One and Done: 26 Great (and Good-ish) TV Shows Canceled After a Single Season

One and Done: 26 Great (and Good-ish) TV Shows Canceled After a Single Season

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ntThis midseason replacement starring a trio of TV journeymen actors playing military brothers could have come and gone with no notice, but the combo of family comedy and positivity struck a chord with the small number who tuned in. In a post-Ted Lasso</em> world, Enlisted</em> could have made a real go of it, but Fox gave the sitcom an honorable discharge after just 13 episodes. It was almost revived by Yahoo Screen, but your head-scratching at the mention of that platform tells you all you need to know about how that went u2026</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”ENLISTED Parker Young Geoff Stults Chris Lowell”,”image_credit”:”Everett”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-canceled-after-one-season/”,”image_id”:4131238,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/TCDENLI_EC018-copy-1612994294.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/TCDENLI_EC018-copy-1612994294.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/TCDENLI_EC018-copy-1612994294.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/TCDENLI_EC018-copy-1612994294.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/TCDENLI_EC018-copy-1612994294.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/TCDENLI_EC018-copy-1612994294.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntFancy meeting you here, Geoff Stults. A year before his ill-fated tour on Enlisted</em>, one of TVu2019s most familiar one-and-doners u2014 see other axed freshmen Happy Town</em> (2010) and Guilty Party</em> (2021) u2014 starred in this quirky and incredibly loose spinoff of Fox drama Bones</em>. A show about a guy with a knack for u2026 finding things u2026 that also featured the late Michael Clarke Duncan, The Finder</em> was fun and far better than most procedurals being churned out at the time. But it was cursed by the fact that it could never match its parent seriesu2019 surplus of charm or the networku2019s decision to air its 13-episode order while Bones</em> was on hiatus. Any loose connection to its sibling series was lost on audiences.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”John Francis Daley, Geoff Stults, Michael Clarke Duncan in THE FINDER.”,”image_credit”:”Jordin Althaus / Fox / Courtesy: Everett Collection”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-canceled-after-one-season/”,”image_id”:1235578576,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Finder-TCDFIND_EC023-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Finder-TCDFIND_EC023-H-2023.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Finder-TCDFIND_EC023-H-2023.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Finder-TCDFIND_EC023-H-2023.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Finder-TCDFIND_EC023-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Finder-TCDFIND_EC023-H-2023.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntNo single-season series conversation would be complete without mention of Firefly</em>, the space Western from Joss Whedon. Fox pulled it after airing 10 of the 14 episodes produced by then-corporate sibling 20th Century Fox, but it was so beloved by its fans and creator that a feature length film (Serenity</em>) was ultimately made to wrap up storylines. Thatu2019s correct. A rival studio (Universal) greenlit a $40 million sci-fi movie based on a show that performed so poorly that its network didnu2019t even see it fit to air the episodes it had already paid for and filmed. At least it broke even! But, oh, how Hollywood has changed.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Ron Glass, Sean Maher, Morena Baccarin, Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Summer Glau in FIREFLY.”,”image_credit”:”Everett Collection”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-canceled-after-one-season/”,”image_id”:1235578566,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Firefly-TCDFIRE_FE008-1-h-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Firefly-TCDFIRE_FE008-1-h-2023.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Firefly-TCDFIRE_FE008-1-h-2023.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Firefly-TCDFIRE_FE008-1-h-2023.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Firefly-TCDFIRE_FE008-1-h-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Firefly-TCDFIRE_FE008-1-h-2023.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntAnother quintessential u201cgone too soon,u201d Freaks and Geeks</em> was an u201880s-set high school dramedy with one of the most stacked casts in TV history. No, they werenu2019t famous at the time, but Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Martin Starr and Busy Philipps all went on to big things. Behind the scenes, it was equally impressive, with Paul Feig serving as creator, Judd Apatow as executive producer and Jake Kasdan as go-to director. So while itu2019s sad it didnu2019t last, its demise unleashed a whole crew whou2019d help dictate Hollywoodu2019s comedy trajectory in the years that followed u2014u00a0and make another show on this list.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Martin Starr, John Francis Daley, Linda Cardellini, Busy Philipps, Jason Segel, (back row) Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, James Franco in FREAKS AND GEEKS.”,”image_credit”:”NBC / Courtesy: Everett Collection”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-canceled-after-one-season/”,”image_id”:1235578567,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Freaks-and-Geeks-TSDFRAN_EC005-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Freaks-and-Geeks-TSDFRAN_EC005-H-2023.