What are some shows that you think were never given a chance by the netoworks?

Andy Richter Controls the Universe- A truly brilliant and funny show, but the idiots in charge at FOX cancelled it in place of even more of those ridiculous reality shows. :mad:

Sports Night- I've only seen a couple of episodes, but it seemed like a great show. I don't understand why ABC cancelled it. Of course they are the same "geniuses" <note sarcasm> who kept Full House on for a decade :barf: (Sorry, Full House fans, but I hated that show.)

Nurses- Funny show on NBC in the early 90's. It was a part of the Saturday night line-up with The Golden Girls and Empty Nest. I actually liked Nurses better than the other two, but it was the least popular of the three shows and was cancelled after only three seasons. I think NBC should have given it a chance on another night or something. It didn't seem to fit in with Golden Girls and Empty Nest at all, IMHO.

The Five Mrs. Buchannens- Funny sitcom on CBS about four sisters--n-law and their mother-in-law. it only lasted a year. I thought it was a great show. Apparently, no one else did.

Daddt Dearest - I liked that show so much and it didn't last hardly anytime,at all. :(

Originally posted by vintagetvgirl
Daddt Dearest - I liked that show so much and it didn't last hardly anytime,at all. :(

Ooops - *Daddy* Dearest. :o

Jenny staring Jenny Macarthy and Heather Paige Kent.

I thought that show was hysterical but I don't think it lasted even 20 episodes before it got pulled. :(

Originally posted by Snoopy

Andy Richter Controls the Universe- A truly brilliant and funny show, but the idiots in charge at FOX cancelled it in place of even more of those ridiculous reality shows. :mad:

I Agree.

And Teen Angel. I LOVED That Show.

The Trouble with Larry - That show with Bronson Pinchot was LOL funny but CBS pulled the plug after only three episodes. It was not given a fair shake and other shows that are just outright lame was given a fair shake. It is beyond me that Becker is still on. Ted Danson is not a great actor what kept him in Cheers was the supporting cast that was LOL funny. Bronson Pinchot was excellent in that show The Trouble with Larry.

All Is Forgiven was not given a fair chance. Bess Armstrong was billed as the next Mary Tyler Moore. The show was enjoyable and had that feel of The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Annie Macguire was an excellent vehicle for Mary Tyler Moore. The show was well done and Moore played a married woman this time.

Get ready for a new thread on Bridget Love Bernie. A sitcom that dealt with interfaith marriage. That show came on in the early 70s. The show starred David Birney and Meredith Baxter.

"The Rousters" starred Chad Everett, Jim Varney (probable ancestor of his Ernest character), and Mimi Rogers. In this comedy, Chad Everett played Wyatt Earp the 3rd, descendant of the famous lawman and member of a family of circus folk. Jim Varney was his idiot brother who fancied himself an inventor. He would convince other people at the circus to let him fix their appliances and then modify them beyond recognition - and not for the better either. I liked this show, but it didn't last long. The show was sunk by "The Love Boat" which it was shown opposite.

Two words: Our House!

Let's see...

I agree with Snoop on "Sportsnight." An excellent show, that never caught on.
Another show burried by ABC was "The Job" with Denis Leary, which was at the time the best comedy on ABC, if not all the networks.

I might as well get my daily FOX rant out of the way...
Two great recent shows that FOX canned (and there have been so many) were "Greg The Bunny" and "The Tick." Okay, I'll admit, one had puppets and the other had a guy runing around in a blue costume, but for cryin' out loud, both were funny and above all, they were original! I'll take over "Mr. Personality" or "Oliver Beene" any day.

Family Guy: It should have hung around longer, FOX never gives any show a chance. All they show on there is reality junk.

Frank's Place - a solid, entertaining sitcom with no laugh track that was given no chance despite getting great reviews.

Stark Raving Mad - a little erratic at first but the potential was great with Tony Shaloub as an arrogant nutty writer. Good to see him not playing soft, exploring a nasty comic side.

Get a Life - Bizarre and always funny.

I'll never forget the scene after Brian Doyle Murray and the Sharon character find out they were tricked by Chris Elliot. They rip off his head and the next thing you see is the two of them running down the street kicking his head back and forth like a soccer ball. Classic.

i agree Jenny Was a great sitcom
Girls Club should have stayed along with ellen, cybill , caroline in the city and veronicas closet

george & leo (cbs)
payne (cbs)
trouble with larry (cbs)
a.u.s.a. (nbc)

Teen Angel (very stupid, I admit, but funny)
Titus

Originally posted by Snoopy
Nurses- Funny show on NBC in the early 90's. It was a part of the Saturday night line-up with The Golden Girls and Empty Nest. I actually liked Nurses better than the other two, but it was the least popular of the three shows and was cancelled after only three seasons. I think NBC should have given it a chance on another night or something. It didn't seem to fit in with Golden Girls and Empty Nest at all, IMHO.


