(Firefly‘s Nathan Fillion)
Now that the television season is winding down, we have a little extra time to think. About life, about love…about television, really. Some of us will continue to reflect on the LOST series finale, while others will continue to ponder the cancellation of an old favorite. If you were a powerful network executive, what show would you bring back from dead?
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Oh Captain Tightpants, how we miss you <3
Joan of Arcadia
Agreed! Didn’t they end it by saying she was crazy or something, I just remember being totally underwhelmed
Eh, Firefly, like all Whedon productions, sucked. To answer the poll question, give me back Freakazoid! or the Secret Saturdays.
Marry me?
Seriously, dude, I loved both those shows. I was so bummed when the last episode of “Secret Saturdays” aired (and it as pretty obviously the last one, given what happened). And in the second-to-last episode, they killed off a little kid. ON SCREEN. Yeah, he was an evil kid, but… damn, man! I was like, “Wait, is he…? Did they just…? Oh, my God!”
Trust Me (Eric McCormack and Tom Cavanaugh), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
HELL YES to Studio 60!!!!!!!!!!! <3 me some Sorkin!
I would DEFINITELY bring back Invader Zim. That show rocked!
Agreed!
HOW DARE YOU CANCEL ZIM! YOU HAVE NOT HEARD THE LAST OF ME, FOOLISH WORM-MONKEYS!
definitely
A million times yes.
hell yeah!
Yep!
Gir didn’t even get his cupcake at the end
BRING BACK TWIN PEAKS DAVID LYNCH
Hell yeah
I was just going to post this !
Twin peaks was great, but I think that he did well to wrap it after two seasons & Laura Palmer’s murder was solved. It ended the series on a high note. I mean, look how badly ‘Fire Walk With Me’ sucked.
Bring back Jericho!!
I was going to say the same thing! I miss Jericho…
^^what she said
Jericho!!!
JERICHO. Go Jericho.
Jericho FTW! Though Firefly is a close second…
Greg the Bunny!!!
Pushing Daisies. I STILL CANNOT FATHOM WHY IT WAS CANCELED ONLY TWO SEASONS WHY, OH WHY.
It was too expensive. Like the studios dont make enough millions with crappy reality tv to invert some cash in a quality show…
YES!!! it had such an amazing cast and the concept was just brillian
Same here!!! I miss it sooo much
Pushing Daisies!!!
I know Arrested Development had 2 and a half seasons, but I can’t not say it.
Thank-you for saying it before I did. It was like you finished my… sandwich!
THIS.
But hey, we get a movie for this one too soon.
2 and a half was not enough. And I would much rather have another 2 seasons than a movie.
That would do the trick… er, I mean ILLUSION!
I’m surprised no one said it earlier. :0
Day Break!
(See website if you don’t know what series I’m talking about.)
Okay you made this difficult, cause I wanted to vote for more than one. These are some of my favorite TV shows and I would love to have them all back! Dollhouse, Firefly, Freaks and Geeks, and Undeclared
Undeclared!!!! YES!
I know! I wanted to pick both Dollhouse and Firefly particularly.
Dollhouse got canceled? Huh.
Oh Firefly, I loved you dearly but you’re dead now. It’s been 5 years since the movie and it’s time to lay you to rest. We still have the cons and the marathons and converting all your friends and the comics.
Both of Joss’ projects are sadly dead. I’m looking forward to what he does next. To the future!
Well they brought back Doctor Who after about 15 years!
Well Joss’ll probably be busy now with the new Avengers movie, and I think he once said in an interview that if Dollhouse gets cancelled he wants to focus more on internet stuff like Dr Horrible.
Firefly continues in the comics however I miss it on TV. But how dare the poll make me choose between Firefly and Dollhouse. So many unanswered questions in both!!!
Invader Zim! Definetly.
It goes back aways but they need to bring back Titus. That show was one of the funniest shows I have ever seen.
TIIIIIITUS! TITUS! TITUS! TITUS! TITUS! That show was awesome. In my house we still yell it like that when we want to wake someone up. (from the ep when he was in the coma)
Are you Titus? Are you Performance? Are you HIGH? Bring back TITUS!
Whenever I see the name “Titus”, I think of the Anthony Hopkins movie where he bakes the Queen’s children into two pies and feeds them to her because they raped and mutilated his daughter. That move was FRAKKED UP.
The shows I would love to resurrect would be impractical, but, for a wish list: Firefly; Push, Nevada; and Miracles.
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT!
I agree! I love that show!
This is the only correct answer.
JERICHO! Post-apoc done RIGHT! All realism and political drama, conspiracies and survivalism. None of your traditional occult or sci-fi twist to it. It was outside the box. I guess people like the confines of the box then. *sigh* Great show. Great plot. Great cast. Great potential. YOU ARE MISSED!
I enjoyed Jericho too. Good show.
I’d bring back Blind Justice and/or Hack
Home Improvement!
Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
aaurrgh?
Hardly anyone voted for FlashForward. Am I the only person who watched that show? Although I haven’t watched the series finale yet. I DVR’ed it.
I’ve been watching it on Hulu. I won’t say I love it because there’s no comic relief anywhere. It is easy to follow and actually has a plot line, though. I did vote for it since I either hated or never saw any interest in the other shows.
