Favorite quickly cancelled television series

Class of '96, because I was in college when it was on. And Lisa Dean Ryan was quite fetching.

 

The State
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

 

Voyagers! and Best of the West. Coincidentally both starred Meeno Peluce.
And, of course, Tales of the Gold Monkey...

 

Kermit very much enjoyed Kristie Alley vehicle - "Veronica's Closet."

I know she's a Bigun now, and Scienceologist, but, I really liked show. It was funny and Sharp.

 

Grand - came and went in 1990; it kind of reminded me of "Soap" in some respects. A great, great cast including Bonnie Hunt, Michael McKean, Pamela Reed and Sara Rue.

A remembering watching and liking "Frank's Place" when it came out. I'd be interested in seeing it again to see if it was as good as I remember from when I was 12. A good rule of thumb is that Americans just didn't have the stomach for single-camera, non-laugh track sitcoms in the 1980s.

I liked Andy Richter Controls the Universe a lot, but I think I preferred Andy Barker, P.I. Another great supporting cast (Tony Hale and Harve Presnell) and a show that I think really could have gelled if given more time and a better push.

 

Millennium: Just too dark for most people, but I liked FBI profiler Frank Black and his struggle to keep the horrors of his job from seeping into his family life.

The Equalizer: Edward Woodward's Robert McCall, a former CIA type, cleans up the streets of 1980s New York City.

Men of a Certain Age: Loved the character development. Still hope this series gets picked up elsewhere.

Get A Life: Chris Elliott as a 30-year-old paper boy who lives with parents. I was one of maybe 47 people who liked this show.

 

Clerks
Mission Hill
M*A*S*H

 

There was a kitschy kind of sci-fi show a few years ago called "Now and Again" that I miss. Dude (Eric Close) was an engineered human — super-strength, quick-healing, uber senses. Problem was, the scientists (including Cerrano himself, Dennis Haysbert) couldn't engineer a brain. So, they lifted the brain from an accident victim (played in the pilot by John Goodman) and transplanted it into the engineered body. Caveat: Dude was kept in seclusion, couldn't contact his wife and daughter, but he found it awfully hard to stay away (and contacted them regularly, tho they didn't know who he really was). Kinda hokey, but done with humor and some feeling. Good show.

EDIT: Plus, it had a killer theme song:

 

Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared are right up there, but for me, it's easily Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip. If it weren't for 30 Rock, Studio 60 probably would have gotten at lease a second season.

 

I'm with ya, Matt. We're a tiny group, fans of Studio 60. Hell... I bought the DVDs.