Other great shows that never stood a chance...
Felt like having a pity party with myself tonight after watching a past Journeyman episode I had DVR'd a few months ago.
I'll miss it...I really will. Remember the first or second episode when Dan buries something in what would later become his backyard patio? He then goes back to his present and proves to his wife that he's time traveling. She asks, "Will you come back to me?" and he replies, "Every time..." I almost started bawling when I saw that scene.
My wife couldn't get into the show and it made me think of all the other shows I've watched and made a sincere commitment to, only to see them cancelled after one or two seasons. Remember "The Others"---a show about people with esp and other psychic gifts? It starred the girl with short red hair and freckles who's on Law and Order. Cancelled! Early Edition (mentioned here on another thread.) was another nice family-oriented show that I found to have clever storylines. Millennium---though darker in nature---lasted three seasons, but I always felt that the actors---especially Lance Henriksen, were underrated. Chris Carter (creator of the X-Files) was the show's creator and admitted to not having the time to oversee both Millennium and X-Files as the seasons progressed.
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". As a native Chicagoan, I was disappointed that the show didn't get better quality shots of the city even though they filmed in Canada, but that was probably its worst offense.
Even "The Cosby Mysteries" was pretty good and didn't last long.
I find that with a wife and child, I rely more on television and the Internet for my entertainment since I'm limited in my ability to go out like I did in my pre-parent days. I just can't believe all of the reality-t.v. crap that gets top billing...and like rap music, it never ends! You think all of this stuff has a certain shelf life, but they keep thinking of new reality shows to usurp the intelligent programming like Journeyman.
I wonder if we would have been more diappointed and heartbroken had Journeyman been cancelled after a second season...? Had the relationship progressed to our developing more intimacy with it and its characters, perhaps the loss would have been that much more difficult to accept...