien
Ichabod and Me
If Not for You
I'm a Big Girl Now
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
Imagine That
In-Laws
In the Beginning
In the House
Ink
Inside Schwartz
It Had to Be You
It Takes two
It's a Man's World
Its About Time
It's Garry Shandling's Show
It's Like, You Know
It's Not Easy
It's Your Move(with Jason Bateman and David Garrison)
Ivan the Terrible
The O'Keefes
O.K. Crackerby
The Oblongs
Occasional Wife
The New Odd Couple
Odd Man Out
Off Centre
Off the Rack
The Office
Oh Baby
Oh Grow Up
Oh Madeline
Oh, Those Bells
On Our Own
On Our Own(newer version)
Er(with George Clooney) The Comedy one
On the Air
On the Rocks
On the Spot
One Happy Family
One in a Million
Day by Day
One of the Boys
One of the Boys(newer version)
One World
Open All Night
Open House
Operation Peticoat
Our Man Higgins
Out All Night
Out of the Blue
Over the Top
Ozzie's Girls
Easy Street
Eisenhower & Lutz
The Ellen Burstyn Show
The Ellen Show
Empire
Encore! Encore!
Ensign O'Toole
Even Stevens
Everything's Relative
Everything's Relative(newer version)
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
Walter and Emily
Wanda at Large
The War Next Door
Washingtoon
Watching Ellie
The Waverly Wonders
We Got It Made
The Weber Show
Welcome Freshmen
Welcome to New York
We'll Get By
Wendy and Me
We've Got Each Other
What a County
What a Dummy
What About Joan
When the Whistle Blows
When Things Were Rotten
Where I Live
A Whole New Ballgame
Who's Watching the Kids?
Wild Oats
Wish You Were Here
Women in PRison
Woops!
Working
Working Girl
Working it out
Working Stiffs
Quark
Que Pasa U.S.A.?
The Queen and I
Zoe
Zorro and Son
Pacific Station
The PJs
Paper Moon
Parenthood
Park Place
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Partners
The Partners
Party Girl
The Paul Lynde Show
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
Pauly
Payne
Pearl
The People Next Door
Pete and Gladys
Peter Loves Mary
Phenom
The New Phil Silvers Show
Phyl & Mikhy
Phyllis
The Phyllis Diller Show
Pig Stye
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
The Pitts
Platypus Man
Please Standy By
Police Academy: The Series
Police Squad
The Popcorn Kid
Popi
The Practice
Pride & Joy
Princesses
Private Benjamin
Public Morals
Pursuit of Happiness
The Pursuit of Happiness
Rachel Gunn, R.N.
Rags to Riches
Raising Dad
Raising Miranda
Rango
The Redd Foxx Show
Reggie
Regular Joe
Report to Murphy
The Rerun Show
Reunited
Rhythm & Blues
The Robert Guillaume Show
Roc
Rocky Road
Roll Out
Room for One More
Room for Two
Roomies
The Rounders
Roxie
The Royal Family
Run Buddy Run
Safe at Home
Salute Your Shorts
Sammy
Sanchez of Bel Air
The San Pedro Beach Bums
The Sandy Duncan Show
Sanford
The Sanford Arms
Sara
Scorch
Second Chance
The Second Hundred Years
The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
The Secret Lives of Men
Semi-Tough
Shaky Ground
Shaping Up
Shasta (McNasty)
She's the Sheriff
Shirley's World
The Show
Sibs
Simon
The Simple Life
The Sinbad Show
Singer & Sons
The Single Guy
Sirota's Court
The Six O'Clock Follies
The Slap Maxwell Story
Sledge Hammer!
Small & Frye
Smart Guy
So Little Time
So This Is Hollywood
Social Studies
Someone Like Me
Something So Right
Something Wilder
Sparks
Sports Night
Square Pegs
Stand by Your Man
Stanley
Star of the Family
Stark Raving Mad
Starting From Scratch
Stat
Stockard Channing in Just Friends
The Stockard Channing Show
The Stones
Strangers with Candy
Strip Mall
Struck by Lightning
Style and Substance
Student Bodies
Sugar and Spice
Sugar Time!
Sunday Dinner
Sunshine
Suzanne Pleshette Is Maggie Briggs
Sweet Surrender
Sydney
Szysznyk
The Tab Hunter Show
Tabitha
Taina
Take Five
Talk to Me
Tall Hopes
Tammy
The Tammy Grimes Show
Tattingers
Teachers Only
The Ted Knight Show
Teech
Teen Angel
Temperatures Rising
Temporaily yours
The Texas Wheelers
Thanks
That '80s Show
That's Life
That's My Bush
That's My Mama
Thea
Then Came You
Thicker Than Water
The Thin Man
13 East
13 Queens Boulevard
The Thorns
This is Alice
Those Endearing Young Charms
Those Two
Three Sisters
Those Whitting Girls
Three's a Crowd
Throb
Thunder Alley
The Tick
The Tim Conway Show
Titus
To Rome with Love
Together We Stand
Tom
Tom, Dick and Mary
The Tom Ewell Show
The Tom Show
The Tony Danza Show
The Tony Randall Show
Too Something
Too Young to Go Steady
Top of the Heap
Tough Cookies
Townies
Trial and Error
The Trouble With Larry
The Trouble with Normal
True Colors
Trying Times
Tucker
Turnabout
Two Guys and a Girl
Two of a Kind
The Two of Us
The Tycoon
The Naked Truth
Nancy
The Nancy Walker Show
The Nanette Fabray Show
Nanny and the Professor
Nearly Departed
Ned and Stacey
Needles and Pins
New Attitude
The New Get Smart
The New Gidget
A new Knind of Family
The New Monkees
The New Phil Silvers Show
New York Daze
Nick & Hillary
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
Nikki
90 Bristol Court
No Soap, Radio
Noah Knows Best
Nobody's Perfect
Norby
Normal Life
Normal, Ohio
Nothing in Common
Nothing is Easy
The Nutt House
M.Y.O.B.
Madame's Place
Madigen Men
Madman of the People
Maggie
Maggie(Newer Version)
Maggie Winters
Make Room for Granddaddy
Making it
Making the Grade
Malibu, CA
Mama
Mama Malone
Mama Rosa
Mama's Boy
Man in the Family
Man of the People
Manhattan, AZ
Maniac Mansion
Many Happy Returns
Marblehead Manor
The Marge and Gower Champion Show
Marge and Jeff
Margie
The Marriage
Married People
The Marshall Chronicles
The Martin Short Show
Mary
Mart Hartman, Mary Hartman
The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
Maybe its me
Maybe This Time
McKeever & the Colonel
The McLean Stevenson Show
Me and Max
Me & Mrs. C.
Me and the Boys
Me and the Chimp
Meego
Meet Corliss Archer
Meet Millie
Melba
Men Behaving Badly
Men, Women, and Dogs
The Michael Richards Show
Mickey
The Mickey Rooney Show
The Mighty Jungle
The Mike O'Malley Show
Minor Adjustments
A Minute with Stan Hooper
Misery Loves Company
Miss Winslow and Son
Mr. Adams and Eve
Mr. and Mrs. Dracula
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Mr. Merlin
Mr. President
Mr. Rhodes
Mr. Roberts
Mr. Smith
Mr. Terrific
Mrs. G Goes to College ( aka The Gertrude Berg Show)
Molloy
The Mommies
Mona McCluskey
The Montefuscos
Morton & Hayes
The Mothers-in-Law
Movie Stars
The Mullets
Muscle
