Best "Cancelled Before Their Time" Show Tournament!

[outsyder]

Ok peeps, I'm gonna try and get something like this running, and besides everything FOX ever cancelled, I'm gonna need some help, so any and all ideas would be appreciated.

Shows so far:

Carnivale - CURRENT MATCH
Freaks and Geeks
Clerks: The Animated Series
Undeclared - OUT
The Critic
Futurama
Arrested development -1
Dr. Katz
Sealab 2021
Nowhere Man
Tru Calling 1
Boomtown - 1
Fastlane
Hack - 1
The Lyon's Den
Reunion
Commander in Chief
My So Called Life - OUT
Firefly - 1
Family Guy
Run of the House
Committed!
Complete Savages
Eerie, Indiana OUT
Jake 2.0 - OUT
Life with Bonnie - OUT
Nobody's Watching
Heat Vision and Jack(Starring Jack Black and Owen Wilson)
John Doe
Everwood - CURRENT MATCH
Sports Night
Starved
Dead Like Me
Popular
Wonder Falls
Angel
Alf
Freaky Links

[dman476]

Great idea.
I can suggest Carnivale, Freaks and Geeks, Clerks: the Animated Series, Undeclared, and the Critic.
Those are some of my faves that got cancelled (bastards!).

[SinisterMinistr]

futurama
arrested development
dr. katz
sealab 2021

[ilovemovies]

Nowhere Man
Tru Calling
Boomtown
Fastlane
Hack
The Lyon's Den
Reunion
Commander in Chief
My So Called Life

[outsyder]

Just for reference: If it was cancelled at one point, regardless of if it was brought back later, it counts.

[IndianaSchmones]

RUN OF THE HOUSE
COMMITTED!
Complete Savages
Eerie Indiana
Jake 2.0
Life with Bonnie
Noboy's Watching
Heat Vision and Jack(Starring Jack Black and Owen Wilson)
John Doe
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!EVERWOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

[screamer581]

Sports Night
Starved (FX shoulda kept this, and got rid of the horrid It's Always Sunny...)

[Kucha]

DEAD LIKE ME
POPULAR
WONDERFALLS

[SinisterMinistr]

start this shit up already!

[outsyder]

Ok. Just give me a minute.

[outsyder]

Here we go. Remember, tell your friends, and I can add any new suggestions before Part 2.


ROUND 1

TRU CALLING - AIRED: 2003-2005
http://epguides.com/TruCalling/cast.jpg
Premise: Tru Davies, a medical grad student in Boston whose grant is suddenly pulled out from under her, takes a job at a local morgue. There, she discovers that she has the power to "re-live" the previous day over again to help the people who wrongly ended up dead. She uses this gift not only to save lives, but to help her trouble-plagued family - her older sister Meredith, a lawyer and drug addict in denial; and her younger, irresponsible, slacker, gambling brother Harrison.

vs.

EERIE, INDIANA - AIRED: 1991-1992
http://www.sciencevision.nl/images/0050L.jpg
Premise: "My name is Marshall Teller. Not too long ago, I was living in New Jersey, just across the river from New York City. It was crowded, polluted, and full of crime. I loved it. But my parents wanted a better life for my sister and me. So we moved to a place so wholesome, so squeaky clean, you could only find it on TV. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. Sure, my new hometown looks normal enough, but look again. What's wrong with this picture? The American Dream come true, right? Wrong. Nobody believes me, but this is the center of weirdness for the entire planet: Eerie, Indiana. My home, sweet home. Still don't believe me? You will."

[Sh8dy Milkman]

Originally posted by screamer581
Sports Night
Starved (FX shoulda kept this, and got rid of the horrid It's Always Sunny...)

I've never seen Starved, but Alway's Sunny in Philidelphia is hilarious.

[ilovemovies]

Tru Calling. Such a cool show. Shame on you FOX, for canceling it!

[SinisterMinistr]

True Calling
Zach Galifianakis is the fucking man!

[screamer581]

Originally posted by Sh8dy Milkman
I've never seen Starved, but Alway's Sunny in Philidelphia is hilarious.


I know I am in the minority with "Sunny". I still hate it though.


EERIE, INDIANA

[outsyder]

BOOMP!

[JJFlamingo]

Tru Calling

[outsyder]

3-1 Tru.

