"What short-lived TV series would you like to see back on the air as a TV movie or series?"

March 1999

"Without a doubt, Space: Above and Beyond. Just when things were get really interesting, after a spectacular cliffhanger of a season finale, Fox yanked it! I'd like to see it back on a regular basis, maybe long enough to finish the war one way or the other, but I'd at least like the loose ends wrapped up."
-- Tracy Hite

"I'd like to see The Adventures of Brisco County. As for S:AAB, I heard that there was a problem with the production company, and the studio decided to shut down operations because of all the in-fighting. Of course, I discovered this on the net, so take it for what *that's* worth. :-)

There was another series, which I really liked, called Dempsey and Makepeace. A troublesome American cop (NYPD, I think) was sent to England, where he was teamed up with a pain-in-the-ass English cop. Lots of fish-out-of-water fun. Except for the police departments involved, they go together rather well, eh?

-- Carl Parlagreco

"As someone else has suggested, I'd like to see The Adventures Of Brisco County, Jr. again. I'd also like to see Probe again."
-- Johnny Carruthers

"How about She-Wolf of London?"
-- Rod Smith

"My pick for a short lived series to bring back would be Alien Nation - The Series. The last we saw of them, they were in a tremendous explosion. Did any of them survive? Who planted the bomb and why? Those are the questions I would like to see answered."
-- Nancy Hartshorn

"I was just really getting into Earth 2 when it was cancelled. Another show I'd like to see back was the new Fantasy Island with Malcolm McDowell. It was a really cool show. Oh well!"
-- Laura Begley

"I'd personally like to see the Robotech II: The Sentinels' Project restarted and modernized. The butchery that was the one tape released of it was radically reordered footage from the first three episodes, with dialogue in some cases almost opposite what was intended for the scenes in question. For that matter, a cleaning up of the original series (i.e. removing a lot of the contradictions in dialogue & narration) would also be welcome.
"Most of the short-lived live-action series I showed an interest in died from a cast member dying (like, Sam Kinneson's TV show), so by definition not revivable (unless someone knows where to get a real-life rod of resurrection).
"Of course, there's also the now-stillborn Babylon 5: Crusade series. Sure, a baker's dozen of episodes were done, and will air, but many of those done have been compromised from TNT's insistence that it be turned into a ST clone, despite the ST franchise itself practically shutting down after this year. I really would have liked to have seen the series done right, and completely..."
-- Stan Bundy

"If Harlan Ellison was on this list, I'd vote for The Starlost in a second, just to piss him off. :)
"The single stupidest show I've ever seen and enjoyed was this total piece of tripe called Otherworld... I guess Sliders is a better-class remake of it in some ways tho'... but god it was bad... even though I watched all, what, seven episodes of it...
"I don't think anybody's going to say Cop Rock, least of all me... and I'm not going to say Dr. Who even for the amusement value... :)
"I'm surprised Sue didn't mention Wizards and Warriors. My housemate Mimi says Brisco County, Jr which I agree was pretty fun.
"And, of course, it's sad that they've already 1) brought back and 2) royally screwed it up. I've always thought that Battlestar Galactica was really getting interesting at the end of its first season... but it had sort of a second season which blew chunks so doesn't really count...
"Urushi and Tora would be number 1 on that [anime] list for me. (At least, right now.)"
-- R'ykandar Korra'ti

"Hmmm.....well, there are many anime series I could say... For anime, perhaps Evangelion' but they pretty much absolutely finished that up in 26 episodes and two movies. Still wish there had been a little more.
"For regular series, I always liked trange Luck that was cancelled on Fox (isn't that always the case...). It wasn't very serious, but had interesting events. I would have liked to see it developed a little more and settle down into a rhythm."
-- Janis Neville

"Nobody's Perfect.
"The people at ABC did their best to bury this little gem about a Scotland Yard Inspector who has come to the United States to work with the San Francisco Police Department.
"In the opening episode ... The officers at a particular precinct ore overjoyed to learn that Detective Al Swink (lazy, good for nothing, bums cigarettes off everyone) is no longer going to be a problem because he has been sent to England as a part of a work exchange program. Detective Inspector Roger Hart reporting for duty,' the rather dapper gentleman (with an umbrella neatly tucked under his arm) says as he walks in the front door and introduces himself.
"Then he turns to tip his hat to a female officer and the umbrella breaks the window on the closing door.
"Inspector Hart just happens to be both a law enforcement genius and a total klutz. Well actually ... He's not a Klutz ... Hart just gets so engrossed in the case he is attempting to solve that the little things, like the fact that a particular table happens to have a coffee pot sitting on it, tend to escape his notice.
"The eight episodes were well written, superbly acted and incredibly funny.
"And the network squandered what could have been a really great hit."
-- Duryea Edwards

"American Gothic. It would be hard to revive, because the central character was a boy, and they found a really *terrific* child actor for the part. Plus, they seemed to have a 'gotta top this' attitude, so each episode was more bizarre than the last. But it had great promise.
"Twin Peaks, on the other hand, is a great example of a gothic series that went on too long."
-- Sylvia Wendell

"Space Above and Beyond, Fantasy Island '90s version, Brimstone."
-- Rickey Hite

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