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Other Shows Fox Canned

POSTED BY: KUANGZHEDE
UPDATED: Saturday, March 18, 2006 14:46
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 5:30 AM

KUANGZHEDE


I am new so my relative disdain for Fox is still at its apex. I wanted to know of other showes unceremoniously canned by Fox that have disappointed people in the past.

Married with children: Show pretty much saved Fox's ass and was cancelled without even a celebration party for cast and crew after 75 years of being on the air.

Futurama- Simpsons in space...how could it not work.

Sorry for the venting but wanted to get a broader veiw of Blue Sun..I mean Fox..

Thanks


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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 5:39 AM

MATTCOZ


Wonderfalls

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 5:46 AM

LONGLOSTBRISTOW


Freakylinks (Friday nights about 5-6 years back)
Tru Calling (not the greatest show, but I enjoyed it.)

-Meg

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 5:51 AM

CHRISISALL


Fox axed The Adventures Of Brisco County, Jr back in '94
And Dark Angel too

They suffer from Cancel-Compulsive Disorder Chrisisall

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 5:56 AM

STORYMARK


I havn't watch quite all of these shows, but I know each had it's set of fans that were upset by the cancellation.

Space: Above and Beyond
Kindred: The Embraced
Brimstone
Strange Luck
The Tick
Harsh Realm
VR5
Mantis


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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 6:01 AM

KITCH


Profit,was on in mid 90's. kick ass show. It's on dvd now. I loved Brisco County too! Although, you kinda gotta give em props for stickin with (maybe a little TOO long) w/ x-files. I recall it started off pretty shaky. (ratings I mean) But DEF one of my all time favorite shows. I always thought if Joss and Chris Carter teamed up.WOW!!!!

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 6:09 AM

DESKTOPHIPPIE


Fox cancelled The Tick??? That proves it. They have NO taste!

And Dark Angel and Futurama too? Insane troll logic strikes again.


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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 6:26 AM

MATTCOZ


Quote:

Peter: Everybody I've got bad news. We've been cancelled.
Lois: Oh no Peter! How could they do that?
Peter: Well unfortuantely Lois, there's just no more room on the schedule. We just gotta accept the fact that FOX has to make room for terrific shows like Dark Angel, Titus, Undeclared, Action, That 80's Show, Wonderfalls, Fast Lane, Andy Richter Controls The Universe, Skin, Girl's Club, Cracking Up, The Pitts, Firefly, Get Real, Freaky Links, Wanda At Large, Costello, The Lone Gunman, A Minute with Stan Hooper, Normal Ohio, Pasadena, Harsh Realm, Keen Eddy, The Street, American Embassy, Cedric The Entertainer, The Tick, Louie, And Greg The Bunny....
Lois: Is there no hope?
Peter: Well I suppose if ALL those shows go down the tubes we might have a shot.


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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 6:41 AM

GROUNDED


Keen Eddie was good too. It always amused me that all the British police in it seemed to carry guns...

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 6:41 AM

JONESTEIN


Brimstone
John Doe (though it was starting to JTS)
Futurama
Strange Luck
Arrested Development (ok, they gave it 3 seasons so I guess they tried...still ticks me off)
Greg the Bunny
Dark Angel (FOX pretty much sabotaged season two, so I quit watching)

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 6:45 AM

JONESTEIN


Of course, for a COMPLETE list of all shows Fox cancelled (after Family Guy), see the beginning of the first season four episode, where Peter rattles off EVERY show Fox aired after the cancellation of Family Guy.

I laughed for days...

Edit: Ooops, sorry, didn't see MC's post above mine mentioning this already...oh well, still LMAO anyway...


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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 6:59 AM

MATTCOZ


Quote:

Originally posted by Jonestein:
Of course, for a COMPLETE list of all shows Fox cancelled (after Family Guy), see the beginning of the first season four episode, where Peter rattles off EVERY show Fox aired after the cancellation of Family Guy.

Look 3 posts above yours.

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 7:40 AM

ZOMBIASH


I miss Freakylinks; I wish a DVD would come out.

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 7:44 AM

V


Somehow with Fox, I suspect they WANT to appeal to the lowest common denominator by airing mindless crap. (simpsons aside, but really now)

Remember, Remember the fifth of November

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 7:51 AM

LEIGHKOHL


I know it was mentioned first by Mattcoz, but Wonderfalls!!! It was funny and inventive! There was an absurdity to it, but the actors were so grounded and committed to their roles that it never seeemed forced or fake. I was listening to the commentary when they were talking about story arcs for the second and third season, and all I wanted was to see those episodes. Pretty much how everyone on this site laments to see more Firefly. It boggles the mind to think that showing only four episodes is really going to garner an audience. Maybe it's ahead of it's time, like most good things are.

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:14 AM

MATTCOZ


Quote:

Originally posted by Leighkohl:
I know it was mentioned first by Mattcoz, but Wonderfalls!!! It was funny and inventive! There was an absurdity to it, but the actors were so grounded and committed to their roles that it never seeemed forced or fake. I was listening to the commentary when they were talking about story arcs for the second and third season, and all I wanted was to see those episodes. Pretty much how everyone on this site laments to see more Firefly. It boggles the mind to think that showing only four episodes is really going to garner an audience. Maybe it's ahead of it's time, like most good things are.

I had watched it when it was first on tv, and it really hooked me. I wasn't really surprised when it was cancelled, but it still upset me. I recently got to see some of the other episodes on Logo and was reminded of how damn good the show was, so I ordered the DVD set and I'm receiving it tomorrow. Looking forward to hearing those commentaries.

You know, Fox has put out some of the best shows, and even now a few of my favorite shows are on Fox. The problem is that the production side of Fox and the scheduling/promotion side of Fox are so completely seperate and have completely different goals.

