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jackref

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

Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 10:43 pm

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Firefly
Reaper
Dollhouse

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Colonel Angus

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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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C_Howitt_Fealz

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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 7:03 am

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Hank Scorpio

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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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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:02 pm

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Urlacher's missing neck wrote:

The State.....though half of anything thats actually funny on tv or film these days has something to do with them.

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Don Tiny

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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:28 pm

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Flash Forward

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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:32 pm

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Don Tiny wrote:

Flash Forward

That show sucked until it got cancelled and then it got really good when they actually had a reason to tell and finish the story and let things actually happen.

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Don Tiny

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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:39 pm

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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:

Don Tiny wrote:

Flash Forward

That show sucked until it got canceled and then it got really good when they actually had a reason to tell and finish the story and let things actually happen.

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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

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

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:42 pm

Don Tiny wrote:

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:

Don Tiny wrote:

Flash Forward

That show sucked until it got canceled and then it got really good when they actually had a reason to tell and finish the story and let things actually happen.

Hey, I liked the show. It just wasn't any good until after it was announced it was cancelled.

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Phil McCracken

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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:43 pm

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redskingreg

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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:56 pm

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBWvm1g10sU

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rogers park bryan

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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:54 am

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I dont see Henry Winkler and/or Scott Baio?

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Terry's Peeps

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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:35 pm

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'Arrested Development' Not Getting Second Netflix Season

3:34 PM PST 2/25/2013 by Jordan Zakarin

CEO Reed Hastings said on a conference call that the streaming service got the comedy revival under "unrepeatable circumstances," and would only produce its fourth season.

Arrested Development's stay at Netflix will be a short one.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told investors on Monday that his company would only broadcast one new season of the cult comedy series, which is being brought back after an original run that lasted from 2003-2006.

The return of the oddball comedy favorite's comeback was announced in October 2011, and the next month, Netflix announced that it would exclusively broadcast the 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Television series. The Mitch Hurwitz-run show, which stars Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Jeffrey Tambor, will stream 14 episodes on the service this spring.

After that, the series will need to find a new home.

"Arrested is a unique property, we don’t anticipate being able to do season five, six and seven," Hastings said. "We have less of a stake in it. It is really a fantastic one off, which is coming together incredibly. I think it will be amazing for us, but think of it as a non-repeatable amazing, whereas the other thing that we are doing is to trying to figure out a real mechanism where we can build shows and develop franchises over the long term. In that way Arrested Development is a wildly successful tactic, as opposed to fundamental to the strategy."

The CEO name-checked several other series that he considered more "fundamental," including the Ricky Gervais comedy Derek. The company recently debuted House of Cards, its glossy, $100 million political drama led by Kevin Spacey.

A company official told The Wall Street Journal that it would be difficult to once again reunite the entire cast of Arrested Development, which also includes Porta de Rossi, Jessica Walter, David Cross, Alia Shawkat and Tony Hale; it remains to be seen if a proposed film version of the show will be produced.

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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:57 pm

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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:48 pm

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Boyfights, CSFMB style.

Keep it in frame!

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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:35 pm

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immessedup17 wrote:

Terry's Peeps wrote:

Maybe the movie is for reals, or maybe Fox let them "test" Netflix to see if it is possible to bring back to FX or something. (Fox is looking to split FX into two channels and add some more comedy programming after all.)

Or maybe this is the first warning shot that the new season is going to disappoint the hell out of all the diehard fans.

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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:58 pm

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Neil Armstrong show!

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rogers park bryan

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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:26 pm

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Hank Scorpio wrote:

Or maybe this is the first warning shot that the new season is going to disappoint the hell out of all the diehard fans.

Impossible.

The cast is too good and perfectly cast.

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Hank Scorpio

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

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:31 pm

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rogers park bryan wrote:

Hank Scorpio wrote:

Or maybe this is the first warning shot that the new season is going to disappoint the hell out of all the diehard fans.

Impossible.

The cast is too good and perfectly cast.

I know, I just want to be as negative about it as possible so I'm not disappointed. I have been waiting so long for it that I need to think it will suck.

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rogers park bryan

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

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:34 pm

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Hank Scorpio wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

Hank Scorpio wrote:

Or maybe this is the first warning shot that the new season is going to disappoint the hell out of all the diehard fans.

Impossible.

The cast is too good and perfectly cast.

I know, I just want to be as negative about it as possible so I'm not disappointed. I have been waiting so long for it that I need to think it will suck.

There's always money in the banana stand

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Tad Queasy

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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:35 pm

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I agree with those who said:

The State
The Critic
Duckman
Mr. Sunshine

I would also add Bored to Death, which was awesome.

The original WKRP in Cincinnati might be my favorite show, or at least sitcom, of all time.

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Peoria Matt

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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:59 pm

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Zippy-The-Pinhead

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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:08 pm

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Police Squad
The Man Show
MXC

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

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 11:48 pm

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Frank's Place.

Late 80's show that got critical acclaim, but CBS, wondering about the profitability of the demographic :wink:

, moved it around 3-4 times, before dying in a Saturday night spot (and smothered by network notes)

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Curious Hair

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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 1:03 am

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Was that the show about the bar in New Orleans? I heard great things about it. I remember reading or watching something about how they really had to work to get the New Orleans accent right, because actors were coming in either doing a broad generic Southern accent or doing a Cajun accent.

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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 9:45 am

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Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

MXC

To be fair, I think they just ran out of footage to use for the show. I guess they could have just re-used clips, and re-dubbed some stuff, but the show pretty much ran it's course.

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Colonel Angus

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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:49 pm

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Courage the Cowardly Dog
Reaper
Chuck
30 Rock
Dinosaurs
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
The Venture Bros.
The Boondocks

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Psycory

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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:19 pm

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Colonel Angus wrote:

Space Ghost Coast to Coast
The Boondocks

I preferred "Cartoon Planet." I actually have the CD and it's in the rotation in the car for the kids (they love "Hey! Don't touch me!)

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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:00 am

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Curious Hair wrote:

Restaurant/bar, yeah. Maybe some had to work to get the accent, but they got alot of the language right. A lagniappe if you will.

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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:05 am

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carnivale. im still bumming out that that story never was finished being told.

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