Other great shows that were cancelled

I think the epitome of a cult-followed show prematurely killed would be Sports Night.

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"Profit", a really slick and kind-of revolutionarry series about a manipulative employe of a multi-billion dollar company. It was around for just 8 episodes, but somehow the fans got their wish so a DVD of the series exists.

I think three of the greatest disasters when it comes to cancellations were as follows:
1: Cupid (Only lasted about 13 episodes, but was the best dramedy I have seen in my life and I have watched a lot of shows. Jeremy Piven was unforgettable and just becuase of him this would bad enough, but everything in here clicked well. The idea was fresh and it worked thanks to the superb writing. A lot to laugh about, a lot to think about and feel... and a little mystery to keep everyone on their toes and guessing. A damn shame. There was a lot of angry people when this one got canned. I was one of them. Unfortunately....)
2: My So Called Life (I don't even know if I need to say anything else... probably the most famous series that barely lasted a season. This was high quality drama that was probably too good for tv and just had to go... it rocketed Claire Danes on the scene... and gave the girls a new salivating outlet in Jared Leto. Same authors were responsible for probably the best family drama ever, that has also come and gone way too fast even if it did manage three seasons: Once And Again. This was brilliant in every possible way. It was here that was first evident that Evan Rachel Wood is gonna be the huge star of tomorrow. These shows hit closer to real life than the "reality" shows of any sort... which is probably why wide audience is scared of it.)
3: Dead Like Me (I think somebody mentioned it above alreday so I won't waste time with explaining this)

Some others that made me really sad when they ended prematurely: Undeclared, Joan Of Arcadia and now Arrested Development.... I'm probably forgetting something but no biggie :)
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Another great show was Relativity. It wasn't as edgy as Boomtown or DLM, more like a sweet yet quirky romantic relationship-y show. Also it was really funny and witty. When Sex and the City first aired, it reminded me of Relativity. It starred David Conrad, Adam Golberg, Kimberley Williams and the great Jane Adams. I watched it ten years ago when it aired in France. All we had then was crap like BH90210 and this was a complete revelation for me. I'm now an avid moviegoer and this TV show was the first time I noticed the difference some camera work can make (the scene where Isabel and Leo pass each other without being able to talk because they are with their families - magic!!!)

1. Once and Again!!!!! This was a great show about a divorced father and a soon-to-be
divorced mother meet and begin a romantic courtship which is always complicated by their
respective children and their own life problems. Okay, so I totally copied that line, but what
the heck.
And it stopped at a dramatic moment, when Mishha Barton was about to consumate her third
on-screen lesbian role! Her first was in 'Lost and Delirous' (Piper Perabo and Jessica Paré
really go at it while little roommate Misha Barton watches and Emily Vancamp (Everwood) catches
them as the little sister! Very hot); second one was in her present series 'The O.C.' with
that bar-girl, what's her face.
Anyway about Once and Again! it had this thing of inserted interviews in black
and white with the characters, and it was a total gimmick, but it was a GOOD gimmick! It worked!
High point for me were the therapy sessions with Evan Rachel Wood, not that i'm an anorexic 13
year old girl, far from it, i'm an 18 year old non-bulemic guy, but it still moved me. Dunno why. I have to admit that it was a bit annoying to see two women in their 40s with 17 year old children looking like 20 year olds, but that was the only negative thing about it.
Even the characters on Off-Centre bemoaned their demise!!! (On second thought, that might've been telling ....)

2. Firefly It was kinda weird in it's anti-big city, 'South will rise again'
message, but at the same time it was nicely done, sympathetic black characters, and totally hot females!!! I've never seen a show before or since, where it was virtually impossible to say
which of the FOUR female leads was the most beautiful! OK, since you hold a gun to my head,
I'd say Summer Glau, but I'd totally cut off my right .... pinkie for a chance to eat breakfast
with one of the other three ...

3.Dead Like me
For reasons mentioned above, but mostly because of the total
hotness of Ellen Muth and Laura Harris! Also, good acting by Britt McKillip [Joy: Where are my effing keys? Reggie Lass: Maybe they're in your effing purse. Joy: Reggie! Don't say effing!]

4. Odyssey 5 Really nice show, nice premisse, nice actors, cool black actress,
with a decent storyline for her self.

5. Now and again Most atrocious cliff hanger ending! I mean, you totally want to see what is gonna go on next season and then they cancel it! For the life of me ...

This my list of shows:

ThirdWatch
Johny Zero
Fastlane
Hack

Just started to catch the reruns of John Doe on scifi. Since I didn't see the last few episodes I don't know if it was cancelled (probably?) or if the story actually ended (does this ever happen? on any tv programme?). Regardless I'm tivo'ing all episodes and hope not to miss the ending this time round.

I really enjoyed Wonderfalls which was on FOX. It had a great cast of quirky characters and it had real subtle humor. Again, FOX struck again and cancelled the show before they could even air all the episodes that were filmed. It wasn't really given a chance to find it's audience. Check out the dvd set it has all the episodes.

Also, the execs at the WB should have all been strung up when they cancelled Angel. I was so angry at the season/show cliffhanger. At least when Buffy was over they ended it reasonably. If I was and exec I don't think I would cancel my highest rated show on my network. But, I don't get paid the big bucks.