Agreed. The first series had real promise but they utterly fecked the second season up with the writers strike making things worse followed by a ludicrous rush to get to just about any conclusion. An utter clusterfeck.
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Agreed. The first series had real promise but they utterly fecked the second season up with the writers strike making things worse followed by a ludicrous rush to get to just about any conclusion. An utter clusterfeck.
Yeah that's right, Caleb was in Jarhead but I've not seen him in much else. I was hooked despite only being about 10/11, it only lasted that first season, I assume bad ratings killed it.
Oh and The Critic, that was good.
I was going to say Southland, a cop drama that showed on NBC last year (and ended on a cliffhanger I might add). I was searching around for details on the next season when I found that NBC had cancelled it due to it being "too dark". Well that was the whole allure of the show?
Yet when I looked at a certain site yesterday to get my daily fix of US shows I found, to my delight, that the second season has aired! Appartently TNT bought the rights and has now ordered a whole new set of episodes. Happy days!
Worth a watch if you like that sort of thing, it has a great cast as well.
Yet when I looked at a certain site yesterday to get my daily fix of US shows I found, to my delight, that the second season has aired! Appartently TNT bought the rights and has now ordered a whole new set of episodes. Happy days!
Worth a watch if you like that sort of thing, it has a great cast as well.
Again, this didn't end prematurely. They clearly said they only wanted to do two series (they didn't even want to do the second, really) so it ended exactly when they wanted it to.
You may have wanted more episodes, but that ain't the same thing.
Jericho's a great shout, I loved that programme.
Keen Eddie.
Star Trek: Enterprise.
was gutted when they pulled the plug.
was gutted when they pulled the plug.
Quantum Leap.
And on a personal - no-one-will-agree-with-me - note: Knight Rider.
And on a personal - no-one-will-agree-with-me - note: Knight Rider.
Completely agree with both of those especially Brimstone which was a cracking idea for a show. Possibly needed a bigger budget but excellent nether the less.
It did have a proper ending but it left quite a bit up in the air as it suggested that Caleb was going to become Lucus buck(thats buck with a B!!!).
Firefly is the obvious one, absolutely brilliant show that got cut down far too early. But so many people (including myself) are in the same boat - didn't hear about it until after it was cancelled or when Serenity was released. If the networks had done a better job advertising it in the first place, it might still be going today.
Arrested Development.
FOX really does like canceling shows early.
FOX really does like canceling shows early.
Clerks the animated series. Watched them on Youtube, only 6 episodes were made and apparently only 2 were aired.
I thought they were great.
I thought they were great.
The Black Donnellys.
The Chappelle Show, ended after two seasons. Third one was scheduled before Dave Chappelle felt that the producers had fecked him over and fecked off to Africa for a while, and decided on not doing a third season. Some material that would've been included in that third season has been released as "The lost episodes", but are hosted by Charlie Murphy and some other dude.
Well I thought it ended prematurely. I'll be sure to check with you before I post in future
Well I thought it ended prematurely. I'll be sure to check with you before I post in future
Blimey, keep the sarcasm in check, matey!
I was merely pointing out that it wasn't cancelled without resolution, but that it went as far (if not further) than the writers actually wanted it to.
Meh I'm tired, bored and hungry, sarcasm is my natural instinct.
Your points are pretty valid, although I still think you were being more than a little pedantic.
The O.C.
Eh? The Wire was always supposed to be 5 seasons. Are you messing?
Oh, and Flight of the Conchords ended at exactly the right time. The songs in S2 weren't as good, and Brett himself said they just wouldn't have been able to keep coming up with new stuff on a yearly basis.
I'm not sure about the first 4 seasons but the 5th was definitely cut short, it was evident in the last few episodes.
However it is true that it was always supposed to be 5 seasons.
Yeah as a series I suppose it was always going to be shortlived but personally I was hoping that they'd do some specials.
Be interesting to see where they go from here though.
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MacGyver. Should never have ended.
I remember watching this overseas and being very impressed, only to get back to the States to find it not on any network.
It survived a whopping 13 episodes on FOX.
If Americans see buildings more than 80 years old on TV we freak out and start hyperventilating because the world isn't even that old yet.
This and Third Watch.
Was a good show
I remember it being on Tuesdays, and I watched it pretty regularly
Then they switched it to Fridays, and I never watched it again...
It was only cut short by 2 episodes, and they told them that before they even started filming, so it wasn't even really cut short, technically.
HBO never go above 12 or 13 episodes for a series, they're not season long like the cable networks.
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They brought it back for a second season though, which albeit wasnt as good. That 13 episode/scene was fecking awesome, Vorenus was a fecking bad ass when he needed to be.
When he sliced that guy's leg apart...I couldn't get the image of his leg buckling out of my head for days after
It was supposed to be 13 episodes and ended as 10, so 3 short of original plan (at least that is what I read). In any case they had the script ready before they were informed that it would be cut to 10 episodes so even though filming hadn't started they had to re-write the last season. In the last 2-4 episodes you can see that they had to skip things they would've normally addressed. When there are so few episodes in a season a cut like this does have a major impact.
Mostly true, but it doesn't have a major impact, I didn't notice much wrong with the final season personally.
Anyway, this thread is about shows that ended 'prematurely', which The Wire didn't. 60 episodes instead of 63 is hardly premature.
Well I guess that's just up for individual interpretation, but you are right...hardly fits in this thread.
Don't know if its been posted but Rome the film is getting nearer. Script is sorted. It will pick up three years later after the series.
Surprised there's a film, I thought the series ended quite well to be honest. Sure the pace of the second season was a bit too fast in comparison to be first, but I liked the ending and thought it closed the show well.