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FOX – Where Great Shows are Born and Die Untimely Deaths

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The first show that comes to mind is Titus which was a great dark comedy loosely based on his family.  It was loved by many and was canceled for a stupid reason.

The high school drama Boston Public created by David E. Kelley (Picket Fences, The Practice, Ally McBeal,) ran for only 4 years despite critical acclaim and reaching it’s demographic.   It had great story lines and a great cast but then got moved to Fridays :(

Fastlane was a good show and I’m not just saying that because it gave us a sexy makeout session between Tiffani-Amber Thiessen & Jaime Pressly in a hot tub during episode number 11, “Strap On” air date January 17 2003.  It didn’t necessarily get bad ratings; the issue  probably was that each episode cost 2+ million dollars… and it was moved to “Kiss of Death” Fridays.

Martin (pronounced/marteeeennnn) was my family’s favorite show.  It also got very high ratings but was canceled because of problems(drugs/sexual harassment)  between Lawrence & Tisha Campbell.  Damn divas.  I really loved this show and was sad to see it end like that :(

Andy Richter Controls the Universe starred Conan’s former sidekick and lasted only 19 episodes.  It is hard to explain this show’s comedy; it had weird plots with somewhat smart jokes thrown in.

Arrested Development was not just a great comedy but one of my favorite shows ever!  It featured Dave Cross from Mr Show which was another of my favorite shows.  everything about this show I loved:  ridiculous characters, Buster the momma’s boy, Gob the magician and the nasty storyline between George & Maeby.  It had an incredibly loyal  fanbase but sadly never got ratings FOX hope for.

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10 Responses to “FOX – Where Great Shows are Born and Die Untimely Deaths”

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    loolpooqNo Gravatar Says:

    know i miss some good shows just the ones i really miss

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    MaitlandNo Gravatar Says:

    Martin lasted five years and Boston Public like you said 4 seasons. Not sure they’d fit the untimely death billing.

    No argument on Arrested, though.

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    Harry Hussein EllisNo Gravatar Says:

    this is funny. i was gonna write a post about the show “get a life”, genius canceled by fox.

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    Harry Hussein EllisNo Gravatar Says:

    also, get a life probably had one of the best tv show theme songs ever.

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    MaitlandNo Gravatar Says:

    Well, it certainly wasn’t better than the theme to Charles in Charge.

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    JamesNo Gravatar Says:

    Martin Lawrence is not funny at all.
    I agree with the rest of your picks.

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    Harry Hussein EllisNo Gravatar Says:

    uh, it certainly was. only topped in greatness by the perfect strangers theme and….this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down…

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    Harry Hussein EllisNo Gravatar Says:

    jerome-y rome in the hoooouse

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    IanNo Gravatar Says:

    You forgot Firefly!

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    KrylonoclastNo Gravatar Says:

    “Titus” was canceled shortly after Christopher Titus appeared on Jay Leno and America realized that the show was based on his life WITHOUT embellishment. So the show went from being quirky and off-beat to just depressing.

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