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Freaks-and-Geeks-TSDFRAN_EC005-H-2023.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Freaks-and-Geeks-TSDFRAN_EC005-H-2023.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Freaks-and-Geeks-TSDFRAN_EC005-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Freaks-and-Geeks-TSDFRAN_EC005-H-2023.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntThe WB really started eating its own proverbial tail with this one,u00a0a tongue-in-cheek satire from Darren Star about the dysfunctional stars of a fictional primetime WB soap. It was thinly veiled spoof of Star’s time on Beverly Hills, 90210</em>, but it was also smart, silly and just cynical enough. Unfortunately, it was also too meta for the late network u2014u00a0which couldn’t find a place for it among its roster of teen-targeted dramas and schlocky comedies. Hollywood took this lesson to heart and never parodied itself in TV or film ever again u2026</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Al Santos, Lindsay Sloane, Bonnie Somerville, Irene Molloy, Kohl Sudduth in GROSSE POINTE.”,”image_credit”:”Kwaku Alston/ Darren Star Productions / Courtesy Everett Collection”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-canceled-after-one-season/”,”image_id”:1235578568,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Grosse-Pointe-TSDGRPO_EC021-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Grosse-Pointe-TSDGRPO_EC021-H-2023.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Grosse-Pointe-TSDGRPO_EC021-H-2023.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Grosse-Pointe-TSDGRPO_EC021-H-2023.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Grosse-Pointe-TSDGRPO_EC021-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Grosse-Pointe-TSDGRPO_EC021-H-2023.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntA lot of shitty things happened in 2020, OK? And Iu2019m not here to rehash or rank them. However … the sting of Hulu executing its Nick Hornby adaptation (already a 2000 film) has not lessened much over time. Though it exhausted the central premise of Zou00eb Kravitzu2019s Rob revisiting exes by the end its 10-episode run, it also created a trio infinitely watchable characters played by Kravitz, David H. Holmes and future Oscar winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph. Their lives in and outside of that Crown Heights record store could have gone on for five seasons.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Zoe Kravitz in HIGH FIDELITY.”,”image_credit”:”hillip Caruso / u00a9Hulu / Courtesy Everett Collection”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-canceled-after-one-season/”,”image_id”:1235578569,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/High-Fidelity-TCDHIFI_HY031-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/High-Fidelity-TCDHIFI_HY031-H-2023.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/High-Fidelity-TCDHIFI_HY031-H-2023.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/High-Fidelity-TCDHIFI_HY031-H-2023.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/High-Fidelity-TCDHIFI_HY031-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/High-Fidelity-TCDHIFI_HY031-H-2023.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntThis one deserves noting, if only for the absolutely unreal auspices of the time. Co-created by surf novelist Kem Nunn and, in his immediate Deadwood</em> follow-up, David Milch, this SoCal-set family drama introduced a dysfunctional family to a mysterious stranger named John (Austin Nichols). He could read minds and perform astral projection. He may or may not have been Jesus. The dialogue was often confounding, and it really struggled to pick a lane, but it sure was an interesting watch. Unfortunately, HBO was hoping for something a bit more than interesting. And despite giving it the biggest platform possible u2014u00a0it literally premiered out of The Sopranos</em> series finale’s famous cut to black u2014u00a0John</em> could not find an audience.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Luke Perry and Austin Nichols in John From Cincinnati.”,”image_credit”:”HBO/Photofest”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-canceled-after-one-season/”,”image_id”:1235578616,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/JohnFromOH_s1misc_05-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/JohnFromOH_s1misc_05-H-2023.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/JohnFromOH_s1misc_05-H-2023.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/JohnFromOH_s1misc_05-H-2023.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/JohnFromOH_s1misc_05-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/JohnFromOH_s1misc_05-H-2023.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntThis one is complicated now, knowing what we do about what later happened in real life with male lead Jonathan Majors, so let’s just focus on how this bonkers, expensive and often deeply scary fantasy drama was an incredible showcase for three actresses. Starring Jurnee Smollett, Lovecraft Country</em> also included future King Richard</em> Oscar nominee Aujenue Ellis-Taylor and Sinners</em> scene-stealer Wunmi Mosaku, the three of them forging one of the stronger female ensembles in recent TV history. It ended with enough closure for the one season to stand on its own, but you can’t help but wonder what else they could have done u2026</p>nnnn

