TV Shows Cancelled Before Their Time

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Stella

David Wain,Michael Showalter,Michael Ian Black

Michael Ian Black,Josh Charles,Janeane Garofalo,Alan Ruck,Elizabeth Banks,David Wain,Michael Showalter

2005 - 2005

Comedy Central

10

United States

1

Comedy

30

100
2

Arrested Development

Mitchell Hurwitz

Michael Cera,Jason Bateman,Tony Hale,Jessica Walter,Portia de Rossi,Will Arnett,Jeffrey Tambor,Alia Shawkat,Justin Lee,David Cross,Ben Stiller

2003 - 2006

Ron Howard,Brian Grazer,Mitchell Hurwitz,Imagine Entertainment

Fox Broadcasting Company

53

United States

3

Comedy,Situation comedy

30

92
3

Raines

Graham Yost

Malik Yoba,Matt Craven,Linda Park,Nicole Sullivan,Jeff Goldblum,Madeleine Stowe

2007 - 2007

NBC

7

United States

1

Crime fiction,Police procedural

92
4

Stressed Eric

" Thinking back on it, this show might have been terrible, but in fourth grade there's nothing funnier than seeing a man being choked to death by a pulsating vein from his own forehead.

1998 - 2000

13

2

Animation,Comedy

30

85
5

God, the Devil and Bob

Nancy Cartwright,French Stewart,James Garner,Alan Cumming,Laurie Metcalf,Jeff Doucette,Kath Soucie

2000 - 2000

NBC

13

Animated cartoon,Cartoon series

30

84
6

Freaks and Geeks

Paul Feig

" Why DID this show get cancelled? Everybody loved it. Everybody watched it. Everybody still loves and watches it. Television sets across the nation wept for the loss of this beauty. It was weird.

Seth Rogen,David Krumholtz,Jason Segel,Kayla Ewell,Dave "Gruber" Allen,Riley Smith,James Franco,Linda Cardellini,Shia LaBeouf,Natasha Melnick,Joanna García,Rashida Jones,Joe Flaherty,Sam McMurray,Trace Beaulieu,Chauncey Leopardi,Becky Ann Baker,Steve Bannos,John Francis Daley,Jerry Messing,Claudia Christian,Mike White,Jason Schwartzman,Shau

1999 - 2000

NBC

18

United States

Comedy,Drama,Teen drama,Comedy-drama

60

99
7

Andy Richter Controls the Universe

Victor Fresco

Paget Brewster,James Patrick Stuart,Andy Richter,Irene Molloy,Jonathan Slavin

2002 - 2003

19

United States

Situation comedy

30

80
8

Superboy

Ilya Salkind,Alexander Salkind

Stacy Haiduk,John Haymes Newton,George Chakiris,Gilbert Gottfried,Gerard Christopher

100

United States

Drama,Science fiction,Action

22

100
9

The State

Thomas Lennon,Kevin Allison,Michael Ian Black,Ben Garant,Todd Holoubek,Michael Patrick Jann,Kerri Kenney-Silver,Joe Lo Truglio,Ken Marino,Michael Showalter,David Wain

1994 - 1995

MTV

26

United States

3

Sketch comedy,Sketch

75
10

The Adventures of Pete & Pete

" Greatest opening song for a show ever. But everything went downhill at the loss of Toby Huss' portrayal of Artie, "the strongest man... in the world!" before the beginning of the third season. The two Pete's, to this day, hold strong the title of America's favorite gingers.

Heather Matarazzo,Janeane Garofalo,Toby Huss,Mike Maronna,Michelle Trachtenberg,Danny Tamberelli,Hardy Rawls

Nickelodeon

United States

3

Comedy,Drama

24,30

100

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