My Big Fat Greek Life
My Brother and Me
My Favorite Husband
My Friend Irma
My Guys
My Hero
My Hometown
My Living Doll
My Secret Identity
My Sister Eileen
My Secret Identity
My Sister Sam
My Son Jeep
My Talk Show
My Two Dads
My Wildest Dreams
My World and Welcome To It
The Kallikaks
Karen
Karen's Song
Katie Joplin
Kelly Kelly
King of Kensington
Kirk
Knight & Daye
Kristin
The Jackie Thomas Show
Jamie
The Jean Arthur Show
The Jean Carroll Show
The Jeff Foxworthy Show
Jennifer Slept Here
Jenny
Jesse
The Jim Backus Show
The Jimmy Stewart Show
The Job
Joe & Mabel
Joe and Sons
Joe & Valerie
Joe Bash
Joe's Life
Joe's Wold
Joey
The John Forsythe Show
Julia
Just in Time
Just Our Luck
Just the Ten of Us
Ladies' Man
Ladie's Mna(Newer version)
The Last Frontier
The Last Precinct
The Last Resort
Lateline
Laurie Hill
Leap of Faith
A League of Their Own
Learning the Ropes
Leave It to Larry
Lenny
Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills
Lewis & Clark
Life... and Stuff
Life with Elizabeth
Life With Father
Life with Lucy
Life With Roger
Life with Luigi
Life's Work
The Little People
Live-in
Living Dolls
Living in Captivity
Lizzie McGuire
Local Hero's
Lost at Home
Lost on Earth
Losta Luck
The Louie Show
Love & Marriage
Love & Marriage(newer Version)
Love & Money
The Love Boat: The Next Wave
Love on a Rooftop
Love, Sidney
Love That Jill
Love Thy Neighbor
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
The Lucie Arnaz Show
Luis
Life's Rush
Hail to the Chief
The Halls of Ivy
Hanging In
Hank
The Hank McCune Show
Happy
Hardball
Harper Valley, P.T.A.
Harrigan and Son
Harris Againt the World
Harry
Harry and the Hendersons
Harry's Girls
The Harvey Korman Show
The Hartmans
The Hathaways
Have Faith
He and She
Head Over Heels
Heartland
Hearts Afire
Heaven for Betsy
Herbie, the Love Bug
Here and Now
Here Come the Brides
Here We Go Again
The Hero
He's the Mayor
Hey Dude
Hey Jeannie
Hey Landlord
Hi Honey, I'm Home
Hey Mulligan
Hidden Hills
High Society
Highcliffe Manor
Hiller and Diller
Hiram Holiday
His and Hers
Hitz
Hizzoner
Holding the Baby
Holiday Lodge
Holmes and Yo-Yo
The Home Court
Home Movies
Home Free
Homeboys in Outer Space
Homeroom
Honestly, Celeste!
Hooperman
Hope and Gloria
Hot L Baltimore
Hot Off the Wire
House Calls
House of Buggin'
House Rules
How to Marry a Millionaire
Hudson Street
Husbands, Wives & Lovers
Hype
Cafe Americain
Calucci's Department
Camp Runamuck
Camp Wilder
Campus Cops
Can't Hurry Love
Captain Nice
The Cara Williams Show
Carter Country
Champs
Charlie & Co.
The Charlie Farrell Show
Charlie Hoover
Charlie Larwance
The Charmings
Check it Out
Checking In
Chicago Sons
The Chicago Teddy Bear
Chicken Soup
City
Claude's Crib
Cleghorne!
The Closer
Co-Ed Fever
Coming of Age
Common Law
Condo
Conrad Bloom
Cop and the Kid
The Corner Bar
Costello
Coupling
Cousin Skeeter
Cracking Up
The Crew
Cursed
Cutters
The Geena Davis Show
George
George and Leo
The George Carlin Show
The George Wendt Show
The Gertrude Berg Show
Getting By
Getting Personal
Getting Together
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Ghost Busters
Gidget
The New Gidget
The Girl with Something Extra
The Girls
Gloria
Glynis
Go Fish
Going my way
Going Places
The Goldbergs
The Golden Palace
Good Advice
Good and Evil
Good Company
Good Grief!
The Good Guys
Good Heavens
The Good Life
Good Morning, World
Good News
Good Sports
Good Time Harry
Goode Behavior
Goodnight, Beantown
Goodtime Girls
The Govenor & J.J.
Grand
Grandpa Goes to Washington
Grapevine
Grapevine(Newer Version)
The Great Gildersleeve
Great Scott
Greetings from Tucson
Greg the Bunny
The Gregory Hines Show
Grindl
Grosse Pointe
The Growing Paynes
Grown Ups
Guestward Ho!
Gun Shy
Guys Like Us
FM
F-Troop
The Faculty
Fair Exchange
Family Affair(2003-2003)
Family Album
A Family For Joe
Family Man
Family Rules
The Famous Teddy Z
The Fannelli Boys
Far Out Space Nuts
Fast Times (at Ridgemont High)
Father of the Bride
Father and Son
Fernwood 2-Night
Fay
Ferris Bueller
Fibber McGee and Molly
The Fighting Fitzgeralds
Filthy Rich
Fired Up
First Impressions
First Time Out
Fish
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
FlatBush
Flesh 'n' Blood
Flying Blind
Foley Square
Foot in the Door
The Four Seasons
Frank's Place
Frannie's Tavern
Free Country
Free Spirit
From a Bird's Eye View
Fudge
Funny Face
D.C. Follies
Daddy Dearest
Daddy's Girls
Dads
Dag
Damon
Danger Theatre
Danny
A Date with Judy
Date With the Angels
Davis Rules
Dear Phoebe
The Debbie Reynolds Show
Delta
Delta House
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
Detective School
Diana
Dick and the Duchess
Dilbert
DiResta
Dirty Dancing
Do Over
Doc
Doctor, Doctor
The Dom DeLuise Show
Doctor in the House
Domestic Life
The Don Rickles Show
The Donald O'Connor Texaco Show
Don't Call Me Charlie
Dorothy
Double Rush
The Double Life of Henry Phyfe
Double Trouble
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Down Home
Down to Earth
Dreams
Drexell's Class
The Duck Factory
Dudley
Duet
The Dumplings
Dusty's Trail
Dweebs
Babes
Baby Blues
Baby Bob
Baby Brown
Baby Im Back
Baby Makes Five
Baby Talk
The Bad News Bears
The Baileys of Balboa
Bagdad Cafe
Bakersfield P.D.
Baker's Dozen
Ball Four
Barefoot in the Park
Battery Park
The Baxters
The Ben Stiller Show
Best of the West
Bette
Better Days
The Betty Hutton Show
The Betty White Show
Between Brothers
Beulah
Beverly Hills Buntz
Big Brother Jake
Big Eddie
Big John, Little John
Big Dave's World
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
The Bill Cosby Show (1969-1971)
The Bill Dana Show
Billy(1979)
Billy(1992)
The Bing Crosby Show
Black Tie Affair
Bless This House
Blondie
Blue Skies
Bob
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
The Bob Crane Show
Bob Patterson
Bonino
The Bonnie Hunt Show
Boss Lady
Boston Common
The Boys
The Boys Are Back
Boys Will Be Boys
The Brady Brides
The Brady Bunch Hour
Bram and Alice
Brand New Life
Breaker High
Breaking Away
The Brian Benben Show
The Brian Keith Show
Bridget Loves Bernie
Bringing Up Buddy
Bringing Up Jack
Broadside
Brooklyn Bridge
Brotherly Love
The Brothers
Brothers and Sisters
Brother's Keeper
Buddies
Buffalo Bill
The Building
Built to Last
Bustin' Loose
Busting Loose
90 Bristol Courtto quote Frank Barone "Holy crap!"


you must have spent every single day of your life doing nothing but watching TV, 24/7!!!

The Magician
Quark

"The New WKRP in Cinncinati"

KEEN EDDIE! *cries*

to quote Frank Barone "Holy crap!"


you must have spent every single day of your life doing nothing but watching TV, 24/7!!!


More likely he just picked up a TV encyclopedia and went through it to pick out every short run series.

Well, I could say Life with Lucy, but that show wasn't really all that great.
"LIFE WITH LUCY" was HORRIBLE!!!

Remember that Three's company spin-off called "The Ropers"? It featured that old couple the original landlords of Jack, Chrissy, and Janet' it only lasted one season in 1980, but it was a pretty worth while show.

"LIFE WITH LUCY" was HORRIBLE!!!

What exactly are you trying to say?;)

Remember that Three's company spin-off called "The Ropers"? It featured that old couple the original landlords of Jack, Chrissy, and Janet' it only lasted one season in 1980, but it was a pretty worth while show.
I saw an interview once with Norman Fell and he was talking about that and said that he left "THREE'S COMPANY" with the understanding that if "THE ROPERS" didn't work out, he could return to "TC". So after it was cancelled he said "All right, now I can return to TC right"? But they said "Oh, no; you can't return now. We recast your part. Sorry"!

But ther must be another side to that or something. They wouldn't be that mean to an actor.

remember Mary Tyler Moores short-lived shows after her sucessful sitcom? "MARY"-a comedy-variety show, "THE MARY TYLER MOORE HOUR"-a sitcom/variety show which showed her life both at home and at work as the star of a variety show, an office sitcom (I forget the name of it) which was similar to "THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW" and "ANNIE McGUIRE" another sitcom; where she played a social worker.

Mary Tyler Moore's Mary Tyler Moore clone was Mary :D

I don't think anybody was worried about confusing it with her Mary variety show from 1978.

Would love to see GRINDL with Imogene Coca. From the synopsis I've read, it sounds like such a fun show. Wish there was a way to get these shows on dvd somehow. Sony really needs to start an MOD program like Warner and get some of these short-lived shows out there for public consumption. :)

Was not Tom Bossily In a cool show I watched as a kid called out of this world. About aliens living on earth. I really liked it.

^ I don't remember this, but I do remember Bosley in a series called Father Dowling Mysteries as a minister who solved crimes.

A couple I don't think anyone came up with:

No Soap, Radio (1982)- ABC aired this in spring 1982 after Police Squad! got canceled. It was rather weird, a sitcom that took place at a posh hotel that would cut into vignettes that had nothing to do with the plot.

Matt Houston (1982-1985)- Crime drama about a wealthy Texan living in California. Somewhat similar to Magnum PI but it was good. First season recently came out on DVD.

the Tom Bosley show was called "THE FATHER DOWLING MYSTERIES". It also starred Tracy Nelson (Rick Nelsons wife) as a nun.

Does anyone remember a short-lived sitcom that stared Dick Van Dyke (right before he did "DIAGNOSIS: MURDER") and his son Barry, where they played a father & son who ran a small dinner theater in upstate Pennsylvania? I forget the name of it, I think it was on CBS.
I remember they aired it right before (or after, I forget) a short-lived sicom that starred Mary Tyler Moore called "ANNIE McGUIRE" where she played a counselor. It was about 1990.

The Van Dyke Show

The Sanford Arms

Anyone remember Aliens In The Family? This show (which involved aliens living with a family of humans) only lasted two weeks on ABC's primetime schedule in March 1996, even though ABC chose to air the remaining episodes on their Saturday morning schedule the following summer. Personally, I have this sitcom at the top of my list of "Sitcoms that lasted less than a year."

...I had to- I had a friend whose cable service was cut off. He'd taped the first two episodes on Friday nights that March; after his service was yanked from him, he had me tape the remaining episodes that were scheduled on Saturday mornings during the summer of '96 [11:30am-12noon(et)]. I saw them, and I realized the series belonged on Saturday mornings; "ALIENS IN THE FAMILY" was basically an exaggerated live-action cartoon, with life-sized Muppets. I kept thinking, for this John Bedford Lloyd ("Doug Brody") left AMC's "REMEMBER WENN"?? Fortunately, after "ALIENS" was cancelled, he was able to rejoin "REMEMBER WENN" for its final season of episodes. I was later surprised to learn that co-star Margaret ("Cookie") Trigg committed suicide seven years later, in 2003. Very few people remember this series today...I don't believe ABC/Disney would even offer this on DVD, that's how obscure it is.

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I never even HEARD of it-from the description though; it sounds pretty stupid.

