One Season Wonders

[Benji]

In this thread, we celebrate shows that were only a single series long. Be it 24 plus episodes, or just the classic British sitcom of six.

Obviously a big favourite will be Firefly, which was on just long enough to capture our hearts, but not long enough to burn us. This thread was inspired by Sirens, a UK TV series about paramedics which me and Kaney were chatting about in the donators. I was one of the few who loved FlashForward, and still hope that the concept is reused for a film or something, because I love the book.

Probably my biggest one was Studio 60, which was your usual Sorkin affair, but with one of my favourite casts ever, and with near perfect cast chemistry and some of Sorkin's most balanced (for Sorkin, that is) writing.

[King.]

Eli Stone. It was so good!

[Maxx]

Terriers

[Damian WayLNKe]

I really liked Traveler

[Panni]

Definitely a cliche pick but Freaks and Geeks was a lot of fun. I wonder how different everyone's career would have been had the show actually run a few seasons.

[St. Dubb]

I remember really enjoying Invasion and hated the way they ended the first season considering there wasn't going to be a second season.

Most recently I enjoyed Terra Nova and was sad to see it go so soon.

[GoGo Yubari]

Wonderfalls. One of many great, quirky Bryan Fuller shows that just don't last, this one only got a single season in the quagmire that is Fox's Friday nights and deserved so much more.

(For contrast, both Dead Like Me and Pushing Daisies at least got second seasons if nothing else.)

[EddieG]

Have to definitely second Studio 60, fucking love that show, one of the few shows I got on DVD legitimately.

[fr34k]

Let's see here. A few of my favorites have already been mentioned, namely Firefly, Freaks and Geeks, and Terriers. I'd also recommend Undeclared. Luck was also great and pretty recent. Although naming miniseries is probably beside the point, I gotta mention Generation Kill somewhere .

[IDOL]

The Playboy Club looked promising. If only it would have been on Showtime or one of the premium channels rather than NBC.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

The Finder was brilliant but was only a mid-season replacement for something else I think and was never renewed. Boourns.

Mental was another good show about some psychologist British guy in America. Maybe too similar to stuff like House/Mentalist/Lie To Me to carve it's own niche though.

[GoGo Yubari]

The Playboy Club looked promising. If only it would have been on Showtime or one of the premium channels rather than NBC.

To be fair, something as critically reviled as The Playboy Club would have never made it to any premium channel better than Starz or Cinemax.

[Lord Nibbler]

Huff

The Middleman

Andy Richter Controls The Universe

My So-Called Life

Wonderfalls. One of many great, quirky Bryan Fuller shows that just don't last, this one only got a single season in the quagmire that is Fox's Friday nights and deserved so much more.

(For contrast, both Dead Like Me and Pushing Daisies at least got second seasons if nothing else.)

And it was better than Dead Like Me and Pushing Daisies, IMO.

[GoGo Yubari]

Pushing Daisies I agree with. Dead Like Me, nah. That was Fuller's best show by far.

Definitely echoing The Middleman from what I've seen of it.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

My So-called Life was only one series?! Well there you go.

NATHAN BARLEY!

It's actually really well written and the characters are set up much more intelligently than it at first seems (not that the characters themselves are any more intelligent).

It was also created by the mighty Chris Morris.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Oooh. All the episodes are on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONaa4HxD-48

[IDOL]

The Playboy Club looked promising. If only it would have been on Showtime or one of the premium channels rather than NBC.

To be fair, something as critically reviled as The Playboy Club would have never made it to any premium channel better than Starz or Cinemax.

Cinemax probably would have been a good network for it. It just seemed like a total non-fit for anything network TV.

[KONGO]

Echoing Terriers and Firefly. I feel like there are other one season shows I've seen but can't think of them right now. Perhaps when I get home.

[apsham]

Clone High.

Topic over.

[KONGO]

Meh. Not that great.