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Spinoff: Cancelled shows you can't believe weren't picked up by another network

Posted on 2/5/21 at 9:58 am
Posted by Muthsera
Member since Jun 2017
7319 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 9:58 am
Prompted by the Last Man on Earth thread.

I nominate Trial & Error, a WB production that aired on NBC. It was a mockumentary sitcom parodying true crime documentaries in a limited series format. The cast was good and the guest stars (John Lithgow S1, Kristin Chenoweth S2) put it over the top.

After NBC declined the S3 option, it got shopped but not picked up. Would have been a perfect fit for Netflix, still can't believe they passed.
Posted by Athos
Member since Sep 2016
11878 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 10:06 am to
I wish the streaming thing had been more of a thing when Almost Human aired.

That should have been a great show with Karl Urban. Fox strikes again.
Posted by skrayper
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Member since Nov 2012
30904 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 10:24 am to
If it had been cancelled today, I promise you Firefly would be picked up by Netflix or HBO.
Posted by atrain5
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Member since Sep 2017
2209 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 10:37 am to
Arrested Development. Glad it's on Netflix but the seasons Netflix made were atrocious x years after it was pulled
This post was edited on 2/5/21 at 10:38 am
Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
Member since Oct 2008
24592 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 10:37 am to
Not that I can't believe it, because it came out when networks were busy cancelling shows left and right, but American Gothic back in the 90s was stellar programming that would be beloved today.


Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
35850 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 10:41 am to
Traffic Light on Fox was good.
Posted by WM_Tiger
NELA
Member since May 2017
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Posted on 2/5/21 at 10:41 am to
Wayward Pines
Posted by UndercoverBryologist
Member since Nov 2020
8077 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 10:47 am to
Firefly was too good for Fox. Fox loves it’s Sunday NFL and MLB packages, for good reason, but so much so that they often preempt their lineups if games run late. Really unfair to new shows without established audiences.

Firefly would have thrived on WB back in 2002.
Posted by Feral
Member since Mar 2012
12434 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 10:49 am to
Larry King never understood why Seinfeld didn’t get picked up after it got canceled by NBC.

This post was edited on 2/5/21 at 10:51 am
Posted by The Truth 34
Chavez Ravine
Member since May 2010
41170 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 10:49 am to
Happy Endings

Show was hilarious. frick you, ABC!
Posted by VoxDawg
Glory, Glory
Member since Sep 2012
60110 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 10:56 am to
Swingtown on CBS should've been an HBO series

Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23 was seriously under the radar, IMO.

Emergence on ABC screams Fox, but no dice, unfortuately.
Posted by Sasquatch Smash
Member since Nov 2007
24037 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 11:01 am to
Off the top of my head, besides a few already mentioned:

Reaper

Pushing Daisies

Dark Matter
This post was edited on 2/5/21 at 11:02 am
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51305 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 11:01 am to
Freaks & Geeks would have done well on Netflix
Posted by Mizz-SEC
Inbred Huntin' In The SEC
Member since Jun 2013
19252 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 11:02 am to

The original Star Trek and Yes Dear
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
36062 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 11:04 am to
The Adam West Batman ABC series was still getting decent ratings and NBC was about to sign a deal to broadcast the next season. But Dozier had neglected to tell the production company that he was trying to make a deal and they had already destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Batcave and other sets. NBC wasn't going to front the additional production costs and Batman died a quick death.
This post was edited on 2/5/21 at 11:06 am
Posted by LeClerc
USVI
Member since Oct 2012
2738 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 11:04 am to
Colony

I wrote Netflix begging them to pick it up. Nada.
This post was edited on 2/5/21 at 11:07 am
Posted by drexyl
Mingovia
Member since Sep 2005
23067 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 11:08 am to
Carnivale
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Posted by Tarpon08
Cut Off, LA
Member since Dec 2014
5115 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 11:12 am to
Hannibal. We deserved more than 3 seasons.
Posted by UndercoverBryologist
Member since Nov 2020
8077 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 11:23 am to
quote:

Hannibal. We deserved more than 3 seasons.


I'm mostly satisfied with the 3 seasons we got. Without the ability to get the Clarice Starling character to add a new foil for Hannibal, it would have just descended into the platonic love affair between Graham and Lecter that Fuller was only hinting at in the 3 seasons we got.
Posted by Freauxzen
Utah
Member since Feb 2006
37295 posts
Posted on 2/5/21 at 11:29 am to
Terriers
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