he’ll have no fury like a TV Fanatic
scorned welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 TV shows that were cancelled
too soon don’t let Alan hit any rear
pressure points because if he does
you’re not gonna feel anything but
you’ll drop dead in three days for this
list we chosen shows that lasted three
or fewer seasons before they were
unceremoniously canceled by their
networks but that have since been hailed
as excellent if they developed a cult
following even better to boldly go where
no man has gone before
number 10 Star Trek the original series
put your phaser runs ton boldly going
where no show had gone before space a
final frontier
this Gene Roddenberry classic made a
cultural impact few shows can match look
I’m a doctor not an escalator Spock give
me a hand
it’s Bond TV and film sequels and
contributed dozens of memorable
catchphrases to pop-culture nameís ABBA
not bad for a series that only lasted
three years you admit that to deny the
facts would be illogical doctor actually
the Starship Enterprise would have flown
its final voyage even earlier had it not
been for a massive letter-writing
campaign from its ardent fan base number
nine sports night and studio 60 on the
Sunset Strip everybody shut up welcome
to the first day of school of everybody
writer Aaron Sorkin took home a
truckload of Emmys for his long-running
West Wing series we don’t think that’s
impressive I think it’s very impressive
that you’re but that’s impressive
it is however he wasn’t so lucky with
sports night which eked out a two-year
run and studio 60 which managed only one
season look at this let’s down the
middle of room I can write on each wall
sure both shows were flawed but each
offered healthy doses of Sorkin social
consciousness and wit my girlfriend’s
ex-husband was in her office on a
Saturday and I’m fine good then I’m not
saying I’m fine in that dramatic way
that’s obviously meant to indicate that
I’m not fine that’s not what I meant
when I said I’m fine would you mean I
meant I’m fine not to mention his
trademark caustic speeches and
high-impact soliloquies I fell asleep
once while making her dinner and that’s
a whole other story but since that night
it seems like things have been kind of
awkward between us
you seem our number eight party down
airing on the Starz Network this raucous
series lasted a scant two seasons what
are you doing there what hey hey what
delivered a lifetime of laughs during
that period
Kent gurbles and no it’s not spelled
like the Nazi propaganda minister it’s
like the rodents a workplace comedy that
never followed the characters outside
they’re catering jobs the show shadowed
a group of Hollywood wannabes awaiting
their big breaks today could be a really
big day for us it could be on national
television oh it’s awesome
built with quirky but engaging
characters just a dry sense of humor and
a stellar cast party down was totally
captivating now your face is kind of
pinched and forward like a sphincter you
know it’s very good it’s tight and it’s
dark
number seven my so-called life it was
kind of like driving by a horrible car
accident
he just had to look ending with an
unresolved love triangle that left
diehard fans reeling this series had an
unfairly short so-called life span of
one year we should be celebrating
you think I’m happy about this but has
had a lifelong impact on followers
aside from introducing the remarkable
Claire Danes
the show’s attitude made it stand out
did you hear the coffee machine ate our
geometry midterm it’s been postponed
till tomorrow
finally teens could watch a TV drama
about themselves that didn’t come with
overt moralizing sorry he’s busy and I’m
not even good at nope the lessons taught
by life were more along the lines of
only there was a button somewhere that I
could just push to force me to stop
talking number six
pushing daisies Ned can bring people
back to life simply by touching them
keep a dead thing alive for more than a
minute and something else would die in
its place this cool premise along with
its stirling cast vibrant candy-colored
storybook look and woody rep parte
helped Pushing Daisies premiere to good
ratings someone has made you the happy
recipients of a pie from the pie hole as
in shut your or in this case open your
cuz it’s real good then its first season
was interrupted by a writer strike
interest Windell and the show was
scrapped after its return then next year
when you’re living your life when you’re
dead that’s what you are but when you’re
dead and you’re not you’re alive again
unfortunately Ned’s magic worked only on
people not on cancelled TV series your
current condition oh I have something
right here
no there’s nothing right there entering
the town of Twin Peaks five miles south
of the Canadian border 12 miles west of
the state line number five Twin Peaks
this is Special Agent Dale Cooper hey
Gary Cooper agent Cooper the question on
everyone’s lips in the spring of 1990
who killed Laura Palmer
I knew Laura she was always so nice
David Lynch is weird wonderful
disturbingly surreal mystery slash soap
opera was a genuine cultural phenomenon
and the only topic of water-cooler
conversation for its entire first year
but the oddness and endless unanswered
questions were thin and the show
abruptly ended after its second season
traveling east on highway 12 how long
will it take us to reach the timber
Falls Motel half an hour minutes depends
how you go Hawks found our one-armed man
but it remains a one of a kind series
with stunning visual appeal
well this is my school if you go here
your parents are either millionaires or
your parents work for millionaires
number four Veronica Mars here huh
welcome to Neptune she may have been a
girl detective but Veronica Mars was a
far cry from Nancy Drew because you had
a bad day you’re taking one down you
sing a set her mysteries were more
dangerous and her dialogue more
