Comments on: Top 10 Most Tragic Geek TV Show Cancellations

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:48:32 +0000

Definitely a good list… I was limited in my TV watching as a kid, so I missed many of these shows, but I agree with most of the shows on here. The only show whose cancelation truly devistated me, though, was Firefly. I never had much respect for Fox, but when they tried to kill firefly they only succeeded in killing themselves, in my eyes. Thank goodness for Serenity…what would all us loyal JW fans do without it?
On the subject of Joss… I have to say I loved Buffy. I loved the first season, and I loved the last. But I was glad it was over. And I don’t think it should go on this list… an 8th season would have been a bad idea… and not that I didn’t love it, but perhaps the seventh season was a bad idea. I had the same reaction to Charmed dying… I’d enjoyed it, but it had to end before someone got hurt. :)
Push Nevada was awesome… I really got invested in that show, and when it suddenly stopped I felt like all the hard work I’d done trying to keep up had been flushed down the toiled! That was real frustrating…
The only other show that truly got me angry upon being cancelled, though it doesn’t qualify as Geek TV… is the Brittish parody of Friends, Coupling. That was a fun show…

By: Opie

Opie — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:34:34 +0000

Along the same “Freaks and Geeks” line, you have to give a shout-out to “Undeclared.” Another Appatow gem that I’m still convinced was one of the funniest shows I’ve ever seen.

But when you think about it, had either Freaks and Geeks or Undeclared run it’s course, would we have 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad, Pineapple Express, Forgetting Sarah Marshall or even Kevin Smith’s upcoming movie (which I’m just going to assume will rock) Zack and Miri Make a Porno?

By: Jinx

Jinx — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:45:38 +0000

OMG, what about “The Chronicle” and “Farscape”! Helloooooo? 2 of the smartest, best written shows on SciFi Channel – gone waaaay too soon!

By: James

James — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:51:13 +0000

Stargate atlantis!!!

By: Soymaid

Soymaid — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:43:59 +0000

I agree with everything on this list (I mean, every show on this list I either love or don’t know at all, both of which support their inclusion). I wanted to add if I may two extremely-short run shows, very different, but equal for their place in my heart: Freaks and Geeks, and Clone High.

By: Hawk

Hawk — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:22:14 +0000

I love Firefly and agree with it’s place on the list for the most part…but I think there’s one MAJOR show missing from the list an that’s Twin Peaks. It probably inspired shows like Lost as much as you claim Push, Nevada did (I’m just guessing as I’ve never seen Push, Nevada but I have seen all of Twin Peaks and Lost).

Twin Peaks was awesome.

By: psy-ko

psy-ko — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:59:42 +0000

Wow, I didnt know I was a geek! V was awesome! And BG1980, loved it! Another great but canceled Scifi was Forever Knight, at least they did let them give it somewhat of an ending. Outside the relm of sci fi though I have to vote for square pegs as being one of the wrongly canceled geek shows.

By: Eli_Jansen

Eli_Jansen — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:56:03 +0000

Oh… i miss arrested development
I can’t believe that people who ARE funny get cancelled… i don’t watch that much series, butthe ones that i fell in love with got cancelled…

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:48:18 +0000

BSG 1980? You have got to be kidding me – it’s a shame it was ever produced, not a shame it was cancelled. I’ve only seen the first two eps, but oh my god – awful. Perhaps you meant the original series, not the 1980 version?

By: Uboat509

Uboat509 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:01:48 +0000

How can you have a list like this and not have Farscape on it? What about MST3K? Or Lexx?