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| 3 | ->''"The history of television is a history of failure. For every series that lasted years and years, there are dozens that lasted only one season or less. But did they deserve to die? Or were they... Canceled Too Soon?"'' |
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| 5 | ''Canceled Too Soon'' is a podcast hosted by film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold that is devoted to reviewing [[ShortRunners television series that lasted one season or less]], as well as assorted unique one-off TV specials which have since faded into semi-obscurity. |
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| 7 | The show tends to alternate between well-known bombs and more obscure series that may not have had a proper opportunity to gather an audience, and as such have covered a range of material such as action/adventure, game shows, animated shorts, and epic miniseries, among many others. |
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| 9 | The show releases semi-regular episodes [[https://redcircle.com/shows/critically-acclaimed-network here]] and [[https://podtail.com/podcast/canceled-too-soon/ here]] (previously [[https://canceledtoosoon.libsyn.com/ here]] and [[http://www.criticallyacclaimed.net/search/label/Canceled%20Too%20Soon here]]), while subscribers to the show's [[https://www.patreon.com/criticacclaim Patreon]] page receive those as well as reviews of content that doesn't necessarily fit into the show's typical parameters. |
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| 11 | !!Shows Reviewed By Canceled Too Soon |
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| 15 | [[folder: Regular Episodes]] |
| 16 | * '''Series/{{Poochinski}}''': Failed 1990 sitcom pilot starring Creator/PeterBoyle as a police detective whose spirit is transferred into a bulldog after he is killed in the line of duty. Co-starring Creator/GeorgeNewbern. |
| 17 | * '''Perversions of Science''': 10-episode GenreAnthology spun off of ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' in 1997, focusing more on science fiction themes. |
| 18 | * '''ComicBook/BuckyOHareAndTheToadWars''': 13-episode animated series from 1991 based on the cult comic series. |
| 19 | * '''Series/{{Lookwell}}''': Legendary failed sitcom pilot from 1991 created by Creator/ConanOBrien and Creator/RobertSmigel about a washed-up TV actor played by Creator/AdamWest who tries to solve crimes in real life. |
| 20 | * '''Series/{{The Muppets|2015}}''': 17-episode live action sitcom from 2015 that aired on ABC in the Mockumentary style of ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' about the behind the scenes creation of a Miss Piggy talk show. |
| 21 | * '''Hot Springs Hotel''': 15-episode PornWithPlot sitcom that aired on HBO from 1997-1998. |
| 22 | * '''Darknet''': 6-episode [[GenreAnthology anthology horror]] series from 2013 with each episode consisting of multiple stories told in AnachronicOrder and based around a mysterious internet forum. |
| 23 | * '''Series/BirdsOfPrey2002''': 13-episode live action superhero series that aired on the WB in 2002, loosely based on the DC [[ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey comic book series]] of the same name. |
| 24 | * '''Series/MannAndMachine''': 9-episode crime drama from 1992 set in the future about a police detective and his robotic female partner. |
| 25 | * '''WesternAnimation/ChuckNorrisKarateKommandos''': 5-episode animated action series from 1986 produced by Ruby Spears starring Creator/ChuckNorris AsHimself as the head of a commando unit. |
| 26 | * '''Black Bart''': 1975 TV series based on ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', with a pilot and six additional episodes filmed that were never aired. |
| 27 | * '''Series/{{Vinyl}}''': 10-episode HBO series from 2016 created by Creator/MartinScorsese and Music/MickJagger about a fictional 1970s record executive trying to reinvigorate his career. |
| 28 | * '''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleCrashDummies''': Failed CGI animated pilot from 1993 based on the toy line of the same name. |
| 29 | * '''On the Air''': 7-episode sitcom from 1992 created by Creator/DavidLynch set in the 1950s about the creation of a fictional television variety series. |
| 30 | * '''The Halloween That Almost Wasn't''' (aka ''The Night Dracula Saved the World''): 1979 Halloween special starring Creator/JuddHirsch as Literature/{{Dracula}}, who tries to save Halloween from the grasps of an evil witch. |
| 31 | * '''Dracula: the Series''': Canadian syndicated adventure series from 1990 about a group of kids who do battle against Dracula in a modern setting. |
| 32 | * '''Film/CryBabyLane''' Made-for-TV horror movie produced by Nickelodeon that aired once in 2000 and disappeared for years, widely believed to have been hidden from view due to controversies surrounding its content. |
| 33 | * '''Series/NightmareCafe''' 6-episode [[GenreAnthology anthology horror]] series from 1992 created for NBC by Creator/WesCraven and starring Creator/RobertEnglund about a haunted cafe that travels through space and time passing through the lives of various people. |
| 34 | * '''Tales From the Far Side''': Half-hour animated special from 1994 based on [[ComicStrip/TheFarSide the comic strip by Gary Larson]]. |
| 35 | * '''WesternAnimation/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''': 24-episode animated comedy from 1997 based on the comic book series by Steve Purcell. |
| 36 | * '''Doctor Strange''': Failed live-action pilot from 1978 based on the [[ComicBook/DoctorStrange Marvel Comics character]]. |
| 37 | * '''Series/{{Guilt}}''': 10-episode murder mystery series from 2016 that aired on Freeform. |
| 38 | * '''Young [=MacGyver=]''': Failed pilot from 2003 starring Creator/JaredPadalecki as the nephew of the famous secret agent who follows in his uncle's footsteps. |
| 39 | * '''Series/{{Profit}}''': 8-episode Fox drama from 1996 about a sociopathic antihero who will go to any length to advance in the world of high-end business, often seen as a precursor to the likes of Series/MadMen and Series/BreakingBad. |
| 40 | * '''Baffled!''': 1978 made-for-TV movie meant as a pilot for a series starring Creator/LeonardNimoy as a race car driver who starts seeing psychic visions and becomes unlikely partners with a paranormal investigator. |
| 41 | * '''Series/BeyondWestworld''': 5-episode sci-fi series from 1980 following the [[Film/{{Westworld}} movie by Michael Crichton]] about a Delos security specialist who tries to stop a rogue scientist from conquering the world via infiltrating society with lifelike androids. |
| 42 | * '''Series/OfKingsAndProphets''': Epic biblical drama produced by ABC(!!!) in 2016 that attempted to do for the story of David and Saul what ''Series/GameOfThrones'' did for ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''[[labelnote:note]] although a total of nine episodes were produced only the first two are reviewed, as the other seven have only aired in New Zealand[[/labelnote]]. |
| 43 | * '''Series/{{Rubicon}}''': 13-episode conspiracy thriller from 2010 from AMC about an intelligence analyst who begins to suspect members of the agency he works with may be part of a secret society. |
| 44 | * '''The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (aka The Osiris Adventures)''': Made-for-TV sci-fi/fantasy movie from 1998 meant to be a pilot for an ongoing series directed by Creator/JoeDante. |
| 45 | * '''Series/The100LivesOfBlackjackSavage''': 7-episode adventure series from 1991 produced by Disney about a CorruptCorporateExecutive, clearly inspired by UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, who teams up with the ghost of a dead pirate to save 100 lives and redeem their souls with the help of a high-tech boat. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Yes]]. |
| 46 | * '''Series/{{Casablanca}}''': 5-episode drama series from 1983 based on the [[Film/{{Casablanca}} classic film of the same name]]. |
| 47 | * '''Manga/DragonHalf''': 2-episode Anime comedy series from 1992 based on the Manga of the same name about a half-human half-dragon girl who tries to find a potion that will make her into a full human so she can be with the dragon slayer she loves. |
| 48 | * '''Series/PointPleasant''': 13-episode supernatural soap opera from 2005 about an amnesiac teen girl who is taken in by a family who lives in the titular New Jersey community. Oh, and she's TheAntiChrist. |
