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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 05:28 AM
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What show's cancellation pissed you off?
I know I'll be in the minority, but I liked Denis Leary's The Job. I wrote ABC angry e-mails about it.

I was also upset at the cancellation of Once and Again w/Sela Ward.

What upset you to see cancelled?
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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 05:31 AM
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1. The Lyon's Den
I understand that you pretty much had to get in from the beginning, and it was up against the Practice, but I was in from the beginning, and I was hooked.

I heard they aired a "final episode" where they sewed up all the loose ends, like 9 months after they stopped showing regular eppies, but I'm glad I missed that, unfortunately
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lapfog_1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 05:32 AM
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2. Action

the only show that had me laughing so hard I couldn't hear
the dialog for almost the entire air time. Thank god for
Tivo... I have 4 or so episodes saved.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 05:32 AM
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3. I liked The Job, too
The one that really pissed me off (call me cheesey and let the flaming begin) was ESPNs "Playmakers". It was my guilty pleasure, and I got totally hooked!
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bowens43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 05:37 AM
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4. Max Headroom
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drhilarius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 05:38 AM
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5. Twin Peaks...
one of the finest, most inventive, most bizarre shows ever.
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Joe Power Donating Member (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:16 AM
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43. My #1 choice, too.
While Homicide was also deserving of this "honor", Twin Peaks left with a cage full of spiders hanging over Leo's head. That will forever bother me!
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LandOLincoln Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 05:42 AM
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6. Homicide: Life on the Streets. n/t
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PROUDNWLIBERAL Donating Member (220 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:54 AM
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26. Homicide Great Show
In my opinion this was the best written show on television. Great cast of actors, and the music was great.
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Jeff in Cincinnati Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:19 AM
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28. Why isn't this on cable?
We get wall-to-wall "Law and Order" (not that I mind, of course), but why doesn't somebody pick up repeats of "Homicide?"
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:34 AM
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33. Court TV ran Homicide repeats for a while....
I hadn't caught the show the first time it was on & really learned to appreciate it.

But what's the point of having so many cable channels showing crap when there are excellent shows going unseen?
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lazarus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:21 AM
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63. story arcs don't work as well in syndication
With L&O, you've got stand-alone episodes. H:LOTS tended towards story arcs.
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Calico Jack Rackham Donating Member (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:28 PM
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87. The best TV show ever.
Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 06:30 PM by Calico Jack Rackham
These were cops that were actually believable, at least until they put Jon Seda and that Vanessa Williams wannabe on.


On edit: You guys should get the DVD sets. They have all sorts of graet behind the scenes stuff as well.

What you will be privileged to witness will not be an interrogation, but an act of salesmanship - as silver-tongued and thieving as ever moved used cars, Florida swampland, or Bibles. But what I am selling is a long prison term, to a client who has no genuine use for the product. -Frank Pembleton
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 11:10 AM
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159. It's in my top two
We even went to Baltimore one weekend to hang out at the bar where they shot all the bar scenes (which is right across from the building they used as the exterior for the squad house).

Andre Braugher was amazing. But Meldrick was my favorite.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 05:43 AM
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7. Wanda
I love her so much. Her show was damn funny too. I watch her Comedy Central show now. The Vegas prostitute show has got to be one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
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liberalnurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:39 AM
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15. Agreed.....
They never gave it a chance......
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 05:52 AM
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8. Soap, When Things Were Rotten, Hot-l Baltimore, Fridays...
Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 05:56 AM by Cooley Hurd
"Soap" (1977-1981) was a classic - and first to feature a gay character, I believe (Billy Crystal as Jody). "When Things Were Rotten" (1975) was a Mel Brooks TV show about Robin Hood (not to be confused with his movie, "Men in Tights") that was hysterically funny. "Hot-L Baltimore" (1975) was another sitcom that was funny and considered racy for 1975 - it starred James Cromwell and Conchata Ferrell. Last, but not least, "Fridays" (1980-82) was a late night sketch comedy show that introduced us to great comedians like Michael Richards and Larry David.

Each one was a favorite show of mine, each one unceremoniously canned.
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AverageJoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:44 AM
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21. All good choices, Cooley!
Especially Hot-L Baltimore. I loved that show when I was in high school.
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Technowitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:01 AM
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9. Firefly
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:15 AM
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42. Fox treated that show like shit.
They buy an expensive sci-fi show, then they put it on FRIDAY NIGHT, then they blame the SHOW when it doesn't turn a profit?

