Shows that got cancelled without a real ending

[Joe Kerr]

My name is Earl
One of my favorite shows. You find out that crabmans kid isnt crab mans.You wait for the next season only to see it cancelled and Jason Lee doing Memphis beat :(

Married... with Children.
They cancelled that show after the cast had filmed the season 11 finale. I remember a couple cast members speaking out about that when it happened. The show had run its course, but it never got the finale that it deserved.

Gary & Mike
The final episode of Gary & Mike ends with the titular duo driving off an unfinished overpass with a ton of cops chasing them. They hold hands Thelma & Louise style and the screen freeze frames with them in midair and the words "To Be Continued" appear on the screen.

Undergrads
This show had an okay final episode, but they totally set up the story to continue "next semester".

Andy Richter Controls the Universe.

Taxi
they brought most the cast on SNL to do a skit since they didnt get a last show.

Night Court
Night Court had a last show but they played it out of order.
Bull went to live with aliens, Dan followed Christine to Washington and harry got a ton of offers including a chance to tour with Mel Torme, but he refused and stayed at the court.

Full House
didnt get a last show, but showed the cast call when they realized it was a series not season finale. But the show was just a clip show, instead of having something big happen.

The Wonder Years
had to do last minute reshots after learning they had been cancled which included a voice over with future Kevin telling the fate of all the characters.

Sliders
Ended on a cliffhanger

Lois and Clark "The New Adventures of Superman
Where the hell did that baby come from?

Angel
We get Armagedon...then nothing

NewsRadio
Kinda hard to continue i guess when the cast is dying

The Jeffersons
They got cancelled during off season and I remember the cast was upset they wouldn't give them an opportunity to do a series finale.

Odyssey 5
Talk about cliffhangers: of the five main character one was kidnapped and another was arrested and being accused of killing her. Stupid Showtime: this was one of the highest rated original shows on the network.

The 4400
They should do what they did with Farscape and continue the story in comics. It is kinda weird that all of the agency characters developed abilities instead of dropping dead.

Lone Gunman
Though they did sorta get a last episode if you count their last appearance on the X-Files where they all died

Quantum Leap
The last episode was supposed to be a season finale, but once it was cancelled, they *tweaked* it to try and make it serve as a series finale. They ended it without Sam returning home because they had hoped they could get it picked up by another network, but they couldn't find any takers.

King of the Hill
had been on the chopping block for years and they STILL couldn't give it a decent finale.

[Requiem]

I'll give the obvious - Firefly

In reality, the show wasn't given a real CHANCE, let alone a real ending. The network aired episodes out of order, and didn't even show the last couple episodes of the season. Was written out completely for 7 seasons if I recall correctly. I suppose the movie could suffice as an ending, but the show itself didn't have a real ending.

[Joe Kerr]

Didnt they make a movie to wrap it up?


Serenity

[G]

Knight Rider :(



Knight Rider 2000 doesn't count :foc:

[Jon Kano]

HEROES

[Juan]

Law & Order :(

20 Seasons and no proper finale.

[Swiss Ultimate]

Knight Rider 2000 should count.

[IC Champion]

Law & Order :(

20 Seasons and no proper finale.

Didnt they make a movie?

[IC Champion]

DEADWOOD

[Jon Kano]

Pirates of Dark Water (i think)

[jerichoholicninja]

I actually thought King of the Hill had a finale and it pretty much wrapped the show up.

[Sixx]

I was pissed My Name Is Earl got cancelled.

I thought it was doing good.

[D Mac]

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Pissed me off when it was canned.

[Sixx]

I was pissed My Name Is Earl got cancelled.

I thought it was doing good.

[Loose Cannon]

Wonder Years' ending scene was the perfect ending for that show

[Destro 2.0]

Actually I like the finally to king of the hill. It brought a tear to my eye King of the Hill I watched from episode 1 to the last. I really liked the show when all the other shows on Fox started following the Family Guy formula. King of the Hill remained itself and I think that is one of the reasons it got canned was because they refused to turn it into a screwball comedy like Family Guy and Seth MacFarlane is dominating Fox with all the Family guy Spin offs.


The Cleveland show is not good at all.

[Blitz]

Angel had an amazing ending, the fuck you talking about.

[Big Fat Mike]

Clerks:The Animated Series

[Shadow]

John Doe and Surface come to mind.

[Lock Jaw]

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Pissed me off when it was canned.

Seriously. That cliffhanger too. Really want to know what the hell was going to happen after that.

I'll add Pushing Daisies to the list. It kind of got a tacked on ending that felt really forced, and many plotlines were never resolved.

[Kane Knight]

Didnt they make a movie to wrap it up?


Serenity





Serenity wrapped it up, but the show was cancelled before even the season finale aired. I also feel Req's nerdrage, since the show's first episode was not played initially and the premiere ran along side the World Series or one of the other big events Fox runs, so most of the affiliates didn't even pick the show up.

On its debut.

[Dark-Slicer Diago]

I'll personally add True Calling to the list, Fox renewed it for a second season, then cancelled it during the shooting of the 6th episode, they gave them time to finish filming it though but it still sucks to know that her father is working the Jason Priestly as the villian.

[Schlomey]

Freaks and Geeks could have/should have kept going.

