Other great shows that never stood a chance...

I thought 'Do Over' was another cool time-travel programme. That also only lasted one season.
Maybe DVD sales will bring back 'Journeyman' to TV in a year or two... Just like 'Family Guy'.

There was a show about a wizard that was on last year for one season. I forgot the name of it, but it was pretty good. British actor played the character of "Harry something or other".

I think you're referring to The Dresden Files. I loved that show and was sad that it got cancelled. I think a lot of people, especially readers, were turned off by the many changes that were applied to the show that were unfaithful to the novels. I'm not one of them, but nevertheless, the target audience was thrown for a loop with all the changes involved, given the expectations set forth by those previous works. It's the same concept that sunk Blade: The Series, which had a different direction to the 3 movies.

It also doesn't help that it suffered from what I'll call the "Firefly syndrome", where episodes are aired out of the intended order, which totally mangles storyline continuity and leaves audiences perplexed. I don't know why networks do that when it obviously tampers with the original vision of the show.

In regards to Journeyman, it is one of my favorite recent shows, and I was devastated to learn of its demise. I've tried signing online petitions and all that other stuff to try to keep it on the air. I'm awaiting the DVD release, and hope that strong sales will resurrect the series on TV. Only other shows that I really watch religiously are Battlestar Galactica (which is in its final season, and I will really be sad to see my favorite TV show EVER to go), and Doctor Who, which has its fair share of brilliant episodes and clunkers.

Stacked, with Pamela Anderson was hystarical... It did not get what it deserved because of the bias against Pam...

Last Movie Seen: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Last DVD Bought: Random DVD Sales

I thought Nightstalker with Stuart Townsend and Gabrielle Union was amazing. People were so angry it totally twisted the premise of the original series but man, it filled the X-Files void for me that's been a gaping hole in my life since that went off the air in 2002. It had such potential.

And now Journeyman...I really can't deal with these networks and their decisions. The one poster hit it dead on with the comment about signing on Knightrider and giving Journeyman the boot...Neilsen needs a serious revamp...I don't understand how they can continue to rely on it for accuracy.

Keen Eddie on Fox really never even got a chance, they went and premiered it during the summer and then never really showed it at all in the fall (same year The O.C. started up...)

I thought this show, even with it's theoretical flaws, was good TV. My recent favorite show that was canceled is Aliens in America. A few years back, I got into "Eyes" with Tim Daly, and was pissed when they didn't even show the full 12 episodes. Wish they would bring that back, but oh well.

My personal favorite show that "never had a chance" was the brilliant American Gothic. After the first episode, I recall sitting there in a combination of pleasant shock and sadness thinking "Wow. This'll never last." And it didn't. What was Cassidy thinking, pitching a show like that to the "old lady network" anyway?

Brimstone is my second favorite "too good for TV" show. I tuned in expecting not to like it, since Peter Horton seemed like a real knob from being on Knot's Landing or whatever prime time soap he was on. But he was great as Zeke Stone. But the reason to watch was John Glover as Satan. He was absolutely brilliant.

I know I'm forgeting a few, coffee's not kicked in yet. But there was the very interesting Wolf Lake that came out for, I think, about 3 episodes back in 2001 or 2002. Great premise, but they killed it before it got out of the gate. It was basically about a town that was mosty populated by werewolves, but it had the tone of a night time soap like Dallas, sort of. The werewolf aspect was done in an unusually subtle way, it really wasn't the main focus of the show.

And yes, the brief run and cancellation of Journeyman was another cruel trick played by network television. Why run shows like this and get our hopes up? Can't they just read the script and realize that a show is too intelligent for the masses and pass? Need to keep slots open for quality fare like American Gladiators and the latest thing in "reality" tv...

"No one's got a ton of sympathy for guys who throw fat kids in the river"

Alot of mine have been taken already (Man this thread has taste!)

Harsh Realm: 3 episodes of brilliance.

The Others: Nice to know someone else watched that one! Loved it. It had a real cool ongoing storyline with that evil spirit. Too bad it was relegated to saturday nights (death to any show!)

Nowhere Man: One of the few decent shows that the UPN network ever produced.

Night Stalker: I agree the remake was really solid show. Some truly eerie storylines that really did fill the X-files void. Great theme song by Philip Glass, too!

American Gothic: YES!

Only 2 i can think to add to this list:

The Adventures of Briscoe County Jr.: The reason i started watching THE X-FILES from day 1 was because it just happened to air after this Bruce Campbell-gem. Western meets scifi is a bizarre combo, but it really worked.

Push, Nevada: Bizarro-show that was like a more light-hearted Twin Peaks. It was really going places.