hard-boiled Tony episodes of NYPD Blue
did you have to lodge to get the finger
tapping down this smart-grid e sharp
exercise in teenage TV noir provided
three seasons of mysteries but alas the
only one it couldn’t solve was why the
show didn’t run longer maybe the
upcoming fan funded film version can
crack that case number three freaks and
geeks and undeclared once was a little
boy named Steven and if I just punched
him once we’d be even before Judd Apatow
started cranking out drop-dead funny
films Oh produced a pair of undeservedly
short-lived TV series with devoted cult
followings I’m gonna let you guys play
dodgeball these two one season Wonders
showcase tons of future stars as well as
a Patel’s ability to create off-kilter
fascinatingly flawed characters and draw
comic blood with mercilessly on target
laughs okay I’ll go get some lemonade
stupid chair always does that I’ll be
right back these people will just like
you in high school or college whether
you want to believe it or not swing mana
bad about it
some say wealth is an illusion well
let’s just see number two one moment
it’s here and in the next Arrested
Development Monopoly Rob back in 2013 by
Netflix this Fox show was highly
acclaimed during its initial three-year
run where is show oh who knows I don’t
need
know where he lives he doesn’t live in
Michael I’ve always pictured him in a
lighthouse taking home Emmys by the
carload and nurturing a small but
fiercely devoted following I’m 18 now
and besides we really haven’t even done
anything
practically nothing the Bluth family
gave new and hilarious meaning to the
word dysfunctional I happen to be a more
caring mother than most where’s my bed I
put it in storage
while seasoned and newbie actors alike
lit up the screen Buster’s been humping
the widow austero
mom look true know which I hit slow
needless to say when Fox cancelled this
show they made a huge mistake I’ve been
a huge mistake I know the feeling I had
you I’m your father Steve Holt
I can’t hide from it anymore testing
number one Firefly testing Kevin can you
hear me we’re standing right here set in
the 26th century this offbeat joss
whedon space Western followed the crew
of the spaceship serenity as they left
Earth to seek new lives because of a
crushing civil war ship like this be
with you to the day you die because it’s
a deathtrap that along the way they
encountered situations typically found
in the Wild West nice hat
but with a space-age twister two wildly
imaginative perfectly cast and
impeccably directed Firefly was too
unusual for mainstream success but it’s
one season left an indelible impression
on fans is it true love because you do
seem a little huh do you agree with our
list
which series cancellation had you
writing angry letters to the network I
have to deal with that for more top 10s
about your favorite shows be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com how hard can
it be
scorned welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 TV shows that were cancelled
too soon don’t let Alan hit any rear
pressure points because if he does
you’re not gonna feel anything but
you’ll drop dead in three days for this
list we chosen shows that lasted three
or fewer seasons before they were
unceremoniously canceled by their
networks but that have since been hailed
as excellent if they developed a cult
following even better to boldly go where
no man has gone before
number 10 Star Trek the original series
put your phaser runs ton boldly going
where no show had gone before space a
final frontier
this Gene Roddenberry classic made a
cultural impact few shows can match look
I’m a doctor not an escalator Spock give
me a hand
it’s Bond TV and film sequels and
contributed dozens of memorable
catchphrases to pop-culture nameís ABBA
not bad for a series that only lasted
three years you admit that to deny the
facts would be illogical doctor actually
the Starship Enterprise would have flown
its final voyage even earlier had it not
been for a massive letter-writing
campaign from its ardent fan base number
nine sports night and studio 60 on the
Sunset Strip everybody shut up welcome
to the first day of school of everybody
writer Aaron Sorkin took home a
truckload of Emmys for his long-running
West Wing series we don’t think that’s
impressive I think it’s very impressive
that you’re but that’s impressive
it is however he wasn’t so lucky with
sports night which eked out a two-year
run and studio 60 which managed only one
season look at this let’s down the
middle of room I can write on each wall
sure both shows were flawed but each
offered healthy doses of Sorkin social
consciousness and wit my girlfriend’s
ex-husband was in her office on a
Saturday and I’m fine good then I’m not
saying I’m fine in that dramatic way
that’s obviously meant to indicate that
I’m not fine that’s not what I meant
when I said I’m fine would you mean I
meant I’m fine not to mention his
trademark caustic speeches and
high-impact soliloquies I fell asleep
once while making her dinner and that’s
a whole other story but since that night
it seems like things have been kind of
awkward between us
you seem our number eight party down
airing on the Starz Network this raucous
series lasted a scant two seasons what
are you doing there what hey hey what
delivered a lifetime of laughs during
that period
Kent gurbles and no it’s not spelled
like the Nazi propaganda minister it’s
like the rodents a workplace comedy that
never followed the characters outside
they’re catering jobs the show shadowed
a group of Hollywood wannabes awaiting
their big breaks today could be a really
big day for us it could be on national
television oh it’s awesome
built with quirky but engaging
characters just a dry sense of humor and
a stellar cast party down was totally
captivating now your face is kind of
pinched and forward like a sphincter you
