I’m on this horrible streak… Every time I decide that I’m a fan of a new show, that show gets the axe. WTF Hollywood?? Are you trying to make me suicidal?
Here I’m going to make cases for some shows that I really, really think deserved better.. You know with enough support Family Guy got new life, so why not these shows? Anything is possible, right? right?!!?
Veronica Mars
Original Run: September 22, 2004 – May 22, 2007
Kristin Bell starred as your everyday sexy/sarcastic private eye just trying to make her way through high school (and later college).
Set in the fictional California town of Neptune, each episode featured Veronica and friends solving some mystery with her ill detective skillz. The show had excellent plot lines running through each season AND individual episodes that could stand on their own.
I was really hoping for a fourth season, so that i had just a little more time to perfect my “walking through the television screen” thing. This way Veronica and Wallace (her best friend) could be my friends, and we would solve crimes, it would be awesome.
Supposedly there were talks of a possible VM movie, but those Warner Bros fucks don’t know gold when they see it UGH!
Pushing Dasies
Original Run: October 3, 2007 – June 13, 2009
Much like Rodney Dangerfield, one of the most innovative series on Television just got no respect. Combining elements of Fantasy, Musical Theater, Science Fiction, and Comedy, Pushing Dasies was as visually interesting as it was entertaining. Each episode followed a pie maker named Ned who had an interesting problem that I’ll let Wikipedia explain.
ability to bring dead things back to life by touching them. There are some conditions to this somewhat unusual talent. Ned quickly learns that if something is revived for more than exactly one minute, something of similar “life value” in the vicinity drops dead, as a form of balance. Additionally, if he touches the revived person or thing a second time, it falls dead again, this time permanently.
Wow, thanks Wikipedia! anyways, so combine that ability with a romance with a dead girl who Ned can’t touch, the peppy petite Kristin Chenoweth, and the sass of Chi McBride’s Emerson Cod and what do you get? Amazing television that a mainstream audience just didn’t get.
Love Monkey
Original Run: January 17, 2006 – May 16, 2006
Ed’s Tom Cavanagh and Beverly Hills 90210′s Jason Jason Priestley should have been a hit right? Sorry, try again. This dramedy about an A & R rep obsessed with music lasted only 4 months on CBS. It featured a young singer named Teddy Giger, who if the show had taken off would be respected with the likes of Jason Mraz. I personally enjoyed Cavanagh’s “Everything can be relatedback to music” take on life, but apparently the show was a little too hip for the number one TV network.
(Check out parts 2, 3, 4, and 5)
Eli Stone
Original Run: January 31, 2008 – July 11, 2009
Eli Stone has a Brain aneurysm that causes him to hallucinate. Those hallucinations come in many forms, ranging from a very intimate concert by George Michael in his living room to experiencing next weekz earthquake before it happened. After looking into the situation a bit, Eli made friends with a holistic healer who planted the seed that Eli might be a prophet. Eli then took his position as a high powered attorney to help people instead of making people money…. antics ensued.
(By the way… Tom Cavanagh was in this one as well, right before it got canceled hmmmmm)
Tru Calling
Original Run: October 30, 2003 – April 21, 2005
Tru Davies, played by Eliza Dushku, re-lived days and it was AMAZING. Basically Tru would go through her day until someone who died earlier than they were meant to crossed her path, which happened often because her job was that of a Medical Examiner.
It was Tru’s calling to re-live the day that person died and make it right in some way.During each episode of the show we would follow tru and her cronies (including The Hangover’s Zach Galifianakis who played her coworker at the mourge) as they would frist learn what went wrong, then how it went wrong, and finally how to make it right again….It was really better than it sounds.
Luckie Louie
Original Run: June 11, 2006 – August 27, 2006
One of the funniest comedians of our generation was given his own sitcom by HBO, it’s low budget and against the grain production made it one that had a acquired taste. Personally I wasn’t nearly as upset to see this one go as I was with the others, but I really think it was getting better by the episode.
Louie was basically about how mundane and shitty and special real life is. It was based on the comedy of star Louis CK, so it was really sarcastic and witty. My guess is that this is one of those show’s that was just a little ahead of it’s time.
(Check out parts 2 and 3 also)
Trust Me
Original Run: January 26, 2009 – April 7, 2009
The most recent of the departed featured on this list is Trust Me, a brilliant and entertaining drama about the advertising indusrty. In the show Mason, a creative director played by Will and Grace’s Erick MacCormick and Conner a genius/irresponsable copywriter played by…. fuck me….. Tom Cavanagh. The chemistry alone made this show worth wathcing and… Jesus Cavanagh just cant get a break huh? this one only lasted 3 months Tom you need to look into some kind of actor’s tenure or something, poor guy..
Arrested Development
Original Run: November 2, 2003 – February 10, 2006
I must admit that I am WAY late to the arrested development party. Thanks to friends with DVDs and Hulu I have officially joined the bandwagon. But, GOD-DAMN is this a good show! I’m not even going to explain why just watch the video!
What shows do you guys think deserved a better fate, I’m sure ya’ll have lists wayyy different than mine.
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