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When these shows come up in conversation, I get passionate. Entertaining at the very least, these are the ones that make me want to hurt the people who decided it was ok to air them but not give us a proper ending...

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  1. 1
    Sean Maher, Gina Torres, Zac Efron, Alan Tudyk, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Nathan Fillion, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Christina Hendricks More
    Joss Whedon
    2002-09-20
    Fox Broadcasting Company
    Travesty. Thank you Joss Whedon for giving us a film to wrap it up. We know you would have wowed us with many more epic adventures had the (then) Sci-Fi Channel originally aired your episodes in order...
  2. 2
    Alex O'Loughlin, Shannyn Sossamon, Jacob Vargas, Victor H. Webster, David Blue, Sophia Myles, Vanessa Lengies, Jason Dohring, Alice Greczyn, Brian J. White, Jordan Belfi, Tami Roman, Kevin Weisman, Eric Winter, Amayla Early, Holly Valance, Amber Valletta, Bryn Early More
    2007-09-28
    CBS
    Vampire P.I. with a wicked sense of humor and a wicked psycho ex. Voted #1 for the Viewers Choice Award that year....somehow that didn't help keep it on the air...
  3. 3
    Rena Sofer, Cristine Rose, Santiago Cabrera, Greg Grunberg, Robert Knepper, Taylor Cole, Madeline Zima, Adair Tishler, Richard Roundtree, Robert Forester, Jayma Mays, Milo Ventimiglia, Zachary Quinto, Dianna Agron, Tawny Cypress, Thomas Dekker, Sasha Pieterse, Ali Larter, Saemi Nakamura, Christopher Eccleston, Hayden Panettiere, Dania Ramirez, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Ray Park, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Jack Coleman, James Kyson Lee, Adrian Pasdar, David Anders, Dana Davis, Kristen Bell, Leonard Roberts, Masi Oka, Robert Forster, Noah Gray-Cabey, Jessalyn Gilsig, George Takei, Tamlyn Tomita, Ntare Mwine, Dawn Olivieri, Nick D'Agosto, Stana Katic, Lyndsy Fonseca, Missy Peregrym, Matt Lanter, Nora Zehetner, Clea DuVall More
    Tim Kring
    2006-09-25
    NBC, TF1
    I know, I know...it got 4 seasons and season 2 was AWFUL due to the writers' strike. But, man, by the time I got to season 4 when they brought the carnival in...I was glued to my seat....I'd love to know what happens next... :(
  4. 4
    Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth, Ballard Berkeley, John Cleese, Gilly Flower, Renee Roberts, Brian Hall, Prunella Scales More
    Connie Booth, John Cleese
    1975-09-19
    BBC Two
  5. 5