There’s comic relief, but it is pretty few and far between. Stop watching now. I just watched the season/series finale and I want to stab my brain out now.
Too late. I watched it the day after it was broadcast. To say I’m underwhelmed and left with questions is an understatement.
Yeah, the finale left way too many questions, and seemed like a plot convenience in a desperate attempt at a cliffhanger. If the show isn’t going to be picked up by anyone, I’d love it if the show’s producers and writers would at least let us know the mystery behind the show’s plot. Not gonna happen I’m sure. My wife was so mad about it she won’t even talk about it.
I didn’t watch it, I have a hard enough time keeping up with current shows without adding new ones. Although, I’m not sure now I want to watch a show that made you want to stab out your brain
It makes me want to stab out my brain because the season/series finale gives you more questions than it answers, and I know the questions will never be answered. Plus the lead character is a complete tool for most of the season, and that wears thin. The show also started with a lot of little plot points and easter eggs that you thought were gonna be significant later, but were never revisited. In short, it was frustrating. I might have to read the novel the show was loosely based off of.
I just got into Firefly and I absolutely love it!!! I would love a revival, but only with the same actors. This totally made this fangirl’s day!
First and foremost….Firefly and Arrested Development, Better Off Ted and Deadwood
then bring back The Others, Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis, Rome, Kyle XY, The Unit, Veronica Mars, Terminator: TSCC, Titus and finally Heroes (yep..it’s been canceled)
I only agree with you on one thing, Bring back Stargate SG-1!
I totally agree (and so does the boyfriend) with Veronica Mars, and Titus as well
Rome was fantastic. So much better than the average TV drek.
SG-1 had a great run, and got a little silly by the end. Heroes is starting to do the same. Better Off Ted needs to get picked back up, it is the best show on the air, even though it will only be such for the next what, 5 or 6 days?
Definitely Kyle XY! They ended on a cliffhanger, and it still bugs me. It was a good show. Heroes started great, but it went downhill, so I think they should make a spinoff about just Hiro.
A long time ago, we used to be friends…
Firefly would be a good one to bring back though, no argument from me.
Oh, yes, I nearly forgot about Kyle XY.
As much as I’d love to see Serenity fly again, it would be like the dog brought back to life in Stephen King’s Pet Cemetary: it wouldn’t be the same. The movie gave us closure, and made sure we won’t see the amazing ensemble cast together ever again.
Plus, Firefly’s great tragedy, getting cancelled after 14 episodes, is possibly its greatest blessing. Unlike some other shows that didn’t really get started until the 2nd or 3rd season, Firefly started out great – and here’s some of my pet peeves about my favorite shows that started out great:
I don’t like that they changed the intro sequence in S2, I don’t like the new characters introduced in S4, why did they write her off, why did he quit, what’s with the weird sound editing in the latter seasons, writing pretty much sucked in S6 and S7, the main character became overused in S3, a chesty blonde? really?, it lacked continuity from beginning to end, wtf where they thinking, the show can’t go on without the main character, WTF WAS HE THINKING?, the finale pretty much sucked, it started out as a great show, but I ended up hating it.
There. None of these could ever happen to Firefly, which is possibly why it’s so dear to so many of us.
You’ve summed it up brilliantly.
And having died so young, the show really did stay true to what it should be, without becoming any kind of stupid.
I’m still bitter they killed Wash in the movie.
That ^
ditto. I have seen tee-shirts w/ “I’m a leaf on the wind, see how I soar!” and I STILL get misty eyed.
Best show ever. And I don’t think it would have ever been dumbed down. I read once Joss had an entire 7-year storyline outlined in his head. “Serenity” is, if I remember correctly, the encapsulation of seasons 2 & 3 (yes, that means that Wash would have died eventually anyway.)
Firefly. Best show EVER.
Jericho and Firefly… Two shows that should have run longer than they did
Brimstone. Only 13 episodes and no closure in the last one because it was not intended to be the last one…
Agreed on Brimstone. Of course, I also liked Good Vs Evil
Also wish they’d let Farscape play out on television, instead of a 2 hour movie. Excluding the woman who played Graza, they had a kick-ass cast, and I felt cheated.
By the time of Firefly, I was sick, sick, sick of Joss Whedon.
I as well, although hubby rented Serenity not knowing it was a continuation of the series – after we watched it we went right back and watched the whole series. Loved it.
Wondered when someone was going to mention Brimstone. What a great premise for a show. Glad that Chiller TV shows marathons occasionally, but it’s not the same as a continuing storyline…wish it would return!
While it was a great show, Firefly has been dead too long to resurrect, especially now that there has been a movie which explained all the fine points and answered most of the questions.
It’s been almost 10 years. Move along, folks!
I didn’t know FlashForward had been canceled. Too bad as it was easy to follow, which is what I sometimes need these days.
Jeez, crush peoples dreams why don’t ya!
GREG THE BUNNY!! Bring it back, not just Warren the Ape!
Arrested Development!!! and if I could have a second wish, Firefly.
