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sjboyd0137

Post subject: Re: TV Shows That Were Too Good To Stay On the Air

Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 10:01 am

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Terry's Peeps wrote:

sjboyd0137 wrote:

Dark Angel
Titus
Undeclared
Action
That 80's Show
Wonderfalls
Fastlane
Andy Richter Controls the Universe
Skin
Girls Club
Cracking Up
The Pitts
Firefly
Get Real
FreakyLinks
Wanda at Large
Costello
The Lone Gunmen
A Minute With Stan Hooper
Normal, Ohio,
Pasadena
Harsh Realm
Keen Eddie
The $treet
American Embassy
Cedric The Entertainer Presents
The Tick
Luis
Greg the Bunny.

Is there no hope?

Well, I suppose if all those shows go down the tubes, we might have a shot.

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Ed_from_Lisle

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 10:04 am

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Terry's Peeps wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

Boomtown

Yes!

That show was great.

Loved this show. Graham Yost was a big part of it, and he's now one of the brains behind Justified. No coincidence about the casting of the villains this year, as both of those guys were Boomtown stars.

Even Donnie Wahlberg was good in this. Pretty sure it's on DVD. Well worth your time.

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 10:10 am

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W_Z wrote:

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:

lipidquadcab wrote:

Studio 60!

The world wasn't ready for the awesomeness that was Bradley Whitford and Matthew Perry together on a show written by Sorkin, week in and week out...

The blonde girl was too annoying.

the whole show was annoying. sorkin was out of his element.

this is an easy topic. just about every internet message board has some kind of dedication to the "too good for TV" shows:

"firefly", "freaks & geeks", "undeclared", "arrested development", etc.

i would've liked to see another season of "the ben stiller show" and "mr. show", "sports night" (sorkin more in his element), "the mind of the married man", and "rome".

I forgot about Undeclared, that definitly deserves a spot. Don't agree on Arrested Development. The show started out great, but by its last season it had dropped off quite a bit.

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A7X

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 10:14 am

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Mr. Sunshine

I hope you're talking about the 1986 show with Jeffery Tambor. The Matthew Perry series was unwatchable. I tried.

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shultzyy

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 11:40 am

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Couple of sports themes shows....

Sports Night

Inside Schwartz

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Gloopan Kuratz

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 11:55 am

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Crime Story

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 11:56 am

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Paul Reiser Show
Work It

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 4:25 pm

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Playmakers was awesome. The chick at the time I was dating said "This is just nothing but a soap opera for men"...my reply was "And?"....

The rumor was that the NFL told ESPN to can it because it was "too real".

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Telegram Sam

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 4:28 pm

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CSI:Milwaukee

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Hank Scorpio

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 4:35 pm

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CSI:Milwaukee

It looks like this guy got beaten to death with a block of cheese.

We know one thing for sure. He isnt having <puts on sunglasses> a gouda day.

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lipidquadcab

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W_Z wrote:

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:

lipidquadcab wrote:

Studio 60!

The world wasn't ready for the awesomeness that was Bradley Whitford and Matthew Perry together on a show written by Sorkin, week in and week out...

The blonde girl was too annoying.

the whole show was annoying. sorkin was out of his element.

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Telegram Sam

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Hank Scorpio wrote:

Telegram Sam wrote:

CSI:Milwaukee

It looks like this guy got beaten to death with a block of cheese.

We know one thing for sure. He isnt having <puts on sunglasses> a gouda day.

EEEYEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

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Terry's Peeps

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 4:45 pm

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Telegram Sam wrote:

Hank Scorpio wrote:

Telegram Sam wrote:

CSI:Milwaukee

It looks like this guy got beaten to death with a block of cheese.

We know one thing for sure. He isnt having <puts on sunglasses> a gouda day.

EEEYEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

@ the both of you.

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Eaglo Jeff

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 5:20 pm

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shultzyy wrote:

Couple of sports themes shows....

Sports Night

Inside Schwartz

Sports Night was just plain awful

What was the Fox offering about an airline executive? It was based out of Chicago too....one word from what I remember. It seemed to have potential.

Also the one of Fox that they promoted the hell out of because there was some Family Guy reference....the one with Rob Corddry....I think it was called "The Winner"

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 5:45 pm

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Greg the bunny was fantastic
blah

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A7X

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 5:54 pm

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Eaglo Jeff wrote:

What was the Fox offering about an airline executive? It was based out of Chicago too....one word from what I remember. It seemed to have potential.

The Loop. It wasn't bad, and it starred one of my favorite character actors Phillip Baker Hall.

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NearWessSideHussra

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 6:20 pm

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Also, the blonde chick from Friends had a pretty good one season series on HBO a few years back. Probably the closest thing to the original UK The Office (other than Larry Sanders, which pre-dates/inspired The Office) I've seen from an American show.

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Quadrophenia

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 6:40 pm

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Reunion.

It was a recent show on Fox (methinks). It was a murder mystery where the show was a flashback and each episode was a year. So 20 episodes equals 20 years. They cancelled the show show 10 or 12 episodes in. THey couldn't let the show finish off their run to reveal the killer?

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W_Z

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 7:37 pm

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spmack wrote:

there's an english football equivalent of that show called "dream team" that aired years ago that made me think "so they can do this in england, but we can't get away with it here?" "dream team" was just as exposing.

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Zizou

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 9:07 pm

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The Critic for sure.
Duckman but it did last for a couple of seasons.

I don't get the Freaks and Geeks love. I didn't find any of the characters likeable.

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River Dan

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 9:11 pm

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immessedup17 wrote:

Arrested Development

Yep.

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Don Tiny

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 9:16 pm

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Another vote for Andy Richter .... amazing shit.
Tough Crowd
Police Squad
Oliver Beene

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MY GUY!!!!!!

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 9:22 pm

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sjboyd0137 wrote:

That 80's Show

This needed to be sacrificed in order for us to have the greatness that is It's Always Sunny.

That's My Bush is strangely absent from all these lists as well.

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W_Z

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 9:24 pm

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this goes back a ways but "the vacant lot". it suffered from being on at the same time as KITH and was compared to it unfavorably and never caught on.

but some of the sketches were before their time. and their songs were great. excellent opening theme too.

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Colonel Angus

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 10:42 pm

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The Critic
The Tracey Morgan Show
Wanda At Large
The Michael Richards Show
The Tonight Show w/ Conan O'Brien

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jackref

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 10:43 pm

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Firefly
Reaper
Dollhouse

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 10:46 pm

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Ooh, forgot Reaper. Good call, Jackref.

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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 7:03 am

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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:56 am

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Again, until I am watching it while painted blue and reading the latest issue of Poof, I will not believe it.

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