Over the years I have watched much television, and during this time there have been a few programmes that burned twice as bright for half as long. In fact, any time I enjoy a programme it is snatched away from me and I would like to dedicate this post to all those shows that died early.
In no particular order.
Andromeda (Rommie has to be one of the best Sci-Fi characters ever!)
Stargate Atlantis (Better than SG1 in many respects)
Caprica
Stargate Universe (Suffered BSG clone syndrome)
Over There
Dirty Sexy Money (Much better than Ugly Betty)
Enterprise (I know what you are saying, but we've had no Star Trek for 5 years now)
Farscape
Threshold (Didn't even survive the first series)
The Riches (Eddie Izzard was actually watchable!)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (How did Joey survive longer than this?)
Firefly
Arrested Development
Better Off Ted
The Newsroom
Flashforward (How did this get cancelled?)
Hyperdrive
Supernova
E-Ring (Didn't survive the first season and finished an a ridiculous cliffhanger)
Eastwick (Surprisingly watchable)
The Class (Better than Friends?)
Dollhouse (The curse of Whedon strikes again)
Trauma (Take a note BBC, this is how Casualty should be done)
Flight of the Chonchords
and for my mum Moonlight (she fancied the vampire guy).
Special mention to King of the Hill which lasted 13 years before cancellation. Much better than Family Guy.
There are probably plenty of other shows that I have forgotten, and with the death of each Sci-Fi show the genre has dwindled on TV with SyFy (what a stupid name) failing to fill the gaps left by the big networks.
Let's all take a moment for solemn reflection.
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