Posted on 07/19/2014 8:28:11 PM PDT by MNDude
Most TV series "jump the shark" or get bad long before they end. But there's always a few that you wish that went on at least another season. Which TV series or program(s) do you wish hadn't ended when it did but continued on at least another year?
“Firefly”
All In The Family
AMOS and ANDY!!
Police Squad, but they did make three movies afterwards.
Firefly.
‘’Gunsmoke’’, ‘’Hazel’’, ‘’Cheyenne’’, ‘’Seventh Heaven’’, ‘’Leave It to Beaver’’, ‘’Lancer’’, ‘’Pete and Gladys’’, ‘’My Sister Eileen’’, ‘’The Roaring 20s’’, ‘’The Guns of Will Sonnett’’, a lot more really
Recent ones? Almost Human.
the remake of V.
Heroes.
The Event.
Fringe
Ditto that. I was trying to remember the name of that show. I kept thinking “Police Story” but that was another good one with Dennis Farina. I loved “Police Squad”. “IN COLOR”! LOL!
I have to also vote for Amos and Andy.
All the episodes are on YouTube.
Gunsmoke?
Do you know how long that show lasted? (if you include “Marshal Dillon”)
Just about all that the removed during the infamous “Rural Purge” as they hardened TV as a liberal delivery system.
Here is a list:
1969–70 season
The Original Amateur Hour (DuMont, 1947–49; NBC, 1949–54 and 1957–59; ABC, 1955–57 and 1960; CBS, 1959–1970)
Petticoat Junction (CBS, 1963–1970)[1]
The Red Skelton Show (NBC, 1951–53; CBS, 1953–1970; NBC, 1970–71. Cancelled by CBS and renewed by NBC)
The Jackie Gleason Show (DuMont, 1950-52; CBS, 1952–1970)
1970–71 season[edit]
Green Acres (CBS, 1965–1971)[1]
The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS, 1962–1971)[1]
Mayberry R.F.D. (CBS, 1968–1971; following The Andy Griffith Show, CBS, 1960-68)[1]
Hee-Haw (CBS, 1969–1971,[1] first run syndication 1971–1991)
Lassie (CBS, 1954–1971, first run syndication 1971–1973)
Family Affair (CBS, 1966–1971)
Hogan’s Heroes (CBS, 1965–1971)
The Jim Nabors Hour (CBS, 1969–1971)[1]
The Red Skelton Show (cancelled by NBC)
The Lawrence Welk Show (locally in Los Angeles 1951–1955, ABC, 1955–1971, first run syndication 1971–1982)
The Johnny Cash Show (ABC, 1969–1971)
The Governor & J.J. (CBS, two seasons)
The Virginian (NBC, 9 seasons)
The Andy Williams Show (NBC, 10 seasons)
Wild Kingdom (NBC, 1963–1971; syndication 1971–1988)
1971–72 season[edit]
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (CBS, 1969–1972)
My Three Sons (ABC, 1960–65; CBS, 1965–72)
1972–73 season[edit]
Bonanza (NBC, 1959–1973)
The Doris Day Show (CBS, 1968-1973 - though deviated from its rural/family theme after the 1970-71 season)
1973–74 season[edit]
Here’s Lucy (CBS, 1968–74, following the related CBS series The Lucy Show (1962–1968), The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957–1960), and I Love Lucy (1951–1957)
1974–75 season[edit]
Gunsmoke (CBS, 1955–1975)
My Friday night staples in college, Miami Vice and Police Story.
Homicide:Life on the Street.
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Wild, Wild, West
Terranova
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