Not things you necessarily liked personally, but things that seemed so popular and/profitable you don’t see how anyone could cancel them (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScrewedByTheNetwork). Think about it like this, usually when a show gets cancelled it either just dies or gets picked up my a lesser channel.

The Jeffersons
Pee-wee’s Playhouse
Mama’s Family: should’ve went at least 1 more season

Freaks and Geeks (NBC, 1999-2000)

The Jeffersons
Pee-wee’s Playhouse
Mama’s Family: should’ve went at least 1 more season

No. The Jeffersons had done just about everything they could've with stories and the characters at that point so it was time for it to end but I was sad to see it end and I did miss the show after it was gone. And Pee Wee's Playhouse was just garbage.

Ed.

here's mine
the wonder years i didn't liked the ending!! i think they should have gone at least one more seaon!!
Early edition not really sure why it got canceled i think the reality shows was getting popular at the time!!
Quantum leap i think it should have gone one more seaon
kyle xy it was just getting good!!
seven days i enjoy it but once they moved it to fox on fridays i just stopped watching!!
flash forward just getting good!!

Police Squad
It's Your Move
Arrested Development
Hardcastle & McCormick
Duel game show (U.S. version)

3rd Rock from the Sun. The series finale was great, but every episode from season 6 felt rushed. They could've at least given it a 7th season.

My Name Is Earl seemed like it was doing great up till it's cancellation. It really deserved a season 5 and could of gone on awhile longer.

Sliders

And Pee Wee's Playhouse was just garbage.

Ed.

That's your opinion.

Mike and Molly

Mike and Molly

Not puzzling at all. Melissa McCarthy became a bona fide movie star and wanted out. I can't blame her.

That's your opinion.

:lol: Too funny. No I'd call it a fact. Pee Wee Herman (or Paul Reubens) is just creepy.

Ed.

Not puzzling at all. Melissa McCarthy became a bona fide movie star and wanted out. I can't blame her.Melissa McCarthy still did movies while on Mike and Molly. What caused its cancellation was being an aging, unowned show that CBS did not make money off anymore, it was a midseason utility player the last few seasons.

WKRP IN CINCINATTI

Mannix.

It was ranked #20 for the 1974-75 season (its eighth), after being off the Top 30 for seasons 6 and 7, and for years I was so desperate to find a reason for its cancellation.

I asked on this thread (https://sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=325262) a few years ago. Apparently, Paramount Television (the producer of Mannix) made a deal with ABC Network to air reruns of the series on late nights while new episodes continued to air on CBS. CBS was not happy about this, and they ended up abruptly cancelling Mannix in retaliation.

I don’t know about “baffling” but the Sally Struthers AITF spin-off Gloria actually was #18 in the ratings in 1982-1983 TV season and was not renewed. I think most people think the show was a low watched failure. Maybe CBS didn’t see a future in the show, and really by the mid 1980’s you couldn’t blame them.

Supposedly there was a black dog named Archie. Carroll O’Connor didn’t like that supposedly.

In 1982-83, 60 Minutes was the #1 show on TV. Archie Bunker and Gloria followed 60 Minutes on CBS and they didn’t even rank in the top 10. They dropped too much of the lead in. And in midseason, the two shows were moved to Monday and they dropped like a rock in the ratings without 60 Minutes.

I don’t know about “baffling” but the Sally Struthers AITF spin-off Gloria actually was #18 in the ratings in 1982-1983 TV season and was not renewed. I think most people think the show was a low watched failure. Maybe CBS didn’t see a future in the show, and really by the mid 1980’s you couldn’t blame them.

Supposedly there was a black dog named Archie. Carroll O’Connor didn’t like that supposedly.

Yeah, the dog was gay too.