....it wasn't "pretty stupid"; "FEAR FACTOR", was "pretty stupid". "FIND MY FAMILY"...was maudlin and "pretty stupid". And compared to "ALIENS IN THE FAMILY", even "THE BACHELOR/BACHELORETTE" is "pretty stupid". Understand the thread now? If I had to choose between almost all of today's "reality shows" and "ALIENS"....


:rolleyes:

the Tom Bosley show was called "THE FATHER DOWLING MYSTERIES". It also starred Tracy Nelson (Rick Nelsons wife) as a nun.

Tracy Nelson is Rick Nelson's daughter with his ex-wife Kristin Harmon, not his wife. Her younger twin brothers Matthew & Gunnar formed a band called Nelson, and her even younger brother Sam was involved in a custody battle, after Rick's death, between the Nelsons (her ex-in-laws who were supporting her) and her brother Mark Harmon and his wife Pam Dawber, who wanted custody of him.

Anyone remember Whoops! a comedy about life after nuclear war? And who could forget the best title ever for a TV show - Homeboys From Outer Space?

And remember these short-lived NBC medical dramas from the 1975-1976 season,"Medical Story", and "Doctors Hospital"(with the late George ("Banacek",one of the best NBC Mystery Movies-especially the ones where he worked solo,and "The A-Team",),both midseason cancellations.

But wait..There's more-.1)The late Lorne Greene's short-lived "Griff"series(at the time it aired-1973-1974 -It was cancelled by ABC at midseason-the late Lorne Greene said something to the effect that the series was heavily tampered with by ABC and Universal TV).2)"The Don Rickles Show"(1968-1969-cancelled at midseason by ABC-and his second series,also short-lived in 1972 CBS)3-"The Double Life of Henry Phyffe"(ABC,1966)4-"O'Hara:U.S.Treasury"(1971-1972,CBS),5-"Get Christie Love!"(with the late Teresa Graves,a black "Police Woman",6-"Accidental Family"(1968,.NBC)

Was not Tom Bossily In a cool show I watched as a kid called out of this world. About aliens living on earth. I really liked it.

That would be "Out of this World". That ran I believe for 4 seasons.

Two:

1) Lotsa Luck, with Dom DeLuise and Kathleen Freeman. It's about this guy who lives in Brooklyn with his mom, his sister, and brother-in-law, and works for the bus company in the lost and found (I think). Dom's brother-in-law was played by Wynn Irwin, who, recently, could be seen in a recurring role as a defense lawyer on Law And Order. The character didn't have a job; he lollygagged around the house all day in a smelly, crusty bathrobe. The best line uttered for the length of the series involved the brother-in-law having a head cold, and his head being stuffed up. "I can't smell anything, Stanley!", he said to Dom DeLuise. "Don't worry Arthur," he replied. "No matter where you go in the world, no matter where life takes you, you'll smell."

2) The Paul Lynde Show. This one was great- hilarious lines, hilarious performances. Like the one above, it only lasted a season...way too short. Paul Lynde was a treasure.

Both were from 1973.

Sam Waters starring Montell Williams aired on CBS in 1996. It aired for about 6 weeks.

There was a show called Kate Brasher that aired on CBS for about 6 weeks in 2001. It starred Mary Stuart Masterson as a social worker.

Lastly, in 2000 CBS aired a show called "That's Life" starring Heather Paige Ken, Debi Mazar and featuring Ellen Burstyn and Paul Sorvino that lasted about 36 episodes.

Police Squad! (In Color)...Starring Leslie Neilsen....also starring Alan North...and Rex Hamilton as "Abraham Lincoln"....with Special Guest Star Florence Henderson (who immediately dies in a hail of bullets).

One of the funniest shows on T.V., unfortunately, it only lasted 6 episodes.


I find it kind of funny the Three Movies that followed this series take More Time than the Entire series did! :lol: :rofl: :rotflmao: :brent

The People Next Door- Co-created by Wes Craven, and starring Jeffrey Jones.

The Steven Banks Show- A PBS sitcom, it was a semi-spinoff of Steven Banks' hilarious one man show Steven Banks: Home Entertainment Center.

Free Spirit- It was a Bewitched-style sitcom. I remember watching it because it had Frank Luz from the horror flick Ghost Town, and Corinne Bohrer.

Easy Street- Loni Anderson, Jack Elam, and James Cromwell

Brothers- Showtime sitcom, about 3 brothers- one is an ex-football player who opens a restaurant, the younger brother who is gay works for him, and their older brother is a construction worker.

Normal Life- Starring the Zappa siblings Moon Unit and Dweezil.

Nearly Departed- Eric Idle and Caroline McWilliams play husband and wife who die and come back as ghosts to haunt the new family that moved into their home.

That's Life- 1968 hour long musical/comedy series with Robert Morse and E.J. Peaker, it lasted one season of 26 episodes, originally aired on ABC. Very classy show, I'd love for the complete series to come out on DVD, but music costs would probably be too expensive because several songs were performed in each episode.

*"FREE SPIRIT" featured Corinne Bohrer as "Winnie Goodwinn", a nanny who also happened to be a witch. It lasted a few episodes on ABC's fall 1989 schedule.
*'NORMAL LIFE" was supposed to be more "unconventional" than most sitcoms, but CBS insisted it was to be a "straight" family sitcom. Maxwell Gail, who played the father, was so incensed at the changes, he left the series before they had a chance to tape more episodes. It was just as well- it lasted a short time in the spring of 1990.
*"THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR"- now that was too weird for most viewers (Jeffrey Jones as a cartoonist whose creations and ideas literally come to life, with several guest star cameos), and that's why it lasted just five episodes on CBS in the fall of '89.
*'EASY STREET"- Brandon Tartikoff's second attempt to make Loni Anderson an NBC star (her first, "PARTNERS IN CRIME" with Lynda Carter, lasted about 13 episodes in the fall of '84). And it flopped almost as fast.
*'NEARLY DEPARTED"- Brandon Tartikoff's attempt to create an updated "TOPPER" for the '80s. Four episodes, in the spring of '89. Not even its lead-in, "ALF", could help make it more popular with viewers. Poor Eric Idle!

'THAT'S LIFE", the 1968-'69 musical comedy "sitcom", was from the same team that had created the hour-long musical "Honeymooners" episodes for Jackie Gleason in the mid-'60s: Lyn Duddy, Jerry Bresler, and writer/producer Marvin Marx. It was unusual for a weekly comedy series to have production numbers- and guest stars- in its storyline. But ABC wasn't as "strong" as it is these days, and they'd often throw anything different on their schedules at the time to attract and audience.

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...I'd like to offer MY contribution to the list of "forgotten shows":

"SYDNEY", a Valerie Bertinelli comedy that briefly aired on CBS in the spring of 1990. She played a private detective- and her boss (and potential lover) didn't take her too seriously because she was a "woman" [and too cute!]. Eddie Van Halen wrote and performed the theme. Barbara Feldon was asked to play Sydney's mother, and she passed on the role. {A wise move!} It would be completely forgotten today if Matthew Perry hadn't been part of the cast.

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I didn't feel like going through the whole list so I don't know if this show was mentioned but I loved "Medicine Ball" when it was on. Loved that it took place in Seattle. I don't watch "Grey's Anatomy" but this was a hospital drama as well.

So forgotten it's not even listed on IMDB-

TerrorVision (Not to be confused with Ted Nicolaou's film of the same name from 1986)

TerrorVision was a very short lived anthology series that aired on Lifetime back in the late 80's. Lasted about 6 episodes, each episode was about 15 mins long.

A few others from LIFETIME since Torgo mentioned Lifetime:

"What Should You Do?"--- 2003-2004--- Hosted by Leeza Gibbons this show told viewers what to do in emergency situations. It was very good.

"Beyond chance" was an early 2000's reality show on LIFETIME hosted by Melissa Ehteridge that chronicled stories of paranormal activity.

"Attitudes" was a early 80's talk show on LIFETIME hosted by soap star Linda Dano (and various others). It aired from 1985-1991. it was the first cable series to be nominated as "Best Talk Show" at the Daytime Emmy Awards and was also the first American talk show to be hosted by two females. A new version called "New Attitudes" (with a very different format) was launched in 1999 and hosted by Kim Coles, it didn't last long.

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Also, i just remembered a sitcom from 1990 I LOVED as a child, called "New Attitudes" starring Sheryl Lee Ralph (and others), set in a hair salon. It was a funny sitcom that last all of 8 episodes on Friday nights on ABC.

You Can't Say That on Television & Salute Your Shorts
where are they now? (Salute Y.S.)

1st & Ten was an HBO sitcom about a football team that ran for believe it or not 6 seasons (1984-1991) and starred Delta Burke, Jason Beghe and OJ Simpson (before he became a murderer). Delta Burke left this series in it's third season to work full-time on the network series "Designing Women" (for CBS) which was becoming a huge success.

Despite airing in syndication early in the 90's during the now-infamous OJ Simpson trial, this show is virtually forgotten today, and I doubt even anybody at HBO remembers it. The on-going joke is that the football team is owned by a female. Shanna Reed filled this void for a period of time after Burke left the show.

Seems like most all of them have been mentioned. One that I liked that I haven't seen listed was Going places. My favorite that was cancelled Just the ten of us. It was cancelled way before it should of been. why did they never have a reunion movie or anything?

what about that show LOVE, SIDNEY or SIDNEY SHORR...something like that. It starred Tony Randall as a gay man who took in a single woman and her baby. I remember the pilot was a TV movie and they couldn't mention that he was gay because some group protested or something like that...who remembers this show? It was on NBC around 1981 or 82.

remember the show THE EVIL TOUCH? It ran in first-run sydnication in 1973 or 74. It was a THE TWILIGHT ZONE-like anthology show that was a half hour and was hosted by an actor named Anthony Quale.

Good Grief

The Kallikacks

Shades Of L.A.

They Came From Outer Space

Roomies

Tucker's Witch

Murphy's Law

Scorch

Struck By Lightening

Working Stiffs

Good and Evil

Knight and Daye

Mr. Sunshine

Married People

Gung Ho

Report To Murphy

Griff

Man From Atlantis

Grady

Out Of The Blue

Herman's Head

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

Holmes and YoYo

The Ken Berry WOW Show

The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show

Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell

Good Heavens

Off To See The Wizard

The Partners

Rango

Police Squad! (In Color)...Starring Leslie Neilsen....also starring Alan North...and Rex Hamilton as "Abraham Lincoln"....with Special Guest Star Florence Henderson (who immediately dies in a hail of bullets).

One of the funniest shows on T.V., unfortunately, it only lasted 6 episodes.

Police Squad sort of became a "Cult hit", and served as the original premise for The Naked Gun movies.

Short-Lived Shows (that lasted 2-4 seasons):

1) The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hours- 3 seasons
2) The Munsters- 2 seasons
3) The Munsters Today- 3 seasons
4) The Addams Family- 2 seasons
5) Mayberry R.F.D.- 3 seasons
6) Archie Bunker's Place- 4 seasons
7) Rhoda- 4 seasons
8) Mork and Mindy- 4 seasons
9) Welcome Back Kotter- 4 seasons
10) WKRP in Cincinnatti- 4 seasons
11) Cosby- 4 seasons
12) Phyllis- 2 seasons
13) Just the Ten of Us- 2 seasons
14) The New Dick Van Dyke Show- 3 seasons


The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour was a continuation of I Love Lucy, and it shouldn't be considered a 3-season-series. It had 13 installments that were spaced out with-in the 3 years rotating with other shows/specials.
It iS sometimes called seasons 7,8&9 of I Love Lucy, though.

I wouldn't call a 4 season show "short-lived".

Police Squad sort of became a "Cult hit", and served as the original premise for The Naked Gun movies.
I remember POLICE SQUAD. I used to LOVE it, I was so mad when they took it off. (still am)

A running gag in the opening of each episode was, they would announce the guest star then show he or she get killed:lol:

(I remember reading at the time that they were going to do it with John Belusi in one episode but his untimely death forced them to not do it)

BRET MAVERICK with James Garner as his character from the old series MAVERICK this time though, there was no Bart, it was just Bret (although Jack Kelly did make a cameo appearence as Bret in the final episode)

BACK TO YOU with Kelsey Grammer & Patrica Heaton

oh, and let's not forget that HORRIBLE series "CAVEMEN" about the Geico Cavemen from the commercials.

oh, and let's not forget that HORRIBLE series "CAVEMEN" about the Geico Cavemen from the commercials.



I was actually getting into that show:lol:

oh, and let's not forget that HORRIBLE series "CAVEMEN" about the Geico Cavemen from the commercials.

.......and !*8%*...my Dad Says!

1st & Ten was an HBO sitcom about a football team that ran for believe it or not 6 seasons (1984-1991) and starred Delta Burke, Jason Beghe and OJ Simpson (before he became a murderer). Delta Burke left this series in it's third season to work full-time on the network series "Designing Women" (for CBS) which was becoming a huge success.

Despite airing in syndication early in the 90's during the now-infamous OJ Simpson trial, this show is virtually forgotten today, and I doubt even anybody at HBO remembers it. The on-going joke is that the football team is owned by a female. Shanna Reed filled this void for a period of time after Burke left the show.

imdb says 1st & 10 ran for 7 seasons (but that's cable-TV seasons) which = 10 to 12 episodes a season. The series had 80 episodes.

