I need to stop watching cancelled shows

[CaffeineBoy]

Thanks to suggestions from this board I've watched the DVD sets of Freaks & Geeks, Undeclared, Firefly, Wonderfalls, and this last weekend I finished Dead Like Me. It's so damn frustrating to fall in love with a show that has no future. Serenity helped ease the pain from Firefly, but knowing there probably won't be a sequel hurts.

Of course my favorite current TV show has to be Arrested Development. At least The Office and My Name is Earl look like they'll be back next year and Scrubs has already had a decent run.

[mrpantstm]

I too watched Dead Like Me recently and wished it hadn't been cancelled.

Don't check out Sports Night either. :)

[jschuur]

Every show will get cancelled eventually.

Except Doctor Who apparently.

[MikeMar]

Just started watching Dead Like Me on DVD, and love it, damn not on for too long.

[BrandonSi]

I was pretty upset too! I rented DLM at BlockBuster and I thought it was still on! I was ready to subscribe to showtime :(

[busyba]

Every show will get cancelled eventually.
Well, some will be allowed to properly end rather than abruptly stop.

Except Doctor Who apparently.
Even that has to... isn't there a 12 regeneration limit? What number are they on now? I haven't really watched it since Tom Baker (#4 I think).

[CaffeineBoy]

I too watched Dead Like Me recently and wished it hadn't been cancelled.

Don't check out Sports Night either. :)

I knew someone would mention Sports Night! That's one I still need to watch.

[nhaigh]

Even that has to... isn't there a 12 regeneration limit? What number are they on now? I haven't really watched it since Tom Baker (#4 I think).

I think they are on nine ( I seem to remember there being some debate as to wether Paul McGann and David Niven should count). Despite that they did get past the 12 regenerations for "The Master" though I can't remember the details of how. Perhaps they will use a similar method to get beyond 12.

[funbox]

Due to everyone's superb taste in television, I would highly recommend Boomtown. The DVD set is $17.99 at BB and its sublime.

[jschuur]

I think they are on nine ( I seem to remember there being some debate as to wether Paul McGann and David Niven should count). Despite that they did get past the 12 regenerations for "The Master" though I can't remember the details of how. Perhaps they will use a similar method to get beyond 12.
The new one in the upcoming season (and from the Christmas special) is being billed as the 10th Doctor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Doctor).

But it's all time travel based, so if they really wanted to, they could go back and retcon something.

[jschuur]

Don't check out Sports Night either. :)
I've had that in my Netflix queue for a while and it suddenly got bumped from the released list to just 'Saved' with an 'Unknown' release date.

[hefe]

Due to everyone's superb taste in television, I would highly recommend Boomtown. The DVD set is $17.99 at BB and its sublime.
One of my favorites.

It also currently airs in HD on UHD.

[rcobourn]

I've had that in my Netflix queue for a while and it suddenly got bumped from the released list to just 'Saved' with an 'Unknown' release date.

I had that happen on a DVD set also. I think it was MI-5 Series 1, but I'm not sure. I got a note from customer service after I enquired that the discs they had available had been lost or damaged and that more were on order, but no information about an availability date was available.

[Magnolia88]

Thanks to suggestions from this board I've watched the DVD sets of Freaks & Geeks, Undeclared, Firefly, Wonderfalls, and this last weekend I finished Dead Like Me. It's so damn frustrating to fall in love with a show that has no future.

If you like Freaks & Geeks, Undeclared, Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me, then you should really check out Veronica Mars -- it's often compared to the last two shows for its sarcastic offbeat heroine and "quirky" humor.

Season one is out on DVD (Netflix it pronto!) and season two is currently playing on UPN (ep 2.11 airs on 1/25). Season three is not a lock yet, but it looks promising. My only consolation to losing Arrested Development is that Veronica should be around another year. VM and AD are my two favorite shows right now.

I would also chime in with the love for Sports Night (one of my all-time faves), but that can wait because there is no need to get "caught up" on that show b/c it's another one with no future.

[murgatroyd]

Yet another fan of Sports Night here.

I've had that in my Netflix queue for a while and it suddenly got bumped from the released list to just 'Saved' with an 'Unknown' release date.

My distributor still has stock (WD 27745, UPC 00786936196412, list $59.99) of the set that was released on 11/5/2002. So for those of you who are looking to buy not rent, there should be still be some available to the retail market.

It may be going OP but it's not showing as a moratorium item yet.

Jan

[murgatroyd]

P.S. while cruising over to TVShowsonDVD.com to look for Sports Night information, I discovered that Here Comes the Grump is coming out at the end of this month.