    Breaking In

    Odette Yustman, Christian Slater, Trevor Moore, Alyssa Milano, Bret Harrison, Michael Rosenbaum, Alphonso McAuley More
    Adam F. Goldberg, Seth Gordon
    2011-04-06
    Fox Broadcasting Company
  6. 6
    Jeff Doucette, Nick Stahl, Toby Huss, Diane Salinger, Tim DeKay, Amanda Aday, John Fleck, Ralph Waite, John Savage, Linda Hunt, Michael J. Anderson, Bree Walker, Adrienne Barbeau, Erin Sanders, Matthew McGrory, Brian Turk, Scott MacDonald, Amy Madigan, Cynthia Ettinger, Clancy Brown, K Callan, Patrick Bauchau, Carla Gallo, Don Swayze, John Carroll Lynch, Robert Knepper, Clea DuVall, Debra Christofferson More
    Daniel Knauf
    2003-09-07
    They did SO WELL on this show!! Do I get an ending? No....of course not! Lets all just kill everything that's original and different!!
  7. 7
    Enver Gjokaj, Summer Glau, Amy Acker, Eliza Dushku, Jeff Doucette, Mehcad Brooks, Fran Kranz, Miracle Laurie, Erin Cummings, Felicia Day, Olivia Williams, Reed Diamond, Tahmoh Penikett, Harry J. Lennix, Dichen Lachman More
    Joss Whedon
    2009-01
    Fox Broadcasting Company
    Dear Joss Whedon: Why did television dump you after 'Buffy'? I for one, could see the underlying plots that were surfacing only to be crushed by a cancellation. Lame. This was SUCH a creative idea.
  8. 8
    Luke Mably, Travis Caldwell, James Preston, Skyler Samuels, Rhona Mitra, Chandra West, Marisol Nichols, Janina Gavankar, Frank Grillo, Colton Haynes More
    Richard Hatem
    2010-06-20
  9. 9
    Eric Stonestreet, Chi McBride, Swoosie Kurtz, Autumn Reeser, David Arquette, Lee Pace, Joel McHale, Jim Dale, Jayma Mays, Kristin Chenoweth, Anna Friel, Field Cate, Ellen Greene More
    Bryan Fuller
    2007-10-03
    American Broadcasting Company
  10. 10
    Ann-Margret, Delta Burke, Robert Gant, Hank Harris, Sara Rue, Sandra Oh, Scott Bryce, Leslie Bibb, Christopher Gorham, Tammy Lynn Michaels, Ron Lester, Carly Pope, Wentworth Miller, Lisa Darr, Jane Lynch, Anthony Montgomery, Michelle Krusiec, Bryce Johnson, Diane Delano, Tamara Mello, Leslie Grossman, Brie Larson More
    Ryan Murphy
    1999-09-29
    You have to get past the first few episodes which kind of play out like a cheesy high school comedy. Once you do that, though, it's the type of show that makes you laugh out loud just thinking about it. Oh, and I WANT MY ENDING!!
  11. 11
    Rosearik Rikki Simons, Lucille Bliss, Melissa Fahn, Richard Steven Horvitz, Andy Berman, Rodger Bumpass, Wally Wingert, Kevin McDonald, R. Lee Ermey More
    Jhonen Vasquez
    2001-03-30
    Nickelodeon
    ZIMMM!!!
  12. 12
    Jasmine Guy, Laura Harris, Erica Cerra, Greg Kean, Christine Willes, Rebecca Gayheart, Mandy Patinkin, Cynthia Stevenson, Callum Blue, Britt McKillip, Ellen Muth, Crystal Dahl, A. J. Cook, Yeardley Smith More
    Bryan Fuller
    2003-06-27
    Showtime
    She dies and becomes a grim reaper....kind of flippin' awesome.
  13. 13
    Bret Harrison, Missy Peregrym, Rick Gonzalez, Valarie Rae Miller, Donavon Stinson, Christine Willes, Armie Hammer, Ken Marino, Tyler Labine, Ray Wise, Andrew Airlie, Jessica Stroup, Erica Cerra, Julia Anderson More
    Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters
    2007-09-25
    The CW Television Network
  14. 14
    Kay Panabaker, Christina Chang, Jimmy Bennett, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Romany Malco, Josh Stewart, Michael Chiklis, Lucy Lawless, Julie Benz, Tate Donovan, Tricia Helfer, Autumn Reeser, Stephen Collins More
    Greg Berlanti, Jon Harmon Feldman
    2010-09-28
    At first it was what everyone said it would be-a live-action 'Incredibles'. But if you waited it out, the end of the first season really was starting to come together. It's a crying shame we won't find out what happens next.
  15. 15