Anyway, I think 1st & 10: The Complete Series, was the first complete tv series box set I ever saw thrown in the "bargain" bin at Walmart! Was it that bad a show, that nobody wants? :confused:

RE 1st and Ten: "The Complete Series" is edited, and suffers significantly as a result. I actually enjoyed the show.

there was a show on ABC in the 90s-it was a western called THE YOUNG OUTLAWS or something. It was another failed attempt to revive the western.

And CBS had a western in the 90s that ran for 2 seasons called PARADISE then in the second season the name was changed to THE GUNS OF PARADISE and I readd at the time they were gonna put in more action; but they never did.

THE NEW WKRP IN CINCINATTI

HEY LANDLORD!

IT'S ABOUT TIME

AFTER MASH

imdb says 1st & 10 ran for 7 seasons (but that's cable-TV seasons) which = 10 to 12 episodes a season. The series had 80 episodes.

Anyway, I think 1st & 10: The Complete Series, was the first complete tv series box set I ever saw thrown in the "bargain" bin at Walmart! Was it that bad a show, that nobody wants? :confused:

According to wikipedia it was 6 seasons, but in either case we are both close.

In the early 90's Ann Margaret starred in a series called "Four Corners" that was heavily promoted as one of the most anticipated new shows of the season on CBS, but by the time it got to air it was a huge disaster, ratings were poor and it was canceled after about two episodes.

It was a soap opera produced by David Jacobs (Knot's Landing) and focused on Margret's character trying to save her family ranch from developers.

I guess the series later aired on LIFETIME under a different name as a mini-series. I recall watching this and liking it, but then it just vanished.

I was actually getting into that show:lol:

Yeah, I thought that was a fun show. Nick Kroll is always hilarious.

Checking In with Marla Gibbs

That idiot John Stamos had a show called "Jake in Progress" that was a short lived disaster!

Checking In was pretty good but they never gave it a chance!

Checking In with Marla Gibbs

That idiot John Stamos had a show called "Jake in Progress" that was a short lived disaster!

Checking In was pretty good but they never gave it a chance!



I can't believe Checking In is nowhere on youtube when you have shows from 1972 on there. Checking In was on CBS in 1981 and reran during the summer and it's still nowhere to be found

I can't believe Checking In is nowhere on youtube when you have shows from 1972 on there. Checking In was on CBS in 1981 and reran during the summer and it's still nowhere to be found

Marla Gibbs is a legend and even she can't find it! :lol:

reran during the summer


No.

No.


NO what????

Sol; I think he means it wasn't rerun during the summer.

Sol; I think he means it wasn't rerun during the summer.


I have a book in my apt that confirms Checking In was reran during the summer of 1981 and it was the highest rated show for the summer season

No, you don't.




Straight up.

Answer with the name of the book and the author--or not at all.

No, you don't.




Straight up.

Answer with the name of the book and the author--or not at all.


One season in American Television, Marc Eliot

Lime Street (1985): it might have lasted longer if not for the plane crash that claimed the life of co-star Samantha Smith (Elizabeth Culver).

Lime Street (1985): it might have lasted longer if not for the plane crash that claimed the life of co-star Samantha Smith (Elizabeth Culver).


That show is the series where Annie Potts and Jean Smart first met...

Lime Street (1985): it might have lasted longer if not for the plane crash that claimed the life of co-star Samantha Smith (Elizabeth Culver).


Not a sitcom.

I have a book in my apt that confirms Checking In was reran during the summer of 1981 and it was the highest rated show for the summer season


They don't rerun spring tryout series. If you want to prove it, scan the listings from your TV Guides and post them.

PLANET OF THE APES

THE RICHARD PRYOR SHOW

Not a sitcom.


Where in the OP does it say we can only list sitcoms? It says forgotten shows, not forgotten sitcoms only.

They don't rerun spring tryout series. If you want to prove it, scan the listings from your TV Guides and post them.


I'm on it

Life With Lucy (1986) - Lucille Ball's attempt at making a comeback, I only saw one episode and that was because John Ritter was a guest star.

Spencer (1984-1985) - short lived 80's comedy initially with Chad Lowe playing the typical 80's teen who was later replaced by another actor in the latter half.

The Phoenix, Manimal, StreetHawk, The Master, Automan, The Quest(The 80's one), Macgruder & Loud, Hot Pursuit, Misfits Of Science, We Got It Made, The Wizard, Hard Time On Planet Earth, Raven, Whoops!, Deadly Games, Live Shot. And one more WEREWOLF.

I see someone already named most of the ones I would have named. I love "Automan" (I've seen the whole series) and "Manimal". (I've seen some of it- I'd love to see the rest.) Both these short-lived scifi series from the 1980s recently got released to DVD in Region 2. I'd love to see a Region 1 release. "The Wizard", "The Phoenix", "Street Hawk", "The Master", "Misfits of Science", "MacGruder & Loud" and "Werewolf" are all pretty cool too.
To those I would add a few other short-lived classics- "Otherworld", "Wizards & Warriors", "Probe", "Voyagers!", "Blacke's Magic", "Battlestar Galactica" and "Galactica 1980" (okay- I don't know if those are really forgotten or not- but they are both short-lived with only 1 season apiece- but thankfully both are on DVD now. And yes- I mean the original series from the 1970s of course. I don't really care about the 2000s remake series.)
As for sitcoms- there're "Joanie Loves Chachi", "Blansky's Beauties", "Out of the Blue", "Out of this World", "Day By Day", "Aliens in the Family", "The Boys Are Back" and one of my favorites- "Going Places".:) :cool:
And one of my favorite short-lived scifi shows that is now on DVD- "Starman". LOVE this series! Based on the great, classic 1984 movie, this series is a wonderful continuation- in some ways, it's even better than the movie.

I see someone already named most of the ones I would have named. I love "Automan" (I've seen the whole series) and "Manimal". (I've seen some of it- I'd love to see the rest.) Both these short-lived scifi series from the 1980s recently got released to DVD in Region 2. I'd love to see a Region 1 release. "The Wizard", "The Phoenix", "Street Hawk", "The Master", "Misfits of Science", "MacGruder & Loud" and "Werewolf" are all pretty cool too.
To those I would add a few other short-lived classics- "Otherworld", "Wizards & Warriors", "Probe", "Voyagers!", "Blacke's Magic", "Battlestar Galactica" and "Galactica 1980" (okay- I don't know if those are really forgotten or not- but they are both short-lived with only 1 season apiece- but thankfully both are on DVD now. And yes- I mean the original series from the 1970s of course. I don't really care about the 2000s remake series.)
As for sitcoms- there're "Joanie Loves Chachi", "Blansky's Beauties", "Out of the Blue", "Out of this World", "Day By Day", "Aliens in the Family", "The Boys Are Back" and one of my favorites- "Going Places".:) :cool:
And one of my favorite short-lived scifi shows that is now on DVD- "Starman". LOVE this series! Based on the great, classic 1984 movie, this series is a wonderful continuation- in some ways, it's even better than the movie.