Dark Angel. I just watched the two seasons that it ran for and it was great! But they were expecting to have a third season, so they left almost everything open-ended. NOW I’LL HAVE TO READ A BOOK TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS!!!! GRRRR!!!
Of course, it’d also be impossible to bring the show back as any and all of the actors and actresses have had 10 years to change their appearances :/
Anyone else agree that if they plan to cancel a show it should be allowed to run a “final season”? Like Dark Angel was canceled after they were done with season two, but right before they started three, which is why it was so open-ended. Wouldn’t it have made sense to just let them do season three, knowing it would be canceled, so that they could finish the story?
I was going to say Dark Angel too.
OMG i completely agree. Did you know that they cancelled Dark Angel so they could put on Firefly? Then is only lasted for ONE season! I loved that show. grrrrr
*Sigh* Jenson Ackles (season 2) at least he’s in Supernatural now. Which they have stopped showing in Australia. grr
Arrested Development!!!!! Bring it back Fox!!! You brought back the hot mess that is Family Guy and look how well that turned out!
Dude, I love Family Guy!
Life!
Seconded!
Suggestion supported!
Well, I don’t think I would necessarily bring it back, but I wish that “Star Trek: The Original Series” had gone for more than three seasons. It was such a good show.
I agree with this. Bringing it back now would not do justice to the original.
I’ve always felt a good series idea would be a “Starfleet Academy” – there are so many possibilities. They could do special episodes where they show days from some of out favourites, it could be about Wesley Crusher, or it could just be its own series. I think it would be fun.
I’d watch that. But, you can’t have Wesley without Wil Wheaton.
Ugly Betty:
funny story, hot babes.What were they thinking canceling that?
And seconded here too. Although they did manage to throw together a nice ending to the series considering the season was cut short.
Third…ed!
Ugly Betty was genius! It had a really good story, though slightly clichéd, stupendous laughs and it was believable (at times).
It was the perfect quirky little show, no idea why they cancelled it!
PUSHING DAISIES!! :’(
The 4400!!!!!
Yeah!! They left that one wide open too!!
Yeah! The 4400 all the way! There is no way that should have ended like that. At least shoot a final two-part episode to finish it properly.
Hell yeah! (Also, if the gods of tv could bring back Pushing Daisies for me,
I’d be happy to see Firefly brought back, even though it has been a long time, Or Terminator the Sarah Connor Chronicles, or both! the more summer glau the better
Uhhhhhhh ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT?! And Firefly, too, but at least Serenity gave me some closure.
They should bring back So Wierd. It only had two seasons, and it rocked.
I voted “Other”.
My choices?
Hey, Arnold!
Ed, Edd, n Eddy
Invader Zim
Dexter’s Lab
Totally Spies
and the Power Puff Girls.
I’m a 90′s kid…
totally agree….. except for ed,edd n eddy….that show sucked
totally disagree… though I’m a 90′s Kid, too..
I suggest the following ones:
Extreme Dinosaurs (Dinos fighting global warming + a whole s**tload of puns = EPIC WIN!)
Detective Conan (Good Humour + Good Storyline)
Digimon (Only the first 2 seasons)
Street Sharks (I’m not sure about this, as I’ve seen only very few episodes, but it’s worth a shot)
btw plz don’t get it wrong, but I’m from central europe…
Haha I’d forgotten about Street Sharks and its awesomeness
None. Awesome as the shows orginally were, trying to bring them back now would suck.
Would be like the Star Trek movies. Same charecters, same setting, same actors….. but just not the same.
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT!!!!
Bring back the munsters
Arrested Development and Pushing Daisies.
If ratings weren’t everything then those shows would be dominating.
Dark Angel! Young, sexy Jessica Alba FTW (I’m a straight girl, btw)
When I was a little kid (I’m a teen now) there was a funny TV show called Catscratch about 3 cats living in a mansion they inherited from their dead owner.
However, I barely watch that channel anymore. Makes me feel like I play with Barbie toys when I’m a guy.
I loved Catscratch! I’d forgotten about it until I read this, it was so funny.
Arrested Development!!!
No love for Moonlight?! Come on! Damn, and I still never got to see how that last, or second to the last episode ended…Mick and his vampire buddy throwing down…
I know!!!! I was one of the people that kept calling CBS over and over and they lied to me and said it wasn’t going to be cancelled. I hate that /C/SI /B/ased /S/hows channel…
I like NCIS though.
Journyman! Stupid writers strike got it canceled before the first season was done, c’mon people, it was a great show!
Yap, right there with you. Dammit, you guys aren’t gonna leave me anything to list are you?
DEFINITELY Arrested Development, but there was a very funny show with Tony Shalhoub and Neil Patrick Harris called Stark Raving Mad in the late 90′s. It was hysterical!
OMG i need to watch that RIGHT NOW!!!!!
American Dragon: Jake Long…
I blame H-ASS-M (HSM) for it’s cancelation
instant star
Oh, yes.
Veronica Mars
1. Firefly
2. Pushing Daisies
3. Journeyman
Life on Mars. Am I the only one? That’s probably why it got cancelled.
As much as I loved Life on Mars, I think that it did it’s time. if it went for too much longer it would just get too ridiculous.
Which Life On Mars? ‘Cause I hope you don’t mean the British one. I Think they ended that well, and it got a spin off anyway.
