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#1
I just saw that Quarry was canceled after 1 season.

How does a great series get cancelled while garbage keeps getting renewed?

Rogue - cancelled after 4 seasons.
Banshee - cancelled after 4 seasons.
Kingdom - 3rd and final season.
Low Winter Sun - cancelled after 1 season.
 
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5544 said:
I just saw that Quarry was canceled after 1 season.

How does a great series get cancelled while garbage keeps getting renewed?

Rogue - cancelled after 4 seasons.
Banshee - cancelled after 4 seasons.
Kingdom - 3rd and final season.
Low Winter Sun - cancelled after 1 season.
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TV caters to the lowest common denominator.
That's where the ratings are.
 
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#3
Planet Earth. I watch that thing with my jaw nearly dropped the whole time. Yes, it's a documentary series. But it's great. I own the Blueray of the first run and will soon have it for the second installment.

My wife and I have literally sat and watched it while having a few beers on a Friday night when we don't get a sitter. We usually start flipping back and forth between that and a Red Sox game and then end up just watching Planet Earth. :D
 
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I don't usually watch hospital drama shows; but, I really like Code Black about a hospital emergency room. It has been running for 2 seasons and 34 episodes and has some good actors and stories. For some reason, it has not caught on like some other shows have.
 
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two fingers said:
Planet Earth. I watch that thing with my jaw nearly dropped the whole time. Yes, it's a documentary series. But it's great. I own the Blueray of the first run and will soon have it for the second installment.

My wife and I have literally sat and watched it while having a few beers on a Friday night when we don't get a sitter. We usually start flipping back and forth between that and a Red Sox game and then end up just watching Planet Earth. :D
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Planet Earth, Blue Planet, Frozen Planet...they're all pretty jaw-dropping.
 
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Here's another you (and the rest of 'merica) haven't heard of ...Pitch.
My Bride & I (admittedly big baseball fans) loved it!
Cancelled after one season...10 pretty great episodes.
What a drag...
 
#13
I can't complain. AFAIK the only show I watched last year that was cancelled was Timeless, but I hear it may get a spring slot so maybe that's changed. I'm afraid I've never heard of any of the OP's shows. Maybe their networks didn't advertise or market them well.
 
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Stargate SGU. It was really good science fiction but it spent too much time building on a really interesting premise to give the masses the instant gratification they need to keep a show going.
 
#18
Warehouse 13 was a good show imo. It was a touch campy at first but the actors really matured into their roles. Much like ST:TNG. That first season is almost laughably over acted. Cut to three years later and they were all on point.

Firefly is the watermark though. I still boggle at that one. It didn't even air all the shows already in the can. How the hell does that happen?
 
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In the late 80s there was a show called Frank's Place with Tim Reid (perhaps best known as Venus Flytrap from WKRP in Cincinnati). It was about a guy from Boston who inherits his father's restaurant in New Orleans. Because of my schedule I rarely got to see it, but I thought it was great. It only lasted a season, though.
 
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