| 49 | * '''WesternAnimation/PrydeOfTheXMen''': Failed animated pilot from 1989. |
| 50 | * '''Series/PoliceSquad''': 6-episode parody of cop shows from 1982 created by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker; later inspired the film series ''Film/TheNakedGun''. |
| 51 | * '''Series/{{Alcatraz}}''': 13-episode conspiracy thriller from 20012 produced by Creator/JJAbrams where criminals imprisoned in Alcatraz in the distant past find themselves transported into the present day. |
| 52 | * '''Series/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventures''': 7-episode live-action sitcom from 1992 based on the classic 80s movie. Note: not the animated series of the same title. |
| 53 | * '''Series/{{Manimal}}''':Notorious 8-episode bomb from 1983 about a professor who uses his ability to change into whatever animal he chooses to fight crime. |
| 54 | * '''Series/SpaceRangers1993''': 6-episode Sci-fi series about a paramilitary group tasked with protecting a distant colony from the dangers associated with space exploration. |
| 55 | * '''Series/{{Doubt}}''': 2017 Legal procedural starring Creator/KatherineHeigl and Creator/LaverneCox about an attorney who falls in love with the client who she is defending from a murder charge [[labelnote:note]]this series is reviewed in two parts because the initial review came after the show had been canceled after only two episodes had aired; CBS later aired the remaining 11 episodes, so Bibbs and Witney recorded a second installment reviewing them as well[[/labelnote]]. |
| 56 | * '''Series/MasterNinja''': 13-episode adventure series from 1984 about a wanderer who teams up with an aging Ninjutsu master (Creator/LeeVanCleef) to fight crime. Some episodes were later re-edited into movies that were featured on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. |
| 57 | * '''The TV Wheel''': An Ambitious variety show pilot from 1995 produced by [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Joel Hodgson]] built around a revolving set, requiring a rapid and inventive pace to the comedy. |
| 58 | * '''Series/Earth2''': 22-episode Sci-fi series from 1993-1994 about a group of colonists who have to survive after crash-landing on an Earth-like planet. |
| 59 | * '''Series/MyMotherTheCar''': Legendary failed sitcom about a man whose mother is reincarnated in the form of a vintage automobile that aired for 30 episodes from 1965-1966. |
| 60 | * '''L.A. Confidential''': Failed pilot from 2003 based on the movie from 1997. |
| 61 | * '''Series/{{Journeyman}}''': 13-episode science fiction series from 2007 about a newspaper reporter who involuntarily travels through time. |
| 62 | * '''Series/TerrorVision''': 7-episode microbudget [[GenreAnthology anthology horror]] series from 1988 produced by Lifetime. |
| 63 | * '''Wonder Woman''': Three different failed pilots based on the DC comic book character from 1967, [[Film/WonderWoman1974 1974]], and [[Series/WonderWoman2011Pilot 2011]]. |
| 64 | * '''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978''': Highly influential 24-episode Sci-fi series about a ship full of humans travelling through space while on the run from killer robots. |
| 65 | * '''Series/Galactica1980''': Much-reviled 10-episode spin-off of the above series. |
| 66 | * '''Series/CharlieJade''': 20-episode sci-fi series from 2005 about a detective who finds himself trapped in a series of alternate universes. |
| 67 | * '''The Last Precinct''': 8-episode sitcom from 1986 produced by Creator/StephenJCannell about a police precinct filled with academy rejects, led by a captain played by Creator/AdamWest. |
| 68 | * '''Tequila and Bonetti''': 12-episode comedy-drama from 1992 produced by Creator/DonaldPBellisario about a tough italian police officer with a tragic past who is transferred to LA and teams up with a talking dog. |
| 69 | * '''Cliffhangers!''': 10-episode series from 1979 where each episode would cycle through different segments inspired by old fashioned movie serials: one about an IntrepidReporter, one set in TheWildWest about a US Marshal facing off against aliens, and a third about Literature/{{Dracula}}. |
| 70 | * '''Series/WhizKids''': 18-episode sci-fi adventure series from 1983-1984 about a group of high school computer geeks who become cyber vigilantes. |
| 71 | * '''VideoGame/DefendersOfDynatronCity''': Failed 1992 animated pilot based on the NES game. |
| 72 | * '''VideoGame/YouDontKnowJack''': Short-lived tongue-in-cheek game show from 2001 hosted by Creator/PaulReubens based on the computer game series. |
| 73 | * '''WesternAnimation/GameOver''': 6-episode CGI animated sitcom from 2004 about a suburban family of video game characters. |
| 74 | * '''Danger Theatre''': 7-episode comedy [[GenreAnthology anthology series]] from 1993 hosted by Robert Vaughn consisting of several segments parodying different crime shows: ''The Searcher'', a parody of adventure series like ''Series/{{Renegade}}'' starring Creator/DiedrichBader, ''Tropic Punch'', a parody of ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' starring Creator/AdamWest, and ''357 Marina del Rey'', a parody of exotic-set PI shows starring Todd Field and Ricky Harris. |
| 75 | * '''Series/{{Pitch}}''': 10-episode 2016 sports drama co-created by Dan Fogleman about the first woman to play Major League Baseball. |
| 76 | * '''Series/ImaginaryMary''': 9-episode ABC sitcom from 2016 starring Creator/JennaElfman as a woman whose childhood imaginary friend returns to her life when she starts to fall in love with a single father. |
| 77 | * '''Series/EmeraldCity''': 10-episode NBC fantasy series from 2016 directed by Tarsem Singh that turns the Franchise/LandOfOz into a Series/GameOfThrones esque gritty fantasy epic, with Creator/VincentDonofrio as the Wizard. |
| 78 | * '''Series/Conviction2016''': 13-episode ABC legal drama starring Hayley Atwell as a former first daughter who joins a legal team devoted to clearing the names of people thought to be wrongfully convicted of a crime. |
| 79 | * '''Series/SweetVicious''': 10-episode MTV series from 2016 about two college students who moonlight as vigilantes who target perpetrators of sexual assault on their campus. |
| 80 | * '''Film/{{Bates Motel|1987}}''': Made-for-TV movie from 1987 meant as a pilot for a horror anthology series spin off of the movie ''Film/{{Psycho}}''. |
| 81 | * '''Series/MonsterSquad''': 13-episode live-action series from 1976 about Dracula, Frankentstein's Monster, and the Wolf Man who fight crime to atone for their previous misdeeds. |
| 82 | * '''WesternAnimation/DrakPack''': 16-episode animated series from 1980 about Dracula Jr., Frankenstein's Monster, and the Wolf Man who fight crime to atone for their previous misdeeds. |
| 83 | * '''Series/KindredTheEmbraced''' 8-episode prime time supernatural soap opera from 1996 created by Creator/AaronSpelling and based on the RPG TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade. |
| 84 | * '''Film/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica''': Failed 1997 live action pilot aired as a TV Movie in some markets. |
| 85 | * '''Series/TheFlash1990'''; 22-episode CBS series from 1990 based on the [[Franchise/TheFlash DC comics character]]. |
| 86 | * '''Aquaman aka Mercy Reef''': Failed 2006 pilot based on the DC comics character from the creators of ''Series/{{Smallville}}''. |
| 87 | * '''WesternAnimation/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld''': 7-episode series of animated shorts from 2013 based on [[ComicBook/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld the comic book series of the same name]] about a video game designer who finds herself sucked in to a fantasy world. |
| 88 | * '''Series/HumanTarget''': 7-episode adventure series from 1992 based on the DC comics character starring Music/RickSpringfield as a freelance agent who assumes the identity of people who are targeted for assassination. |
| 89 | * '''David Cassidy: Man Undercover''': 10-episode crime drama from 1978 starring David Cassidy as a police officer who specializes in infiltrating different criminal organizations. |
| 90 | * '''Series/FishingWithJohn''': 6-episode 1991 fishing/talk show from IFC/Bravo where John Lurie travels to various locations and goes fishing with celebrities. |
| 91 | * '''Sudbury''': Failed 2004 pilot based on the movie ''Film/PracticalMagic'', starring Jeri Ryan, Kim Delaney, and Creator/KatDennings. |