I luved that show!

Anyway...FUTURAMA. Fox is stupid to screw it around like it has. It could last as long as The Simpsons...but NOOOOOO.....

I agree with Snoopy about Nurses. It was a very funny show. I wish Lifetime would air it again.

My choices include:
Baby Talk - Man, this show was so cute. Waaaaay better than Baby Bob, for goodness sakes.
Angie
The Mommies - Another cute NBC show that aired on Saturday nights.

A show that was one of the first to be cancelled this season was "Bram And Alice" on CBS. It had a good cast and it shouldn't have been canned after four episodes.
Granted, it need work, but I thought it was funny.

"Two Of A Kind"
"Family Guy"
"Golden Palace"
"Saved By The Bell: The College Years"
"That 80s Show"
"Titus"
"Square Pegs"
"Gidget"
"Jenny"
"Jesse"

Andy Richter Controls the Universe In my opinion the best show of the decade. I know, the decade is still young, but I can't imagine any show getting better than this.

The Tick I loved this show and FOX didn't give it a chance. Although I'm against networks moving shows around all the time, if it wasn't working on Thursdays at 8:30, move it and see how it does. The show should have been on Sundays anyways.

George & Leo Just a funny show. I loved it and CBS sucks for cancelling it.

The Brady Brides I liked it much better than The Brady Bunch.

DAG One of the two sitcoms I watched in 2000-01 season, the other being The Weber Show, this one really should have lasted longer.

Bram & Alice The funniest show next to Andy Richter. This was the last CBS show I got into. I have decided not to watch any shows new. I'll wait till they're in reruns or on DVD.

Andy Richter: This was a great show. It's hard to believe that America would rather watch Oliver Beene than this. Andy's weird office-mate Byron was great.

Futurama and Family Guy: Both of these shows are funnier than The Simpsons and King of the Hill.

Originally posted by Freakzilla
Andy's weird office-mate Byron was great.

I agree. Anything Byron said was hilarious. He would have been Bill's replacement on "NewsRadio."

Originally posted by TJL
I'll take over "Mr. Personality" or "Oliver Beene" any day.

NO ONE better be ragging on "Oliver Beene". Where I come from, them's fightin' words! :)

Anyway, to answer the question....

CLERKS: THE ANIMATED SERIES!

'Nuff said.

Okay I am probably the ONLY one who ever watched these shows, but I loved them & then before you knew it they were gone. First there was the remake of Dark Shadows w/ Ben Cross. It was excellent & so much better then the original & then before I knew it it was gone. Then there was the spin off from Party For Five w/ Jennifer Love Hewitt. I can't remember the name of it, but her character from PFF went off to New York to find her real father (I think it was her father). It was such a good show. The girl from Alias played her roommate. Now all they have on T.V. mostly are these stupid reality shows(the dumbest being Fear Factor). Those shows they keep on LOL I don't get it!! :crazy:

Sylvia

Originally posted by MissBKNYJewels73
. Then there was the spin off from Party For Five w/ Jennifer Love Hewitt. I can't remember the name of it, but her character from PFF went off to New York to find her real father (I think it was her father).


I believe it was called "Time Of Your Life."

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Originally posted by *Chris*

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I really liked that show. Too bad it didn't stick around.

:(

If you thought about it long enough, I'm sure you could add dozens of sitcoms to this list. Since the early 90s, most shows are given very little time to prove themselves, and the plug pulled a whole lot more often than not. Over the years there have been more than a few shows I enjoyed that got an early axe, and many others that got cancelled so early into their run, it was impossible to really tell wether they were going to be good or not.

But, having said all that, the one that comes to my mind right away is "Where I Live". I absolutely loved that show. It managed to survive it's first season in 92-93, and finally returned to the air in November '93, only to get cancelled after airing two episodes of it's second season!

I never understood the logic behind that move at ABC. Obviously, they thought highly enough of the show to give it a good 6-month run in the 92-93 season, and then to renew it for a second year. And after that, they cancel it after two episodes into the second season? And this was after they jerked around it's schedule, and buried it on the Saturday night primetime graveyard.

Stupid ABC.