Morans.
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:08 PM
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95. Firefly was a ripoff of the anime outlaw star
Naked Girl in a box, "outlaw's" experimental ship...
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last_texas_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:09 AM
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10. In retrospect, Freaks and Geeks
Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 06:13 AM by last_texas_dem
It's my favorite show of all-time and only lasted for one season.

However, since I didn't discover it until it was in reruns I guess I was as much at fault as anyone else for its untimely cancellation.

ON EDIT: Oh yeah, and also The Spin Room: Bill Press and Tucker Carlson's political talk show that appeared after the 2000 election and lasted just a couple months. My first introduction to the ever-so-grating presence of Tucker Carlson, but Bill Press is great. Also, Donahue: I didn't think it was as good as it could have been (too much emphasis on human interest stories the longer it was on- although, I think much of this was due to pressure from MSRNC) but it wasn't bad, and it sucked to lose one more rare liberal presence on the cable news circuit.
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AverageJoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:45 AM
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22. Freals and Geeks was great
How about Square Pegs? Another great high school show, but from the seventies.
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Ruffhowse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:18 AM
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11. When they cancelled Star Trek, I thought I was gonna die.
Thank goodness it lived on in reruns and movies and spin off series.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:19 AM
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12. American Gothic
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charlyvi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:25 PM
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113. Great show....
loved Gary Cole and the little Southern kid--authentic accent. It got crazy towards the end when they were shooting for market share, but until then it was wonderful.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:21 AM
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13. I'll Fly Away
but then it was a great drama with historical roots. Didn't appeal to Joe Sixpack because it was too complicated a plot, I guess.
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shesemsmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:41 AM
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35. Me too
good clean TV watching. I loved that show
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gollygee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:40 AM
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52. That's mine too
I keep hoping they'll put the shows out on DVD
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:17 PM
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86. Good Times TV
is showing them again.
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gollygee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:49 PM
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88. I don't know if I get that channel
I have DirecTV. I'll have to investigate!

Thanks :)
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Bullwinkle925 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 11:22 PM
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128. YES! That's another one I miss. Along with "HomeFront".
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Nomad559 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:23 AM
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14. Taxi
http://www.tvtome.com/Taxi

:)
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Tabasco_Dave Donating Member (744 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:54 AM
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16. Nothern Exposure
Rob Morrow was an idiot for leaving the show.
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Dzimbowicz Donating Member (911 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:51 AM
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25. I agree
I used to rush home every Monday night to watch this show. Luckily the seasons are now beginning to be published on DVD.
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:05 PM
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82. CBS was stupid to let that great show die
not to try to keep this show going. With a little cast revisions it could have continued for quite awhile. it was
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:59 AM
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17. Futurama
and from the 80's, Quantam Leap.
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illbill Donating Member (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:03 AM
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18. Futurama...
OWNS! I agree with that.

Also, Family Guy, although they are coming back very soon!
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:54 AM
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37. Yep.Futurama. I was pissed when they pulled the plug.
To the peoples who took the decision to cancel the show :Kiss my shinny metal ass !
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Taxloss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 02:39 PM
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69. Futurama, agreed.
Especially since I came to it late.
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slutticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:02 PM
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92. Futurama!
My choice too.
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codebuster11 Donating Member (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:43 PM
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106. i miss it
i miss futurama so bad. and family guy! but they are at least bringing back family guy later this year.
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catbert836 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:56 PM
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111. They still play it on some obscure cable networks, don't they?
Reruns are enough for me. I have pretty low standards.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:29 PM
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124. Yes, I think
they are on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim starting at 10:00 or 11:00 CST.
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Frogtutor Donating Member (739 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 09:41 AM
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151. Yes, they are; I think also TBS plays them sometime...n/t
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 02:43 AM
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139. It may come back!
I met Billy West (Fry) at a convention and he said Groening was talking to Cartoon Network & Fox about making new episodes. They had a lot more episodes written and ready to be made at any time.
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Skarbrowe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 10:46 AM
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157. OOHH..Good news Leela, Good News!

da da dadada da da da dada Damn, I loved the opening sequence. PLEASE BRING BACK FUTURAMA!
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Moloch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 08:24 AM
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149. Also Futurama...
I loved that show!
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Zero Gravitas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 10:51 AM
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158. Damn you FOX
FOX can bite my shiny metal ass for cancelling Futurama and Firefly.
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tsakshaug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:04 AM
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19. Police Squad
Would have been difficult to maintain...but it was great
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stlchic Donating Member (272 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:24 AM
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20. Sports Night
Intelligent, funny, well written dialog, no insidious laugh track...