| 92 | * '''Christmas Special: Yule Log Commentary Track''': Commentary track for ''Fireplace For Your Home: Birchwood Edition'' (aka ''Fireplace 4K: Crackling Birchwood) on Netflix. |
| 93 | * '''Series/{{Roar}}''': 13-episode adventure series from 1997 starring Creator/HeathLedger and Creator/VeraFarmiga about a Celtic warrior trying to unite 4th-century Ireland against Roman Invaders. |
| 94 | * '''Series/{{GCB}}''': 10-episode dramedy from 2012 about a woman who returns to the conservative evangelical Texas community where she grew up following the death of her con artist husband and is forced to reconnect with the women who she tormented in school. Starring Creator/LeslieBibb and Creator/KristinChenoweth. |
| 95 | * '''Series/{{Brimstone}}''': 13-episode horror series from 1998 about a dead police officer who Satan sends back to Earth from Hell in order to track down and kill the damned souls who have EscapedFromHell. |
| 96 | * '''Series/LawAndOrderLosAngeles''': 22-episode SpinOff of the [[Franchise/LawAndOrder long-running crime franchise]] from 2010 exploring crime in Los Angeles; starring Creator/CoreyStoll, Creator/AlfredMolina, and Terrence Howard. |
| 97 | * '''Series/TheDresdenFiles''': 12-episode supernatural detective show from 2007 based on the book series of the same title about a wizard who investigates cases involving the supernatural. |
| 98 | * '''Series/{{Freakylinks}}''': 13-episode horror series from 2000 about a team of paranormal investigators who investigate supernatural phenomena through the internet. |
| 99 | * '''Steel Justice ''': Failed pilot from 1992 about a police officer in a dystopian future who with the help of an immortal time traveller transfers the soul of his dead son into a robotic dinosaur that grows to enormous size and helps fight crime. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Yes]]. |
| 100 | * '''Poor Devil:''' Failed sitcom pilot from 1973 starring Creator/SammyDavisJr, Creator/ChristopherLee, Jack Klugman, and Creator/AdamWest about a demon tasked by Lucifer to get a man to sell his soul to Hell in return for revenge against his scheming boss. |
| 101 | * '''Series/ThePersuaders:''' 24-episode adventure/comedy series from 1971 starring Creator/RogerMoore and Creator/TonyCurtis as a pair of millionaire playboys who team up to fight crime and protect the innocent. |
| 102 | * '''Herbie, the Love Bug:''' 5-episode sitcom from 1982 based on the [[Film/TheLoveBug Disney film series]] about a living Volkswagen beetle who tries to help his owner (Dean Jones, reprising his role from the films) find love. |
| 103 | * '''Series/FutureCop:''' 7-episode sci-fi crime drama from 1976 starring Creator/ErnestBorgnine as a veteran police officer who is teamed up with an android partner. |
| 104 | * '''Condor''': Failed pilot from 1985, later aired as a TV movie, starring Creator/RayWise as a police officer in futuristic LA who is paired with a female robot partner i in order to track down and stop an escaped criminal mastermind. |
| 105 | * '''Series/TotalRecall2070''': 22-episode sci-fi series from 1999 that combines elements of ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' and ''Film/BladeRunner'' in a story about a detective with a robot partner who investigates crimes related to lifelike androids and memory implants. |
| 106 | * '''Series/AlmostHuman''': 13-episode sci-fi procedural from 2013 starring Creator/KarlUrban as a detective who returns to the force after spending two years in a coma & who is teamed up with a robot partner designed to be as emotional and human as possible. |
| 107 | * '''Film/AlexanderTheGreat1968''': Failed pilot filmed in 1964 starring Creator/WilliamShatner as the legendary Greek leader, co-starring Creator/AdamWest, Joseph Cotten, and Creator/JohnCassavetes. |
| 108 | * '''The Robinsons: Lost in space''': Failed 2004 pilot directed by Creator/JohnWoo that attempted to reboot ''Series/LostInSpace'' on The WB. |
| 109 | * '''The People ''': Failed pilot from 1972 produced by Creator/FrancisFordCoppola and starring Creator/KimDarby and Creator/WilliamShatner, aired as a TV movie, based on [[Literature/ThePeople the short stories by Zenna Henderson]] about a teacher who travels to a secluded valley and discovers the inhabitants are a group of extraterrestrials with supernatural powers. |
| 110 | * '''Film/WhiteDwarf''': Failed sci-fi pilot movie from 1995 about a doctor played by Creator/NealMcDonough who travels to a far distant planet divided by its orbit into eternally light and dark sides, and finds himself caught up in the social upheaval between its various civilizations. |
| 111 | * '''Series/CopRock''': Legendary 11-episode bomb from 1990 created by Creator/StevenBochco that incorporated musical numbers into a police procedural. |
| 112 | * '''Series/{{Selfie}}''': 13-episode sitcom from 2014 starring Creator/KarenGillan and Creator/JohnCho about a social media obsessed woman who enlists a PR specialist to help her become a genuinely good person. |
| 113 | * '''Series/FreaksAndGeeks''': Acclaimed 18-episode dramedy from 1998 created by Creator/PaulFeig and cowritten by Creator/JuddApatow about two groups of teenage outcasts in 1980s Michigan, starring Creator/LisaCardellini, Creator/SethRogen, Creator/JamesFranco, Creator/JasonSegel, Creator/JohnFrancisDaley, and Creator/SammLevine. |
| 114 | * '''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheRockersOutOfThisWorld''': Failed 2-part animated pilot from 1987 where Franchise/{{Barbie}} and her rock band go into space and back in time. |
| 115 | * '''Hey, Vern, it's Ernest!''': 13-episode Saturday morning variety show from 1988 hosted by Jim Varney as his character Film/ErnestPWorrell. |
| 116 | * '''Series/VR5''': 13-episode sci-fi series from 1995 about a computer hacker who discovers she has the ability to enter people's minds through virtual reality. |
| 117 | * '''Legally Blonde''': Failed sitcom pilot from 2003 based on the Reese Witherspoon movie. |
| 118 | * '''Series/VanPires''': 13-episode sci-fi/Live Action series from 1997 about a group of teenagers who turn into human/car hybrids in order to stop vampiric car robots from stealing the world's gasoline. |
| 119 | * '''Series/{{Legend}}''': 12-episode {{Steampunk}} Western series from 1995 starring Creator/RichardDeanAnderson as a dime-store novelist who has to pose as the noble hero he invented in his novels with the help of a Tesla-esque scientist. |
| 120 | * '''...Where's Rodney''': Failed sitcom pilot from 1990 about a teenager who has the ability to summon Creator/RodneyDangerfield and ask him for advice. |
| 121 | * '''Series/{{Voyagers}}''': 20-episode sci-fi series from 1982 about a time traveler who teams up with a young boy as they travel through time fixing errors in history. |
| 122 | * '''Series/{{Crazyhead}}''': 6-episode British comedy/horror series from 2016 about a pair of twentysomethings who hunt demons who have possessed human beings. |
| 123 | * '''Emily's Reasons Why Not''': Infamous failed sitcom from 2006 (canceled after one episode, with six produced & eventually released on streaming and DVD) starring Creator/HeatherGraham as a book publisher who can never commit to a relationship because she always finds a fatal flaw with whomever she dates. |
| 124 | * '''Bone Chillers''': 12-episode children's horror series from 1996 created by Adam Rifkin based on ''Literature/BoneChillers'' novels by Betsy Haynes. |
| 125 | * '''K-9000''': Failed pilot from 1991 about a policeman who teams up with a cyborg dog in order to fight crime. |
| 126 | * '''Series/{{Will}}''': 20-episode historical fiction drama from 2017 about the young Creator/WilliamShakespeare's early years as a playwright. |
| 127 | * '''Living Biblically''': 13-episode sitcom from 2017 about a film critic who decides to live his life as close to the Bible as possible. |
| 128 | * '''Series/BloodDrive''': 13-episode action/comedy series from 2017 set in a alternate dystopian 1999 about a high-stakes street race from L.A. to Phoenix in cars that run on human blood. |
| 129 | * '''Series/TheMayor''': 13-episode 2017 sitcom about a rapper who gets elected mayor of his hometown after running a campaign as a marketing joke [[labelnote:note]]Bibbs and Witney were only able to review 10 of the 13 episodes due to limited availability[[/labelnote]]. |
| 130 | * '''Nightmare Classics''': 4-episode 1989 horror anthology SpinOff of ''Series/FaerieTaleTheatre''. |
| 131 | * '''Series/DarkShadows1991''': 13-episode prime time reboot of the classic supernatural soap opera. |
| 132 | * '''The Elvira Show''': Failed sitcom pilot from 1993 built around Cassandra Peterson's HorrorHost character Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark. |
| 133 | * '''Series/KolchakTheNightStalker''': 20-episode series from 1974 expanded from two TV movies about a reporter who investigates supernatural phenomena. |
| 134 | * '''WesternAnimation/FredAndBarneyMeetTheThing''': 13-episode animated series from 1979 based on the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' character with "Benjy Grimm" as a teenager who turns into The Thing with the help of magic rings. |
| 135 | * '''Series/{{Inhumans}}''': 7-episode series from 2017 set in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse centered on the Royal Family of the [[ComicBook/TheInhumans titular race]]. |
| 136 | * '''Generation-X''': Failed 1996 pilot turned made-for-TV movie based on the [[Comicbook/GenerationX titular]] ''Comicbook/XMen'' spin-off. |
| 137 | * '''Solarman''': Failed animated pilot from 1986 based on a little-known 2-issue comic licensed by Marvel about a teenager who uses a solar-powered bracelet given to him by an alien to become a superhero. |
| 138 | * '''Series/BladeTheSeries''': 12-episode action/horror series from 2006 based on the [[Film/{{Blade}} Film series]], starring the rapper Sticky Fingaz as the titular vampire hunter. |
| 139 | * '''Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.''': Failed 1998 PilotMovie starring Creator/DavidHasselhoff as the [[ComicBook/NickFury Marvel Comics character]]. |
| 140 | * '''WesternAnimation/SilverSurferTheAnimatedSeries''': 13-episode animated series from 1998 based on the Marvel comics character. |
| 141 | * '''Star Command''': Failed pilot from 1996 about a group of cadets who need to battle against separatist colonies. Also known as ''In the Fold''. |
| 142 | * '''WesternAnimation/ChristmasInTattertown''': Failed animated pilot from 1988 by Creator/RalphBakshi, later aired as a Christmas special, about a girl who falls into a world of lost items where her doll comes to life and tries to run away. |
| 143 | * '''Tarzan''': 8-episode series from 2003 setting the classic literary character in modern-day New York City, starring Creator/TravisFimmel and Creator/SarahWayneCallies. |
| 144 | * '''Tagteam''': Failed pilot from 1991 starring Wrestling/JesseVentura and Wrestling/RoddyPiper as a pair of wrestlers who become cops after being railroaded out of professional wrestling. |
| 145 | * '''The Edge''': 20-episode ultraviolent sketch comedy show from 1992 created by David Mirkin and starring Julie Brown, Creator/JenniferAniston, Creator/WayneKnight, Creator/TomKenny, and Creator/PaulFeig. |
| 146 | * '''Series/KitchenConfidential''': 13-episode sitcom [[labelnote:note]]13 episodes were produced, but only 4 were aired, with the rest released on DVD and Hulu[[/labelnote]] from 2005 about the high-intensity world of New York City restaurants, based on the memoir by Creator/AnthonyBourdain and starring Creator/BradleyCooper, Jamie King, Creator/JohnCho, and Creator/FrankLangella. |
| 147 | * '''Series/PanAm''': ''Series/MadMen''-esque drama that ran for 14 episodes in 2011 starring Creator/ChristinaRicci and Creator/MargotRobbie as stewardesses for the titular airline at the height of its prestige and popularity during the 1960s. |
| 148 | * '''Evel Knievel''': A failed pilot from 1974 starring Creator/SamElliott as a crime-fighting version of the famous stuntman. |
| 149 | * '''Film/{{Benji}}, Zax, & the Alien Prince''': 13-episode live action adventure series from 1983 produced by Creator/HannaBarbera about the famous dog protecting a fugitive alien boy who is on the run with the help of a robot sidekick) |
| 150 | * '''Series/JohnFromCincinnati''': 10-episode magical realism-tinged HBO drama from 2007 about a mysterious man who becomes a part of the dysfunctional surfing community in Imperial Beach. |
| 151 | * '''Blackjack''': 1998 TV movie directed by Creator/JohnWoo, intended as a pilot for a TV series, starring Creator/DolphLundgren as a former U.S. Marshal who has to protect high profile figures and is phobic of the color white. |
| 152 | * '''Collector's Item''': Failed pilot from 1957 about an antique dealer (Creator/VincentPrice) and his partner, a former forger (Creator/PeterLorre) who fight crime. |
| 153 | * '''Series/RobocopTheSeries''': 21-episode live action series from 1994 based on the movie by Paul Verhoven. |
| 154 | * '''Series/DeadLast''': 14-episode supernatural adventure series from 2001 about a band that possesses an amulet giving them the ability to communicate with ghosts. |
| 155 | * '''WesternAnimation/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKids'''; 13-episode animated series from 1973 about a teen pop group that secretly fights crime under the orders from a government computer. |
| 156 | * '''Mrs. Sundance''': Failed pilot movie spin-off of ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid'' from 1974 following Etta Place as she tries to establish a life for herself following the death of the Sundance Kid. |
| 157 | * '''Series/{{Probe}}''': 7-episode procedural from 1988 created by Creator/IsaacAsimov about an eccentric genius who investigates crimes with a scientific element with the help of his scatterbrained secretary. |
| 158 | * '''Series/BionicWoman''': 9-episode sci-fi series from 2007 based on [[Series/TheBionicWoman the show from the 1970s]]. |
| 159 | * '''WesternAnimation/MadBalls''': Two failed animated pilots from 1986 and 1987 based on the toy line of the same name. |
| 160 | * '''Series/HarshRealm''': 9-episode sci-fi/action series created by Creator/ChrisCarter about a group of soldiers trapped in a virtual reality world. |
| 161 | * '''The After''': Failed pilot movie for Amazon streaming created by Creator/ChrisCarter in 2014 about a group of strangers trying to survive the aftermath of an unexplained apocalyptic event. [[WordOfGod According to Carter]], had the series went on, it would be revealed they were actually in Hell and the series to be a modern retelling of ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''. |
| 162 | * '''Series/TheLoneGunmen''': 13-episode SpinOff of ''Series/TheXFiles'' from 2001 that followed the adventures of the show's comic relief conspiracy theorists. |
| 163 | * '''Series/StillStarCrossed''': 7-episode period drama from 2017 that follows the Montague and Capulet families after the events of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. |
| 164 | * '''Exo-Man''': Failed PilotMovie from 1977 about a scientist who uses a superpowered suit to take on the gang that paralyzed him. |
| 165 | * '''Spectre''': Failed PilotMovie from 1977 written by Creator/GeneRoddenberry and starring Creator/RobertCulp and Gig Young as a criminologist and a doctor who team up to investigate the supernatural. |
| 166 | * '''Series/WizardsAndWarriors''': 8-episode sericomic fantasy adventure series from 1983. |
| 167 | * '''Here and Now''': 10-episode HBO dramedy from 2018 created by Alan Ball about a bourgeois multi-racial Portland family trying to find their place in the modern world, while one of their sons begins to have visions that may or may not be prophetic. |
| 168 | * '''Pasadena''': 13-episode prime time soap opera from 2001 about the secrets surrounding an affluent family from the titular Southern California city. |
| 169 | * '''Suburban Beat''': Failed pilot from 1985 about a group of suburban housewives who investigate crimes. Starring Dee Wallace, Patti Austin, Shelley Fabares, and Creator/HeatherLangenkamp. |
| 170 | * '''Series/TheWeirdAlShow''': 13-episode Saturday Morning variety show from 1997 hosted by Music/WeirdAlYankovic. |
| 171 | * '''Badlands: 2005''': Failed pilot from 1985 about a U.S. Marshal and his robot partner who have to escort a group of mail order brides through postapocalyptic America. |
| 172 | * '''Series/AmericanGothic1995''': 22-episode Horror series produced by Creator/SamRaimi and starring Creator/GaryCole, Creator/LucasBlack, and Creator/SarahPaulson about a small South Carolina town with a Satan-posessed Sheriff who tries to corrupt the soul of a young boy. |
| 173 | * '''Series/AmericanGothic2016''': 14-episode mystery series about a prominent Boston family who begin to suspect that one of them is a serial killer. |
