What's your favorite (Short Lived) TV series?

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abc3643 · Accepted Answer

1. "Century City", a 2004 CBS sci-fi/legal drama about a Los Angeles law firm in the year 2030, so the legal problems were very interesting. It was canceled before Season 1 was completed lasting about 2 months. Viola Davis and Hector Elizondo were in this as well as Ioan Gruffudd who'd play Mister Fantastic in 2005's The Fantastic Four.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hneO_ibgLWo

2. "Cavemen", a 2007 ABC comedy based on the Geico Cavemen and that cavemen are living in the modern world with normal people; it's like they are just a different ethnicity. This show had the immortal line "Keep your penis in your genus." It was panned by critics who just didn't get it. It was canceled before Season 1 was completed lasting about 1 month.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2orEX1NII0

3. "The Neighbors" is a 2012-2013 ABC sci-fi/sitcom about a human family moving to a gated community called Hidden Hills, a neighborhood that consists exclusively of human-looking aliens trying to blend in to learn about humans. It was canceled after 2 seasons. Jamie Gertz was in this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08B8a3yZ9dU

4. "Now and Again", a 1999-200 CBS sci-fi/drama about a middle-aged man, Mr. Wiseman played by John Goodman, whose body dies in an accident, but is able to have his brain transferred into a genetically engineered young body by the government. This is part of a secret plan to use him for various needs. It was canceled after 1 season. Something to note: One of the stars of this show was Dennis Haysbert who you may be familiar with as the Black spokesman in All-State Insurance commercials. Dennis plays Dr. Theodore Morris, the head government person in this series and, while not a villain is disturbingly clear that the dead-but-rejuvenated man is not to tell anyone what happened to him including his original family.

Here is the first episode.
Dennis Haysbert shows up around 11 minutes in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_hfQgtj6cM

5. GCB aka Good Christian Bitches, an ABC mid-season replacement in 2012. It was a humorous soap like Desperate Housewives, it pissed off Southerners and so was cancelled after 2 months. It was a very good though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc75hzUeEQk

AviatorTom · Accepted Answer

"Police Squad" was a funny series that only ran for one season in the 1980s.

DizzyDesii · Accepted Answer

Off the top of my head— Queens, Jane By Design, Terra Nova, Grandfathered, The Tomorrow People, Black Lightning, No Ordinary Family, Penny Dreadful City of Angels, Being Human, Our Kind of People, Lovecraft Country, Watchmen

Red-Blaze · Accepted Answer

Bolt (Not the disney movie) Jin the king of pirates (Very intresting primes sadly had no time to go anywhere) Flash Foward (Sill dieing to know some answers) Heros (Lost them self pretty fast)

MCheetah · Answer

Angel , if you count only five seasons as short lived. That was my sh*t as a teen! Especially f*ckin' Illyria! Amy Acker killed it! Or, if you mean even shorter lived, then an old 2009 show called  Lie To Me , starring Tim Roth before he was forced to embarrass himself for a paycheck on She Hulk: Attorney at Law. Anyway, the show a crime drama about a human lie detector. Or if you mean even shorter than that, then 2007/2008's  Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles , one of the best Terminator adaptations since the second movie and not counting the recent indy game. The show was very well received, but ultimately, way too expensive to produce for network television like FOX. It'd do well on modern streaming services like Amazon Prime or Netflix, though. It was before its time. I also liked 2006's  Pushing Daisies  on ABC, where a detective temporarily brings back the dead so he can solve their murders.

RolandCuthbert · Answer

So many. . .

MuddyMole · Answer

Point Pleasant - A really great supernatural series from 2005, that only lasted one season of 13 episodes, and in most countries, not all of those even aired (in the US, only the first 8 episodes were shown). In the UK, it was on really late at night for some reason, but I liked it enough to get the box set.

Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars! - A kids cartoon, very heavily influenced by Star Wars, only much better. It was probably my favourite show as a young kid, but again, only 13 episodes were ever made.

TonightYouu · Answer

Hard times of RJ Berger  Disaster Date  Ugly Betty (she wasn’t even ugly😂)  Room 401 (HE GONE🤣) Blue Mountain State

Topaz1979 · Answer

Courage the cowardly dog show starring courage the cowardly dog 🥰

Sour-rose · Answer

-Mighty magiswords -scary stories, had like 2 episodes and it died on NBC -that show also on NBC who had this dude who was like a magician of the night and had one season.  -Needless

jshm2 · Answer

Ren and Stimpy. Half the shit on that show made me question whether I was on LSD, or the producers were!

TroyDT · Answer

Firefly, followed closely by Space: Above and Beyond. Two masterpieces that were canceled far too early.

docster · Answer

'Sledge Hammer' (1985-1987) 'Coupling' the original British version. I believe they only made about 24 episodes, but at least the story had run it's course.

exitseven · Answer

There was a show called Life onMars with Jason o'Mara and Harvey Keitel.

thatrandomguyagain · Answer

charmed, once upon a time and buffy the vampire slayer. Yes, this is short-lived in my book, since they deserved AT LEAST 7 more seasons each.

Fuentes · Answer

Wow as a kid my favorite show was 2 stupid dogs as a youngin with their little shorts of Secret Squirrel lol that was my shit haha Recess Ed, Edd & Eddy  Fillmore

H8INCHES · Answer

British series: The Young Ones American: Firefly

888theGreat · Answer

Tales of the Golden Monkey  Also had John Hillerman (Higons on Magnum PI and the guy that played Mack on Magnum PI )

Shy_Steve · Answer

ER even though it isn't that short, Firefly and Felicity.

maximumpower · Answer

Original version of Star Trek. It lasted three seasons but has been aired almost constantly since. Unfortunately, last (third) season was poorly done.