Which series was shut down too soon in your opinion?

[the watcher]

True detective

 

[Correll]

Stargate SG-1 was good.

Atlantis was even better. IMO.

 

[Correll]

Fawlty Towers

Great show. Hilarious.

 

[Correll]

Stargate SG-1 was good.

Have you seen this?

 

[toobfreak]

So were they trying to kill the series intentionally or unintentionally?
Why would they try to kill a series they themselves commissioned a second pilot for and which they bought?

TV shows are just to attract viewers to watch advertisement. Star Trek cost way more than they were used to spending on TV back then, it needed tons of opticals they were not used to doing that were expensive. The Network did not understand nor like the show. The exec at NBC who liked the show moved on and the guy who replaced him did not.

Star Trek was not all that great a success nor very popular at the time. Gunsmoke was a big money maker.

 

[Ringo]

The Big Bang Theory.

Yes, inspite of 12 seasons it was too soon!

 

[22lcidw]

I think you're right.

If Star Trek had been more successful and lasted longer in prime time, it most probably wouldn't have become the phenomenon that it eventually became.

UHF and syndication turned that program legendary. I remember full page newspaper ads for TV's would have images of Star Trek characters, planets, the enterprise on them in the Sunday papers in color.

 

[22lcidw]

Stargate SG-1 was good.

The lead actor only did it if he was allowed to play the character loosely. Sometimes it was too loose and needed to control it a little.