“Millennium”. Chris Carter dumped it to work on “Harsh Realm.” We all remember that one, don’t we?
Loved Lance Henriksen in that!
Me too!
I liked Harsh Realm. It could be though because that guy was so hot. He’s so hot, I can’t remember his name.
But no, I liked that show. Didn’t like Millenium though.
they need to bring back who’s line is it anyway!
OH HECK YES THEY DO.
omg! i still watch re-runs of that show!
Pinky and the Brain. For totally sure.
Don’t forget Animaniacs! And Tiny Toons!
Helloooooooooooooooooooooooo, nurse!!!!
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CARNIVALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PUSHING DAISYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please stop inverting in reallity tv, and invert the money in those amazing tv shows! !@!#@#@!$#$##@#!@#!!1!ONE
I refuse to watch reality tv.
The only reality series I ever enjoyed was.. Uhh oh, So You Think You Can Dance.
I enjoyed the Real World back in like 1884, but then I got over it. Yes, I realise the typo, I stand by my timeline.
Arrested Development, come on!
I voted other without seeing #2 but I SOOO want “dead like me” to come back, I loved that show! also, Arrested Development and a favorite from my teen days “Popular” the writes let us wondering what happened to Brooke.
Sorry, *the writers
Sit Down Shut Up FTW
Carnivale` & Millenium
CARNIVALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yes
Mental – awesome show on last summer!
Agreed.
Carpoolers! That show was hilarious!
bring back arrested development, firefly, and every single show that was on toonami, especially megas xlr.
can’t believe there’s been no mention of wonderfalls. anyone who has mentioned pushing daisies will need to check out this brilliant series immediately.
and i wouldn’t mind seeing another season of clerks, the animated series.
ZOMG that was great. Well played, Clerks.
Oh that was a good show too.
I Would like either Dead Like Me, or Undergrads to come back… both great shows
All American Girl!
MOONLIGHT!! Definately bring back Moonlight. If Alex O doesn’t want to join in he’s awesome but really we could always start another branch.
I AGREE!!! That’s what I was gonna put too xD
FUTURAMA.
comon!? why has noone else mentioned it?
Futurama did come back, they made more episodes. They will probably make some more if they make money.
Yes! Kill The Simpsons already and make more brilliant Futurama episodes! Yes! I <3 Futurama
"The spirit is willing, but the flesh is spongy and bruised…"
Arrested Development
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Futurama (which I thought I heard they were actually…)
futurama is coming back to comedy central in june of this year (2010).
INVADER ZIM!
Arrested Development and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Right now I’m watching the pilot of ‘The Good Guys’ and if they cancel this show I’m never watching tv again.
(i heard the numbers on the premier weren’t good. fingers crossed they improve and it stays.)
100% agree with this post.
Three Rivers
Dead like me. And Crusade, the B5 follow up.
Crusade, of course. After all, it wasn’t even honestly canceled; it was sabotaged by the network before a single episode aired because it was contrary to their then policy of being the official network of rednecks.
Frank’s Place with Tim Reid. Brilliant.
MOONLIGHT and INVADER ZIM and BUMP IN THE NIGHT… yes I went there.
I still miss Moonlight! Best vampire show EVER!!!
Best show of all time: Sports Night. A shame it lasted for only two seasons. By the team people realized is wasn’t about sports, it was too late.
I almost included that in my list! My husband and I have the dvds and have watched them over and over a zillion times!
Ohhh I liked this one too.
I don’t like sports but I watched that show. I forgot about it until now though. It was funny.
The Forgotten…
Did anyone watch that show? It was all about the Jane and John Doe’s in murders and identifying them.
I really liked that show!!
With Christian Slater? Or is that a different show.
Wait? That was cancelled? It’s only just started showing here, guess I’ll try not to get too attached then
Megas XLR
Walker Texas Ranger FTW.
We want Strange Luck back!
The Wire! (HBO)
Farscape. I can’t believe nobody’s mentioned Farscape. I would like to pretend that PeacekeeperWars never happened, and continue on with season 5 like it should have been.
Frell yes!! If they could just dump Graza off on a distant planet and put Scorpy back as that nasty little villain. Seasons 2 & 3 were the best! The crazy episodes, like “Crackers Don’t Matter” and “Scratch & Sniff”.
Raines. I’m seriously. It was brilliantly written, and Goldblum was great in it.
FlashForward, please god let another network pick this up
Not happening. The ratings absolutely bottomed out on that show. Which sucks because the plot was AWESOME!
Arrested Development!
FlashForward FTW!
Mystery Science Theater 3000!! I know it was on for 9-10 years, but bring it back!
Riftraxx. It’s MST3K with newer movies. They do, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and NPH is a guest. Hilarious!
VR5 or Strange Luck both awsome concepts that got canceled after 1 season
I would bring back Drak Pack. It was a cartoon from the early 80′s, about three teenage monsters who fight evil to make up for the evil of their ancestors. It was made by Hanna-Barbera. In addition, I would like to be one of the writers of the new episodes, and I want a live-action movie (written by me).
Do Over. anyone else watch this one?
