TV Shows You Miss
 

...or even "TV shows killed off before their time".

They recently started airing Mission Hill again on Adult Swim and I was reminded how much I really enojyed that odd style of comic book-like animation and the way they approached difficult social issues in their episodes. They weren't too serious, weren't too over the top. Mission Hill was just fun to watch.

So, of course they killed it after less than a full season. Damnit.

Anyone care to share stuff they miss?

I really, really miss Spitting Image. It was a satirical puppet show from the 1980s. It may not have been as funny as I remember, but my brother & I still laugh when we remember some of the episodes we videoed and watched to ribbons.
Spitting Image

l miss NYPD Blue. lt wasn't cancelled before its time, but it was a really good show. lt's probably best that it's off the air now that the FCC is run by puritans.

l miss Homicide, the cop show based in Baltimore. That was a really good one.

l don't see how these two fine shows were cancelled when tripe like all the Law and Order and CSl clones are on.

l miss Undeclared, a show that apparently nobody but me watched.


l don't miss Alf.

Firefly
The Tick - both versions
Red Dwarf
Carnivale
Sports Night

You know, I think there's another thread about this...

Daria

I know a lot of people thought it was crap, but I loved La Femme Nikita.

Beautiful, kick-ass female heroine, complex technology, the ambiguity of training vs humanity, great soundtracks, cool wardwrobes, lots of action, in-depth character development and decent acting.

I miss it...

Laverne and Shirley :D

The Super

Wonderland
Wiseguy
Stingray

My So-called Life

The old SNL

In Living Color

Bosom Buddies

Early Cheers, before Kirstie Alley took over the bar.

Are we counting shows that are out on DVD? Somehow that seems to make it hard to "miss". (I'm not picking on Laverne and Shirley, just that I saw a promo for the DVD.)

(Speaking of Laverne and Shirley, my then-boss and I used to have adjoining offices, and I would often open the door and walk in when I wanted to talk to him. He compared these occasions to the entrances of Kramer into Jerry Seinfeld's apartment. I told him I could see the comparison, but I preferred to think of it differently. On Laverne & Shirley whenever there would be a line like "Oh come on Laverne, that is ridiculous! Only a complete moron would go along with that plan!", Lenny and Squiggy would, right on cue, pop through the door with a "Hello!")

Oh, yeah. I liked La Femme Nikita, too. The actors on that show were perfect.

Dead Like Me
Carnivale
Night Court
NBC News Overnight (the greatest news program in TV history, period)
Connections w/James Burke

Wow, Elspode, I was actually thinking of Connections, too...but didn't post it. I found that you can get them on DVD. I LOVED that show!