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ntTo be real, do we even want to live in a world where My So-Called Life</em> lasted three or five seasons? We would have gained a lot, sure, but what might we have lost? The angsty ABC drama’s abbreviated existence set off a butterfly effect on pop culture that put Claire Danes on track to have one of the most compelling TV careers of any actress her age and inspired countless millennials and Gen X-ers to make their own series and films inspired by the show that everyone agrees was gone too soon.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Claire Danes, Wilson Cruz, A.J. Langer, Devon Gummersall in MY SO-CALLED LIFE.”,”image_credit”:”Danny Feld /ABC / Courtesy Everett Collection”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-canceled-after-one-season/”,”image_id”:1235578570,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/My-So-Called-Life-TSDMYSO_AB006-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/My-So-Called-Life-TSDMYSO_AB006-H-2023.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/My-So-Called-Life-TSDMYSO_AB006-H-2023.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/My-So-Called-Life-TSDMYSO_AB006-H-2023.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/My-So-Called-Life-TSDMYSO_AB006-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/My-So-Called-Life-TSDMYSO_AB006-H-2023.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntWhether they wanted to keep going with the remaining killer cast u2014u00a0John Turturro, Bill Camp, Jeannie freakin’ Berlin u2014u00a0or just spin it off into an anthology mystery about another seriously effed-up evening, HBO would not have been wrong to try to make more of The Night Of</em>. And, who knows, maybe one day it will. It was never canceled, so much as put on ice when Richard Price and Steven Zaillian never pitched a path forward. At the very least, this show helped make Riz Ahmed a star u2014u00a0something for which we’ll all be eternally grateful.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:””,”image_credit”:”Courtesy of HBO”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-canceled-after-one-season/”,”image_id”:3044558,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/b416a86fd415863f08c1d55ccbdd7287e89fd9fb43d11735001de60a5e361ed8_-_h_2017.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/b416a86fd415863f08c1d55ccbdd7287e89fd9fb43d11735001de60a5e361ed8_-_h_2017.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/b416a86fd415863f08c1d55ccbdd7287e89fd9fb43d11735001de60a5e361ed8_-_h_2017.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/b416a86fd415863f08c1d55ccbdd7287e89fd9fb43d11735001de60a5e361ed8_-_h_2017.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/b416a86fd415863f08c1d55ccbdd7287e89fd9fb43d11735001de60a5e361ed8_-_h_2017.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/b416a86fd415863f08c1d55ccbdd7287e89fd9fb43d11735001de60a5e361ed8_-_h_2017.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntThis show was just so far ahead of its time. Shot in Botswana and starring Jill Scott and Anika Noni Rose, it was a procedural with heart and humor that followed the kinds of characters that you simply never saw on American TV. And, sadly, it wasnu2019t that seen. Despite massive storytelling potential, HBO canceled it citing low ratings. It now has to settle for just being No. 1 in my heart.u00a0</p>nnnn

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ntWhew, boy, this one was sexy and bizarre u2014 not that anybody would expect anything less from New Queer Cinema pioneer and provocateur Gregg Araki. His TV foray followed a bunch of 20-something Los Angeles social climbers (many of them played by former children’s TV stars) navigating, love, work and maybe the end of the world. You’re never quite sure if all the hints at the apocalypse are real or if the point-of-view character, played by Avan Jogia, is just stoned and paranoid u2014 that is, until the unintended series finale, which ends with a recurring character being sexually assaulted by an alien. It was just too weird to go on.</p>nnnn

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ntThis dark comedy starred Kirsten Dunst as an ill-fated schemer who gets involved with a pyramid scheme. And it had such a bizarre trajectory to the air that it really wasn’t shocking when it became another un-renewed victim of the pandemic. It was developed for AMC, filmed for YouTube and eventually aired on Showtime, only for Showtime to dump it before it, too, was essentially canceled. We never got to see her become a swampland deity, but Dunst did earn a Critics Choice nomination for her efforts.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Kirsten Dunst in ON BECOMING A GOD IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.”,”image_credit”:”Patti Perret / Showtime / Courtesy Everett Collection”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-canceled-after-one-season/”,”image_id”:1235578572,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/On-Becoming-a-God-in-Central-Florida-TCDONBE_SN012-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/On-Becoming-a-God-in-Central-Florida-TCDONBE_SN012-H-2023.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/On-Becoming-a-God-in-Central-Florida-TCDONBE_SN012-H-2023.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/On-Becoming-a-God-in-Central-Florida-TCDONBE_SN012-H-2023.