This may seem an odd choice, but: Enterprise. Yes, seasons 1-3 mostly sucked. But when Manny Coto became show-runner in season 4, it all changed, and the result was the best Trek since season 2 of the original series. (Among other things, it had the best Mirror Universe episode of *any* of the series, including TOS.)
I wanted to vote for Firefly but Arrested Development owns a larger chunk of my heart.
I want a REAL ending to My Name Is Earl!
Agreed. Who is Earl Jr’s real father??
CARNIVALE~! I’ve never been so devastated to lose something. :<
Pushing Daisies too. But after Carnivale, my faith in TV watching humanity was already so destroyed I wasn't nearly so surprised that this incredible show was cancelled too.
Firefly was short, but was summed up so nicely by the movie it doesn't need to be brought back. If anything, the two shows above need their own movie if it could be so good!
Carnivale!!! yesss!!!!
Eleventh Hour, definitely!
Treshold!
WONDERFALLS! If you haven’t watched it go and see all 13 glorious episodes on Hulu. It was a fantastic, clever, quirky, sarcastic show that still managed to mix funny with actual life lessons.
Now for all the shows I’ve ever loved that saw the ax prematurely.
R.I.P: American Gothic, Dresden Files, Journeyman, Being Erica (presumably), Friday the 13th: The Series, and Sledge Hammer.
Arrested Development
Drive!!! Such a great show, only 4 episodes then got canceled…and though the acting was so-so the idea behind the show was phenomenal!!!
Damn skippy! Actually, I thought the whole thing was pretty damn cool, not to mention a better non-Firefly vehicle for Nathan Fillion. Wish it had been more than you and me who watched!
That was the other show he was in! I was sad because he’s so hot and such a great actor I felt like he was doomed to be forever canceled. I’m glad he got picked up for “Castle”, although I have not watched it.
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT= FUNNIEST SHOW EVER!
Honestly, as much as I love firefly, at this point it is best left in peace. Following Serenity, any show they do would just not be the same show. Sure, it could be good, but it wouldn’t be Firefly persay. Also, do you really want it getting renewed until it’s a dead horse like so many other shows do. Great show, great movie, but should be left to lie in my opinion.
Brimstone! Probably too dark for most, but utterly WONDERFUL. Had to be great to make me like Peter Horton! And John Glover was the best Satan EVAH!
From the list, though, definitely Firefly, but also Dollhouse and FlashForward.
Commited.
I live in the UK and only saw a few episodes, but thought it was brilliant. Then I randomly decided to wiki it and found out that those few episodes were the entire thing lol.
Space: Above & Beyond. Cancelled before it’s time thanks to Fox messing about with it’s scheduling. Rumour was that a certain exec had wanted it to be more like a ‘Star Trek Academy’.
Cavemen
The new Knight Rider
Futurama
How many people are going to say Futurama? It hasn’t been canceled. It’s on Comedy Central now.
Firefly
Futurama
Odyssey 5
Threshold
Terminator – The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Farscape
and many more
Futurama’s back, it’s just on Comedy Central.
Why nobody mentionned “Diff’rent Strokes?”
Better Off Ted. Very underrated show.
Kings!
I love that show, killed in its infancy by NBC execs who were too afraid of being controversial. If you haven’t seen it, it’s on Hulu.
Would anyone else like to see an Animated Version of Firefly?
Because they’ve done almost every other medium. TV, Film, Comics… Why not animation.
I’d watch it.
Invader Zim.
DUE SOUTH!!!!! I loved that show so much. Dark angel was also one that i liked alot someone also mentioned moonlight which was awesome sauce though i feel sorry for the aussie star in it cause he came back to oz and the show he was on here finnished up not long after he joined the cast
I LOVE MOONLIGHT!!! but at least they wrapped that up nicely. still want more though.
jPod.
Canadians will get this one. Other people, not so much.
Bring back Moonlight! Now THAT was a good vampire tv show.. only one worth watching I reckon… Miss it..
FlashForward didn’t end. The Season 1 Finale was Thursday and they have a Season 2+3 already filmed and made.
YAy
It was canceled by ABC. Unless someone else picks it up, those other seasons will never see the light of day. And judging from the awful ratings it ended up with, it’s not likely anyone will pick it up. It’s too bad. I really liked that show, and the season finale really rubbed me the wrong way knowing it was the last we were gonna see of it.
dollhouse and pushing daisies
Who watches TV?
Go outside and enjoy the Winter!
WINTER now here (or will be in a few days).
not SUMMER… there are TWO hemispheres … not every one live in that other one (the “northern” one)
Rant mode off
Well, since this is an American based website..
“Misfits of Science” from back in the ’80s.
American Gothic
It’s Arrested Development.
Firefly is OVER. It’s NEVER coming back. You morons need to get over it, and let it go.
Wow, some pathetic internet troll who gets off on pretending to be superior. All Hail Pathetic Internet Troll. Woo.
We’d hail you, but we know you wouldn’t like it.
Frankly, I don’t think any show should last more than a season. It gets stale over time.
I also feel that that these days we hardly see any original ideas coming out. All we see are remakes. For example: V
MacGyver. Richard Dean Anderson for the win!