I'm going to leave this open for a bit longer.

[Kucha]

Tru Calling... I loved that show!

[outsyder]

Tru Calling beats Eerie, Indiana

ROUND 2

JAKE 2.0 - AIRED: 2003
http://www.tveffe.net/jake-cast.jpg
Premise:Jake Foley is a computer technician for the NSA who secretly longs for a chance to work on the field. Circumstance puts him in a top secret laboratory, in the middle of a shootout between security guards and a saboteur. During the battle, a vial containing an experimental serum explodes, covering Jake with shrapnel. But it turns out that the serum is actually nanomites, microscopic submachines that heal his injuries and alter his body. Upon discovering his new mind-boggling powers, Jake begins to operate at an atomic level, possessing superhuman strength, lightning-fast speed, heightened hearing, magnified vision and the ability to communicate telepathically with computers. The NSA soon realizes Jake is an untested asset and forms a Special Ops team with him at its core.

vs.

HACK - AIRED: 2002-2004
http://i.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/020906/114017__hack_l.jpg
Premise: A disgraced Philadephia ex-cop becomes a good samaritan cabbie while he tries to put his life back together.

[Magenta71]

Jake 2.0

I really liked this show a lot. I wish it lasted longer. :(

[ilovemovies]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How can you do this to me?! I LOVE both shows.

But I have to go with Hack.

David Morse is the man. And it doesn't hurt that it costars the kickass Andre Braugher. And they worked so well together. Phenomenal chemistry between them. And that it takes place in Philadelphia and was actually shot here. All of it. Not just exterior shots. That's right I'm talking to YOU Cold Case and Philly!



Oh, speaking of Philly, is it too late to add that show to the list? I completely forgot about it and that was another great show that ended too early!

[Kucha]

Hack

[JJFlamingo]

Hack

[outsyder]

3-1 for Hack.

[screamer581]

Jake 2.0


Hack was awful.

[outsyder]

3-2. Unless there's some change, I'm ending this at the end of the day.

[outsyder]

Hack wins 3-2.

ROUND 3

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT - AIRED: 2003-2006
http://www.foxtv.it/upload/1/2921.jpg
Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable.

vs.

MY SO-CALLED LIFE - AIRED: 1994-1995
http://www.albany.net/~genxtv/mscl.gif
Premise: "My So-Called Life" is a realistic mid-nineties teen drama series that takes a look at a 15 year-old girl and her trials and tribulations with being a teenager and dealing with friends, guys, parents and school.

[ilovemovies]

My So Called Life

Great show that definately ended far too early! Too bad it's going to get slaughtered by the good but overrated Arrested Development. :(

[Kucha]

MY SO-CALLED LIFE

[JJFlamingo]

Originally posted by Kucha
MY SO-CALLED LIFE

[screamer581]

Um yeah.


ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

[brodeurnumber1]

Arrested Development, come on now.

[jackson13]

A.D.

[Brando @$$ Fat]

Arrested Development

[outsyder]

4-3 for A.D.

[JackassFan]

Arrested Developement

[SinisterMinistr]

Originally posted by brodeurnumber1
Arrested Development, come on now.

[outsyder]

Arrested Development wins 6-3.

ROUND 4

BOOMTOWN - AIRED: 2002-2003
http://www.fuzedmag.com/boomtown.jpg
Premise: Each episode of this series, set in present day Los Angeles, examines one crime from many different viewpoints - uniformed cops, detectives, witnesses, the media, the fire department and rescue squad, even the criminals themselves.

vs.

LIFE WITH BONNIE - AIRED: 2002-2004
http://epguides.com/LifewithBonnie/cast.jpg
Premise: Local TV show host Bonnie Molloy has the life of a sort-of celebrity. Sometimes her fans actually remember her name. But when it comes to her family life, a little fame goes a long way. Especially when her husband and children catch a glimmer of themselves in the supposedly true anecdotes mom tells her morning viewers.

[ilovemovies]

Boomtown, the best crime show of all time.

[JJFlamingo]

Boomtown

[JackassFan]

Boomtown

[sarah1980]

Originally posted by JackassFan
Boomtown

[Kucha]

Since its losing...

LIFE WITH BONNIE

I actually liked that show at times.

