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luisj40		#281	[-]
Mar 17 10 4:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	clore103051 wrote: luisj40 wrote: I think this show was cancelled mainly due to the late Robert Urich being ill it was a shame the show wasn't revived once he got better, Robert did seems to have lots of bad luck with most of his shows getting canned early. Urich had a number of failed pilots also. NBC aired one of them titled BUNCO in the early 80s - his co-star was Tom Selleck. Never saw BUNCO was that show any good? Luis
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captainmarvel1957		#282	[-]
Mar 18 10 6:34 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Carnivale has been mentioned. It was a show that definitely needed a resolution. I haven't read through all 15 pages of this thread. Has anybody mentioned The Green Hornet? The televison equivalent of a one hit wonder, one season and out. And, what about the 1995 series American Gothic? I don't even know if I got to see the entire series, but I kept thinking that the show was going to build up into a pretty cool storyline about the devil posing as a small town sheriff. Tennessee Williams meets The Exorcist.
Doc Savage		#283	[-]
Apr 21 10 3:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wow ... a few come to mind that a really loved. Alas, all short lived! Ellery Queen (1975) City of Angels Planet of the Apes Tales of the Gold Monkey (I have a HUGE soft spot in my heart for that) Dark Shadows remake (infinitely better than its predecessor) Nero Wolfe (1980 version) The New Avengers (though we did get two seasons) Jonny Quest (ditto only two seasons)
luisj40		#284	[-]
Apr 22 10 11:26 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Doc Savage wrote: Wow ... a few come to mind that a really loved. Alas, all short lived! Ellery Queen (1975) City of Angels Planet of the Apes Tales of the Gold Monkey (I have a HUGE soft spot in my heart for that) Dark Shadows remake (infinitely better than its predecessor) Nero Wolfe (1980 version) The New Avengers (though we did get two seasons) Jonny Quest (ditto only two seasons) Wow I had completely forgotten about ELLERY QUEEN (1975) and CITY OF ANGELS (1976) I didn't see them during their short initial run but caught some episodes during the mid 80's when one of the local stations in LA would occasionally air some episodes over the weekend. Luis
rvoyttbots		#285	[-]
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luisj40		#286	[-]
Apr 23 10 11:01 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	rvoyttbots wrote: name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r0R-N7AYCag&hl=en_US&fs=1 Oh yes SLEDGE HAMMER! was great and I love the theme song. Luis
Python		#287	[-]
Apr 23 10 4:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Kolchak and The Tick!
luluthebeast	HOT L BALTIMORE	#288	[-]
Apr 23 10 4:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072512/ An off-shoot of BARNEY MILLER, I think is the best show never to have made it past the first season. If anyone here thinks Conchata Farrell is good in TWO AND A HALF MEN, she was a killer in this show!
Friend of Daniel		#289	[-]
Apr 24 10 9:17 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Jack Elam as The Monster (named Frank)? Dr. (Franken) Stein played by Deputy Hendricks from the 'JAWS' movies? Pure comic gold! Anybody remember this very short lived sitcom from CBS circa 1979? Struck By Lightning I do! I saw all three episodes. Who Played the Monster? Jack Elam!
Friend of Daniel		#290	[-]
Apr 24 10 9:27 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I remember my older sister making us watch The New People, which predated Lost by about a million years.
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Python		#291	[-]
Apr 24 10 11:06 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hey Lulu.... I didn't think anyone remembered Hot L Baltimore except me! Why that show didn't catch on, I'll never know. Maybe a bit too cutting edge/adult for mid 70's audiences? Although, you had All in the Family which was controversial enough. I dunno. I'd love to hear from the creative forces behind the show and get some insight.
luluthebeast		#292	[-]
Apr 24 10 6:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Same here. The two-part Barney Miller that introduced the show was also a classic.
MyDarkSide		#293	[-]
Apr 26 10 12:19 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Can't remember if I posted on this before or not. I thought MILLENNIUM deserved one more season. AMERICAN GOTHIC could've been a Dark Shadows for the 90's but somebody, probably CBS, blew it! STRANGE LUCK was a great, quirky show that deserved better than it's one-season fate. KOLCHAK of course! Even THE LONE GUNMEN wasn't too bad, once I got into it. I thought their sidekick was a riot!
luisj40		#294	[-]
Apr 28 10 12:26 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	As I’m plowing through the new THE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SHOW: COMPLETE SERIES DVD Set from E 1 Entertainment I will have to add The A&C Show as a short lived series (only two seasons) that should have gone on longer. I know there was a major shift in the series from Season one to Two losing much of the great supporting cast that probably led to an early death perhaps had the show gone on a third year they would have gone back to what work the first season. Luis
cjh5801		#295	[-]
Apr 28 10 11:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm probably one of the few people in the world who actually enjoyed it, but I'd like to add 1983's CASABLANCA, with David Soul playing Humphrey Bogart's character, Rick Blaine, to this list. Looking around the Internet, I see the show roundly labeled as something of an atrocity, but I didn't think it was all that bad. David Soul was no Bogart, but if you could get around that the cast did a pretty good job, and at least they got the ambiance right. Sure, I love the movie, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be able to have more stories about Rick Blaine and the other characters. Short of resurrecting Bogie, how else are you going to do it but find a replacement who will invariably pale in comparison? Most critics savaged the short-lived show, many before they had ever seen it, but I did find one reviewer who thought it was above average: Fred Rothenberg. Only five episodes were made, as a trial run to see if the ratings would be high enough to bring it back as a series in 1984, but the network cancelled it after only three episodes were shown. I'd like to see it released to DVD someday, but I doubt half a dozen people would actually buy it--based on its sour reputation. - Clark hollowaypages.com
Reegs		#296	[-]
Apr 29 10 7:00 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Python wrote: Hey Lulu.... I didn't think anyone remembered Hot L Baltimore except me! Why that show didn't catch on, I'll never know. Maybe a bit too cutting edge/adult for mid 70's audiences? Although, you had All in the Family which was controversial enough. I dunno. I'd love to hear from the creative forces behind the show and get some insight. I remember it. My wife remembers it. Great show. And don't forget James Cromwell as the desk clerk.
Phantom Stranger		#297	[-]
May 4 10 6:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Kolchak: The Night Stalker Dark Shadows (1991) The Adventures Of Brisco County jr The Magnificent Seven Bring 'Em Back Alive
CharlesFoster		#298	[-]
May 5 10 5:34 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Ripping Friends, an animated series by the creators of Ren and Stimpy about a team of crimefighters who are the world's manliest men and super-geniuses, aired on Fox for 13 episodes in 2002. A bizarre parody of testosterone-soaked pulp adventures reminiscent of Doc Savage on acid, it featured futuristic laboratories, absurdly surreal super-vilains and scatalogical humor. Didn't catch on. Last Edited By: CharlesFoster May 5 10 5:36 AM. Edited 1 times.
Heathenson		#299	[-]
May 6 10 1:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Darkroom (1981) Journey into the unknown (1969)
kcor.tylerandjacksmo...		#300	[-]
Jul 18 11 3:55 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Python wrote: Kolchak and The Tick! I missed that episode. (Just kidding.) kcor (shown in repose)
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