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Originally posted by fray101:
Doesn't need an American to answer that!

I'm a recent convert myself - and no, that is it. I believe only 4 episodes were actually aired before Fox pulled the plug.

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Originally posted by PurpleBelly:
If having only one (half-?) season hurts too much, you could make believe that it's two seasons of a BBC show

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Originally posted by SimonWho:
Actually the first series of Spooks had 6 episodes, the next two series had 10 each.

But things like Jonathan Creek have had 3 episode runs recently.

And isn't Caroline fabulous? She needs to be in more stuff.

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Originally posted by fray101:
I was going to say "are there worse words in the English language than X will return next year" but then reaslised that of course there are: "X will never be returning, sorry - that's your lot."

I just googled for Stainless Steel & drew a blank. Maybe I imagined it....

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Originally posted by fray101:
Zoot - I have no doubt you're right! It's funny how some things just stick in your mind all these years though. Sorry to say I have no recollection of Children of Fire Mountain, but ah, the Tripods....surely with TWOTW fever this is the time for them to make a comeback?!

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Originally posted by SimonWho:
Are you thinking of Captain Zep - Space Detective?

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Originally posted by fray101:
Ah, The Adventure Game...(wipes small tear away).

Ooh, "Captain Zep, Captain Zep...Super Space Detective"!!! Loved that show!

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Originally posted by SimonWho:
I vaguely recall Captain Zep, mostly the theme tune. I have much stronger memories of The Adventure Game, that was wonderfully barmy.

I think any Americans who wander into this thread are just going to go "Oh look, the Brits have lost it again." and leave us to it.

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Originally posted by fray101:
I think we can safely say the Clangers would have been axed quicker than Wonderfalls! "But, they're talking in whistles - how will the audience understand them?".

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Originally posted by Zol:
We may have lost Cricket but we`ve still got our marbles

Can you remember `The Great Egg Race` ? that`s what I thought of when you mentioned the `Adventure Game` - classic TV.

Another Fox program that fell over was `The Lone Gunmen` (Gawd I forgot the title) - again maybe Fox execs just don`t like to be associated with briliance and kookieness at the same time

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Originally posted by Zoot:
Ok so it’s not really a sci-fi series unless talking animals counts (and Tim Minear), but following a recommendation from someone on this site (possibly the voracious Chrisisall), I bought the first season on R1 DVD …

I watched it over the last couple of weeks.

I thought it started slowly, but was totally hooked by midseason and loved the ending (including our own Ms Staite playing an evil bitch with a heart) and now, due to my horrendously addictive personality – I WANT MORE!!

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Originally posted by BlackEyedGirl:
I LOVED Wonderfalls when it was on. I made everyone I knew watch it. Then Fox killed it, and I gotta say I wasn't surprised. I wasn't happy, but i wasn't surprised. It would have been best teamed up with something like Arrested Development. Tru Calling was a crap lead in for it. And then they moved it to the Friday night death slot and it was over.

I read a Tim Minear interview where he revealed some of the stuff that was going to happen in season 2, like the virgin conception of Jaye's sister (the lesbian). It actually sounded like they had big plans for this show, and so I'm even more crushed about it's death.

If you like Wonderfalls you'd probably love Dead Like Me, which is done by one half of the Wonderfalls team (the half that isn't Tim). But it only got 2 seasons, which is not nearly enough either.

The American ratings and TV system is in big trouble. They are always looking for the next friends, when in all reality it'll be damn hard to attract that sort of wide-ranging audience to anything these days. If you think about it, Buffy only got a chance cos it was on a struggling network, much in the way that Veronic Mars is on UPN now. Had the WB been Fox Buffy wouldn't have made it to half-way through season 1. And imagine that, a world without Buffy...

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Hey- thanks! Shall send that onto my brother.

1981 - gulp!

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Originally posted by Declan:
re: Canceled shows with cliff hangers

Many years ago there was an episode of a SF/Horror/fantasy show where Aliens have come to Earth to revive a TV show that was not picked up for the following season and ended with a cliff hanger. The Aliens have been monitoring our radio/TV transmissions and they think this show is High Art. So, the story revolves around them reassembling the show to make the final episode.

I can't remember which TV series this episode was on. I guessing something like New Outer Limits or New Twilight Zone. Does this episode sound familar to anyone? And do you which series it was on?

(And, if there are any Aliens out there, I got a list of shows for you...)

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Originally posted by Declan:
re: Canceled shows with cliff hangers

Many years ago there was an episode of a SF/Horror/fantasy show where Aliens have come to Earth to revive a TV show that was not picked up for the following season and ended with a cliff hanger. The Aliens have been monitoring our radio/TV transmissions and they think this show is High Art. So, the story revolves around them reassembling the show to make the final episode.

I can't remember which TV series this episode was on. I guessing something like New Outer Limits or New Twilight Zone. Does this episode sound familar to anyone? And do you which series it was on?

(And, if there are any Aliens out there, I got a list of shows for you...)

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Actually....that happened in an episode of "Futurma"...

A planet was 1000 light years away, and they showed up in the year 3000 demanding an ending to "Single Female Lawyer" (guess which show that was a paradoy of?)

(Oh, and all 13 "Wonderfalls" are out on DVD...)

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Originally posted by Declan:
re: Canceled shows with cliff hangers

Many years ago there was an episode of a SF/Horror/fantasy show where Aliens have come to Earth to revive a TV show that was not picked up for the following season and ended with a cliff hanger. The Aliens have been monitoring our radio/TV transmissions and they think this show is High Art. So, the story revolves around them reassembling the show to make the final episode.

I can't remember which TV series this episode was on. I guessing something like New Outer Limits or New Twilight Zone. Does this episode sound familar to anyone? And do you which series it was on?

(And, if there are any Aliens out there, I got a list of shows for you...)

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Actually....that happened in an episode of "Futurma"...

A planet was 1000 light years away, and they showed up in the year 3000 demanding an ending to "Single Female Lawyer" (guess which show that was a paradoy of?)

(Oh, and all 13 "Wonderfalls" are out on DVD...)

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Originally posted by HotForKaylee:
Just had to chime in with 2 more shows given the short end of the stick.

The first show is Miracles. David Greenwalt worked on this show and it was on in 2003. I first heard about the show from visiting here and watched it from the start. Unfortunately, it got bumped around by ABC and axed after only six shows with another seven in the can never aired. It is now on DVD (at least in the states) and Amazon has a deal if you buy this and Wonderfalls together.

Another great network decision was the way CBS handling one of the best shows ever American Gothic. Between 95 & 96 they showed the show on different nights and out of order. Well, being a show with an actual story and an arc this messed up everything to anyone who was trying to watch. The show was just great and Sci-fi has shown it on occasion. Well, come October 25 it too will finally be on DVD including the four episodes that CBS did not air.

These are two shows I strongly advise people to check out (well, first being Firefly and Wonderfalls is also up there), but believe me, American Gothic was truly a great show.




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