Hell through in Stargate SG1 and you have yourself a deal.
I got bored with it when it became The Richard Dean Anderson Likes Hockey Show. Before then, it was awesome. Except the ants.
Well, I could relate to some of the ones listed here… but does anyone else remember Surface? There were so few episodes, and even then they made it shorter than it’s intended length. I really liked it, though
I’d bring back Undeclared!
Babylon 5: Crusade.
Hello, Arrested Development? :\ Why wasn’t it in the poll even?
I’m surprised by the utter lack of Dresdin(sp?) Files supporters.
Save Harry Dresdin!
yes!!! cant believe syfy canceled this!
Pushing Daisies!! I saw the trailer for Marmaduke, and I couldn’t get over the fact that the owner was the same guy who played Ned!
PUSHING DAISIES!!!
Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip. LOVED that show.
yes. amazing show. i just re-watched the entire thing on hulu this past week.
Anything by Aaron Sorkin FTW.
yes.
Nightstalker. Stuart Townsend and Gabriel Union. Plssssss bring it back.
Dead like me. Excellent show. That is the one I would bring back.
Oh and Earth: Above and Beyond….Bring on the Tanks
‘Kingdom’ starring Stephen Fry. I know this is not about Brit serials but I just loved Kingdom and was very sad that it got cancelled after just 3 series and that too at a very crucial point in the story!
Blood Ties
Space: Above and Beyond
Firefly
KINGS!
I want FULL, UNEDITED Japanese animation on prime time TV instead of all the garbage on now or Toonami’s watered down garbage. I mean, really…do we need yet another reality show or an umpteenth million spinoff of Law & Order?
Move to Japan if you want animé.
Point Pleasant
Another vote for Arrested Development.
Firefly’s not bad, either.
heroes!!!!!!! I’m gonna miss it so much
Heroes! Seriously NBC, you could not even give it a wrap-up season? Or at the very least, a movie? Why NBC! *kneels and shakes fists at the sky* WHHHHHHHHYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!
This! I loved that show >.<
Invader Zim!!!!!
Max Headroom
and yes… Jericho
Yes! AMx Headroom! And more Firefly! And Police Squad!
MANIMAL
1.- Jericho
2.- Invader Zim
3.- Dark Angel
4.- Buffy
5.- Animaniacs (Specially ´good idea, bad idea´)
The sarah connor Chronicles. It was evil to end it with a cliffhanger like they did.
agreed!! pissed me off!!
it served its time, it was starting to get really stupid.
I agree. My hubby got me addicted to it and it ended horribly!!
mine would be futurama. but that no longer counts, as, lo and behold, comedy central is bringing it back. <3
that 1990′s Zelda Cartoon!
Invasion with Bill Fichtner
I always wanted to see what would have happened on Profit.
It wasn’t short lived; but I would want Mystery Science Theater 3000
Go to rifftrax.com. Some of the MST3K guys are still doing it, sort of.
It’s f-ing hilarious now that they do big name movies
veronica mars, heroes and ghost whisperer
Tru Calling!!!! it was amazing! does anyone even REMEMBER it? I feel so alone lol
I missed it when it ran originally, but I DVRed and watched the whole thing later. It was great.
good series. eliza was awesome in this!! went a little down hill with jason priestley.
People have mentioned Moonlight, but seriously – remake city. If you want a good vampire series, Forever Knight was awesome. They’d never bring it back now (and who else remembers it besides me?), but it was long before Moonlight or Angel and did the vampire-detective scenario much better.
Forever Knight, Real Monsters, Pinky and the Brain, Firefly, Due South – all of those would be awesome to see new episodes for….
FUTURAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And Invader Zim.
You kidding, right? They ARE bringing back Futurama. New episodes coming next month IIRC. Also, if you don’t know that, you might have missed out on the DVD’s as well: Bender’s Big Score, The Beast With A Billion Backs, Bender’s Game, and Into The Wild Green Yonder.
Defying Gravity! LOVE that show. they didn’t even finish one season!
Cowboy Bebop. I know it would be difficult to continue it from the end, but surely more episodes could be inserted in the middle.
Tru Calling, Forever Knight, Beauty and the Beast, Charmed (though it ran it’s time well), Joan of Arcadia, Dark Angel, Ghost Whisperer, Dead Like Me, 10th Kingdom, Brimstone, The Odessey…. just a few I could think of.
Kings. Nothing beats Ian McShane screaming “TRAITORS, YOU’RE ALL TRAITORS!” at a roomful of people.
i voted firefly, but i also would like star trek the original series, a five year mission that lasted three seasons, that is only three years
Square Pegs!
Just bring back Toonami as either part of Cartoon Network or as a new channel, I miss good anime and the animated music videos they’d show.
Toonami never should have been.
gravataion
Angel, Freakazoid, Batman the animated series, Justice League Unlimited, or Batman Beyond.
angel also continues in the comics. pretty good continuation.
I’d bring back “Firefly”, “MST3K” and “Beyond Belief: Fact Or Fiction?” I also wouldn’t mind bringing back “Power Rangers”, and luck of luck, the first season is running again, and rumor has it Saban’s starting an eighteenth season. It would be stellar if some anime I liked would get more seasons, too.
