FabSwingers.com forum: Tv shows which ended too soon

By *asual777 OP Man
over a year ago

i travel all over

From the lounge

More often than not lots of TV shows get criticised for outstaying their welcome and going on too long.

What is rarely mentioned are shows that ended too soon, either cancelled or just a short run story.

Which TV shows do you feel ended too soon?

Very much agree with the lounge OP about MINDHUNTER on netflix, on a hiatus for the foreseeable future.

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

Friends....

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By *opoftheworld39Man
over a year ago

Swords

Luck - TV show on HBO.

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By *ofusplusCouple
over a year ago

Limerick

Afterlife - 6 half hour episodes per series just wasn't enough

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By *iktikiCouple
over a year ago

cork

The magic roundabout

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By *al2001Man
over a year ago

kildare

Faulty towers

Only 13 made I think

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By * la carteCouple
over a year ago

Dublin

Mindhunter was absolutely class...

Also Survivors, both the original 70s series as well as the remake...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Firefly

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By *hewallMan
over a year ago

Cavan

Allo Allo

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By *ublinguy99Man
over a year ago

Dublin South

The Colony

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By *ed just RedWoman
over a year ago

Dublin City

One of the best shows I watched was “in the flesh” a zombie show. Ended after a couple of seasons. Bloody loved it!!

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By *affa31Woman
over a year ago

Galway

Orphan Black and Sense8 on Netflix

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By *eralt80Man
over a year ago

cork

Cowboy Bebop, only made one series and then they cancelled it

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By *ed just RedWoman
over a year ago

Dublin City

"Orphan Black and Sense8 on Netflix "

Sense8 was amazing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Deadwood

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ozarks

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By *asual777 OP Man
over a year ago

i travel all over

"Ozarks

It’s not over yet

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By *al2001Man
over a year ago

kildare

Manimal.

Although no amount of shows would ever be enough

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By *affa31Woman
over a year ago

Galway

"Orphan Black and Sense8 on Netflix

Sense8 was amazing. "

That orgy scene

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By *eralt80Man
over a year ago

cork

"Orphan Black and Sense8 on Netflix

Sense8 was amazing.

That orgy scene

Whoa whoa!! What’s this about an orgy? Netflix here I come

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Firefly

Dollhouse

Narcos

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By *oantrimcpl2010Couple
over a year ago

Lisburn

Phoenix Nights

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By *reland8Man
over a year ago

sandyford

"Deadwood"

A movie coming I think

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By *reland8Man
over a year ago

sandyford

"Deadwood

A movie coming I think"

Actually it was made already and I watched it….. obviously wasn’t that good ;(;(

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By *Whiskey Guy 2.0Man
over a year ago

Ballynaughty

Dark on Netflix

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By *etmebeurfantasyWoman
over a year ago

My town

Eldorado

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Neighbours, being taken from us far too soon.

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

"Eldorado

Worked up the mountains above Malaga in a place called Coin years ago

Driving up the mountains I found the set for Eldorado in a forest....abandoned

Sure had to walk around and have a look

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By *lan157Man
over a year ago

a village near Haywards Heath in East Sussex

I would suggest "The Survivors" as well . It would be very topical if they showed the remake again and finished off the story. ( The series was cancelled leaving us with a cliff hanger as last episode)

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By *rLunaMan
over a year ago

Belfast

Father Ted, obvs. Heartbreaking!

It wasn't very big at the time, but the original Utopia by E4 was unreal.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Deadwood

A movie coming I think

Actually it was made already and I watched it….. obviously wasn’t that good ;(;("

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By *aptain Caveman41Man
over a year ago

Home

Star trek enterprise

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I would suggest "The Survivors" as well . It would be very topical if they showed the remake again and finished off the story. ( The series was cancelled leaving us with a cliff hanger as last episode) "

Original or remake (never made it to the last episode of either but enjoyed the first series of both)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Love hate

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cowboy Bebop, only made one series and then they cancelled it "

I thought I was the only that enjoyed that

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

On the buses.

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By *Whiskey Guy 2.0Man
over a year ago

Ballynaughty

"Love hate"

Was expecting other new series

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

Rumpole of the Bailey.

Rumpole was aptly played by an Australian actor called Leo McKern, who was Ryan the pub owner in David Lean's famous film, Ryan's Daughter.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Firefly

The grand tour

Boston legal

Father Ted

All ended way too soon leaving us wanting more

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By *easingTimMan
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

HUNG

I thought it was hilarious

but I think I laughed alone!!!

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By *ezoMan
over a year ago

The Kingdom

"Firefly"

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By *ohnSmith200555Man
over a year ago

Wexford

George and Mildred

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Firefly

Dollhouse

Narcos

I wish they made more narcos but I’m also glad they didn’t try drag it out either

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By *NawtyCplCouple
over a year ago

Around and about

The L Word

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"George and Mildred "

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By *cottybear74Man
over a year ago

kilkenny

Taboo

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By *amsandwichMan
over a year ago

Oughterard

"Orphan Black and Sense8 on Netflix "

Loved Sense8 - the Van Damme thing was cool and fun

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Father Ted

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan

Homefront, an American series set in post war Ohio, featuring returned soldiers and their families, misogyny, racism, martial difficulties, women's lib etc.

I thought it was really good but apparently the American networks thought it was too heavy.

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By *appyPandaMan
over a year ago

Kilkenny, but Dublin is more fun

"Cowboy Bebop, only made one series and then they cancelled it "

Do you mean the Netflix adaptation of an absolutely classic timeless anime? It's good it's cancelled. It was an absolute travesty and an absolute insult to the characters and atmosphere of the original. I really tried to watch it with an open mind

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

East Ender's, no wait I just wish it was cancelled.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

The tv shows which are mostly fondly remembered are often those which had the shortest runs; for example Fawlty Towers.