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/On-Becoming-a-God-in-Central-Florida-TCDONBE_SN012-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/On-Becoming-a-God-in-Central-Florida-TCDONBE_SN012-H-2023.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntIf the Netflix-inspired Suits</em>-issance taught us anything, itu2019s that this spinoff probably should have been given a bit more room to breathe u2014 if only for the afterlife it might have one day had on streaming. It wasnu2019t revelatory. It wasnu2019t particularly original. But it put Gina Torres at the top of the call sheet, which is where she belongs.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Gina Torres”,”image_credit”:”Eddy Chen/USA Network”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-canceled-after-one-season/”,”image_id”:3766940,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nup_184408_0243-h_2019.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nup_184408_0243-h_2019.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nup_184408_0243-h_2019.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nup_184408_0243-h_2019.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nup_184408_0243-h_2019.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nup_184408_0243-h_2019.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntBefore the general population started paying attention to the evils of corporate America u2014 or TV fully embraced the antihero u2014 future Angel</em> writer David Greenwalt offered up both with Profit</em>. Starring future diss album subject Adrian Pasdar</a> as the titular Jim Profit, part Gordan Gecco and part Richard III, the series’ heavy narration and noticeable deviation from the rest of the Fox lineup didnu2019t work for viewers. The characteru2019s lack of moral compass also incensed Bible Belt viewers, who complained to network affiliates. It was canceled after just five episodes.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Adrian Pasdar (as Jim Profit), Keith Szarabajka (as Charles Henry “Chaz” Gracen) in Profit.”,”image_credit”:”Fox Broadcasting/Photofest”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-canceled-after-one-season/”,”image_id”:1235578617,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PROFIT_Pasdar_Szar-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PROFIT_Pasdar_Szar-H-2023.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PROFIT_Pasdar_Szar-H-2023.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PROFIT_Pasdar_Szar-H-2023.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PROFIT_Pasdar_Szar-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PROFIT_Pasdar_Szar-H-2023.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntWith early seasons of Mad Men</em> and Breaking Bad</em> cementing AMC as a formidable prestige player, Rubicon</em> looked like it was going to be a three-peat for the cable network’s rebranding. A thriller taking real cues from Three Days of the Condor</em> and infused with some lingering post-9/11 anxieties, it teased a cryptic global conspiracy over its 13 episodes with symbolism (something about four-leaf clovers, if I remember correctly), surveillance and a skilled lead in James Badge Dale. Creative issues between creator Jason Horwitch and the network u2014u00a0he was replaced as showrunner by Henry Bromell u2014 did not help u2026 nor did the fact that a week after it wrapped its one and only season to an audience of just 1 million viewers, The Walking Dead</em> premiered to historic numbers.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”James Badge Dale in RUBICON.”,”image_credit”:””,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-canceled-after-one-season/”,”image_id”:1235578573,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Rubicon-TCDRUBI_EC024-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Rubicon-TCDRUBI_EC024-H-2023.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Rubicon-TCDRUBI_EC024-H-2023.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Rubicon-TCDRUBI_EC024-H-2023.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Rubicon-TCDRUBI_EC024-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Rubicon-TCDRUBI_EC024-H-2023.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntOne of many TV victims of the pandemic, Netflix un-renewed this teen mystery box under the financial duress of that very bad year. This show, which focuses on a group of teens who return from an aborted field trip to find their hometown empty and now surrounded by an endless forest, infused elements of Lost</em>, Lord of the Flies </em>and The Leftovers</em>. They build their own society u2014 cue the meme of Leonardo DiCaprio pointing at the TV in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood</em> u2014 and that goes about as well as can be expected. The last episode only spawned more questions. Where they in purgatory? Another dimension? On the moon? Creator Christopher Keyser has never revealed his plans.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Kathryn Newton and Jacques Collmon in THE SOCIETY.”,”image_credit”:”Seacia Pavao / Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-canceled-after-one-season/”,”image_id”:1235578577,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/THE-SOCIETY-TCDSOCI_EC011-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/THE-SOCIETY-TCDSOCI_EC011-H-2023.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/THE-SOCIETY-TCDSOCI_EC011-H-2023.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/THE-SOCIETY-TCDSOCI_EC011-H-2023.