| 174 | * '''Series/TheCuriousCreationsOfChristineMcConnell''': 6-episode Netflix cooking show/sitcom from 2018 starring the titular PerkyGoth as she creates a variety of grotesque foods and decorations with the help of a supporting cast of puppets. |
| 175 | * '''Series/TheStarlost''': 18-episode Canadian sci-fi series from 1973-1974 created (and quickly disowned) by Creator/HarlanEllison about a group of people who travel between various biospheres on a planet-sized GenerationShip, each of whom has their own society. |
| 176 | * '''Nearly Departed''': 6-episode sitcom from 1989 starring Creator/EricIdle and Caroline [=McWilliams=] as a dead couple who come back as ghosts only to find a new family has moved into their house. |
| 177 | * '''Mistress of Suspense (aka Chillers)''': 12-episode Anthology Series from 1990 hosted by Creator/AnthonyPerkins, with each episode adapted from a different short story by Patricia Highsmith. |
| 178 | * '''Series/MockingbirdLane''': Failed 2012 pilot for a ContinuityReboot of ''Series/TheMunsters'' created by Creator/BryanFuller. |
| 179 | * '''Series/{{Jekyll}}''': 6-episode BBC series created by Creator/StevenMoffat in 2007 that brings ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' into the modern day. |
| 180 | * '''Series/{{Tremors}}''': 13-episode Creator/SyFy series from 2003 spin off of the long-running horror/comedy series about a Nevada town terrorized by giant killer worms. |
| 181 | * '''Night Stalker''': 10-episode DarkerAndEdgier reboot of ''Kolchak: the Night Stalker'' from 2005 starring Creator/StuartTownsend and Creator/GabrielleUnion. |
| 182 | * '''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie''': 10-episode animated sitcom from 2019 created by Lisa Hanawalt about the lives of two 30-something bird women coming to terms with adulthood while maintaining their lifelong friendship and other relationships.[[labelnote:note]]This was the first show covered by [=C2S=] to have been renewed for a second season after their episode covering it was released[[/labelnote]] |
| 183 | * '''Series/SwampThing2019''': 10-episode 2019 series from DC Universe based on the comic book character of the same name. |
| 184 | * '''Series/WhiskeyCavalier''': 13-episode spy dramedy from 2019 about a sensitive male FBI agent played by Scott Foley and tough female CIA operative played by Creator/LaurenCohan who are assigned to work with each other in spite of their disparate personalities. |
| 185 | * '''Series/DeadlyClass''': 10-episode [=SyFy=] series from 2019 set in a secret high school for assassins during the late 1980s. |
| 186 | * '''The New Partridge Family''' / '''In Search of the Partridge Family''': Failed attempt to reboot ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' from 2005, consisting of a four-part reality competition and a failed pilot, that marked the screen debut of Creator/EmmaStone. |
| 187 | * '''Series/HeilHoneyImHome''': Satire of sitcoms from 1990 [[labelnote:note]]eight episodes were produced, but only one aired[[/labelnote]]placing Adolf Hitler in the role of the prototypical bumbling sitcom husband. |
| 188 | * '''WesternAnimation/FatherOfThePride''': 14-episode CGI animated sitcom from 2004 about the family of lions that work for Siegfried and Roy. |
| 189 | * '''Series/AgentX''': 12-episode spy thriller from 2015 starring Creator/SharonStone as a Vice President who discovers her office controls a secret agent who operates outside the authority of the rest of the government. |
| 190 | * '''Masquerade''': 13-episode spy thriller from 1983-1984 starring Creator/KirstieAlley and Creator/RodTaylor as secret agents who recruit civilian specialists to assist on their missions. |
| 191 | * '''Series/HammerHouseOfHorror''': 13-episode anthology horror series from 1980 produced by Film/HammerHorror. |
| 192 | * '''Series/JuliesGreenroom''': 13-episode educational children's puppet show from 2017 starring Creator/JulieAndrews as the teacher of a performing arts school whose students are taught different aspects of theatre performances by celebrity guests. |
| 193 | * '''Series/JeanClaudeVanJohnson:''' 6-episode action/comedy series from 2017 starring Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme AsHimself, who uses his film shoots as cover for espionage missions. |
| 194 | * '''Film/MulhollandDrive:''' Film directed by Creator/DavidLynch, started as a failed pilot for ABC filmed in 1999, and eventually completed for a theatrical release in 2001. |
| 195 | * '''Series/EarthStarVoyager:''' Two-part sci-fi miniseries produced by Disney in 1988 as a pilot for an ongoing series about a space vessel populated by a young crew on a years-long mission to travel to and colonize another world. |
| 196 | * '''[[WesternAnimation/{{Droids}} Star Wars: Droids — The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO]]''': 14-episode animated series produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}} and aired on ABC from 1985-1986 that follows the adventures of [=R2D2=] and C-3PO before the events of ''Film/StarWarsANewHope''. |
| 197 | * '''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMuppetMonsters''': 3-episode live action/animated show from 1985 about a group of young outcast Muppets who broadcast a TV show out of the basement of the Muppets' apartment building. |
| 198 | * '''Series/FlashForward2009''': 23-episode sci-fi series from 2009-2010 about a global blackout that gives the entire population of the world a vision of their future, starring Creator/JosephFiennes, Creator/JohnCho, Creator/DominicMonaghan, and Creator/CourtneyBVance. |
| 199 | * '''The Orson Welles Show''': Unaired pilot from 1979 for a talk show directed by and hosted by Creator/OrsonWelles, with Creator/BurtReynolds, Creator/AngieDickinson, and The Muppets as guests. |
| 200 | * '''Series/{{Nancy Drew|1995}}''': 13-episode series from 1995 based on the literary character, about a 20-something girl who solves mysteries alongside her friends. |
| 201 | * '''Space Force''': Failed sitcom pilot from 1978 starring Creator/FredWillard about the misadventures of a group of astronauts who serve on a remote space station in the future. |
| 202 | * '''Series/CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture''': 22-episode sci-fi/action show from 1987-1988 about a group of soldiers in a post-apocalyptic future fighting a guerilla war against killer machines. |
| 203 | * '''Samurai''': Failed PilotMovie from 1979 starring Joe Penny as an attorney who is also secretly a samurai warrior. |
| 204 | * '''Series/MyOwnWorstEnemy''': 9-episode spy drama from 2008 starring Creator/ChristianSlater as a secret agent with an alternate personality of an average family man separated by a microchip implanted in his brain that begins to malfunction. |
| 205 | * '''Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe''': 12-episode sci-fi series produced for television but released as a theatrical serial in 1953. |
| 206 | * '''WesternAnimation/SpiderWoman''': 16-episode animated series based on the Marvel Comics character that aired from 1979-1980. |
| 207 | * '''Literature/TheDevilIsAPartTimer''': 13-episode anime series from 2013 based on the light novel series by Satoshi Wagahara about a demon from a parallel universe who is sent to Earth and begins working part time at a fast food restaurant as he plots his return to his home.[[labelnote:note]]This was the second show covered by [=C2S=] to be renewed for a second season after the episode covering it was released[[/labelnote]] |
| 208 | * '''Manga/HighSchoolOfTheDead''': Anime from 2010 consisting of 12 episodes and an OVA based on the manga by Daisuke Sato about a group of high school students fighting to survive during a zombie apocalypse. |
| 209 | * '''Manga/PrincessJellyfish''': 11-episode anime from 2010 based on the manga by Akiko Higashimura about a group of {{Otaku}} girls who live in a boarding house in Tokyo. |
| 210 | * '''Literature/{{Baccano}}''': 16-episode anime from 2007 based on the series of light novels by Ryohgo Narita about a group of thieves, gangsters, immortals, and other various characters who are travelling on a transcontinental train across Prohibition-era America. |
| 211 | * '''Clerks''': Failed sitcom pilot from 1995 based on the Creator/KevinSmith [[Film/{{Clerks}} movie of the same name]]. |
| 212 | * '''W.E.I.R.D World''': Failed pilot from 1995 from the creative team behind ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' and starring [[Creator/EdoNeill Ed O'Neill]] about a secret lab complex where mad scientists work. |