I think the definition of forgotten shows is a show that was onthe air for atleast 4 seasons but is rarely in syndication. Example would be Chico and the Man, Alice, Mr. Belverde, and Blossom

Shows like Joanie Loves Chachi and Blansky Beauties were too short-lived which makes them ineligible for syndication:lol:

Shows like Joanie Loves Chachi and Blansky Beauties were too short-lived which makes them ineligible for syndication

Well, they're certainly forgotten by most then.;)
But I think I get what you're saying.

Well, they're certainly forgotten by most then.;)
But I think I get what you're saying.


Two more forgotten shows

Head of the Class----80's

Hangin with Mr. Cooper.......90's

Alice, Gimme A Break! and Hang Time are almost the same type of series, IMO!

Alice, Gimme A Break! and Hang Time are almost the same type of series, IMO!


Why do you say that?

You Again? is a forgotten show it starred Jack Klugman and John Stamos. It was Stamos first gig after doing General Hospital.

You Again? is a forgotten show it starred Jack Klugman and John Stamos. It was Stamos first gig after doing General Hospital.
Filthy Rich (1982-83) Dixie Carter and Delta Burke starred together on this show a few years before Designing Women.

They don't rerun spring tryout series. If you want to prove it, scan the listings from your TV Guides and post them.
Checking In ran for 4 episodes in April 1981. Marla Gibbs went back to The Jeffersons, right after.

Why do you say that?

Each show have three female character one rough man character:

- Alice has:

* Alice
* Vera
* Florence, then Belle, and finally Jolene
* Mel

- Gimme A Break! (excluding Nell and Addy) has:

* Katie
* Julie
* Samantha
* Carl

- Hang Time has:

* Julie
* Mary Beth
* Samantha, then Amy, and finally Kristy
* Coach Mike, who replaced Coach Bill

All actress who played their own female characters are still alive. Actors Dolph Sweet and Vic Tayback, who played Carl and Mel, are already dead. Dick Butkus, who played Coach Mike, is still alive and retired nicely from acting as rich person after his show ended its series.

They may have to reboot these shows and last longer this time in the future:

* Maybe It's Me
* Do Over
* Greetings From Tucson
* Run Of The House

Checking In ran for 4 episodes in April 1981. Marla Gibbs went back to The Jeffersons, right after.


It was stated in my book that Checking in was the highest rated summer program in 1981

Two more forgotten shows

Head of the Class----80's

Hangin with Mr. Cooper.......90's


I remember them. I love "Head of the Class". "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" is fun too.:) :cool: When are they going to be released to DVD?

THE NEW DICK VAN DYKE SHOW-I wonder what's holding up a DVD release of this series? Since Dicks classic sitcom has been on DVD for years you'd think they would have released it a while ago.

I remember them. I love "Head of the Class". "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" is fun too.:) :cool: When are they going to be released to DVD?


When Hanging with Mr. Cooper came out I wanted to be like him. I was a senior in Highschool when the show debuted

It was stated in my book that Checking in was the highest rated summer program in 1981

I want a quote. A picture of the text would be better.

You either have an incorrect source...or you merely claim to have one. I want to know which it is.

I want a quote. A picture of the text would be better.

You either have an incorrect source...or you merely claim to have one. I want to know which it is.


Just realized I no longer have the book called "One season in American Television" which states the ratings for the 1980-81 season

So it looks like I should have not posted that info since I can no longer back it up.


I will see if I can find a thread about it on the Jeffersons board

I want a quote. A picture of the text would be better.

You either have an incorrect source...or you merely claim to have one. I want to know which it is.


Read the thread below. I started a thread about this back in 2008. I stated the name of the book and the author

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=221126&highlight=Checking

OK, I have no reason to doubt the accuracy of your source. In fact I'll bet it's a great read. It just doesn't say what you think it says. This whole thing about Checking In returning in the summer comes out of your...imagination


You know there must have been about 13 eps of Checking In or maybe more because I don't think CBS would have aired a Show all summer with just 4 eps from April to October

Read more: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=221126&highlight=Checking#ixzz2jbWdnGGL

No. No, no, no. I know that not to be the case. You convinced yourself with your own speculation, period. Clearly the "summer" period of the ratings in that list covered April-September. A show wouldn't have to air for the entire summer to rank within that list any more than one would have to air during an entire regular season to rank on that list. Do you think there were additional episodes of Park Place, the show that followed Checking In? If not, why would you insist Checking In had to have had an additional run to appear on the list but not Park Place? Also, Private Benjamin never aired a single repeat that summer, so the rating shown could only have come from episodes aired in April.

Sorry--myth busted.

OK, I have no reason to doubt the accuracy of your source. In fact I'll bet it's a great read. It just doesn't say what you think it says. This whole thing about Checking In returning in the summer comes out of your...imagination




No. No, no, no. I know that not to be the case. You convinced yourself with your own speculation, period. Clearly the "summer" period of the ratings in that list covered April-September. A show wouldn't have to air for the entire summer to rank within that list any more than one would have to air during an entire regular season to rank on that list. Do you think there were additional episodes of Park Place, the show that followed Checking In? If not, why would you insist Checking In had to have had an additional run to appear on the list but not Park Place? Also, Private Benjamin never aired a single repeat that summer, so the rating shown could only have come from episodes aired in April.

Sorry--myth busted.


I'm just saying the book mention checking in aired in the summer of 81 and was the highest rated show

Now the reason for that would probably be because back then there was no DVR and not many people had VCR to record another show while watching another so they had to pick what to watch.

And since checking in aired in the summer when the other shows had reruns people had a chance to check out the show

According to "The Complete Directory To Prime Time Network And Cable TV Shows":

Checking In First Telecast: April 9, 1981; Last Telecast: April 30, 1981

Broadcast History: April 1981, CBS Thu 8:00-8:30 (4 episodes).

According to "The Complete Directory To Prime Time Network And Cable TV Shows":

Checking In First Telecast: April 9, 1981; Last Telecast: April 30, 1981

Broadcast History: April 1981, CBS Thu 8:00-8:30 (4 episodes).