I miss that show.
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WateryHands Donating Member (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:49 AM
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24. Another vote for Sports Night. I've watched the DVDs over and over
And wish there could have been more.

I also wish a little show called Madigan Men had more of a chance, but it was cancelled after just a few episodes (fewer than 10, I think).
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:38 AM
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51. I third that vote.
Awesome show.
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Ekirh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:05 PM
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81. Might as well give it a fourth vote...
Great Show, no laugh track was a blessing, and "sigh" I wish they didn't cancel it.
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:58 PM
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112. Yep. Me too.
And it wasn't even axed for bad ratings. Sorkin just didn't want to divide his attention between Sports Night and The West Wing.
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 11:51 PM
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132. Another vote for Sports Night
that was a great show. I got the DVD for Christmas a couple of years ago and have watched it several times since. The first season, especially, was one of the best shows ever on television.
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AverageJoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:48 AM
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23. Undeclared
Anybody remember Undeclared? It was on FOX three or four years ago. The show revolved around a group of college freshmen and was both smart and funny. I was amazed when it was cancelled and am still a little bitter. :-)
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:59 AM
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27. That was a pretty fun show.
I liked it anyway :)
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cedahlia Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:05 PM
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93. It's coming to DVD soon
Thanks to the success of the Freaks and Geeks DVD set. (The same guys who were responsible for F & G also did Undeclared.) It's definitely high on my must-buy DVDs! :-)
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:24 AM
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29. Invader Zim (nt)
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ChickMagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:11 PM
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84. I'll go with that
Along with TV Nation, MST3K, Star Trek (original).
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BlondieK143 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:26 AM
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30. Once and Again
Definitely. It was such a good show and the characters were actually people you could relate to.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 02:39 AM
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138. I like that one too..
I hated the slapdash ending they gave that show.. Too bad quality shows cost money .. Sela Ward was excellent and that show had a lot of class ..
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DelawareValleyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:26 AM
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31. Family Guy - both times
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livinginphotographs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:13 AM
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41. I second that.
That was one of the funniest shows of all time, and had great ratings, and had even won some Emmys, and FOX cancelled it. I mean, WTF?

And they keep promising it'll come back, and it never does (or only for a short period of time).
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ThorsHammer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 02:32 PM
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65. It will be back in May, I think
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Malikshah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:25 PM
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122. Yup--back this summer with all new eps
the DVD sales and AdultSwim airings worked

Cancelled because the Fox execs at the time had their collective heads up their collective asses--

Screw the "poor ratings" bs-- when they beging moving a show from slot to slot throughout the week--it means they want to kill it.
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ThorsHammer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:38 PM
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125. As bad as most DUers dislike Fox News, their other divisions are good
24, Simpsons, Family Guy, Arrested Development, college basketball, and so on.
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Jersey Devil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:27 AM
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32. Rootie Kazootie
Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 08:29 AM by Jersey Devil


I cried, but then I was 5 or so.

http://www.tvdays.com/rootie.html
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:36 AM
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34. Adventures of Brisco County Jr
I heard the ratings were good but they decided production was too expensive to continue. And there's still no DVD.

Still no DVD for Max Headroom, either.

However, the Lone Gunmen DVD will be out in March.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:46 AM
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36. andy richter controLs the universe
that show was f'n hiLarious. quintupLets sucks ann couLter's xxxx
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stranger_with_candy Donating Member (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:51 PM
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90. i loved that show too
sure didn't make it very long though...
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The Great Escape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:58 AM
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38. Dharma and Greg...
I loved that silly little show. I'm still looking to be adopted by Dharma's parents. I guess I ended up with a West Virginia version of Greg's parents! LOL (love ya anyway mom and dad).
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:00 AM
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39. My World and Welcome to It
That was the unkindest cut of all but there are others:

It's About Time -- It's about time / It's about space / About two men in the strangest place Two astronauts wind up in prehistoric times with Imogene Coca as one of the cavewoman.
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster -- John Astin and Marty Ingels as carpenters. What could be funnier? Imogene Coca as a cavewoman but that's about it.
The Famous Teddy Z -- Jon Cryer as a hollywood agent. One episode with a bunch of elderly agents at lunch was one of the funniest scenes I've ever scene on television.
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 11:14 AM
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160. William Windom was wonderful
I helps that I've been a James Thurber fanatic all my life. The Catbird Seat can still make me cry laughing.

