TV shows cancelled too soon
by CoffeeCharlie | created - 08 Jul 2013 | updated - 4 months ago | PublicA list of TV shows that was axed way too early.
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1. Firefly (2002–2003)
TV-14 | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.
Stars: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin
Votes: 281,650
2. Lie to Me (2009–2011)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
About Cal Lightman, the world's leading deception expert who studies facial expressions and involuntary body language to expose the truth behind the lies.
Stars: Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines, Monica Raymund
Votes: 127,828
3. Standoff (2006–2007)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A pair of hostage negotiators try to resist their budding attraction to each other.
Stars: Ron Livingston, Rosemarie DeWitt, Gina Torres, Michael Cudlitz
Votes: 2,164
4. Moonlight (2007–2008)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
An immortal vampire and private investigator struggles to exist after he was bitten 60 years ago by his vampire bride. He is also internally tormented as he falls in love with one he should not.
Stars: Alex O'Loughlin, Sophia Myles, Jason Dohring, Shannyn Sossamon
Votes: 25,032
5. Cold Case (2003–2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she's assigned "cold cases," older crimes that have never been solved.
Stars: Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Jeremy Ratchford
Votes: 31,469
6. Life (I) (2007–2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Charlie Crews was framed, convicted and cleared for a crime he didn't commit. Twelve years of hard time have given him a unique philosophy on life and criminal investigation. Now he's readjusting to a world that's moved on.
Stars: Damian Lewis, Sarah Shahi, Adam Arkin, Brent Sexton
Votes: 35,281
7. My So-Called Life (1994–1995)
TV-14 | 912 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A 15-year-old girl and her trials and tribulations of being a teenager and dealing with friends, guys, parents, and school.
Stars: Bess Armstrong, Wilson Cruz, Claire Danes, Devon Gummersall
Votes: 21,971
8. FreakyLinks (2000–2001)
TV-14 | 60 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A take-off on "The Blair Witch Project," in which a guy finds out that his supposedly dead brother isn't dead after all when he sees him on the Internet. It's all about his spooky adventures in finding the truth.
Stars: Ethan Embry, Lisa Sheridan, Karim Prince, Lizette Carrion
Votes: 962
9. Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Drama
A high school mathlete starts hanging out with a group of burnouts while her younger brother navigates his freshman year.
Stars: Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine
Votes: 153,227
10. Young Americans (2000)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
Portrays life at Rawley Summer Academy, an elite school in Connecticut where boys with a bright Ivy League future spend the summer industriously in classes and rowing training on the lake.
Stars: Mark Famiglietti, Kate Bosworth, Rodney Scott, Kate Moennig
Votes: 1,642
11. Dangerous Minds (1996–1997)
60 min | Drama
Based on the major motion picture starring Michelle Pfeiffer.
Stars: Annie Potts, Tamala Jones, Cedrick Terrell, K. Todd Freeman
Votes: 212
12. The Client (1995–1996)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A courageous lawyer, who has just started practicing law while recovering from alcoholism.
Stars: JoBeth Williams, John Heard, Polly Holliday, David Barry Gray
Votes: 266
13. Red Band Society (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of teenagers live together as patients at a hospital's pediatric ward and learn how to deal with their illnesses, the experiences that they have, and the people that they meet.
Stars: Octavia Spencer, Dave Annable, Astro, Ciara Bravo
Votes: 10,291
14. Summerland (2004–2005)
60 min | Drama
Bradin, Nikki and Derrick are three kids from an average normal Kansas household. Their whole life is thrown upside-down when their parents are tragically killed in a car accident.
Stars: Lori Loughlin, Merrin Dungey, Ryan Kwanten, Jesse McCartney
Votes: 4,013
15. Once and Again (1999–2002)
60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A divorced father and a soon-to-be divorced mother meet and begin a romantic courtship which is always complicated by their respective children and their own life problems.
Stars: Sela Ward, Billy Campbell, Jeffrey Nordling, Julia Whelan
Votes: 2,996
16. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Set after the events in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Sarah Connor and her son, John, try to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing Armageddon.
Stars: Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Richard T. Jones
Votes: 62,818
17. The 4400 (2004–2007)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
As the reappearance of 4,400 missing persons on a single day confounds the global community, federal agents on the case slowly discover the ways in which the victims have been changed.
Stars: Jacqueline McKenzie, Joel Gretsch, Patrick John Flueger, Conchita Campbell
Votes: 46,877
18. Sports Night (1998–2000)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Casey McCall and Dan Rydell are sports anchors and best friends on "Sports Night", a nightly cable program.
Stars: Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina
Votes: 8,616
19. Space: Above and Beyond (1995–1996)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Earth is embroiled in a desperate war against alien invaders, and this series focuses on one squadron of Marine pilots involved in it.
Stars: Morgan Weisser, Kristen Cloke, Rodney Rowland, Joel de la Fuente
Votes: 8,667
20. Alcatraz (2012)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In 1963, all the prisoners and guards mysteriously disappear from Alcatraz. In the present day, they resurface and a secret agency are tasked with re-capturing them.
Stars: Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Jonny Coyne, Parminder Nagra
Votes: 40,281
21. Vengeance Unlimited (1998–1999)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
The mysterious Mr. Chapel helps others to gain vengeance against criminals.
Stars: Michael Madsen, Kathleen York, Scott Patterson, Dayton Callie
Votes: 1,176
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