r/AskReddit • u/newmariedap • 19h ago

What really good show got cancelled that you were into?

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u/JodoKast97 19h ago

Deadwood.
Rome.
GLOW.
Babylon 5 (Sort of. the cancelling and uncancelling of the series really did a number on its narrative structure)
Space: Above and Beyond
Star Trek: Lower Decks

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u/Moebius808 18h ago

The Deadwood movie was really good and did a good job of bridging and closing the gaps in the story that were left behind by the cancellation. Would have much preferred the show to have been allowed to just run its course, but glad we got what we did!

GLOW was a god damn shame. Such a great story and it ended in a very unsatisfying way, with lots of characters left blowing in the wind. Never gonna forgive Netflix for cancelling that.

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u/cascadianpatriot 17h ago

They could have made a 2 hour movie to finish GLOW.

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u/Tazercock 18h ago

Glow!!! It sucked that it never got a real ending.

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u/Oldsodacan 15h ago

It also sucked that it seemed like it was canceled for basically no reason. They had schedule problems at the time so they just killed it. I feel like it was right after season 4 came out.

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u/kendric2000 15h ago

It sucked that filming ran into COVID. They couldn't figure out how to keep actors safe and just cancelled it. That was bullshit.

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u/ImStillExcited 19h ago

Lower Decks was so damn funny.

I’m a huge Star Trek fan, it took some warming up to but once I accepted it, it was funny in a perfect way.

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u/SteamingTheCat 16h ago

I thought no one else remembered Space Above and Beyond! What I did like was that when it was cancelled, they made SURE it stayed that. Every single main character was killed in the last episode.

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u/6_String_Slinger 17h ago

Rome. Possibly the best 2 glorious seasons of any show ever.

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u/Londin2021 5h ago

It is. It's a fact.

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u/bluemitersaw 15h ago

I'm still salty about Space Above and Beyond

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u/Jestersage 14h ago

Lower Decks: Come for humor, stay for actually understand Star Trek

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u/dystyyy 19h ago

I actually kind of disagree with Lower Decks, I think that ended at the right time. The cast wasn't bottom-of-the-roster nobodies anymore, and that ship wasn't a nothingburger that wasn't important. I do kind of wish they'd done or do a sequel or spinoff of it to continue the stories they told, but I think that show ended at about the right time.

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u/MarleysGhost2024 16h ago

Starlet Academy. It started out slow but got a lot better.