And the cartoons. "Fine. Have it your way. You heard a seal bark."
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MikeG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:11 AM
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40. Ed.
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snacker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 11:44 AM
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167. Same here. n/t
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GregW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:16 AM
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44. Space: Above and Beyond
Runner up: Millennium
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LibInternationalist Donating Member (861 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:14 PM
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85. I will second Space: Above and Beyond
the annoying part is that I was young enough/watched the episodes out of order enough that I don't really remember it that well, aside from remembering that it was good
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:16 AM
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45. EZ Streets, Grand
EZ Streets was on 10 years ago, had a sensational cast (joey Pants, Ken Olin, Carl Lumbly, Jon Finn), great score (Loreena McKennitt), and sensational writing (Paul Haggis). Every week was like watching a movie. Until The Shield came along, EZ held the record for darkness among TV shows. Then, after 4 eps it was put on hiatus, after 5 more - *POOF*.

I also liked Grand, a bizarre comedy about 15 years ago that lasted two seasons.
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Frogtutor Donating Member (739 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:18 AM
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46. Northern Exposure,

:mad:
and Max Headroom, and probably more that I'll remember later
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:20 AM
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47. I'm still upset about Police Squad
Especially since they recycled so many of the jokes in the "Naked Gun" movies - it worked a lot better in a 30 minute sitcom than in a 90 minute movie.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:23 AM
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48. Whoopi. Conrad Bloom. Good Morning Miami. Mary Tyler Moore. The Oblongs.
Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 09:24 AM by arwalden
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Butterflies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:24 AM
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49. "Get a Life" with Chris Elliot
I wish I had taped that show while it was on (early '90s).
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Frogtutor Donating Member (739 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:58 AM
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57. Yeah, I remember that one! It was really funny n/t
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:05 AM
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58. I have a couple of DVDs of the show
The DVDs are terrible quality but they're worth buying, especially for the "Spewy" episode.
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:37 AM
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50. Barney Miller, WKRP, Homicide: Life on the Streets, Strange Luck....
American Gothic (as someone else mentioned). Those were all shows that were cut down too soon. In fact, Strange Luck and American Gothic had to hobble together ending episodes that made no sense in order to end the series abruptly.


Others: Farscape, The invisible man, Outer Limits (modern), Millenium.

Shows that far outlived their usefulness (jumped the shark): MASH, X-files, to name just two.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:43 AM
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53. Hill Street Blues
Great ensemble cast. Wish it was still in production.
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Cheswick2.0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:45 AM
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54. St Elsewhere
It didn't so much piss me off and make me sad. That was a great show.
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 11:15 AM
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161. Was it the cancellation you were pissed at
or the way they ended the series.

Snow globes? Please.
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:48 AM
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55. Farscape and Tremors
but also "My World and Welcome to it" and "Homicide"
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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 11:26 PM
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129. My son is still ranting about Farscape.
I've seen some of it, but wtf?
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Joe Power Donating Member (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:51 AM
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56. The Job was GREAT! n/t
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:06 AM
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59. The Courthship Of Eddie's Father
eom
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RUDUing2 Donating Member (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:09 AM
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60. HomeFront.
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Frogtutor Donating Member (739 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:12 AM
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61. Yeah! That was one of my favorites, too! n/t
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charlyvi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:12 AM
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62. Agreed...I loved that show!
I hated it when they began switching the times, then pre-empting it so much. I knew it was a goner towards the end when it came on every other week or so. Such a quality show. And the music was great.
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 02:45 PM
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70. I was in a commercial for Homefront--trying to save it!
There was an ad one night during Homefront, saying "Do You Love Homefront? Call and tell us why and you could be selected to appear in a commercial for it." I actually got through twice and left messages. I had to go in and audition for it (scary). I couldn't believe I was one of the people they selected to be on the ad!