| 213 | * '''[[WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters The Ghost Busters]]''': 15-episode live action comedy series from Filmation about two men and their gorilla friend who hunt ghosts. |
| 214 | * '''Series/HarpersIsland''': 13-episode mystery/horror series from 2009 structured as a slasher movie spread out over an entire season of television. |
| 215 | * '''Way Out''': 14-episode anthology horror series from 1961 hosted by and developed by Creator/RoaldDahl. |
| 216 | * '''Quibi''': Overview of several different shows and/or films featured on the ill-fated mobile streaming service that operated for part of 2020.[[labelnote:note]]Quibi's archives were later acquired by Roku; Several of the programs were subsequently renewed for further seasons.[[/labelnote]] |
| 217 | * '''Series/TheAdventuresOfBriscoCountyJr''': 27-episode {{Cyberpunk}} Western series that aired from 1993-1994 starring Creator/BruceCampbell as a bounty hunter who tracks down the gang who murdered his father with the help of high-tech gadgets. |
| 218 | * '''Series/{{Helstrom}}''': 10-episode SuperheroHorror series based on the Marvel character [[ComicBook/SonOfSatan Daimon Hellstrom]] that aired on Hulu in 2020. |
| 219 | * '''[[Series/UtopiaUS Utopia]]''': 8-episode Sci-Fi/Conspiracy drama created by Creator/GillianFlynn that ran on Amazon in 2020, based on the [[Series/{{Utopia}} British series of the same title]] about a group of conspiracy theorists who believe the clues to a secret plot to wipe out humanity through a pandemic are hidden in a graphic novel. Starring Creator/JohnCusack, Sasha Lane, Cody Michael Smith, Jessica Rothe, Ashleigh [=LaThrop=], Christopher Denham, and Creator/RainnWilson. |
| 220 | * '''Series/BraveNewWorld''': 9-episode dystopian Sci-Fi drama that was released on Peacock in 2020, based on the novel of the same name by Aldous Huxley. |
| 221 | * '''MAD TV''': Failed pilot from 1974 for an animated sketch comedy series adapted from ''[[Magazine/{{Mad}} Mad Magazine]]''. |
| 222 | * '''Savage''': Failed PilotMovie from 1973 directed by Creator/StevenSpielberg and starring Creator/MartinLandau and Creator/BarbaraBain about a TV news reporter who uncovers a sinister plot involving a newly appointed Supreme Court Justice. |
| 223 | * '''Series/ElectraWomanAndDynaGirl''': 16-episode Superhero show from Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions from 1976 about two female magazine reporters who are also superheroes. Also reviewed are the failed pilot from 2001 for a reboot and the 2016 webseries bsed on the characters. |
| 224 | * '''Series/TheBlackDonnellys''': 13-episode crime show from 2007 about an Irish-American family that gets caught in the world of organized crime in New York City. Created by Creator/PaulHaggis and starring Creator/JonathanTucker, Creator/KateMulgrew, and Creator/OliviaWilde. |
| 225 | * '''Series/Drive2007''': 6-episode action/drama from 2007 about a group of people competing in an illegal cross-country road race. Starring Creator/NathanFillion, Creator/EmmaStone, Creator/DylanBaker, and Creator/MelanieLynskey. |
| 226 | * '''WesternAnimation/FluppyDogs''': Feature-length failed animated PilotMovie from 1986 about a group of doglike creatures who jump from dimension to dimension with the help of a magical key. Based on the toy line of the same name. |
| 227 | * '''Series/LancelotLinkSecretChimp''': 17-episode comedy series from 1970-1971 that tells the story of a ''Series/GetSmart''-like spy organization, with trained chimps playing the parts of the agents. |
| 228 | * '''Series/GhostsOfFearStreet''': Failed pilot for a kids horror show, based on the novels of the same name by R.L. Stein. |
| 229 | * '''WesternAnimation/SgtSavageAndHisScreamingEagles''': Failed animated pilot based on the G.I. Joe character. |
| 230 | * '''Massarati and the Brain''': Failed PilotMovie about an adventurer whose nephew is a gadgeteer genius. Starring Daniel Pilon, Peter Billingsley, Creator/MarkiePost, Christopher Hewitt, and Creator/ChristopherLee. |
| 231 | * '''Series/GarthMarenghisDarkPlace''': 6-episode comedy from 2004, about a fictional horror author who created a sci-fi/horror series in the 1980s that is only now being aired. |
| 232 | * '''Series/JupitersLegacy''': 8-episode superhero show from 2021, based on a comic book series by Creator/MarkMillar about a generational gap between a group of traditional superheroes and their much more brutal offspring. |
| 233 | * '''Series/LincolnRhymeHuntForTheBoneCollector:''' 10-episode crime show from 2020 based on the [[Literature/LincolnRhyme character created by Jeffery Deaver]] about a quadriplegic former police detective (Creator/RussellHornsby) who is brought out of retirement when an NYPD patrol officer (Creator/ArielleKebbel) discovers that a serial killer he was once pursuing may have returned. |
| 234 | * '''Series/{{Debris}}''': 13-episode sci-fi show from 2021 starring Creator/JonathanTucker and Creator/RiannSteele about agents from the CIA and [=MI6=] who team up with a shadowy organization to track down pieces of a derelict alien spacecraft that have been falling across the world and causing otherworldly effects on their surroundings. |
| 235 | * '''Dark Intruder (aka The Black Cloak)''': Failed pilot from 1965 starring Creator/LeslieNielsen as a 19th-century playboy and occult expert who is recruited by the police to help solve a series of murders. |
| 236 | * '''The Omen''': Failed pilot from 1995 loosey inspired by the [[Franchise/TheOmen horror franchise]] about a group of people all pursuing a mysterious supernatural entity. |
| 237 | * '''Series/{{Damien}}''': 10-episode horror series from 2016 spun off of ''Film/TheOmen'' that follows an adult Damien who works as a war photographer while being pursued by people who want him to fully embrace his destiny as TheAntichrist. |
| 238 | * '''Series/PerpetualGraceLTD''': 10 episode dark dramedy series from 2019 centered on an ensemble cast and a series of ASimplePlan subplots loosely connected to a couple of grifters/murderers played by Creator/BenKingsley and Jacki Weaver. |
| 239 | * '''Series/{{Terriers}}''': 2010 [[DetectiveDrama Detective]] {{Dramedy}} centered on two blue-collar detectives played by Creator/DonalLogue and Creator/MichaelRaymondJames who get unwittingly involved in a multi-million dollar conspiracy. |
| 240 | * '''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfBatman''': Am animated SpiritualSuccessor to the [[Series/Batman1966 60's Batman TV series]], with Creator/AdamWest and Creator/BurtWard reprising their roles as Batman and Robin. This time around they are joined in their adventures by the insufferable Bat-Mite. |
| 241 | * '''Series/{{Timecop}}''': A [[RecycledTheSeries TV Spinoff]] of the Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme [[Film/{{Timecop}} film of the same name]] (but featuring none of the original cast). |
| 242 | * '''Series/TheSecretService''': A [[Creator/GerryAnderson Gerry]] and Creator/SylviaAnderson UsefulNotes/{{Supermarionation}} show about a [[ItMakesAsMuchSenseInContext secret agent priest who fights evil with gibberish and a shrink ray]]. |
| 243 | * '''Starhyke''': A 2004/2009/2011[[labelnote:note]]The show finished ''filming'' in 2004, only ended post-production in 2008, was released straight to DVD in 2008 since no networked picked it up and finally aired on Sky TV in 2011[[/labelnote]] British sci-fi show about a future humanity that has shed all emotion and is now faced with a biological attack that might reawaken it. |
| 244 | * '''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer''': One of the most infamous and controversial short-lived shows in the history of Creator/{{UPN}} that only ran 4 episodes in October 1998 and never had a proper release since. A sitcom starring Creator/ChiMcBride as a British nobleman who gets chased out of England due to gambling debts and becomes the valet of UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln, portrayed in this show as a lecherous buffoon and a clear analog to UsefulNotes/BillClinton. |
| 245 | [[/folder]] |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[folder: The Canceled Too Soon Monthly Movie / Not on Disney Plus(Patreon exclusive reviews)]] |
