Terminator: the Sarah Connor chronicles. The strike killed it. It was really getting juicy.
What's an example of a TV show that came out at before its time, or just at a bad time?
Submitted 2 weeks ago by Skavau@lemm.ee to Television@lemm.ee
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bobsuruncle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
infinitevalence@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
Also heroes. There will forever only be one season of heroes.
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That first season really was amazing.
MerrySkeptic@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Set in the 2050s as mankind has learned to predict and use naturally occurring wormholes for interstellar travel, they are drawn into a war with a new alien species that destroyed a colony. The show focuses on a squadron of fighter pilots in space One of them is a cloned, enhanced human used to fight in an earth bound war against synthetics and is seen as subhuman by many.
The show had a very good plot, a serialized story but also self contained episodes, interesting moral dilemmas. But it was horribly marketed by Fox so it died after a season or two. The final episode was a huge cliffhanger too.
Haess@lemmynsfw.com 2 weeks ago
I still have it on my Plex server. Great show.
thejoker954@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I loved this and Earth 2 back in the day.
theblips@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
The Wire would blow up in the binge era
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I binged it!
CitizenKong@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Carnivale. Would probably be really successful on Apple or Amazon now.
ramble81@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Westworld. It was on track to wrap up and then Discovery got ahold of way too many series with a hatchet.
Steve@communick.news 2 weeks ago
Witchblade from 2001
Easily more than a decade ahead of it’s time in many ways. It’s themes, style, and narrative would all be premier TV stuff today.
ultranaut@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Rome
reddig33@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Rome ran for three seasons and was successful, but extremely expensive to produce. It was a joint production from BBC and HBO. And then there was a huge fire at that burned a bunch of the sets down between seasons. They were lucky to get that last season put together.
I do wonder if modern tech would have made it more easily producible. I mean, we did get Game of Thrones which was hugely expensive and expansive.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
there was a huge fire at that burned a bunch of the sets down
Like Nero did? I bet there were some interesting headlines about it.
BlueBaggy@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Final Space
Okokimup@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The Pirates of Dark Water.
SatyrSack@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I did not like it because it was a drama, but apparently a lot of people did like Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and it probably would have fared better if it was not “competing” with 30 Rock.
ramble81@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
I think it was also due to a writers strike too. I loved that series
blitzen@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I love Sorkin at his best. He has an iffy batting average, but hits home runs when he connects.
dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Not to the intention of the questions but in Australia, Duckman as well as Ren & Stimpy were aired under the guise of kids shows. I remember watching Duckman after school. 4pm or so.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Same with South Park in Germany! I hated it back then because I thought it really was a kids show. Took me way too long to realize that our programme directors were idiots, not the creators.
Tronn4@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Brisco County
LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
I love The Adventures of Bristol County Jr.! Bruce Campbell is great in so many things!
Skavau@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
From what I know of it, it seems as if the “Kings” tv show from 2009 might qualify?
HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I wish Lost hadn’t come out back then. I wish I could watch it brand new today, at this age I would have enjoyed it more.
Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 2 weeks ago
I’ve been enjoying “From” and I heard it’s similar to Lost
TotallyNotSpezUpload@startrek.website 2 weeks ago
According to Vince Gilligan: The lone gunman
bitchkat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The Ben Stiller Show.
bdot@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Better Off Ted
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t know if it’s just the same few people that bring up Better Off Ted around here, but I love that it comes up as often as it does in these sorts of threads
runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I love this show so much, but damn is it hard to find these days. I think I found a Vimeo playlist of it once but who knows if that even exists anymore. And working in biotech makes it even better!
bdot@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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