I was sad that the commercials didn't even help it. :(
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Bullwinkle925 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:33 PM
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104. Jeez - it was a totally wonderful show. My family and I still talk
about it and miss it. I'm hoping it comes out on DVD one of these days.
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charlyvi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:28 PM
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114. Wasn't the episode where Gina,
I think that was her name, who Charlie married and brought back from the war didn't want to tat the lace for another character's wedding vail because of her memories of how her mother was killed in the concentration camp? I cried like a newborn baby!
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Bullwinkle925 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 11:21 PM
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127. I miss every one of those characters. They were all so believable in
their roles. I loved the settings and the music. So, naturally, the network would take it off.
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 02:31 PM
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64. Why do they work so hard to force crappy shows on us?
I don't get that.

Many of the shows you guys listed, I also loved. I recall the insanity of the situation. Usually they changed the night it aired, more than once, so the viewers didn't know where to find it. Then it was threatened to be cancelled. Then even after much public feedback begging them to keep it on, they cancelled it anyway.

YET shows I just don't get and in fact HATED they seem to work their asses off to keep on the air. Case in point, Two guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place. Was I the only one that just didn't see the appeal of this show? They are really pushing Joey--which I haven't heard many people say that it is GREAT by any means.

:(
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 02:33 PM
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66. Futurama and Dark Angel are two that come to mind. n/t
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 02:37 PM
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67. "He & She" and "WKRP in Cincinnatti"
"He & She" was a sitcom starring Paula Prentice, Richard Benjamin, Kenneth Mars, Hamilton Camp, and Jack Cassidy. It aired for only one season (1967-68). It was the fore-runner of many of the ensemble comedies of the '70s - in fact, many of the people who worked on "He & She" later went on to develop "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".

"WKRP in Cincinnatti" was just too good to be cancelled. Especially when it was replaced with the totally lame "Square Pegs".
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 08:23 AM
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147. "With god as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
That was a great show. All the characters were memorable - the Big Guy Arthur Carlson, Herb, Less, Bailey, Andy Travis, Venus Fly Trap, Jennifer and, of course, Dr. Johnny Fever. Even the part-timers were memorable in Mama Carlson & the station lawyer (who later was the Dad on Alf)
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 02:38 PM
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68. Newsradio n/t
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 03:00 AM
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142. It just wasnt the same without Phil Hartman.
Lovitz's character was lame.
Phil WAS the show.
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 05:14 AM
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144. It was still better than 90% of everything else on TV
even post-Hartman.

I disagree that Phil WAS the show. Stephen Root was HILARIOUS, Dave Foley was terrific, and Andy Dick? Wow.

It was an ensemble show and it could have survived.
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ariesgem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 05:56 PM
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71. Freaks and Geeks
That was the only tv show I thought came close to re-living some of my high school experiences.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 05:57 PM
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72. My So-Called Life, Sports Night
Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 05:57 PM by bigwillq
Popular, Boomtown
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zann725 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 02:26 AM
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136. Yes..."My So Called Life, " "Relativity," and several other TV shows
written by the prior producers of "30-Something." They did several excellently written shows in the 90's which were just too 'sophisticated' to last very long in the mainstream.

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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 05:57 PM
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73. Boston Public
Too liberal for people to watch and think about, I guess. PUT IT OUT ON DVD, DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:47 PM
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101. they cancelled BP??
SHIT!
I mean, I haven't watched a lot of TV since HS, but damn, I LOVED that show!
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 05:57 PM
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74. The Job, Futurama, Wonderfalls n/t
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madison2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 05:59 PM
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75. "The Guardian" with Simon Baker
I was totally into it.
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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:00 PM
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76. Sports Night and That's My Bush!
n/t
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Liberal_and_proud Donating Member (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:02 PM
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77. Freaks and Geeks
The only show I ever wrote a fan letter to.

Damn, it pissed me off they cancelled it.
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koneko Donating Member (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:51 PM
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91. Welcome to DU, Liberal_and_proud!
And I totally agree. It was a sad day when they pulled Freaks & Geeks!

:hi:
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:06 PM
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94. Welcome to DU!
:toast:
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:51 PM
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108. me too, loved that show
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:03 PM
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78. Harsh Realm, Firefly, Farscape
Those three
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:04 PM
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79. I'm still pissed at this show's demise
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bobbobbins Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 10:00 AM
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152. man, i was so excited when they announced that game was coming out
then they delayed it for about 3 years, and when i finally got it...it was lame as could be...very disappointing time in my childhood
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ElaineinIN Donating Member (345 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:05 PM
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80. Forget the name... the weird vampire show
where there were the different "types" of vampires and kind of Mob wars between them.... It was really kind of cool. Does anyone remember the name?