[dreamcurls]

(1) FIREFLY
(2)John Doe
(3)Boom Town

also(probly won't make the list and nobody will remember it)
The Adventures of Sinbad

[BigBoobBlondie]

if it's not too late add a few more.....

Vengence Unlimited - with Michael Madsen kicked ass!
Injustice was good, came and left pretty quick tho.
Night Stalker I think it was called was cancelled quick too!

[outsyder]

Ugh, I'm bad at updating this.:p

Boomtown wins 4-1

ROUND 5


UNDECLARED - AIRED: 2001-2002
http://epguides.com/Undeclared/cast.jpg
Premise: College freshman Steve Karp and his fellow dorm-mates embark on one the greatest experiences of their lives...unfortunately for Steve, his lonely and recently divorced father is tagging along for the ride.

vs.

FIREFLY - AIRED: 2002-2003
http://www.whedonsworld.com/files/pix/firefly/fireflygroups/fgroups02.jpg
Premise: Five hundred years in the future, Captain Malcom Reynolds, his ragtag crew of thieves, and two fugitives try to outrun the law, make ends meet, and above all else, keep flying.

[ilovemovies]

Udeclared

Firefly sucks! :p

[JackassFan]

:eek:

Wow... an UPDATE!!

;)

Firefly

[outsyder]

Ok, I promise to do better.:)

[Magenta71]

Firefly

[powersauce]

Undeclared

[Addi88]

Undeclared

[Brando @$$ Fat]

Firefly

[Damone]

Undeclared

[PaulHillier]

Firefly!!

[outsyder]

It would be tied, but I'm going with Firefly too.


Any more?

[starcat]

gotta go with firefly

[sarah1980]

Firefly

[mutesaint]

Firefly!!!

[Cronos]

Originally posted by Magenta71
Firefly

[Pulp_Joker]

Originally posted by powersauce
Undeclared

[fanboy d]

gorram' FIREFLY!

(if it ain't firefly vs. futurama in the finish something strange is afoot at the circle k)

[Danger^Cart]

Undeclared was mildly amusing, but everyone who voted for it should be ashamed of themselves.

Firefly isn't even a comedy, and it has Undeclared beaten in that respect. THE BEST SHOW TO NEVER HAVE A SECOND SEASON IN THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION.

[CyclicNightmare]

Undeclared by a mile

[shoe1985]

Undeclared


Firefly got a good ending with the movie, while Undeclared just ended. Fox had so many great shows over the years, but they cancelled them way too early.

[movie2cats]

Firefly.

I do love me some Undeclared too though.

[Batgirl1979]

Firefly

And though I'm probably the only one I'd like to see Angel and Freaky Links added to the list.

[NuclearMisfit]

Firefly

And though I'm probably the only one I'd like to see Angel and Freaky Links added to the list.

True that especially the later.

Id personally love to see Alf added to the list.

[Frank the Tank]

Undeclared

[tbone]

firefly

[dannywalker17]

Undeclared.

[outsyder]

Wow. This sure has some unexpected interest all of a sudden.

Firefly wins 15-7. I'll put up a new contest momentarily.


And I'll add those shows you asked for.

[outsyder]

ROUND 6

CARNIVALE
Originally Aired: 2003-2005
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9263/carnivaleeg3.jpg
Premise: Fugitive Ben Hawkins joins a traveling carnival during the background of the 1934 American Dustbowl, bringing with him a strange and powerful gift.

vs.

EVERWOOD
Originally Aired: 2002-2006
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1403/everwoodup5.jpg
Premise: When Manhattan surgeon Andrew 'Andy' Brown is widowed, he decides to start a whole new life in the idyllic Colorado town Everwood with his children Ephram and Delia


I would also encourage any new ideas anyone had.

[dannywalker17]

EVERWOOD

One of the best TV dramas ever made.

Carnivale looks good though. I need to check it out.

[JCPhoenix]

CARNIVALE

Cancelled way too early, only two seasons in and 1/3 through the entire story. It was LOST before LOST was on TV which makes it even more aggravating because we got a lot of hints and clues to things we'll never be able to see or figure out now.

[JJFlamingo]

Carnivale

[JackassFan]

Carnivale.

[Batgirl1979]

Carnivale

[sarah1980]

Carnivale

.

[Cronos]

Carnivale

[ilovemovies]

I'll vote for Carnivale even though I've never seen it because I was never a fan of Everwood.