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Thank you all for the show recommendations

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[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 98 points 1 year ago
[-] HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 82 points 1 year ago
[-] FluorideMind@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

If you like firefly there's another show similar that was also cancelled too soon. Darkmatter. I actually prefer it over firefly tbh.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 52 points 1 year ago

The Walking Dead.

Should have been cancelled like 9 seasons earlier.

[-] HairyOldCoot@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago

Took me a few seasons to figure out that every season was the same. "I think we've found a place to settle down, but there might be a problem...".

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[-] derpgon@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago

I stopped watching when they introduced horrible CGI and fake gun effects (no knock back, no shell ejection, no slide movement).

I'd argue the first few seasons - apart from the horrible acting from time to time, and prolonged passages just to stretch time, and filler episodes, and dumb people, and...

Yeah, it was shitty from the beginning.

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[-] Amir@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Game of Thrones. Sad we never got to see past season 6...

Serious answer: I just heard The Peripheral got cancelled after Westworld also got cancelled :l

[-] maegul@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Re Peripheral …. Seems to be a victim of the strike, according to Wikipedia. Last I heard it was renewed for a season 2. But they canceled it anyway.

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[-] freeman@lemmy.pub 38 points 1 year ago
[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Although I would've loved to see them complete the entire story I was still pretty satisfied with how they left it (other than the edits they made for Alex's story).

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 35 points 1 year ago

I've got two:

Stargate: Universe. I never got into Stargate before, and I really liked what was going on with Universe. Longtime fans didn't. Though, after going back and getting into SG-1 and Atlantis, I very much understand why they hated Universe. The original shit is so much more fun, where Universe was overly serious. I still like the concept, but I think it would have been way better with the campyness of the original shows.

The second is Limitless. It was really fucking good. It was constantly pulling me in. And they cancelled it because too many people found it to be "unrealistic." I'm sorry the show about a neutropic drug that makes you into a super genius isn't real enough for you.

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[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Firefly. Sons of Tucson.

I'm sure there are others.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

My Name is Earl. One of my all time favorites and it was surprise cancelled on a cliffhanger.

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[-] novibe@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dirk Gently’s :( fuck you Netflix.

Seriously, cancelling the show WHEN THEY FUCKING OPEN THE HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY?? My boy Elijah Wood was soo good on this!!! :((

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[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

I don't think The Orville was officially cancelled but there doesn't seem to be any plans for more as far as I know. The last season was great and set up more potential storylines.

[-] Vaggumon@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Star Trek: Enterprise

Freaks & Geeks

Sense8

[-] Misconduct@startrek.website 11 points 1 year ago

There aren't enough of us that appreciated and mourn Enterprise 😔

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[-] mennorobert@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Rome on HBO was a solid show covering an exciting time in Roman history. Sucks that they only had 2 seasons.

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[-] MrMobius@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago

Number one show I wish wasn't cancelled was Firefly, definitely. And more recently, 1899.

[-] MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Carnivale

Farscape (imagine if that mini series had been a full season!)

[-] TechyDad@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Farscape is always my answer to these questions. I enjoyed Peacekeeper Wars, but it definitely felt rushed. Had it been a full season, it would have been frelling amazing.

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[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Firefly

Legends of tomorrow

The Finder

[-] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Limitless.

The movie was pretty superfluously a power fantasy, but the show had actual likeable characters, and long-term intrigue. As far as cop procedurals go, it was way up there.

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[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

This is an older one, but The Critic. It was on two different networks and lasted only one season on each network. It was a funny show, but the inconsistent schedule killed it way too early.

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[-] theharber@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

“Happy”, I think a lot of people overlooked it because Christopher Meloni having a cartoon unicorn as a companion seemed cheesy, but the show wasn’t afraid to dive into truly horrific plot lines.

The less-grounded corner of my brain thinks the show was cancelled because it was openly talking about skeletons in the closets of network executives.

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[-] jpj007@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Pushing Daisies really deserved another few seasons, but the (previous) writer's strike left it with a really abrupt and unsatisfying end. There wasn't any other show quite like it.

And of course, the perennial winner of such threads, Firefly. At least that got a movie though.

[-] Lauchmelder@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago

1899

It's a mystery show made by the same people that made Dark and I was so down for it. Then Netflix cancelled it after season 1

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[-] MrJukes@lemmy.one 14 points 1 year ago
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[-] CarolineJohnson@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

Fringe. It was cancelled by being given one last short season. It deserved far more seasons.

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[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Music videos on MTV Science shows on discovery channel History shows on the history channel Well-produced soft porn on Cinemax Comedy shows with actual writers and actors News shows with actual journalism

[-] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago
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[-] JackiesFridge@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Friends. It should have been cancelled right after the pilot.

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[-] Drgon@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Dead like me was just starting to get interesting, when they canceled it and spat out a movie that didn't even try to wrap things up

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[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 1 year ago

My name is Earl, mission Hill, Santa Clarita diet, Kenny vs spenny

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[-] BowserBasher@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

The Dark Crystal. That first series was a great build up and the preview at the end of it for the next looked awesome.

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[-] DrOakfield@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 year ago

Constantine. It had it's problems, like many Arrowverse shows at the time, but Matt Ryan was a fantastic John Constantine and I thought the show had a lot of untapped potential.

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[-] sm1dger@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Sarah Connor Chronicals. Was pretty good throughout but then ramped up to off the walls amazing, just in time to be cancelled on a cliffhanger

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[-] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 year ago

Firefly Rome (the last season got cut, and 3&4 got smashed into one season) Sense8 (though the wrap up movie was great) Gargoyles

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