| 248 | * '''Karate Dog''': 2004 Action/Comedy directed by Creator/BobClark and starring Creator/ChevyChase, Creator/SimonRex, Creator/JonVoight, Creator/JaimePressly, and Creator/PatMorita-often considered one of the worst TV movies of all time. |
| 249 | * '''Someone I Touched''': 1975 TV Movie starring Cloris Leachman as a woman who is given VD by her unfaithful husband. |
| 250 | * '''Dirty Dancing''': 2017 Musical remake of [[Film/DirtyDancing the 1987 movie]]. |
| 251 | * '''Home for Christmas Day''': 2017 [[SugarWiki/AHallmarkPresentation Hallmark Christmas Movie]] reviewed as a Crossover with the podcast LKTV. |
| 252 | * '''WesternAnimation/CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue''': Infamous animated special from 1990 featuring a large number of cartoon icons from the 1980s who team up to convince a kid to stay away from [[DrugsAreBad drugs]]. |
| 253 | * '''Gulliver's Travels''': 1996 NBC miniseries adaptation of the Jonathan Swift novel starring Ted Danson. |
| 254 | * '''Film/TheLangoliers''': 1995 miniseries based on the Creator/StephenKing novel. |
| 255 | * '''Series/WildPalms''': six-hour surrealist dystopian miniseries from 1993 produced by Creator/OliverStone. |
| 256 | * '''Film/{{Killdozer}}''': 1974 Made-for-TV movie about a bulldozer possessed by an evil alien presence. |
| 257 | * '''Intruders''': 1992 miniseries following people around world who claim to have been abducted by aliens. |
| 258 | * '''[[WesternAnimation/TheManWhoHatedLaughter Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter]]''': Hour-long animated special from 1972 featuring all the comic strip characters owned by King Features Syndicate in a story where the funny characters are all kidnapped and the adventure heroes have to save them. |
| 259 | * '''The Electric Grandmother''': 1982 TV movie written by Creator/RayBradbury about a family who buys a robot to replace their recently deceased grandmother. |
| 260 | * '''Series/LonesomeDove''': Legendary 1989 TV miniseries starring Creator/RobertDuvall and Creator/TommyLeeJones as a pair of retired Texas Rangers who escort a group of people from Texas to Montana. |
| 261 | * '''Series/{{Clue}}''': 5-episode miniseries from 2001 loosely based on the board game about six teenagers who find themselves caught up in a mystery after they witness an apparent murder. |
| 262 | * '''It Happened One Christmas''': 1977 made-for-TV gender-swapped remake of ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' starring Marlo Thomas, Creator/ClorisLeachman, and Creator/OrsonWelles. |
| 263 | * '''Literature/TheOwlService''': 8-episode miniseries from 1969 about mysterious happenings that occur after a pair of teens discover a strange set of dinner plates in the summer home they're staying at in Wales. |
| 264 | * '''A Deadly Adoption''': Tongue-in-cheek LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek from 2015 starring Creator/WillFerrell and Creator/KristenWiig about a childless couple who taken in a young pregnant woman in the hopes of adopting her child before everything goes wrong. |
| 265 | * '''I'm Dangerous Tonight''': 1990 made-for-TV horror movie directed by Creator/TobeHooper and starring Madchen Amick and Creator/AnthonyPerkins about a cursed prom dress made out of an enchanted Aztec cloth. |
| 266 | * '''[[Film/CaptainAmerica1979 Captain America & Captain America: Death Too Soon]]''': Two made-for-TV adventure movies starring Creator/RebBrown as the Marvel character. |
| 267 | * '''Home For the Holidays''': 1972 proto SlasherMovie made for TV, starring Creator/SallyField. |
| 268 | * '''The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch''': 1983 made-for-TV movie about a town populated almost entirely by women during the Civil War who are trained by an injured Union soldier to fight off his villainous General father. Starring Creator/JoanCollins and Music/DonnyOsmond. |
| 269 | * '''Ladykillers''': 1988 made-for-TV thriller about a serial killer who targets male strippers. |
| 270 | * '''Histoire(s) du cinema''': 4-chapter, 8-episode docuseries by Creator/JeanLucGodard made from 1989-1998 examining the history and concepts of film in the 20th Century. |
| 271 | * '''Film/TrilogyOfTerror''': Made-for-TV anthology horror movie from 1975 based on several short stories by Creator/RichardMatheson, starring Creator/KarenBlack in multiple roles. |
| 272 | * '''Literature/KingSolomonsMines''': 2004 Miniseries based on the book by H. Rider Haggard and starring Creator/PatrickSwayze as Allan Quatermain. |
| 273 | * '''The Christmas Shoes''': 2002 Made-for-TV movie starring Creator/RobLowe and inspired by the hit Christmas song by Music/{{Newsong}}. |
| 274 | * '''[[Series/{{Raumpatrouille}} Space Patrol: the Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion]]:''' 1966 German sci-fi miniseries about a ship with a 7-passenger crew that patrols the outreaches of space. |
| 275 | * '''Co-Ed Call Girl''': 1996 Made-for-TV movie that aired on CBS starring Creator/ToriSpelling as a college student who decides to join an escort service. |
| 276 | * '''WesternAnimation/TheThanksgivingThatAlmostWasnt''': A half-hour musical animated special from 1972 produced by Creator/HannanBarbara and Creator/RubySpears about a squirrel who saved some lost children on the first Thanksgiving. |
| 277 | * '''World War III''': 2-episode miniseries from 1982 about a military conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union that threatens to escalate into a global war, starring Creator/RockHudson, Creator/DavidSoul, Creator/BrianKeith, and Creator/CathyLeeCrosby. |
| 278 | * '''Miracles on 34th Street''': made-for-TV remakes of ''Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet'' from 1959 and 1973. |
| 279 | * '''The Smartest Cat in the World''': Made-for-TV Disney movie from 1986 about a talking cat that inherits $5 million. |
| 280 | * '''The The Parent Trap 2''': Made-for-TV sequel to ''Film/TheParentTrap1961'' from 1986. |
| 281 | * '''The Parent Trap 3''' & '''The Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon''': Made-for-TV sequels to The Parent Trap made in 1989 about a family of teenage triplet sisters who try to set their father (Creator/BarryBostwick up with Susan Wyatt (Creator/HayleyMills) from the original film. |
| 282 | * '''Moochie of the Little League''': 1954 TV movie about a small child who is wholeheartedly dedicated to his Little League baseball team. |
| 283 | * '''Film/ChildOfGlass''': 1978 made-for-TV Disney movie about a boy who has to solve the mystery of what's keeping the ghost of a young Creole girl trapped in his family's new house. |
| 284 | * '''Film/MotherGooseRockNRhyme''': Made-for-TV movie from 1990 about a group of nursery rhyme characters who have to track down Mother Goose with AllStarCast include Creator/ShelleyDuvall, Music/LittleRichard, Jean Stapleton, Music/CyndiLauper, Music/BobbyBrown, Creator/HowieMandel, Creator/WoodyHarrelson, Creator/TeriGarr, Creator/GarryShandling, and Music/ZZTop. |
| 285 | * '''Film/BabySecretOfTheLostLegend''': Adventure movie from 1985 about a paleontologist and her husband who discover a family of Brontosauruses in Africa and try to defend them from hunters. |
| 286 | * '''Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue''': Historical adventure movie from 1954 based on the legend of the Scottish warrior. |
| 287 | * ''' Savage Sam''': Family film from 1963 based on the sequel to ''Literature/OldYeller''. |
| 288 | * '''Film/TowerOfTerror''': 1997 made-for-TV ghost movie starring Creator/SteveGuttenberg and Creator/KristenDunst based on the Disneyland ride of the same name. |
| 289 | * '''Film/TheWorldsGreatestAthlete''': 1973 Live Action movie about a pair of college coaches (John Amos and Creator/TimConway) who recruite a Tarzan-like wild man (Creator/JanMichaelVincent) to serve on their atheltics team. |
| 290 | * '''Film/TheChristmasToy''': 1986 made-for-TV movie by the Jim Henson Company about a group of anthropomorphic toys who find themselves threatened by the arrival of a new astronaut toy. |
| 291 | * '''Film/{{Condorman}}''': 1981 TV movie spoof of SpyFiction and superheroes about a comic book writer who is determined to bring his character to life, and finds himself caught in a CIA plot. |
| 292 | * '''Film/TheWatcherInTheWoods''' (1989) / '''Literature/SomethingWickedThisWayComes''' (1983): Two different horror movies produced by Disney that underwent major ExecutiveMeddling and failed at the box office. |
