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Brilliant but Cancelled.
That's what comes to my mind when I think of television shows that were on FOX that are currently cancelled, due to whatever reason. The FOX network never knows how to handle the brilliance it is given and treats the good shows like crap and the crap shows like royality.
Married With Children....probably the one reason why FOX is still here today. One of it's fist shows it ran for 10 Seasons, then was cancelled in it's 11th. So what does FOX do to this show that was adored by it's viewers and made FOX survive it's first run? Cancel it...and NOT tell it's cast or crew.
Titus...not many people may know this show, but it did last 3 seasons and it was never FOX's lowest rated show. Probably one of the funniest and edgiest sitcom I've seen on television. The cast was perfect together and when other sitcoms played it safe, Titus went for it. It was cancelled because Christopher Titus and the then head honcho at FOX didn't see eye to eye, she cancelled the show because she didn't like him. Here was a show that was jsut finding it's legs, then it gets canned.
Family Guy...the one show that proves just how stupid FOX really is. Hilarious animated show, that many felt ripped off the Simpsons. It was another show that pushed the limits of what one could show on TV. FOX cancelled this little show, but after millions os sales on DVD, they brought it back. It's not as funny as it once was, but this is the reason FOX cancells their shows, they never give it enough time to find it's audience. Family Guy found it's audience on dvd, which is why it's back on TV.
Firefly...This show was never...NEVER given a chance. With diferent time slots and on different days, it never got the chance it needed to find the audience that was out there. Here is a show that was created by someone who had TWO hit television shows under his belt. Fox doesn't know a cult show when it sees one. If something is a hit from it's first airing it's never given a chance. Firefly was brilliant, funny, emotional and one of the best sci/fi shows to be on the tube...maybe that's why FOX cancelled it.
The Tick...This is a show that you knew wouldn't last, it was odd, didn't target a specific audience and had no big TV names in it. That didn't mean that it wasn't a great show. The Tick did have a cult audience, for all of those 9 episodes that were aired. It's now on DVD, so I advice everyone to check it out.
Undeclared...Like Freaks & Geeks. It had the same team behind it, which meant it was doomed to fail. It had rave reviews and a cult following, but that meant that FOX had to cancell it. Is this network scared of good shows?
Arrested Development... The smartest, funniest and most loved show that has even been cancelled. Although it did not have a huge audience, it did have a devoted fan base, the people who watched the show loved it and it paid off with later episodes, that made earlier ones even funnier. Critically acclaimed and the highest rated thing on IMDB right now. It's a shame that FOX didn't keep this show, it was ahead of it's time and if it had stayed on could have been the funniest show to ever be put on TV.
I could go on and on for reasons why I hate fox but these are just the few I thought I would mention.
/end rant.
That's what comes to my mind when I think of television shows that were on FOX that are currently cancelled, due to whatever reason. The FOX network never knows how to handle the brilliance it is given and treats the good shows like crap and the crap shows like royality.
Married With Children....probably the one reason why FOX is still here today. One of it's fist shows it ran for 10 Seasons, then was cancelled in it's 11th. So what does FOX do to this show that was adored by it's viewers and made FOX survive it's first run? Cancel it...and NOT tell it's cast or crew.
Titus...not many people may know this show, but it did last 3 seasons and it was never FOX's lowest rated show. Probably one of the funniest and edgiest sitcom I've seen on television. The cast was perfect together and when other sitcoms played it safe, Titus went for it. It was cancelled because Christopher Titus and the then head honcho at FOX didn't see eye to eye, she cancelled the show because she didn't like him. Here was a show that was jsut finding it's legs, then it gets canned.
Family Guy...the one show that proves just how stupid FOX really is. Hilarious animated show, that many felt ripped off the Simpsons. It was another show that pushed the limits of what one could show on TV. FOX cancelled this little show, but after millions os sales on DVD, they brought it back. It's not as funny as it once was, but this is the reason FOX cancells their shows, they never give it enough time to find it's audience. Family Guy found it's audience on dvd, which is why it's back on TV.
Firefly...This show was never...NEVER given a chance. With diferent time slots and on different days, it never got the chance it needed to find the audience that was out there. Here is a show that was created by someone who had TWO hit television shows under his belt. Fox doesn't know a cult show when it sees one. If something is a hit from it's first airing it's never given a chance. Firefly was brilliant, funny, emotional and one of the best sci/fi shows to be on the tube...maybe that's why FOX cancelled it.
The Tick...This is a show that you knew wouldn't last, it was odd, didn't target a specific audience and had no big TV names in it. That didn't mean that it wasn't a great show. The Tick did have a cult audience, for all of those 9 episodes that were aired. It's now on DVD, so I advice everyone to check it out.
Undeclared...Like Freaks & Geeks. It had the same team behind it, which meant it was doomed to fail. It had rave reviews and a cult following, but that meant that FOX had to cancell it. Is this network scared of good shows?
Arrested Development... The smartest, funniest and most loved show that has even been cancelled. Although it did not have a huge audience, it did have a devoted fan base, the people who watched the show loved it and it paid off with later episodes, that made earlier ones even funnier. Critically acclaimed and the highest rated thing on IMDB right now. It's a shame that FOX didn't keep this show, it was ahead of it's time and if it had stayed on could have been the funniest show to ever be put on TV.
I could go on and on for reasons why I hate fox but these are just the few I thought I would mention.
/end rant.
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If anything, that series went on far too long, it was FAR from brilliant by then, and the actors had painfully outgrown their roles.
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