I’m sure there are other shows I’d like back, but I can’t think of ‘em off the top of my head. (I must be greedy.)
Arrested Development!
arrested development or the adventures of pete and pete
Farscape
Clone High
The Lone Gunmen! They can come back as ghosts…they are spin-off from the X-Files, after all.
Life On Mars
I voted for Other and I want Whose Line Is It Anyway to be brought back from the dead!
That was a fun show, but I don’t think anybody would call it short lived.
There are some good choices on that list, but I’m going with The Unusuals. That show was hilarious and had a fantastic cast. I’m surprised I’m the first one to mention it.
The Class. The writing was hilarious and the cast was phenomenal! The actors/actresses all left for crappy roles in other things after the show was canceled, but the show could have been bigger than Friends was. (And funnier, too.)
Dirty sexy money!!
InvaderZIM
but if it had to be from the list, dollhouse
Invader Zim
Invader Zim
Space: Above & Beyond! Wasn’t given the chance to get any good number of viewers (up against shows like Lost, etc.)
Invader Zim, defying Gravity, stargate universe, kings
Defying Gravity
Freakazoid! Freakazoid!
I loved that cartoon. Never got enough of a chance.
Arrested Development! Or possibly Clone High.
I can’t choose between Firefly and Pushing Daisies, AND YOU CAN’T MAKE ME!! Oh, how I miss them
I think they should bring middle man back! most of you probably haven’t seen it. There were only 10 episodes, but is was the BEST show EVER.
Warehouse 13. It was just something different.
Derp Nvm It’s coming back in July! Yaaaaaaay ^.^
I think the new season starts this month!
Another for Eleventh Hour
Pushing Daisies
New Amsterdam all the way! That show was awesome and then Fox killed it after one season.
Friggin’ spambots.
Dead Like Me. Although, I couldn’t watch more than five minutes of the movie with that sorry excuse for Daisy Adair. They’d have to pick up where the series left off, with the original cast!!
Pepper Dennis, anyone?
Dead Like Me
Pushing Daisies
Though I do like Firefly, Wonderfalls would have been my number 1. Or Pushing Daisies, but that had more than one season. The lost room was good, but it wasn’t cancelled, it was a mini series so that doesn’t count I guess.
MOONLIGHT! I miss that *so* much! CBS was so *stupid* to cancel it! They were ahead of the banwagon! They were the *leader* of the banwagon! Moonlight was first, then True Blood/Twilight (the movie), now The Vampire Diaries… As Mick St. John said in the first episode ‘ I guess they’re back in style.’
Herman’s Head. One of the best shows a young FOX network ever canceled. Sadly it only ran for 3 seasons. They still haven’t even put it on DVD.
“America needs the wisdom of Herman’s Head now more than ever.”
-Jeff Albertson (AKA Comic Book Guy)
Herman’s Head was awesome!
I remember watching that show. It wasn’t great, but it was better than most of the crap Fox had on back then (anyone remember that crapfest Oops? No? Didn’t think so). I thought it was funny that the voice of Lisa Simpson was on that show, which they made a crack about once.
star trek
NO!!!!! remember star trek enterprise? the star trek series is dead and we just will have to look forward to the second movie.
I do remember Enterprise, and it wasn’t half as bad as Voyager.
Let’s face it, after DS9, Star Trek series died off. And I wasn’t that thrilled with DS9.
INVADER ZIM BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just remember, boys and girls, “short-lived” rhymes with “high-fived.” It’s just a pet peeve of mine.
DEAD LIKE ME
loved the series, movie was ok, want mor
CARNIVALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Odyssey 5, because it had a really unieqe story line and kinda left some important answers out.
Firefly, what else? Wonder who the new pilot is going to be…
Nobody. It’s gone, and never coming back.
Undergrads, New Amsterdam and Defying Gravity
I miss Drive series…
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT WAS THE BEST SHOW THAT EVER EXISTED!!!! LOOK IT UP ON HULU TODAY! START FROM THE BEGINNING!
Highlander!
sledge hammer
I’d love to see more of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
I would definitely bring back Flight of the Concords and Extras for at least one more season each. I would also like to see more of The Weird Al Show.
I can’t believe I almost forgot… TORCHWOOD!!!!!!!!!
Dead Like Me!!!!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought Dead Like Me would be a good show to bring back. What about Undergrads though!
Wonderfalls, Dead Like Me, and Pushing Daisies. All 3 got pulled WAY too early, especially Wonderfalls (4 episodes aired).
Veronica Mars. Killed by stupid network decisions
pushing up daisies and monk please…..
Happy Town!
I have a toddler and I really enjoy watching “The Upside Down Show” with her – one season/ 13 episodes
Friggin’ AIRWOLF!!!
Stargate SG-1 and/or Atlantis!
Oh, and arrested development, that show was underrated
Carnivale!! For the love of God what happens!!!
As usual, the poll is biased by being placed directly below an image depicting Firefly. Not that it matters much, but I’d vote for a lengthier and less exposition-ridden series of Neverwhere.
Greg the Bunny & Oliver Bean. Why is it Fox promotes the hell out of their loser shows, but cancels others that are genuinely good at the drop of a hat? I mean, I had to look at promos for Undeclared and Boston Public for YEARS, even though they sucked and weren’t popular.