Sports Night, Newsradio, American Gothic... all great too.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:06 PM
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83. Big O
but then they made a sequal, and then they ended it on a cliffhanger... again.
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:50 PM
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89. Strange Luck, Frank's Place and Under Suspicion
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:08 PM
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96. Farscape, Millennium, Dark Angel
Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 07:26 PM by ralps
I thought that Farscape was the best show on the scifi channel.

edit to add Millennium and Dark Angel
Millennium because I was into the X-files and Millennium sort of fit into the same category as X-files. Dark Angel because I've always been a fan of james Cameron, and I loved the premise.
:hi:
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cedahlia Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:21 PM
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97. That's Life
I loved that show but it lasted barely one season. It was about a 30-something Italian-American woman who decides to return to college after her engagement breaks off. She lived with her parents, who were played by the wonderful Ellen Burstyn and Paul Sorvino. And her smart-ass cop brother was played by Matt Dillon's brother Kevin Dillon. Good cast, good writing, bad time slot. All the ingredients necessary for an unjust cancellation. Just like My So-Called Life and Freaks and Geeks. Those network tv execs have a way of breaking my heart every few years or so. x(
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:25 PM
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98. melrose place.
I can't believe i admit to that.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:27 PM
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99. Square Pegs
RL
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:33 PM
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100. Herman's Head; Flying Blind; The Ben Stiller Show; Life's Work
Just off the top of my head. I'm sure there are a lot more.
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 07:50 PM
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102. Futurama, to no end.
The last episode was a beautiful piece of work, tho'.
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Bullwinkle925 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:31 PM
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103. Years ago I (and the entire family) were truly prostrate with grief
when ABC cancelled "Home Front". I wrote letters to no avail. Have been looking for it on DVD without success.
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:43 PM
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105. Anyone watch Titus on Fox?
My hubby still talks about this one--
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:49 PM
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107. The Ed Sullivan Show, Omnibus with Alistair Cook
The Red Skelton Show
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ElaineinIN Donating Member (345 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 11:36 PM
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130. Great show.. very funny!
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bearfan454 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:52 PM
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109. Barney Miller n/t
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catbert836 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 08:54 PM
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110. Nash Bridges
There wasn't a finale, or anything... they just cut it. One more casualty of 9/11 to add to democracy. :mad:
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:40 PM
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115. Nothing Sacred, among others.
Nothing Sacred was about a Roman Catholic parish in the inner city and was, according to a priest I know, probably one of the most realistic depictions of parish life ever seen in popular culture. Of course right wing types got bent out of shape about it, and it was unceremoniously cancelled. The network also played that obnoxious game of preempting it.

I also was a fan of Homefront and was really sorry to see it go. The cast was wonderful, and I recall that they dealt with a great many issues -- union organizing, the polio epidemic, etc.

And I was annoyed when they cancelled The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire. I was just getting used to the characters and the plot lines when it was pulled from the schedule, and probably with only a run of a month or two. The cast was great: Mare Winningham, Elizabeth McGovern, Randy Quaid.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 01:33 AM
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134. I agree about "Nothing Sacred"
They not only cancelled it midseason due to rightwing pressure but even left three completed episodes in the can and have never shown them. :grr:
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 09:51 PM
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116. Futurama, Family Guy, and Boston Public
All three zotted from Fox. I was PISSED.
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SCRUBDASHRUB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:13 PM
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118. My So-Called Life.
Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 10:24 PM by SCRUBDASHRUB
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AmandaRuth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:11 PM
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117. Eerie, Indiana
I know, Twin Peaks for kids, but I liked it.
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:15 PM
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119. Home Front.
No one's probably ever heard of it. Great post WWII drama that was on TV in the early 90s. ABC, maybe?