| 293 | * '''Film/SoDearToMyHeart''': One of the earliest Live Action films produced by Disney (in 1948), with some animated elements; about a young boy who befriends a black sheep. |
| 294 | * '''Film/YoungAgain''': 1986 Made-for-TV Movie starring Creator/RobertUrich as a 40-year-old man who is transported into the body of his 17-year-old self, played by Creator/KeanuReeves. |
| 295 | * '''The Gnome-Mobile''': 1967 Live Action made-for-TV fantasy based on an Creator/UptonSinclair novel about an eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren who try to save a colony of gnomes from destruction. |
| 296 | * '''Film/OneOfOurDinosaursIsMissing''': 1975 Adventure/Comedy about a secret agent who hides a stolen Chinese microfilm in a dinosaur skeleton and convinces his former nanny to find it. Starring Peter Ustinov, Helen Hayes, Clive Revill and Derek Nimmo. |
| 297 | [[/folder]] |
| 298 | |
| 299 | !!Tropes featured on this Podcast include: |
| 300 | * AndroidsAndDetectives: March 2018 was dedicated entirely to reviewing shows about cops with robot partners. |
| 301 | * AuthorAppeal: By their own admission, Bibbs and Witney cover a lot of anthology shows and 80s-90s sci-fi because they really enjoy those genres. |
| 302 | * BileFascination: [[invoked]] A major appeal of the podcast. Bibbs often points out that when listeners are given the option to vote on an series to review, the winning option will almost inevitability end up being the one that looks like it will be the most painful. |
| 303 | * {{Crossover}}: Annually with LKTV, reviewing Christmas-related media. |
| 304 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In the ''Inhumans'' episode, after Bibbs calls the Creator/RebBrown ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' films the worst Marvel adaptation he had ever seen: |
| 305 | -->'''Bibbs''': It's worse than ''[[Film/FantasticFour2005 Fantastic Four]]!'' It's worse than the other ''[[Film/FantasticFourRiseOfTheSilverSurfer Fantastic Four]]!'' It's worse than '' the other'' ''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fantastic Four]]!'' It's worse than '''''the other''''' ''[[Film/TheFantasticFour Fantastic Four]]!'' |
| 306 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first season included reviews of standalone TV movies and specials that would later be given separate reviews as part of The Canceled Too Soon Monthly Movie. |
| 307 | * FormulaBreakingEpisode: Occasionally, the show will do an installment of "The Randomizer", where William and Witney watch a randomly-selected episode of a long-running TV show neither has ever seen and try to uncover the appeal of the show with the help of a guest who is a fan. So far, installments of The Randomizer have covered episodes of ''Series/DesperateHousewives'', ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', ''Series/{{Psych}}'', and ''Series/TheVampireDiaries''. |
| 308 | * JokeAndReceive: While discussing ''Polaroid'' during the "Worst Of 2019" episode, Witney claims that instead of the usual YouHaveToBelieveMe moment when trying to convince the cops that a supernatural artifact is wreaking havoc, he'd just once would like to see the cops take the protagonists seriously only for them to still be [[PoliceAreUseless useless]] because the supernatural division of the police department is [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome just as bureaucratic and backlogged as the rest of the police]]. This is quite similar to the basic premise of ''VideoGame/{{Control}}''. |
| 309 | * OnceAnEpisode: The end of each episode has the hosts deciding if the show in question was indeed canceled too soon, and sometimes speculating where the show might have gone had it lasted 100 episodes. |
| 310 | * OnceASeason: Every May has an episode devoted to the Canceled Too Soon Awards, when the hosts and listeners look back at the shows reviewed over the last year and vote on the best and worst of the bunch. |
| 311 | * PilotMovie: Many of the episodes cover pilots that aired as Made-for-TV movies. Some of the shows featured TV movies at their start as well. |
| 312 | * ReReleaseSoundtrack: Often discussed -- many of the shows reviewed were made before home video releases for TV shows had become mainstream, and as a result, some of the episodes have different soundtracks than they had when originally aired. ''Series/BirdsOfPrey2002'' was a particularly noteworthy example. |
| 313 | * ReTool: in 2020, The Canceled Too Soon Monthly Movie podcast was reworked into "Not On Creator/DisneyPlus", focused on reviewing TV movies, miniseries, and specials produced by Disney that are nevertheless not available on their streaming service. |
| 314 | * SpecialGuest: |
| 315 | ** Rebekah [=McKendry=] from Blumhouse appeared on the episode reviewing ''Darknet'' |
| 316 | ** Film critic Alonso Duralde appeared on the episodes reviewing ''Series/TheMuppets2015'' and ''Series/MyMotherTheCar'', as well as the crossovers with his own podcast LKTV. |
| 317 | ** Drew [=McWeeney=], host of the podcast ''80s All Over'', appeared on the episode reviewing ''Series/PoliceSquad''. |
| 318 | ** Scott Mantz of ''Access Hollywood'' appeared on the episode reviewing ''Battlestar Galactica''. |
| 319 | ** Jenna Busch, founder of the website Legion of Leia, appears on the ''Wonder Woman'' episode. |
| 320 | ** Brianne Drouhard, who created the series ''WesternAnimation/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld'', appeared on the episode reviewing that series. |
| 321 | ** ''Film/Deadpool2016'' screenwriter Rhett Reese guest stars on the Monthly Movie episode reviewing ''Series/LonesomeDove''. |
| 322 | ** Actor Samm Levine, who appeared in the shows ''Series/{{Selfie}}'' and ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'', appeared on the episodes covering them. |
| 323 | * SpannerInTheWorks: Bibbs's cats Sergio and Luca are often (starting around Season 2) heard interrupting the podcast by fighting or misbehaving, to the point where "Luca, get off the counter!" has become something of a CatchPhrase for the show. |
| 324 | * SpinOff: |
| 325 | ** The podcast was inspired by a segment on the hosts' other (and since ended) podcast ''The B Movies Podcast'', where Bibbs and Witney reviewed the first season of ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' weekly. |
| 326 | ** The podcast also spun off ''Critically Acclaimed'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''The B Movies Podcast'' where Bibbs and Witney review newly-released films (and, originally, a historically bad film paired with a historically acclaimed film, a feature that was later reworked into yet another SpinOff called ''The Two-Shot'') and occasionally discuss pertinent or relevant movie news (especially careers of film luminaries who have recently passed). The podcast originally ran on the Schmoes Knows Network in tandem with Bibbs and Witney's debut as the Critically Acclaimed team on ''WebVideo/MovieTriviaSchmoedown''. The show now runs on its own network feed, which includes ''Canceled Too Soon'' and many of the spinoffs listed below. |
| 327 | *** As of March 2020, older films available on streaming services are also being reviewed due to the restrictions on theater-going caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 328 | ** The podcast has several Patreon-exclusive spin-offs of its own: |
| 329 | *** '''Only the Best''': a monthly podcast where Bibbs and Witney review every movie nominated for the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Academy Award for Best Picture]] in order by year. |
| 330 | *** '''All Our Yesterdays''': a weekly podcast reviewing every episode of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' in production order. |
| 331 | *** '''Out of Gas''': a weekly podcast reviewing every episode of ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' in production order. |
| 332 | *** '''Episode Zero''': a podcast analyzing and reviewing the films and other media that inspired famous works, starting with ''Franchise/StarWars'' before moving on to ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''. |
| 333 | *** '''My Dinner With My Dinner With Andre''': A podcast where the hosts invite friends of theirs to watch and discuss the movie ''Film/MYDinnerWithAndre''. |
| 334 | *** '''Wholly Batman!''': a podcast reviewing every episode of ''Series/Batman1966'' story arc by story arc. |
| 335 | ---- |
| 336 | ->''"That's a wrap, folks. We'll see you next season!"'' |
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