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:27 AM

LEIGHKOHL


Mattcoz-You're going to love the DVD set!! Make sure to watch the episodes in order and my favs have to be Safety Canary and Lying Pig (although Lovesick Ass is great!). Oh and my favorite line ever uttered on television is in Wound-Up Penguin! I literally spit out my drink when I heard Caroline Dhavernas say the words! Enjoy!

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 11:13 AM

MATTCOZ


Which line are you referring to?

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 11:28 AM

OLDMANSPLITFOOT


Titus was great, and even got three seasons before it got canned. If I recall, it's night kept getting switched, and they'd just not play it sometimes if they didn't feel like it. I keep thinking about picking up the DVDs.

Wouldn't it be great if we had all been born in an alternate 'verse where Fox wasn't ran by idiots who cancel shows way too soon?

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 12:30 PM

UNREGISTEREDCOMPANION


Just got the Profit DVD's. It was as good as I remembered.

Wonderfalls...caught one episode then it was gone.

The show with the geeks from X-file...Lone Gunman? I liked that one too.

Futurama...still way funnier than most shows in production.

American Dad seems to finally have hit it's stride...and then it wasn't on Sunday...WTF?!?!

~~~~~
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 12:33 PM

MATTCOZ


Quote:

Originally posted by UnregisteredCompanion:
Wonderfalls...caught one episode then it was gone.

Check out the reruns on Logo, it's on atleast twice a day.

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 3:19 PM

WOLFINSHEPHERDSCLOTHING


Ahhh, Brisco County, Jr!
What a great show that was. And the allusions to modern day pop culture were priceless.

1. Bohler getting donuts from a kid named Duncan.
2. The professor building a derigible out of metal (A Lead Zepplin!)
3. A new weave of cotton that was stronger than steel (Blue Jeans)

Anyone remember any others? I have a good 15-20 episodes of this show on VCR tapes. I would love to convert them to DVD but I know the quality will suffer. Were these ever released on DVD?

Strange Luck with D.B. Sweeney was a great show too. The last episode I saw had him checking his account and finding someone deposited 1 million dollars in it. Where did that plot line go anyway?

Futurama!!! At least we have the four green-lit direct to DVD movies to look forward to now.

Come on, Fox! Where's the love?!

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 3:40 PM

SADLITTLEKING


Quote:

Originally posted by WOLFINSHEPHERDSCLOTHING:
Ahhh, Brisco County, Jr!
What a great show that was. And the allusions to modern day pop culture were priceless.

1. Bohler getting donuts from a kid named Duncan.
2. The professor building a derigible out of metal (A Lead Zepplin!)
3. A new weave of cotton that was stronger than steel (Blue Jeans)

Anyone remember any others? I have a good 15-20 episodes of this show on VCR tapes. I would love to convert them to DVD but I know the quality will suffer. Were these ever released on DVD?



http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/brisco/index.cfm

Brisco is coming to DVD. Fans are being allowed to vote on the cover art at the above link.

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 3:46 PM

WOLFINSHEPHERDSCLOTHING


Thanks for the link! This is excellent news, indeed!!

I voted for the second cover (Bruce holding the gun).

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 4:56 AM

STEAMER


Does anybody remember 'Space: Above and Beyond'? I think it's been ten years since that show's single-season run - it lasted only marginally longer than Firefly, being aired on Sunday nights and always, ALWAYS delayed/pre-empted by football.

Between S:AAB and Firefly, a FOX contract is a death warrant for a character-driven sci-fi show.

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"We'll pass through it soon enough."

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 5:31 AM

JETTHD


Fox's first year on the airwaves also provided us with Fox's first sci-fi cancellation - the Alien Nation TV series. While it was based on the movie of the same name, the series delved much more into the social ramifications of integrating an alien race into American society and, of course, was able to explore the characters in much more depth.

To Fox's credit (there's a phrase I never expected to use) they did ultimately produce 5 Alien Nation movies, the first of which wrapped up the cliffhanger ending of the series.

This wonderful series was recently released on DVD. Hopefully the movies will soon follow.

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 6:10 AM

MEGMAC


Futurama and Arrested Development are absolutely brilliant. Arrested Development in particular got screwed, it had so much further to go!

But they make House and Prison Break which balances it out a little.

NB: Fox make American Idol - exactly how many more of these are there going to be?

Mal: Wheel never stops turning, Badger.
Badger: That only matters to the people on the rim.

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 7:21 AM

SADLITTLEKING


Quote:

Originally posted by Steamer:
Does anybody remember 'Space: Above and Beyond'? I think it's been ten years since that show's single-season run - it lasted only marginally longer than Firefly, being aired on Sunday nights and always, ALWAYS delayed/pre-empted by football.

Between S:AAB and Firefly, a FOX contract is a death warrant for a character-driven sci-fi show.



I remember really enjoying Space. Haven't picked up the DVD cause I hear there are absolutely no extras. Just the episodes. No commentary or anything. Plus, I'd have to see the series again before buying it to make sure I still like it enough to spend the money. Firefly was still pretty fresh in my mind when I bought the DVD.

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 8:06 AM

KAYNA

I love my captain


I once heard a quote that if someone had a channel made up entirely of shows cancelled by FOX in the first three seasons that it would be the best channel ever. I can't remember where I heard this but I have to say that I agree.

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 2:46 PM

DANIELFYRE


Andy Richter Controls the Universe was an awesome show. I rediscovered it not too long ago and watched all the eps again. I was literally crying because I was laughing so hard. It it the kind of humor I like and it got canned WAY too early. Definately worth a look.

-Dan

Ain't that just shiny?

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