Tru Calling. Why does Fox seem to love hating anything even indirectly related to Joss Wheedon?
Jack of All Trades!
Pushing Daisies!!!
Arrested Development
Crusade it was a Babylon 5 spinoff, it was really good and SciFi wanted to buy it, but there was just too much politics.
I’d bring back Dead Like Me or Rome (both were on HBO).
PUSHING DAISIES. I’d also be happy with Twin Peaks or Northern Exposure.
DEADWOOD on HBO…. great show.
Red Dwarf;Drawn Together;The War Next Door;The War At Home;Dark Angel;God,The Devil,and Bob; Reaper;Pushing Daisy’s;Earthworm Jim;EEk the Cat; Ugly Betty;The Avengers;Mission Impossible;Brimstone;Good V. Evil;The Tick;Freakazoid;MST3K;Goodness Gracious me;Blakes Seven….I know I’ll think of more.
Clone High.
The Wonder Years!
Deadwood
Dead Like Me
RED DWARF!!!!!!!!!!!!
FreakyLinks
Invader Zim and The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency!
Bring back Life
What about Drive, i though that show was amazing and they had just brought out that amazing muscle car, that or Firefly, one hell of a show. And why did they cancel the show then make a movie?
Personally, I’d be over the moon if the powers that be would bring back The Dresden Files. I absolutely adored that show and what I didn’t catch when it aired I made sure to go back and get on Hulu. I think they could get a number of good seasons out of that show, if they picked a better time slot for it this time. I watch maybe 3 hours of TV a month during the school year because I can’t stand the commercial breaks, and still watched Dresden Files when it aired.
I’d revive REAPER!
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT!
Carnivale – cancelled in favour of that Deadwood crap.
Invader Zim. *nod*
i would bring back neverland
its not neverland its neverwhere lol srry
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT!
“Kings” was a summer TV series on NBC about a year ago or so and was a modern re-telling of the story of King David from the Bible.
INVADER ZIM!!!!!!
(1) Hard Time on Planet Earth
(2) Earth 2
Dead Like Me!!
oops
Quirky funny comedy from back around 2002 called Hidden Hills Show just kind of disappeared
It hasn’t been on since 1998, but I still really want Three to come back!
Arrested Development. Also, Spaced (British show).
Out of all these shows I only know Pushing Daisies
Dead Like Me
Odyssey 5
Reaper
Wonderfalls
Farscape
And… to save my sanity so that I don’t have to watch the same 12 episodes over and over and over again with my 3 year old… Jack’s Big Music Show
Arrested Development
Reaper! Return of the sock, please!
I’d love to see ‘Voyagers’ again. I loved that series about timetravelers.
I also would love to see the original ‘Under the Mountain’ serie again. The movie is just not the same.
Las Vegas!!! great show! Josh Duhamel is Hot!!
DEFYING GRAVITY!!! :’(
the pitts!! starring lizzy caplan a funny tv show!
The Class!! It’s finally airing in sydication and I adore it, too funny to have been cancelled after just one season. Also, Undeclared, I loved that!
The Sarah Connor Chronicles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At least they got some sort of ending, even if it is also a cliffhanger.
Compare that with “Tru Callling”, which was ended part-way through shooting season 2, just as things were getting interesting.
I want Monk back! That show was brilliant!
Jericho & The Black Donnellys:D
I’m still gobsmacked that they took The Unit off air. WHAT WEREN’T THEY THINKING?
I think Monk should be continued. it was a great show.
Umm, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT. THE BEST SHOW EVER!!
(1) Earth 2
(2) Space: Above and Beyond
Legend of the Seeker!!!
WHO’S LINE OR
FREAKS AND GEEKS! best show ever.
Life on Mars.
Why? Well, it mentions David Bowie, it has David Bowie songs, David Bowie was in one of the episodes…. David Bowie David Bowie David Bowie!
Better Off Ted.
Fosho.
I’d bring back The Dresden Files.
Invader Zim! I love G.I.R!!
Kindred: the Embraced….absolutely amazing show
John Doe, that series was awesome and i hate that it ended on a cliff hanger after just 1 season.
muscle which starred alan ruck from spin city and ferris buller’s day off and had adam west in pilot episode. wich this show was on dvd.
also Deadly games starring Christopher Lloyd.
some of you are so young lol
Bring back….
Boy Meets world
Farscape
firefly
Swingtown (only lasted 1 season)
Pushing daisies
dead like me
Night Court
studio 60 should be brought back
Definitely Firefly. I think a lot of good shows were cancelled too soon, but none had the same potential that Firefly did. None really captured my attention or my heart like Firefly did.
Nathan Fillion is our beloved Captain Mal, and he is the center of our ‘verse. Yes, we want Firefly back. We want it back with all our hearts.
Firefly – name one other show, cancelled before its time, which made it to the movies??! Give us back our Big Damn Heroes!
Blood Ties and 10 Things I Hate About You
The Magic School Bus.
1. No, they weren’t the only ones.
2. Even if they were, why should we stop saying what we want?
3. I like numbered lists.