These gems are very fondly remembered; sharp scripts, high production values, superb acting by carefully chosen actors, etc.

By way of contrast, the TV show, Crossroads, ran for nearly 5,000 episodes and is never mentioned fondly.

It was flogged to death.

One show that definitely ran for much too long was The Benny Hill Show, which today is crass, tacky and sexist. It is currently being rebroadcast on Free view; frankly I am both bored and embarrassed that I ever watched this trash.

The astute producers of TV gems know intuitively that "less is more"!

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

Crossroads is still mentioned fondly by those of us that had a bit of a crush on Miss Diane

And I definitely have met a few Bennys on various jobs

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

The cancellation of the original Star Trek series in the late-1960s has been proven to one of the worst business mistakes of all time.

It was through syndication of the shows that the original TV production company, Desilu discovered they had an enduring gem to exploit commercially.

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By *adrarfjordr VoyeurMan
over a year ago

Waterford

Rome, after an excellent first series they had to cram about 3 seasons worth of story into the second when they knew they were being cancelled.

Similarly Game of Thrones needed at least one maybe two more seasons to finish the story properly.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Spaced, The Day Today, Brass Eye, Y: The Last Man

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

The Prisoner by actor Patrick McGoohan was an impenetrable and almost incomprehensible drama, that was actually filmed in a fantasy village in Wales: white balls chasing prisoners, Mini Moke cars, and everyone known by a number.

Avant-garde dystopianism, which still has its followers who dress up in blazers (and visit the village) that were worn by 'the prisoners', who also included McGoohan himself!

Very weird drama indeed; if it hadn't stopped, I might have eventually been able to decipher what it was actually about.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

Apologies;

I could not remember the actual filming location: it was Portmeirion which was designed and built by architect-Clough Williams Ellis, over a long period.

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By *reland8Man
over a year ago

sandyford

The newsroom, and agree with others, GOT was just rush, and story/script fell off a cliff when the source material ran out

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By *rankbMan
over a year ago

around

F Troop!

Tiswaz!

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By *al2001Man
over a year ago

kildare

Bosco.

Or maybe it was my childhood ended too soon

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan

"Bosco.

Or maybe it was my childhood ended too soon"

If you were getting fisted every day for all those years you'd get sick of it as well.

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By *oreignaffairKKMan
over a year ago

Between CW and KK

My name is Earl: he hasn't even had chance to do the half of the list before the series was cancelled.

Better Call Saul: I know it's not over, but this will be the last season unfortunately. I hope there will be a series about Gene in Omaha too.

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By *al2001Man
over a year ago

kildare

"Bosco.

Or maybe it was my childhood ended too soon

If you were getting fisted every day for all those years you'd get sick of it as well.

You're making a lot of assumptions there Mike

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan

"Bosco.

Or maybe it was my childhood ended too soon

If you were getting fisted every day for all those years you'd get sick of it as well.

You're making a lot of assumptions there Mike

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By *oreignaffairKKMan
over a year ago

Between CW and KK

"Rome, after an excellent first series they had to cram about 3 seasons worth of story into the second when they knew they were being cancelled.

Similarly Game of Thrones needed at least one maybe two more seasons to finish the story properly.

Rome was cancelled because it was enormously expensive. I think the second season was weaker, because the producers had to pack the story of 2-3-4. season into the second and final one. I liked it tho.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Galavant. There aren't enough comedy/fantasy/musicals out there, and it ended on such a cliffhanger. I will forever be annoyed about this

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Father Ted, obvs. Heartbreaking!

It wasn't very big at the time, but the original Utopia by E4 was unreal."
yea missed out on getting a walk on seen,filmed where I live remember it going on, the rabbit race in gaa field, speed 3 was in village up the road,Ted's house is just over the road from me...dam could be in Hollywood now.... lol

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By *ayne KerrMan
over a year ago

Lust

Chuck

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By *he MickMan
over a year ago

southside

Night manager

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By *ewCoupl01Couple
over a year ago

South Dublin

We were really enjoying Mindhunter when it got cancelled, would love to see it picked back up.

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By *ildmovementMan
over a year ago

Dublin

The Late Late show.

Ah sh*t it’s still going.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

I'm a very serious guy who enjoys documentaries, but one series I had a real fondness for was:

The Dukes of Hazzard!

Utterly superficial late-1970s series, but there was something strangely charming about it; and those denim shorts that Daisy wore were...!

I may have got her name wrong, but those pants!

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

Yes, Minister and sequel, Yes, Prime Minister were superbly scripted series, that were based on the machinations behind the scenes in Whitehall.

All of the principal actors; Derek Fowlds, Nigel Hawthorne and Paul Eddington are deceased.

The writer, Anthony Jay, allegedly had the highest level contacts whom he consulted for storylines.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

Two superb comedies that ended much too soon, over six decades ago, were:

The Phil Silvers Show, aka Sgt. Bilko, aka You'll Never Get Rich; and

The Beverly Hillbillies.

The only surviving actor from both shows is, I think, the guy who played Jed Bodine, who has capitalised in his role, minimally successfully since 1962.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

"The magic roundabout

There were about 500 episodes; and that is only the English version!

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By *aptain Caveman41Man
over a year ago

Home

Star trek enterprise

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By *in when youre winningMan
over a year ago

near here

Lights out

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Baywatch

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By *ncharted nightsCouple
over a year ago

funtown

Sons of Anarchy,Father Ted, Designated survivor, Star Trek Generations

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By *ustin-SiderMan
over a year ago

Belfast

Heroes

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