How's that for a non-sequitur? (If anybody else but me remembers Here Comes the Grump, I'll be very impressed.)

Jan

[funbox]

If you like Freaks & Geeks, Undeclared, Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me, then you should really check out Veronica Mars -- it's often compared to the last two shows for its sarcastic offbeat heroine and "quirky" humor.

Not to rile anyone up, because he's right, it is compared to shows of this stature, but it shouldn't be. Its like Dawson's Creek with a cheesy mystery element thrown in. Kristin Bell is awesome but the show is painful.

[newsposter]

I've been not watching the news for years yet they STILL put that on..i dont get it. Cancel it already

[Magnolia88]

Not to rile anyone up, because he's right, it is compared to shows of this stature, but it shouldn't be. Its like Dawson's Creek with a cheesy mystery element thrown in. Kristin Bell is awesome but the show is painful.

I honestly can't understand how someone who has seen even a few episodes of Veronica Mars could compare it to DC, but to each his own. I think VM is one of the best shows on network TV right now. It was on the "Top 10" lists of Time, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, and almost every other TV critic in the country (http://www.livejournal.com/community/veronica_mars/770110.html), so I'm not alone. YMMV of course.

If someone likes Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me, there is a high probability they would also like VM, which is why I suggested it.

[rkester]

Count me in as a person who falls in love with tragically cancelled shows.

DLM, WOnderfalls, etal. :(

[dbranco]

Once And Again
The Agency
Boomtown
Line of Fire
Carnivale


Arrested Development :-(

[bryan314]

The new one in the upcoming season (and from the Christmas special) is being billed as the 10th Doctor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Doctor).

But it's all time travel based, so if they really wanted to, they could go back and retcon something.
And there's nothing saying they can't restart the entire series over again with new Doctor #1. Or restart with a (new) Doctor #4 and do flash backs to (new) previous doctors. or flash forwards to (new) later Doctors.

Or, say, restart with a son or daughter who takes up his name and mission and continues the series.

It probably one of the few series out there where you can get away with just about anything and have it consistant with the 'rules' of the show.

[mmilton80]

Maybe it's not that you need to stop watching cancelled shows...it's that more people need to watch them. Although, if your watching a show that has already been cancelled and this upsets you; yes stop it then.

[BigB]

Glad to see DLM getting some love. I was a fan when it first came on and was heart broken to learn it was canned. But SO glad that TV on DVD is a big deal, I'm addicted to it!

Season 2 was really amazing, I am shocked that they would cancel it after how awesome the eps were during S2.

Also have to agree with whomever said VM is NOTHING like DC... If the mystery storyline was not so involved in the main characters lives I could possibly be forced to see the comparisons, but as is I don't see it at all. VM is amazing, and anything that gets as big a seal of approval from Mr. Whedon as VM did is A-OK with me!

[funbox]

I honestly can't understand how someone who has seen even a few episodes of Veronica Mars could compare it to DC, but to each his own. I think VM is one of the best shows on network TV right now. It was on the "Top 10" lists of Time, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, and almost every other TV critic in the country (http://www.livejournal.com/community/veronica_mars/770110.html), so I'm not alone. YMMV of course.

If someone likes Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me, there is a high probability they would also like VM, which is why I suggested it.

I watched all of the first season up until Veronica found out who had raped her and then began getting chummy with her ex-boyfriends best friend, who had done a relatively good job of showing no redeeming qualities in my opinion to that point. The mexican character was a ridiculous stereotype, IMO. The dialogue is simply Dawson's Creekish.

The thing that gets me is that I know and understand that Veronica Mars is loved by the exact same people who generally tend to follow my shows. Arrested Development is my favorite comedy of all time, I had much love for Wonderfalls, Firefly, Freaks & Geeks, Undeclared, Sports Night, Dead Like Me, Futurama and I'm a sucker for HBO and F/Xish shows. I can't deny that I share the same taste in television as Veronica Mars fans, but I cannot, for the life of me understand why. Its just a stone cold mystery to me how people who obviously recognize a good TV show continue to praise the writing and it gets stunt casting by people like Whedon and Kevin Smith. Nor can I understand how, after doing such an amazing job in her two-episode stint on Deadwood, Kristin Bell would subject herself to those scripts.

I'm just trying to make peace with it I guess, so my support will always go towards the low-rated cult hits, so know that I only voice these opinions amongst my own. I sign the stupid petitions and vote for it whenever I can, if only because I can totally relate to the plight of its fans. Bottom line though, it ranks with Joan of Arcadia as those two cult hits that I'll never understand.