I said it was aired in the summer. You posting what people already knew

I said it was aired in the summer. You posting what people already knew

The book gives the broadcast history of every show. If it aired that summer, that would be included in the broadcast history. That was my point. That is the only broadcasts of the show.

The book gives the broadcast history of every show. If it aired that summer, that would be included in the broadcast history. That was my point. That is the only broadcasts of the show.


Well Marc Elliot of "One season in American TV" stated it was aired in the summer so I guess we will never know

HE DID NOT STATE THAT. YOU DID. He published a rating list and you made assumptions from it. Nothing supports those assumptions.

HE DID NOT STATE THAT. YOU DID. He published a rating list and you made assumptions from it. Nothing supports those assumptions.



Assumption? It said summer of 1981 in the book lol

Really? That's what you're going with, really? I think you're being deliberately obtuse now, but in case you're not, just realize that if September-April is the "fall season" then what is April-September, hmmmmmmmmmmm?

Really? That's what you're going with, really? I think you're being deliberately obtuse now, but in case you're not, just realize that if September-April is the "fall season" then what is April-September, hmmmmmmmmmmm?



So basically you telling me I can't read huh? And if #40 was the final numbers for the show during April It would have been renewed.

Oh but since it shot to number one during the summer obviously that's the reason it wasn't renewed? Yeah, stop digging.

Oh but since it shot to number one during the summer obviously that's the reason it wasn't renewed? Yeah, stop digging.


you forgot the fall schedule is announced in May? LOL

I got two words for you: Filthy Rich. Well, OK, two more words: Detective School.

Really, just stop this nonsense.. You're just plain wrong.

A bunch of Fox show's are pretty much forgotten today and will probably never be on DVD.


True Colors-Show about a newly married interracial couple, the brides mother and daughter, and the groom's hilarious two sons.
Herman's Head-Show about Research assistant Herman and the imagination of the four people who controlled the thoughts in his head.
Roc-One of Fox's greatest show's truth be told about garbage man Roc his wife Eleanor, funny father Andrew, and "no good brother" Joey!
Great Scott-Tobey McGuire sitcom about a teenager with a wild imagination, "a baby Herman's Head". Lasted a month.
Shaky Ground-Show with Matt Frewer as an "Al Bundy like" Dad and Jennifer Love-Hewitt as his teenaged daughter, only lasted a year.
South Central-Great show centering on a family with a Larenz Tate as the son who live in the ghetto of South Central L.A., some critics called it a 90s version of Good Times.
Hardball-Good short-lived show about a minor league baseball team.
Damon-Damon Wayans original sitcom.

A bunch of Fox show's are pretty much forgotten today and will probably never be on DVD.


True Colors-Show about a newly married interracial couple, the brides mother and daughter, and the groom's hilarious two sons.
Herman's Head-Show about Research assistant Herman and the imagination of the four people who controlled the thoughts in his head.
Roc-One of Fox's greatest show's truth be told about garbage man Roc his wife Eleanor, funny father Andrew, and "no good brother" Joey!
Great Scott-Tobey McGuire sitcom about a teenager with a wild imagination, "a baby Herman's Head". Lasted a month.
Shaky Ground-Show with Matt Frewer as an "Al Bundy like" Dad and Jennifer Love-Hewitt as his teenaged daughter, only lasted a year.
South Central-Great show centering on a family with a Larenz Tate as the son who live in the ghetto of South Central L.A., some critics called it a 90s version of Good Times.
Hardball-Good short-lived show about a minor league baseball team.
Damon-Damon Wayans original sitcom.



Damm I miss ROC. Not on youtube at all

So basically you telling me I can't read huh? And if #40 was the final numbers for the show during April It would have been renewed.


A - You're wrong

B - If its written in the book, then the book is wrong.

C - Very simply you can make your case. Scan and post the TV Guide listings showing it airing in the summer. Case closed. If you don't do that, it proves you are wrong.

D - As for high ratings, yeah sure, the networks reject shows all the time that rank highly. Right.

Damm I miss ROC. Not on youtube at all


If you want people to see it, why don't you post your copies of the show on youtube?

A bunch of Fox show's are pretty much forgotten today and will probably never be on DVD.


True Colors-Show about a newly married interracial couple, the brides mother and daughter, and the groom's hilarious two sons.
Herman's Head-Show about Research assistant Herman and the imagination of the four people who controlled the thoughts in his head.
Roc-One of Fox's greatest show's truth be told about garbage man Roc his wife Eleanor, funny father Andrew, and "no good brother" Joey!
Great Scott-Tobey McGuire sitcom about a teenager with a wild imagination, "a baby Herman's Head". Lasted a month.
Shaky Ground-Show with Matt Frewer as an "Al Bundy like" Dad and Jennifer Love-Hewitt as his teenaged daughter, only lasted a year.
South Central-Great show centering on a family with a Larenz Tate as the son who live in the ghetto of South Central L.A., some critics called it a 90s version of Good Times.
Hardball-Good short-lived show about a minor league baseball team.
Damon-Damon Wayans original sitcom.


Yes, to all of these!

Cover-Up
Starring Jennifer O'Neill & Jon-Erik Hexum

Cover-Up
Starring Jennifer O'Neill & Jon-Erik Hexum
I remember that show. Jon-Eric Hexum accidently shot himself on the set, and died.

I'm sure this has already been mentioned in this thread, but who remember the short-lived Norman Lear sitcom from 1990 or 91 called SUNDAY DINNER?

I'm sure this has already been mentioned in this thread, but who remember the short-lived Norman Lear sitcom from 1990 or 91 called SUNDAY DINNER?


No because CBS aired it in the summer time

I remember that show. Jon-Eric Hexum accidently shot himself on the set, and died.

Hexum sure did. A tragic life cut short for a man in his prime. Not even his replacement could renew the show for a second season. Nowadays the show is largely forgotten by the public.
A DVD is highly unlikely. A music licensing nightmare today. From what I remember the show played a lot of 80's songs since it dealt with the fashion industry as well as the action.

I'm sure this has already been mentioned in this thread, but who remember the short-lived Norman Lear sitcom from 1990 or 91 called SUNDAY DINNER?

Vaguely....I think Teri Hatcher was in this one.

C - Very simply you can make your case. Scan and post the TV Guide listings showing it airing in the summer. Case closed. If you don't do that, it proves you are wrong.



Still waiting!! My, it sure has gone silent.

Our house only lasted 2 years

My Sister Eileen. Lasted 1 season. I recall a really nice remastered 30 second promo of the show aired after the end credits of the Twilight Zone DVD set. Too bad the entire series will not see the light of day.

Our house only lasted 2 years

Cast member Shannen Doherty stayed until the end I think.