Greatest Show That Lasted Less Than One Season - Page 9

ptmusic · #81 03-14-2006, 03:35 AM

What was the name of that FBI show about 3 years ago - it starred Jack's dead wife from 24. The mob boss was a nerdy dweeby kind of guy, his line every show, after he had someone killed was "well, that's that with that." On the side, he ran a whorehouse where every new girl, even his niece, had to be "broken in" by this guy. Anyone see it?

Anyway, I really liked that show, and I couldn't believe it got cancelled.

young Nut · #82 03-14-2006, 04:00 AM

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Clerks the cartoon.

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I agree with this, great show.

calmasahinducow · #83 03-14-2006, 04:09 AM

I cannot believe I forgot Clerks: The Cartoon despite the fact I own the DVD's. There's a Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer joke in one of the 6 episodes!

Nottom · #84 03-14-2006, 04:40 AM

Police Squad.

Nottom · #85 03-14-2006, 04:42 AM

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Lucky was a much better show.

diebitter · #86 03-14-2006, 04:43 AM

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The Prisoner. It ran its complete course but was only designed as a summer fill in.

best wishes,
Mason

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This is clearly the right answer.

And I remember 'When Things were rotten', too, it was quite good, IIRR.

Harsh Realm is the only recent one I can think of.

PartyGirlUK · #87 03-14-2006, 05:43 AM

Well, what counts as a season? It seems inconsistent to label a show that had 1 24 week run in the U.S as a 'one season show', yet label Fawlty Towers which had 2 * 6 weeks runs as a 'two season show'.

So, shows that had very few episodes and were great? Fawlty Towers and The Office stand out.

ChipWrecked · #88 03-14-2006, 06:09 AM

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Lucky was a much better show.

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Good one, forgot about that.

diebitter · #89 03-14-2006, 06:16 AM

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Well, what counts as a season? It seems inconsistent to label a show that had 1 24 week run in the U.S as a 'one season show', yet label Fawlty Towers which had 2 * 6 weeks runs as a 'two season show'.

So, shows that had very few episodes and were great? Fawlty Towers and The Office stand out.

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British comedy tends to be 6 shows a season. It's cos it tends to be written by 1 or 2 writers. Other examples: Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Only Fools and Horses.

shemp · #90 03-14-2006, 06:28 AM

Funny. As I scanned my memory the first show that fit the bill that came to mind was Hot L Baltimore. But I suspect I'd find it unwatchable/tedious now.

As an aside, the sit-com has yielded many watchable/entertaining/popular shows but so few gems, lamenting one that never found an audience seems kind of silly. Even that rare show that might be regarded as a signpost of the form (The Honeymooners, Mash, etc) can be easily dissed if you had a bad bowl of cereal.