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Old 02-26-2013, 12:01 PM   #121
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I watched that all the time in (I believe) Jr. High. Same with Mission Hill and The Oblongs (it had Will Farrell! --> mind blown). All of them only had the 1 season of like 10 episodes.

Oh Teletoon, how I miss your late nights.
Same deal here. Good stuff.

I remember the show Life on NBC. I caught a few episodes here and there. That one actually seemed to have potential.
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Old 02-26-2013, 12:09 PM   #122
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Was Airwolf the one where they parked it on train tracks and destroyed the helicopter in the last episode? I remember how much that pissed me off as a kid and couldn't understand why they would do that...
No, that was Blue Thunder.
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Old 02-26-2013, 12:15 PM   #123
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Threshold, Invasion and Jericho. THey all came out about the same time, and although they did finish Jericho it was a very rushed ending.
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Old 02-26-2013, 12:22 PM   #124
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No, that was Blue Thunder.
Airwolf's cancellation/dragging through the mud is probably one of the saddest in history. I think Cracked put it best:

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Airwolf ran successfully on CBS for three seasons before being canceled. Not content with their 24-hour schedule of awful movies and cleavage, the U.S.A. Network decided to pick up the show and make it themselves. However, they had a shoestring budget, which is bad news on a TV show based entirely around futuristic helicopter fight scenes. This led the minor problem of not actually having access to the helicopter at all (they no longer owned it). That's right. They were trying to do an Airwolf series without using any shots of Airwolf. Thus each episode was carefully constructed from previously aired footage of Airwolf, walking a fine line between hysterically ####ty and just plain sad.
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Old 02-26-2013, 12:44 PM   #125
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Edit: Almost forgot The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
And here I thought I was the only one that loved that show.
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Old 02-26-2013, 12:52 PM   #126
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How to Make it in America
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Threshold, Invasion and Jericho. THey all came out about the same time, and although they did finish Jericho it was a very rushed ending.
It was a shame that show wasn't given a good chance and they really rushed the ending with no resolution

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Old 02-26-2013, 01:52 PM   #128
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I find myself part of the problem..

I just don't invest time in new series anymore, as the last few I liked get cancelled mid-season in their first season! Last one I enjoyed was "A Gifted Man", got canned just after wife and I were hooked.

Now we wait a season or two then get caught up using Nexflix or the such.. Examples would be Breaking Bad, Man Men, and Community.
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Old 02-26-2013, 01:53 PM   #129
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Also - (probably off topic)

Looks like Bravo will be showing Homeland from the beginning starting in March for all of us on Shaw who couldn't watch it.
* March 6th it starts
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Old 02-26-2013, 02:53 PM   #130
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I find myself part of the problem..

I just don't invest time in new series anymore, as the last few I liked get cancelled mid-season in their first season! Last one I enjoyed was "A Gifted Man", got canned just after wife and I were hooked.

Now we wait a season or two then get caught up using Nexflix or the such.. Examples would be Breaking Bad, Man Men, and Community.
Unless you're one of these people, it doesn't matter anyways...

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Old 02-26-2013, 03:05 PM   #131
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Tales From The Crypt
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Tales From The Darkside
Beyond Belief Fact Or Fiction
Outer Limits
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Old 02-26-2013, 03:36 PM   #133
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In no particular order......

The Finder
Defying Gravity
Pushing Daisies
The Loop (first season only, second season they changed everything for the worse)
Bored to Death
Greg The Bunny
Undeclared
NewsRadio (although wasn't really the same after Phil Hartman's death)
Better Off Ted
Prime Suspect (a really good detective show that no one seemed to watch)
Hung
Gary Unmarried (again, first season only)
Life
New Amsterdam
Surface
Watching Ellie (watched it for Steve Carell only)
Herman's Head
Drive
Futurama (i hear thats back now but i havent been able to find any new episodes)
The Tick
Sports Night (love The Newsroom)
Studio 60 On Sunset Strip
CSI "orignal" (no not cancelled but might as well be, a shadow of its former self)
Boomtown
Action (Jay Mohr is hilarious)
Titus
Grounded for Life
Kitchen Confidential (loved this show while working as a cook myself)
Justice
Carnivale
Deadwood

might have to add more if i think of any but of course i cant forget.... Arrested Development
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Old 02-26-2013, 03:39 PM   #134
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Alias. Loved Jennifer Garner kicking ass.
that show was awesome but it lasted for five or six seasons which i feel is a pretty fair
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Old 02-26-2013, 03:47 PM   #135
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Futurama (i hear thats back now but i havent been able to find any new episodes)
Netflix Canada has new episodes. Probably shown on Teletoon and Cartoon Network as well.
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Netflix Canada has new episodes. Probably shown on Teletoon and Cartoon Network as well.
4 Movies and 3 seasons too.
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Old 02-26-2013, 04:54 PM   #137
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At this point Netflix Canada has all the Futurama episodes that have ever aired and yes, the movies too.

The latest season, which still has the back half to air, are as hilarious as ever.
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Old 02-26-2013, 05:10 PM   #138
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Old 02-26-2013, 05:51 PM   #139
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Back in the early 80s there was a Steven Bochco show called Bay City Blues about a small town minor league baseball club. It had names like Dennis Franz and Sharon Stone before they were anybody. It lasted all of 8 episodes and I'm sure it wasn't very good but I still remember being pissed as a kid when it was cancelled. I also think the name was too similar to Bochco's Hill Street Blues which is one of my all time favourites.

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Old 02-26-2013, 09:28 PM   #140
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I'd echo many of the other suggestions, including Freaks & Geeks; Undeclared; Life.

Two shows that haven't been listed (that I could see), are:

- Knights of Prosperity. Sitcom about a group of financially struggling individuals who hatch a plan to break into Mick Jagger's NYC apartment, and rob him. Really funny, and great for fans of Donal Logue and Sofia Vergara.

- Reunion. Drama opening with the 20th high school reunion of a group of friends. One of them has been murdered. It was supposed to run for 20 episodes, with each episode being a year in their life, starting with their high school graduation and ending with the killer revealed on the 20th and final episode. Fox cut it short around episode 13 so you never find out who the killer is. I won't argue it was a great show, but it had a great premise, surprisingly good character development, given its unusual conceit, and was very entertaining.
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