    The Tick

    Mark Hamill, Kay Lenz, Cam Clarke, Jeff Doucette, Brad Garrett, Rob Paulsen, Townsend Coleman, Micky Dolenz, Jess Harnell More
    Ben Edlund
    1994-09-10
    Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Kids
    SPOON!!!!
  16. 16
    Trace Beaulieu, Samaire Armstrong, Linda Cardellini, Natasha Melnick, John Francis Daley, Ben Foster, Jerry Messing, David Krumholtz, Shia LaBeouf, Busy Philipps, Sam McMurray, James Franco, Jason Segel, Sarah Hagan, Claudia Christian, Lizzy Caplan, Thomas F. Wilson, Becky Ann Baker, Martin Starr, Ben Stiller, Dave "Gruber" Allen, Seth Rogen, Rashida Jones, Jason Schwartzman, Leslie Mann, Samm Levine, Riley Smith, Joe Flaherty, Kayla Ewell, Joanna García, Chauncey Leopardi, Steve Bannos, Mike White, Shaun Weiss, Kevin Tighe, Brianna Brown More
    Paul Feig
    1999-09-25
    NBC
  17. 17
    Kelly Rutherford, R. Lee Ermey, Craig Richards, Julius Carry, Aries Spears, Billy Drago, Bruce Campbell, John Astin, John Pyper-Ferguson, Christian Clemenson, Jeff Doucette More
    Jeffrey Boam, Carlton Cuse
    1993
    Fox Broadcasting Company
  18. 18
    Christina Hendricks, Deborah Ann Woll, Brooke Langton, Damian Lewis, Lauren Cohan, Jessy Schram, Sarah Shahi, Robin Weigert, Jake Abel, Melissa Sagemiller, Kelly Stables, Marguerite Moreau, Shashawnee Hall, Adam Arkin, Donal Logue, Jennifer Siebel, Garret Dillahunt, Victor Rivers, Brent Sexton More
    2007-09-26
    NBC
    I don't normally watch shows like this...but it was clever and snarky and I loved it!
  19. 19
    Mia Sara, Shemar Moore, Hilarie Burton, Ian Abercrombie, Amanda Michalka, Rachel Skarsten, Dina Meyer, Ashley Scott, Autumn Reeser More
    2002-10-09
    The WB Television Network
    I realize I'm going to have to defend myself on this one. Yes, cheesy as they come. No, not the usual 'Birds of Prey'. The story was taken from an alternate-universe storyline in the DC comics. I pretty much love anything that has to do with Batman...so....
  20. 20
    Alex Désert, Amanda Pays, Joyce Hyser, Mike Genovese, Mark Hamill, Jonathan Brandis, John Wesley Shipp, Jason Bernard, Richard Belzer, Gloria Reuben, Vito D'Ambrosio, Biff Manard, Angela Bassett More
    Danny Bilson
    1990-09-20
    CBS
  21. 21
    Christopher Meloni, Tim Curry, Sally Struthers, Florence Stanley, Michael Richards, Stuart Pankin, Sam McMurray, Kevin Clash, Sherman Hemsley, Jason Willinger, Jessica Walter, Suzie Plakson, Gary Owens More
    The Jim Henson Company, Jim Henson, Bob Young, Michael Jacobs
    1991-04-26

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  1. Taryn
    TV Shows That Deserved A Much Longer Life... at 1/24/2012 4:03 PM
    how is Arrested Development not on this list??!
  2. CollegeHaze
    TV Shows That Deserved A Much Longer Life... at 11/11/2011 10:43 PM
    With 21 shows on the list, I'm shocked "Arrested Development" didn't make the cut. I consider it a comic tragedy that it only lasted three seasons.
    1. ariannafelidae [List Creator]
      TV Shows That Deserved A Much Longer Life... at 1/24/2012 5:49 AM
      You know, by the time I got around to wondering about it, it had already been cancelled. Kinda makes you go 'eh'?
  3. Mark
    TV Shows That Deserved A Much Longer Life... at 3/03/2011 10:23 AM
    I see a scifi slant here...nice.
    1. ariannafelidae [List Creator]
      TV Shows That Deserved A Much Longer Life... at 3/07/2011 7:22 PM
      You know, they never get as much of a chance, I don't think...in comparison to the non-sci-fi stuff. Damn shame.
      1. Mark
        TV Shows That Deserved A Much Longer Life... at 3/08/2011 11:23 AM
        They serve a small, yet highly-devoted crowd. I'm one of them.
  4. Clark Benson
    Carnivàle at 3/02/2011 9:44 PM
    could not agree more, though it was an expensive show that never really caught on (at least HBO gives the weird stuff a shot).
    1. ariannafelidae [List Creator]
      TV Shows That Deserved A Much Longer Life... at 1/24/2012 5:50 AM
      I'm surprised it got 2 seasons, honestly. Is there a comic? I'd read the comic.
  5. Clark Benson
    Carnivàle at 3/02/2011 9:42 PM
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