What sitcoms do you think were canceled too early, too late, or just in time.
1. Gilligans island, too early
2. Happy days. Too late.
3. Threes company. Just in time.

I think that Barney Miller was ended at the right time in 1982.

TOO EARLY:
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
Angie
It's a Living (with the ABC cast)
Flo
The Powers That Be

TOO LATE:
Happy Days
Laverne and Shirley
Petticoat Junction
Beverly Hillbillies

JUST IN TIME:
Maude
The Golden Girls
Designing Women
I Dream of Jeannie
The Brady Bunch
The Partridge Family

Too Early:
iCarly
Big Time Rush
Less Than Perfect
Happy Endings
Lost In Space
Gilligan's Island
Back In The Game
The Neighbors
The Munsters
The Addams Family
The Mother's-In-Law
Temperatures Rising

Too Late:
M*A*S*H
My Three Sons
All In The Family
The Facts Of Life
Good Times

Just Right:
Sanford And Son
Boy Meets World
What's Happening
Married With Children

Too Early:
I honestly can't think of any comedies that I felt strongly were gone too soon. I can think of a lot of dramas though (American Dreams, Homefront, Detroit 1-8-7, etc)

Too Late:
The Office
Bewitched
Happy Days
Roseanne
Rhoda
Murphy Brown

Just Right:
Mary Tyler Moore Show
Dick Van Dyke Show
I Love Lucy
The Bob Newhart Show

I'll just do a few:

TOO EARLY:
Mama's Family
ALF
All-American Girl
Dinosaurs
Flo
Gilligan's Island
The Jeffersons
Matlock
Murder, She Wrote
Pee-wee's Playhouse
The Torkelsons

TOO LATE:
227
Family Matters
The Beverly Hillbillies
Petticoat Junction
Diff'rent Strokes
The Drew Carey Show
Ellen
Happy Days
Sister, Sister
Hazel
Mork & Mindy
Home Improvement
Laverne & Shirley
Roseanne
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Welcome Back, Kotter
The Simpsons

JUST IN TIME:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (although it's technically still running in comics)
All In the Family
Will & Grace
Wings
The Brady Bunch
Soap
That Girl
There's Company
The Munsters
Batman ('66)
The Wonder Years
Reba
The Addams Family
Murphy Brown
The Nanny
Newhart
Night Court
Maude
Mister Ed
Green Acres
Full House
Boy Meets World
I Love Lucy
Cheers
Kate & Allie
Gimme a Break!
Designing Women
The Golden Girls
Desperate Housewives

Too Early:

Nanny & the Professor
Gidget
Joanie Loves Chachi

Too Late:

The Beverly Hillbillies
Green Acres
The Danny Thomas Show / Make Room for Daddy
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Coach
Lassie

Just in Time:

The Flying Nun
That Girl
The Brady Bunch
Family Affair
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Bob Newhart Show
Who's the Boss

Too Late:

Married With Children
Three's Company
Laverne & Shirley
Frasier
Happy Days
The Brady Bunch
Good Times
The Simpsons*
South Park*
Night Court
The A-Team
Family Matters
Roseanne
Two and a Half Men*

Just in Time:

Cheers
The Nanny
The Andy Griffith Show
Amen
The Jeffersons
Malcolm in the Middle
Full House
The Golden Girls
Dinosaurs
The Parkers
I Love Lucy

Too Early:

Pee Wee's Playhouse
My Name is Earl

Too late:
Married with children

Just in time:
The Nanny

Too early:
Family Ties

too late:
Roseanne
Married With Children
Frasier


Just in time:
Seinfeld
I Love Lucy
Dick Van Dyke Show
The Cosby Show
The Golden Girls
Mary Tyler Moore Show
Newhart
Cheers
Friends

to early:
United States of Tara
Will and Grace
The Facts of Life
The Wonder Years
Titus
Jesse
Veronica's Closet
Alf

Too Early:

Arrested Development
Freaks and Geeks
My So Called Life
The Honeymooners

Just Right:

The Golden Girls
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Full House
Sex & the City
Cheers
Three's Company
I Love Lucy
Dick Van Dyke Show

Too Late:

Bewitched
The Brady Bunch
8 Simple Rules
Family Matters
Roseanne
Diff'rent Strokes
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
The Facts of Life

TOO EARLY
Three's A Crowd
The Critic
Teen Angel
Drawn Together
Gilligan's Island
Small Wonder

JUST IN TIME
Three's Company
Different Strokes
ALF
Night Court
Mr. Belvedere
Seinfeld

TOO LATE
M*A*S*H
Happy Days
Laverne &Shirley
Mock & Mindy
The Ropers
The Simpsons *
The Big Bang Theory *
South Park *
Friends
Murphy Brown
Designing Women
All In The Family
Step By Step
Two And A Half Men *
Frasier
Roseanne
The Facts Of Life
Family Matters
Blossom
Sex In The City
Degrassi (and whatever spinoffs)
According To Jim
Sabrina The Teenage Witch
Family Ties
The Cosby Show
Growing Pains

I'll just do a few:

TOO EARLY:
Mama's Family
ALF
All-American Girl
Dinosaurs
Flo
Gilligan's Island
The Jeffersons
Matlock
Murder, She Wrote
Pee-wee's Playhouse
The Torkelsons

TOO LATE:
227
Family Matters
The Beverly Hillbillies
Petticoat Junction
Diff'rent Strokes
The Drew Carey Show
Ellen
Happy Days
Sister, Sister
Hazel
Mork & Mindy
Home Improvement
Laverne & Shirley
Roseanne
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Welcome Back, Kotter
The Simpsons

JUST IN TIME:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (although it's technically still running in comics)
All In the Family
Will & Grace
Wings
The Brady Bunch
Soap
That Girl
There's Company
The Munsters
Batman ('66)
The Wonder Years
Reba
The Addams Family
Murphy Brown
The Nanny
Newhart
Night Court
Maude
Mister Ed
Green Acres
Full House
Boy Meets World
I Love Lucy
Cheers
Kate & Allie
Gimme a Break!
Designing Women
The Golden Girls
Desperate Housewives

That's a few? :confused: I'd hate to see your definition of a lot. :lol: