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mets82 · 01-14-2014, 03:43 PM

These are shows that let's face it, didnt have a lot of shelf life. What do you consider a one-show wonder? I'll start.

Delta House
Ferris Bueller

MacLeaper · 01-14-2014, 03:54 PM

I suppose you mean a one season wonder?
I can name quite a few that I like. Ferris Bueller is one of them. (I actually used to watch that TV series before I ever saw the movie.)

For some others-
Voyagers!
Otherworld
Probe
Automan
Manimal
Starman
Street Hawk
The Highwayman
Wizards & Warriors
The Phoenix
Swamp Thing (1990 cartoon series)
Man From Atlantis (technically had two seasons- but the first season was comprised of introductory TV-movies)
Blacke's Magic
The Wizard
Lazer Tag Academy
The Comic Strip (cartoon block comprised of TigerSharks, Karate Kat, Street Frogs, and The Mini Monsters)

and I'm sure there are more I'm forgetting right now...

tvfan25 · 01-14-2014, 07:04 PM

DAG (1 season)

Jennifer Slept Here (1 season)

Sister Kate (1 season)

Rags To Riches (2 seasons)

Where I Live (2 seasons)

On Our Own (1 season)

Kidd Video (2 seasons)

413 Hope St. (1 season)

MacLeaper · 01-14-2014, 07:15 PM

I love Kidd Video too! Grew up watching that cartoon- I just didn't list it because it's 2 seasons, but I guess that's close enough for this list.

Here are a few more one season wonders though-

The Boys Are Back
Going Places (LOVE this show!)
The Magician
Good Morning, Miss Bliss
Saved By The Bell: The College Years (I love all the other Saved By the Bell series, of course- the main SBTB series that is best known today and the other spin-off Saved By The Bell: The New Class, along with the TV-movies- but those are definitely more than one season.)

The Hardy Boys (1995)
Nancy Drew (1995)

and I would probably also put in:
Get A Life (this was 2 seasons though)
The Hardy Boys (cartoon series- this was 2 seasons, but the second season was reruns.)

tvfan25 · 01-14-2014, 08:51 PM

I remember Going Places. I liked that show too. Wasn't it on the TGIF lineup?

I just remembered another one, George And Leo. It starred Bob Newhart and Judd Hirsch.

Ryan Chamberlain · 01-14-2014, 11:02 PM

Help Me Help You (Which, I loved since it had Jere Burns in it.)
On Our Own
Good Morning Miami (2 seasons..and I thought it was a great show with potential)
The Mothers In Law (2 seasons..the show was from the late 1960s.) I found this one on METV last year and thought it was incredibly funny, IMO. I think it should have lasted way more than 2 seasons.

Retro4Life · 01-14-2014, 11:25 PM

Totally arbitrary, of course, but here's some of my favorites...

1) V
2) American Gothic
3) Frank's Place
4) The Charmings
5) Battlestar: Galactica (the real one)
6) The Burning Zone
7) Murder: One
8) Darkroom
9) Doc (1975)
10) Salvage: One

Retro4Life · 01-14-2014, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryan Chamberlain

Help Me Help You (Which, I loved since it had Jere Burns in it.)
On Our Own
Good Morning Miami (2 seasons..and I thought it was a great show with potential)
The Mothers In Law (2 seasons..the show was from the late 1960s.) I found this one on METV last year and thought it was incredibly funny, IMO. I think it should have lasted way more than 2 seasons.

AHH, I thought I was the only one left that remembered "The Mothers in Law"!! Kaye Ballard and Eve Arden; great show, used to watch it with my mom when I was VERY young (like 4 or 5, really).

Thanks for the memory!

Tubehead · 01-15-2014, 12:27 AM

any one remember the one nick at nite aired it was called hi honey im home? it about these people living in the 1950s &1960s the sitcom was in black &white then they would hit a button on a remote it would be in color I remember watching it on nick at nite does any one els remember it?

I also like one show on tgif called teen angle were these two kids were best friends then his friend eat a hamburger that been under the bed for days then he chokes and dies then he comes back as an angel he helps his best friend with girls and other problems it didn't last that long.

other shows I remember are :
Sanford it was spin off from Sanford and son
Sanford arms it was spin off rom Sanford and son also I remember bet or one of the black channels had a marathon long time ago they showed Sanford arms.

treky · 01-15-2014, 01:41 AM

SANFORD
SANFORD ARMS
QUARK
BRET MAVERICK
IT'S ABOUT TIME

jimpickens · 01-15-2014, 04:47 AM

Quark
Police Squad
When Things Were Rotten
Danger Theatre
Salvage One
The Oddball Couple
Soldier Of Fortune Inc
Firefly

tvfan25 · 01-15-2014, 09:01 AM

[QUOTE=Tubehead]any one remember the one nick at nite aired it was called hi honey im home? it about these people living in the 1950s &1960s the sitcom was in black &white then they would hit a button on a remote it would be in color I remember watching it on nick at nite does any one els remember it?

I remember watching Hi Honey I'm Home. It also had a lot of guest stars from classic sitcoms.
I wish they would start putting these rare shows on DVD as a complete series. Since they only had 1 or 2 seasons, they wouldn't be very costly.

mets82 · 01-15-2014, 04:24 PM

Btw, on youtube there was someone who posted just the intros and outros of tv shows and some of them were a one season wonder.

comedyfreak · 01-15-2014, 05:31 PM

Hot L Baltimore
AES Hudson Street
San Pedro Beach Bums
Grand

Mace Dolex · 01-15-2014, 06:24 PM

Three's A Crowd
V-The Series ('84)
Teen Angel
The Heights
Great Scott (with a young Tobey Maguire)
Shaky Ground (with a young Jennifer Love Hewitt)
Inhumanoids
Kirk
Platypus Man

01-14-2014, 03:43 PM	#1
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01-14-2014, 03:54 PM	#2
MacLeaper Child of the 80s Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 20, 2001 Posts: 3,359	I suppose you mean a one season wonder? I can name quite a few that I like. Ferris Bueller is one of them. (I actually used to watch that TV series before I ever saw the movie.) For some others- Voyagers! Otherworld Probe Automan Manimal Starman Street Hawk The Highwayman Wizards & Warriors The Phoenix Swamp Thing (1990 cartoon series) Man From Atlantis (technically had two seasons- but the first season was comprised of introductory TV-movies) Blacke's Magic The Wizard Lazer Tag Academy The Comic Strip (cartoon block comprised of TigerSharks, Karate Kat, Street Frogs, and The Mini Monsters) and I'm sure there are more I'm forgetting right now...
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01-14-2014, 11:25 PM	#7
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01-15-2014, 12:27 AM	#9
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	one hit wonders any one remember the one nick at nite aired it was called hi honey im home? it about these people living in the 1950s &1960s the sitcom was in black &white then they would hit a button on a remote it would be in color I remember watching it on nick at nite does any one els remember it? I also like one show on tgif called teen angle were these two kids were best friends then his friend eat a hamburger that been under the bed for days then he chokes and dies then he comes back as an angel he helps his best friend with girls and other problems it didn't last that long. other shows I remember are : Sanford it was spin off from Sanford and son Sanford arms it was spin off rom Sanford and son also I remember bet or one of the black channels had a marathon long time ago they showed Sanford arms.

01-14-2014, 07:04 PM	#3
tvfan25 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 10, 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 634	DAG (1 season) Jennifer Slept Here (1 season) Sister Kate (1 season) Rags To Riches (2 seasons) Where I Live (2 seasons) On Our Own (1 season) Kidd Video (2 seasons) 413 Hope St. (1 season)

01-14-2014, 07:15 PM	#4
MacLeaper Child of the 80s Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 20, 2001 Posts: 3,359	I love Kidd Video too! Grew up watching that cartoon- I just didn't list it because it's 2 seasons, but I guess that's close enough for this list. Here are a few more one season wonders though- The Boys Are Back Going Places (LOVE this show!) The Magician Good Morning, Miss Bliss Saved By The Bell: The College Years (I love all the other Saved By the Bell series, of course- the main SBTB series that is best known today and the other spin-off Saved By The Bell: The New Class, along with the TV-movies- but those are definitely more than one season.) The Hardy Boys (1995) Nancy Drew (1995) and I would probably also put in: Get A Life (this was 2 seasons though) The Hardy Boys (cartoon series- this was 2 seasons, but the second season was reruns.)

01-14-2014, 08:51 PM	#5
tvfan25 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 10, 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 634	I remember Going Places. I liked that show too. Wasn't it on the TGIF lineup? I just remembered another one, George And Leo. It starred Bob Newhart and Judd Hirsch.

01-15-2014, 01:41 AM	#10
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01-15-2014, 04:47 AM	#11
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01-15-2014, 09:01 AM	#12
tvfan25 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 10, 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 634	[QUOTE=Tubehead]any one remember the one nick at nite aired it was called hi honey im home? it about these people living in the 1950s &1960s the sitcom was in black &white then they would hit a button on a remote it would be in color I remember watching it on nick at nite does any one els remember it? I remember watching Hi Honey I'm Home. It also had a lot of guest stars from classic sitcoms. I wish they would start putting these rare shows on DVD as a complete series. Since they only had 1 or 2 seasons, they wouldn't be very costly.

01-15-2014, 04:24 PM	#13
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