It was only on one season. Was fantastic. Missed it horribly.
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HeyManThatsCool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:17 PM
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120. NBC's The Pretender
Once & Again, Twin Peaks
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BamaGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 11:37 PM
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131. I loved The Pretender n/t
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Shadowen Donating Member (742 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:19 PM
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121. Angel.
Godammit, I hate the WB! They cancel this great philosophical show that isn't afraid to kill people off to air more Smallville?!
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Downtown Hound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:25 PM
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123. Beat me to it
Buffy was able to live out its promise and die a good death. Angel went before its time. Too bad.
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 11:17 AM
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162. Agreed
Not mad about Buffy, because Buffy was finished. Angel wasn't.
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GRLMGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:41 PM
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126. Remember WENN
It was this silly show on AMC but I watched it all the time. I was pissed off because they never resolved the cliffhanger at the end!
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Behind the Aegis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 12:10 AM
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133. Xena, Buffy, Wonder Woman, Birds of Prey
But, I am just a big 'mo! :) I also loved "Popular" and was pissed that it ended.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 08:24 AM
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148. Buffy wasn't cancelled?
They decided not to continue the show, I had thought?

I think Xena was the same, but I'm not sure.
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 01:58 AM
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135. Mystery Science Theater 3000
may the gods rain firey death upon the unholy bastard son of satan that canceled the greatest show of all time....


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 02:27 AM
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137. Dinosaurs.
Freeper-types thought it was "liberal propoganda".
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loudestchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 08:31 AM
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150. "I'm the baby. Gotta love me!" "Brand new, just out!" "Not the Mama!"
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 02:48 AM
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140. Senator Sterling
Yes, I'm the guy who watched it. They replaced with some piece of crap American Idol spin-off.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 02:52 AM
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141. This is how old I am....
The Smothers Brothers ... taken off the air by CBS for being too political back in the day.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 03:02 AM
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143. "Homicide, Life on the Streets".
Great cast and writing.
Very dark. Just how I love it.
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RadicalMom Donating Member (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:51 AM
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145. "Blind Justice, the show that's gonna replace NYPD, but hasn't even aired
yet. I don'teven want to see it in the first place.
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 08:17 AM
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146. Brimstone!
great show, but too wierd for the Networks and SciFi only wants to air Stargate now.
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 11:19 AM
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163. God, what actor is more satanic then John Glover?
I'm a little tired of his scenery-chomping in Smallville, but he was cooler and more reigned-in as the devil in Brimstone.
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 11:41 AM
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166. oh man yeah
I copied all the episodes on tape when they re-aired on scifi.
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 10:02 AM
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153. My So Called Life
How was there only one season of that show?

It was CLASSIC.
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ohio_liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 10:06 AM
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154. Boomtown and Miracles
n/t
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 10:33 AM
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155. Good vs. Evil
That show ruled. It was funny as hell.

also Millenium, far superior to the X-files in my book. Plus that third series that Chris Carter tried to get on the air - I liked it, but it must have been too dark.
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jswordy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 10:39 AM
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156. Northern Exposure
I'm still pissed. It was one of the very best shows of all time. I have friends who still often stay up til like 3 or 4 a.m., just because they can still catch reruns of it at that ungodly hour.

I used to watch the reruns over and over, back when I could get them at a decent hour.

Damn, I miss it! And it's been years! Now I am GETTING EVEN MORE WORKED UP! AAAARRRRGH! Then I have to see Janine Turner looking like her makeup was applied by a mortician on some commercial for tear replacement drops???

RRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

Uh, thanks for the topic. Sigh.
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pmbryant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 11:19 AM
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164. Same here
Not just the cancellation, but how they cancelled it. First, jerking around the schedule so that even devoted watchers like myself never knew when it would be on. Then finally dropping the axe after the season had already finished filming, so that they couldn't do a proper final episode.

Has it been ten years already?

:scared:

Peter
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jswordy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 11:44 AM
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168. "Has it been ten years already?"
I find myself saying that more and more. Heh. When I'm 70, a year will probably go by thisfast.
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 11:26 AM
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165. Twin Peaks
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ceile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 11:52 AM
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169. Too many to count, but here's a few....
My So Called Life
Now and Again
Brimstone
Dark Angel
Keen Eddie
Cupid
Boomtown
Freaks and Geeks
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 11:58 AM
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170. "Brooklyn Bridge" - Ahhhhh.I Loved it!
Edited on Fri Jan-28-05 11:58 AM by GalleryGod
at the time I was an Associate Director of Student Life at a small,liberal arts college, living the "Beeper/pager Life" of 24/7...HOWEVER-one hour each week I went back to 1950's Brooklyn. Sweet, sweet, sweet, Gary David Golenberg,:yourock:
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