know it’s very good it’s tight and it’s
dark
number seven my so-called life it was
kind of like driving by a horrible car
accident
he just had to look ending with an
unresolved love triangle that left
diehard fans reeling this series had an
unfairly short so-called life span of
one year we should be celebrating
you think I’m happy about this but has
had a lifelong impact on followers
aside from introducing the remarkable
Claire Danes
the show’s attitude made it stand out
did you hear the coffee machine ate our
geometry midterm it’s been postponed
till tomorrow
finally teens could watch a TV drama
about themselves that didn’t come with
overt moralizing sorry he’s busy and I’m
not even good at nope the lessons taught
by life were more along the lines of
only there was a button somewhere that I
could just push to force me to stop
talking number six
pushing daisies Ned can bring people
back to life simply by touching them
keep a dead thing alive for more than a
minute and something else would die in
its place this cool premise along with
its stirling cast vibrant candy-colored
storybook look and woody rep parte
helped Pushing Daisies premiere to good
ratings someone has made you the happy
recipients of a pie from the pie hole as
in shut your or in this case open your
cuz it’s real good then its first season
was interrupted by a writer strike
interest Windell and the show was
scrapped after its return then next year
when you’re living your life when you’re
dead that’s what you are but when you’re
dead and you’re not you’re alive again
unfortunately Ned’s magic worked only on
people not on cancelled TV series your
current condition oh I have something
right here
no there’s nothing right there entering
the town of Twin Peaks five miles south
of the Canadian border 12 miles west of
the state line number five Twin Peaks
this is Special Agent Dale Cooper hey
Gary Cooper agent Cooper the question on
everyone’s lips in the spring of 1990
who killed Laura Palmer
I knew Laura she was always so nice
David Lynch is weird wonderful
disturbingly surreal mystery slash soap
opera was a genuine cultural phenomenon
and the only topic of water-cooler
conversation for its entire first year
but the oddness and endless unanswered
questions were thin and the show
abruptly ended after its second season
traveling east on highway 12 how long
will it take us to reach the timber
Falls Motel half an hour minutes depends
how you go Hawks found our one-armed man
but it remains a one of a kind series
with stunning visual appeal
well this is my school if you go here
your parents are either millionaires or
your parents work for millionaires
number four Veronica Mars here huh
welcome to Neptune she may have been a
girl detective but Veronica Mars was a
far cry from Nancy Drew because you had
a bad day you’re taking one down you
sing a set her mysteries were more
dangerous and her dialogue more
hard-boiled Tony episodes of NYPD Blue
did you have to lodge to get the finger
tapping down this smart-grid e sharp
exercise in teenage TV noir provided
three seasons of mysteries but alas the
only one it couldn’t solve was why the
show didn’t run longer maybe the
upcoming fan funded film version can
crack that case number three freaks and
geeks and undeclared once was a little
boy named Steven and if I just punched
him once we’d be even before Judd Apatow
started cranking out drop-dead funny
films Oh produced a pair of undeservedly
short-lived TV series with devoted cult
followings I’m gonna let you guys play
dodgeball these two one season Wonders
showcase tons of future stars as well as
a Patel’s ability to create off-kilter
fascinatingly flawed characters and draw
comic blood with mercilessly on target
laughs okay I’ll go get some lemonade
stupid chair always does that I’ll be
right back these people will just like
you in high school or college whether
you want to believe it or not swing mana
bad about it
some say wealth is an illusion well
let’s just see number two one moment
it’s here and in the next Arrested
Development Monopoly Rob back in 2013 by
Netflix this Fox show was highly
acclaimed during its initial three-year
run where is show oh who knows I don’t
need
know where he lives he doesn’t live in
Michael I’ve always pictured him in a
lighthouse taking home Emmys by the
carload and nurturing a small but
fiercely devoted following I’m 18 now
and besides we really haven’t even done
anything
practically nothing the Bluth family
gave new and hilarious meaning to the
word dysfunctional I happen to be a more
caring mother than most where’s my bed I
put it in storage
while seasoned and newbie actors alike
lit up the screen Buster’s been humping
the widow austero
mom look true know which I hit slow
needless to say when Fox cancelled this
show they made a huge mistake I’ve been
a huge mistake I know the feeling I had
you I’m your father Steve Holt
I can’t hide from it anymore testing
number one Firefly testing Kevin can you
hear me we’re standing right here set in
the 26th century this offbeat joss
whedon space Western followed the crew
of the spaceship serenity as they left
Earth to seek new lives because of a
crushing civil war ship like this be
with you to the day you die because it’s
a deathtrap that along the way they
encountered situations typically found
in the Wild West nice hat
but with a space-age twister two wildly
imaginative perfectly cast and
impeccably directed Firefly was too
unusual for mainstream success but it’s
one season left an indelible impression
on fans is it true love because you do
seem a little huh do you agree with our
list
which series cancellation had you
writing angry letters to the network I
have to deal with that for more top 10s
about your favorite shows be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com how hard can
it be
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