What shows got canceled before they had a chance....

[GrayLinnorm]

I can't believe I forgot this one on my last post --- The Critic. "I had a big show on ABC --- for about a week".

 

[mojo1701]

Quark's holosuites on DS9. I especially remember that there was one episode where Quark kept trying to get a holo-image of major Kira, which she did not appreciate.

Also, Quark owning a copy of the various parts of the holoprogram "Vulcan Love Slave."

 

[Ranger REG]

Yancy Butler was great. iirc, the show folded its tents because of her substance-abuse problems.

Too bad they didn't find someone else to take her place.

 

[DarrenGMiller]

I can't believe I forgot this one on my last post --- The Critic. "I had a big show on ABC --- for about a week".

Oops... another one I forgot too.

DM

 

[mojo1701]

Too bad they didn't find someone else to take her place.

To take over her role or her substance abuse problem?

 

[Knightfall]

Louise Robey was a fine woman certainly. I remember when I saw a movie at about 3 in the morning in which she got naked. It was like a dream come true. . .

That would be the movie "Play Nice" (1992) for those that are interested.
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0105147/

She was also in the movies "The Money Pit" and "Raw Deal" which both came out in 1986. She hasn't done any movies since 1992. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and is now 45.

Some trivia bits...

* Formed the rock group, "Louise and the Creeps."

* At age 19 modelled for Paris Vogue 1979 Pret a Porter issue for Sonia Rykiel and Yves St. Laurent designs.

* In 1984 had a hit song, a remake "One Night In Bangkok" from the Play "Chess" which was concurrently released with the original song by Murray Head.

* Measurements: 34B-23-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

I love IMDB - you can find anything.

KF72

 

[glass]

• Point Pleasant
• Roswel
• Seven Days
• Dark Skies
• American Gothic
• Firefly
• Joking Apart
• Ultraviolet

In some ways, I'm not comparing like with like in this list. Roswel is on their because of how badly it was treated in the UK (show first season on Sunday mornings, second season erratically, and third season no at all). OTOH, Firefly is on their because it was axed in the US (it has never been shown in the UK at all, AFAIK -thank goodness for DVD).


glass.

 

[Rackhir]

• Ultraviolet

Ah, yes. Ultraviolet. Damm that was a good series. Highly recomend it to people, it is available on DVD over here. OTOH, if the series had continued I supposes it's possible that Jack Davenport wouldn't have been available for Coupling which would also have been a tragedy.

 

[sniffles]

<snip>"The Prisoner" - late 60's. Now considered a classic - only ran for sixteen episodes <snip>

Now while I agree that "The Prisoner" is a classic, I don't agree that it was cancelled before its time. It wasn't cancelled. They made 16 episodes, period. There was never any intention of making more. It had a beginning, a middle, and an end. In Britain they don't always do a "season" in the same way US tv does. It doesn't have to have 24 episodes to be complete.

But a British series I would say was cancelled before its time is "Sapphire and Steel". Even though it had a sort of wrap-up episode, it ended with no real resolution, which sucked.

Another one that died too soon is "Star Cops". The special effects were pretty cheesy, but it had great scripts. It was really a cop show that just incidentally happened to take place on the moon. They really did their best to keep the science accurate.

I'd also say the series "Due South" ended too soon, although I know it ran for 3 or 4 seasons. But it kept getting interrupted and moved around until I lost track of when it was on.

 

[Ranger REG]

To take over her role or her substance abuse problem?

Her role. Her substance abuse is her own problem to overcome.