Brilliant but Cancelled

[Guest kingkamala]

I was watching the Trio channel on Digital Cable and they're running a series of shows that were like this thread states brilliant but canceled. Now what were some shows that were brilliant but canceled, here's my list:

 

Family Guy(A lot of people on this board like this, a lot of people don't. I personally thought it was hilarious)

Undeclared

The Critic

Clerk:The Animated Series

I can't think of any dramas at this moment but this is my list as of now

[B. Brian Brunzell 0]

I totally agree on "The Family Guy" and "The Critic." Those shows were amazing.

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

TITUS. This is probably in my top 5 shows EVER. He touched upon dysfunctional family topics like no other sitcom has before, and the majority of it was based on real events in his life. Everybody on that show was great, ESPECIALLY Papa Titus and Dave.

[Guest kingkamala]

Jay Sherman: Mom. Dad. I never made you laugh.

Franklin: Well, I did chuckle a bit when you tried to eat that bird and fell over the cliff.

Eleanor: No Franklin, that was the Roadrunner.

Jay Sherman: No, that was me.

 

[Jay gets struck in the head with a shotput.]

Jay Sherman: Skull cracked. Brains leaking out. Can't wait to see new Chevy Chase movie...

 

 

filming a commercial]

Orson Welles: Rosebud... yes, Rosebud frozen peas. Full of country goodness and green peaness. Wait, that's terrible. I quit.

 

Jay Sherman: That's why the best actor of this generation and every generation is Ned Beaty.

 

Ah yes gotta love the Critc thanks IMDB.com. Although the Critic episodes on Shockwave.com after it got canceled by ABC, Fox and Comedy Central were hit or miss, everything else was awesome.

[Guest Incandenza]

Get a Life.

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

Thieves

Shannon's Deal

Sports Night

Buddy Faro

Frank's Place

Orleans

Hooperman

Man of the People

Midnight Caller and WKRP in Cincinnati- both had modest runs, but never got the support they should have during their time on the air and were pretty much forsaken by their networks.

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

FREAKS AND GEEKS~!

Family Guy

Sports Night

The Critic

[Guest Zack Malibu]

That Was Then

My Secret Identity

[Guest Lethargic]

I'm glad I got that DirecTV with Trio. Our cable didn't have it. Now I finally get the Ernie Kovacs show dammit. But they did piss me off cause the commercial said they were gonna play every episode of the shows and they're not even coming close. They're only showing 6 Kolchack's. Plus they're showing crap all out of order. I was trying to get that Profit show but they didn't show the first episode until AFTER the first 6, and of course I missed it. So now I have to wait till the 23rd to get the pilot so I can watch the other 8 shows I already have.

[Guest Special K]

Sport Night 1st and foremost.

My So-called Life.

Critic.

Duckman (though I think it actually lasted a while).

Newsradio. Though it was half as good once Hartman died, it was still better than 90% of the other sitcoms.

Freaks and Geeks. Only caught about 1/3 of the eps, but it was funny, wry, and well written

[Guest LooseCannon]

Get a Life.

That's what I was thinking.

[Guest Matt Young]

The Critic was the best non-wrestling show ever.

[Guest ElectricRaccoon]

I wouldn't go so dar as to call it brilliant, but Mission Hill was pretty entertaining - there's something like 10 epsiodes that air on the Comedy Network here, so at least I got to see SOMETHING more than the two episodes NBC aired.

 

Also, The Lone Gunmen could have developed into something good.

[Guest LaParkaMarka]

Farscape. Show was amazing and was killed off. Very lame.

 

And I totally agree about Family Guy and Titus. Titus rocked. Dave was absolutely hilarious.

[Guest The Electrifyer]

Titus got cancelled? NOOOOOOOO!!! I guess thats why I haven't seen it on TV for a while. Thats the only show that I miss, I can't think of any others right now.

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

TITUS FANS UNITE~!~

[Guest bob_barron]

Are we talking about shows that were cancelled too soon or just shows that were cancelled in general?

 

The Job

Undeclared

Norm

 

I LOVE those shows.

[Guest Mole]

Yes, Titus was awesome. The one eps when they were defending the gay guy was so funny, but very serious at the same time.

 

I was never a fan of Sports Night, I didn't think it was that funny, IMHO.

[Guest MDH257]

SportsNight

Freaks and Geeks

Undeclared

[Guest treble charged]

I don't know if it was 'brilliant', but I really liked Tucker for the one month or so that it was on the air.

 

Also, it's a crying shame that there's only been one season of Undergrads ever made.

[Guest DerangedHermit]

- The Critic

- Titus

- Family Guy

- Mission Hill (it was on WB for like half a season)

- The Oblongs (read above)

- in July, I'd say Futurama (thank God it's coming to Adult Swim)

- Rocko's Modern Life (it was ahead of its time)

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

Mission Hill and the Obolongs are both on Adult Swim.

[Guest Lethargic]

Are we talking about shows that were cancelled too soon or just shows that were cancelled in general?

 

The Job

Undeclared

Norm

 

I LOVE those shows.

The Brilliant but Cancelled thing on TV seems to be stuff that was cancelled early. One season or less. Don't know if there are any rules on here.

[Guest Downhome]

Why in the hell was Sports Night and Freaks and Geeks cancelled anyhow? Those are two of my all time favorite TV shows, period. I can't begin to explain how much I enjoyed watched each of them.

 

The Family Guy, The Critic, and Norm are others that I loved to watch, that I must go without now.

[Guest LaParkaMarka]

Ouch, how could I have forgotten about Undergrads? That show was amazingly good. I can't believe it was canned.

[Guest Mad Dog]

The Critic

Family Guy

Undergrads

Greg the Bunny

[Guest Gathering Moss]

I think that Andy Richter Controls the Universe will soon join the ranks of brilliant but canceled. God that show is funny.

[Guest areacode212]

Why in the hell was Sports Night and Freaks and Geeks cancelled anyhow?

I loved that little shot at ABC in the final SN episode: "Anyone who can't make money off Sports Night doesn't deserve to be in the moneymaking business". SN > TWW, IMO.

[Guest DerangedHermit]

Mission Hill and the Oblongs are both on Adult Swim.

Yeah I know, but they're reruns of the short episode run.

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

I don't know if it was 'brilliant', but I really liked Tucker for the one month or so that it was on the air.

I really liked "Tucker"

 

Jeez.....They could have given it a full Season. How long was it on ? 4 Episodes ?