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YOUR 'Brilliant, But Cancelled' List


We've all had tv shows that we've loved that have been yanked off the air for no good reason. What shows would you put on your "Brilliant, But Cancelled" List?

I would include That 80s Show, Freaks and Geeks, and That Was Then on my list.

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One at the top of my list would be Women's Murder Club

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In no specific order:

Studio 60
My Own Worst Enemy
Journeyman
Book of Daniel
Love Monkey
The Ex List
Joan of Arcadia
edited to include Life on Mars grrrrrrrrr.....!

and just because I loved it and needed just one more season:
Gilmore Girls





"To me you are the teacher in a Charlie Brown cartoon"

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MASH - they never really gave it a chance (haha)

Seriously, I would say Get a Life (w/Chris Eliot) was really good but came and went quick.

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I would ike to see this show again in order:

Top list
Journeyman - kick ass show with fresh actors and sci-fi premise
Day break - loved the show and taye diggs rulled )dont like him in private practice)
Dead Like Me - one of the best comedies - Ellen Muth was so cute!
Tru Calling - Loved Eliza Dushku, so hot. I loed the show too!
Dirt - I absolutely loved the show. Courtney Cox did an outstanding job!


Not so top list
Big Shots - cpp; show with lots of potential!
Six degrees - I loved the story of random ppl and see how their lives are connected!
Tell Me You Love Me - I loved all 3 couples (should I say 4?)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - cool show, mathew perry all the way ;)
Traveler - it's a shame, great potential


Not (Not so top list)
Standoff - liked the couple and the stories, kinda like the canadian vestion too :) (Flashpoint)
The Dead Zone! - I loved the show, I've discovered it only few months ago and I've watched all the episodes in this time. I would love to see it again but only if the writers put more effort into it. Lots of potential but last two seasons sucked big time.
The 4400 - the same here. Lots of potential but become kinda dull


And I am curious why nobody mentioned Stargate SG-1. I know we are still getting some stargate marvels, and the show kinda lost it's shine in the last seasons and specially after RDA left, but hey... I would love some more! (Specially claudia black :D )

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V - That show was killer I don't know why it got cancelled unless it was just to expensive to make back in the day.

2 Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place- ABC kept jerking that show around so no one ever knew when it was on anymore. And; why is it not even on dvd?

Dead Like Me- The day I read it had been cancelled, I cancelled my Showtime

"Shut the F@*k up Gobot." Randal Graves Clerks II

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Relativity and High Incident

Short lived but fantastic!

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Profit

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My So Called Life
Carnivale

"After the blood come the boys, like sniffing dogs!" Margaret White/"Carrie"

~Boggy

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Pushing Daisies (I'm not sure if it's canceled already, but it's definitely on the chopping block)
Wonderfalls
Freaks and Geeks
Journeyman
Tru Calling
Firefly

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"Action"
"Surface"
"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip"
"Unscripted"
"My So-Called Life"
"Witchblade"
"Parker Lewis Can't Lose"
"Flying Blind"
"Murder One"
"Coronet Blue"
"The Rogues"
"That Was the Week That Was"
"Day at Night"
"The Great American Dream Machine"
"Tales of the City"
"E.N.G." (it ran a long time in Canada but they only showed one season here in the USA -- maybe because of all the subtle USA-bashing)
"Boris Karloff's 'Thriller'"
"Sports Night"

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Brilliant, but canceled ....

Jeremiah
Firefly
Arrested Development
Space: Above and Beyond
American Gothic
Jericho
Carnivale
Action
Veronica Mars (forgot about this one)

Very enjoyable, and hoping not canceled ...

Breaking Bad
Dresden Files
Reaper

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I don't understand why people keep putting up the names of shows that ran for years. Everything gets canceled sooner or later.

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MY OWN WORST ENEMY!

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Homefront
Felicity
Deadwood
Rome
Arrested Development
My So Called Life
The Riches
Swingtown (I'm really upset about this)

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