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/THE-SOCIETY-TCDSOCI_EC011-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/THE-SOCIETY-TCDSOCI_EC011-H-2023.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntI never watched this show, so I’m still not sure if it was about small dogs or surly private investigators u2014u00a0though Donal Logue’s involvement certainly suggests the latter. All I know is that the entire genre of TV criticism lost its collective mind when FX binned this show after one season, so leaving it off of this list would probably be a mistake. Maybe if there had been a prominently featured canine, history would tell a different story.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Michael Raymond-James and Donal Logue in TERRIERS.”,”image_credit”:”Patrick McElhenney / FX Network / Courtesy: Everett Collection”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-canceled-after-one-season/”,”image_id”:1235578575,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Terriers-TCDTERR_EC008-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Terriers-TCDTERR_EC008-H-2023.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Terriers-TCDTERR_EC008-H-2023.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Terriers-TCDTERR_EC008-H-2023.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Terriers-TCDTERR_EC008-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Terriers-TCDTERR_EC008-H-2023.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntAnd so we come to the second Judd Apatow/Seth Rogen collab on this list. This college drama boasted appearances by a who’s who of comedy greats u2014u00a0and even a few fellow Freaks and Geeks</em> (Jason Segel, Busy Phillips). God bless Fox for trying on this one, but premiering two weeks after Sept. 11 and then airing episodes wildly out of order was not the right strategy. Still, it’s a nice little turn-of-the-millennium time capsule and a good reminder that Loudon Wainwright should be cast in more projects.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Loudon Wainwright III, Jay Baruchel, Carla Gallo, Monica Keena, Charlie Hunnam, Timm Sharp, and Seth Rogen in UNDECLARED.”,”image_credit”:”Dream Works Studios / Courtesy: Everett Collection”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-canceled-after-one-season/”,”image_id”:1235578579,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Undeclared-TCDUNDE_FE001-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Undeclared-TCDUNDE_FE001-H-2023.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Undeclared-TCDUNDE_FE001-H-2023.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Undeclared-TCDUNDE_FE001-H-2023.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Undeclared-TCDUNDE_FE001-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Undeclared-TCDUNDE_FE001-H-2023.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntNoah Hawley had a few TV misses before he knocked it out of the park with Fargo</em>, but none had the potential that The Unusuals</em> did. The 2009 police procedural included a cast of present (Amber Tamblyn) and future (Jeremy Renner) luminaries and traded the usual trappings of the genre in exchange for a character study about a bunch of eccentrics who just so happened to carry NYPD badges. It was smart, refreshingly quirky and, had it continued, probably would have derailed Renner’s burgeoning and extremely lucrative film career. (The Unusuals</em> was released mere months before The Hurt Locker</em> made him a star.)</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Joshua Close, Monique Curnen, Terry Kinney, Amber Tamblyn, Jeremy Renner, Adam Goldberg (sitting, with mustache), Kai Lennox, (standing, far right), Harold Perrineau (sitting, on left) in THE UNUSUALS.”,”image_credit”:”Bob D’Amico / Sony Pictures Television / Courtesy: Everett Collection”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-canceled-after-one-season/”,”image_id”:1235578578,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Unusuals-TCDUNUS_EC014-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Unusuals-TCDUNUS_EC014-H-2023.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Unusuals-TCDUNUS_EC014-H-2023.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Unusuals-TCDUNUS_EC014-H-2023.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Unusuals-TCDUNUS_EC014-H-2023.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Unusuals-TCDUNUS_EC014-H-2023.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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Gone forever, but not in our hearts:From ‘Boots’ and ‘High Fidelity’ to major early works from future giants like Noah Hawley and Judd Apatow, these are some of the best (or just weirdest) series to make lasting impacts with their brief runs.

It is not a stretch to say that the contemporary TV audience often feels entitled: to more seasons, to their idea of a perfect ending and even to a reboot —which they sometimes get if the IP is deemed valuable enough. TV has become a wish fulfillment factory. Where viewers don’t get their way, and never really did, is when platforms and networks pull the plug on promising shows after just one season. Plenty of history’s one-season shows, well, they might have been better off as no-season shows. But the list of one-offs that were gone too soon is far too long. And since it’s also too long (and subjective) to get into all of them, let’s stick to the standouts. Here is a look at 26 such series over the past three decades that are still spoken of for having left fans wanting more.

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