[Joe Kerr]

Angel had an amazing ending, the fuck you talking about.

Are you serious? it ended with Hell rising, It built up to this big epic battle that as soon as the gates to hell opened it was done. The battle never happened. at least Buffy had the epic battle.

[Swiss Ultimate]

Pirates of Dark Water (i think)

Never finished the story.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, I'm not such a big fan of the Angel ending either. A lot of people do think it is "brilliant" though.

[Poit]

ReBoot ended on a cliffhanger.

[VSG]

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Pissed me off when it was canned.

Hear, Hear! It was doing more than decent in ratings and critique reviews, still not sure why it got cancelled. What did the network replace it with, anyone remember?

[Juan]

Didnt they make a movie?

Nah, Dick Wolf tried to either get a TV movie or get the series on a new network for a final season but was unsuccessful.

Hopefully the characters get some kind of farewell on SVU or L&O:LA

[mitchables]

reaper

[Emperor Smeat]

The Jay Leno Show :shifty:

[ClockShot]

Hear, Hear! It was doing more than decent in ratings and critique reviews, still not sure why it got cancelled. What did the network replace it with, anyone remember?

My theory is that when the Maxim hot 100 came out that year, Summer Glau was up in the 60's while Eliza Dushku was in the top 10. :shifty:

And within 5 episodes, Dollhouse got cancelled into it's 2nd season.

[Sixx]

John Doe and Surface come to mind.

Forgot about John Doe.

I was really into it.

[Joe Kerr]

Clerks:The Animated Series

didnt they only make 5 episodes to begin with? I remember its short run on adult swim and agree they should do more.

[IC Champion]

Nah, Dick Wolf tried to either get a TV movie or get the series on a new network for a final season but was unsuccessful.

Hopefully the characters get some kind of farewell on SVU or L&O:LA

Oh, either way Homicide: Life on the Street>Law & Order.

[D Mac]

Hear, Hear! It was doing more than decent in ratings and critique reviews, still not sure why it got cancelled. What did the network replace it with, anyone remember?

Dollhouse Season 2? It didn't last either.

[Jura]

Angel had an amazing ending, the fuck you talking about.

Wasn't really an ending per say. They just showed this whole plan by Angel leading up to the end and then it's obvious that there's more but we don't get to see any of it. I was really disappointed when they canceled it.

Stargate and Stargate: Atlantis didn't have real endings either. Both were just left with an open ending.

[Juan]

Oh, either way Homicide: Life on the Street>Law & Order.

No :|

[Lock Jaw]

ReBoot ended on a cliffhanger.

Yeah. Loved that show. Season 3 was Awesome. Then years later they made those two movies... but ended the second one in a freaking cliffhanger.

I've heard for years about a reboot of ReBoot in movie form, but so far I don't think anything has happened.

Anything they do wouldn't be the same without Megabyte though.

[Schlomey]

I can't believe nobody has seconded my Freaks and Geeks post.

[cardsharkrob]

The tv show Las Vegas never got a proper ending just a big cliffhanger. They have always talked about doing a 2 hour movie to end it right but that hasnt happened yet

[Joe Kerr]

I can't believe nobody has seconded my Freaks and Geeks post.

second



actually i had heard of the show but never saw it:(

[dronepool]

Spectacular Spider-Man.

[Nowhere Man]

^ This.

"Hey Spidey, you accidentally murdered your best friend's father who turned out to be your sworn enemy the Green Goblin, and now the love of your life is being blackmailed into staying in an uhappy relationship with said best friend whose father you just killed, just after you finally admitted your feelings for her. Oh, and also, the Green Goblin's not actually dead and is guaranteed to come back for revenge. Aaaaand that's the end!"

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Angel was carried on in comic form, which chronicles what happens after the TV series ended. Gunn became a vampire, Wes returns as a ghost, etc etc.

[XL]

FlashForward

Cancelled after one season. No real answers.

[Fignuts]

Carnivale

Fucking HATE that it got cancelled.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Invasion.

A boring arsed series that was cancelled after one season, but it got no real ending.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

I kinda liked Point Pleasant.

[Bad Company]

Enterprise.
Yeah, everyone hated it. But I didn't.

[IC Champion]

Carnivale

Fucking HATE that it got cancelled.

Pretty good show.

[IC Champion]

No :|

Francis Xavier Pembleton would own everyone who ever stepped foot on Law and Order.

[McLegend]

Angel's series finale was great. Way better then Buffy's.

Screw you guys

[Blitz]

Are you serious? it ended with Hell rising, It built up to this big epic battle that as soon as the gates to hell opened it was done. The battle never happened. at least Buffy had the epic battle.
There's more to the ending of a show than the final scene. The entire episode was pitch perfect. It was alternately touching, sad, funny, and badass, just like the rest of the series.

How do you deal with that battle in one or 2 episodes? There's 2 ways it can end. Either Angel and Co. come out on top and "hell is destroyed" and everyone lives happily ever after, or Hell wins and everyone dies. The former ending would be the complete opposite tone of the rest of the series, and the latter ending would just be depressing as fuck. The series went out making the main thrust of the show, these characters' ongoing battle against evil for redemption, literal. They went down swinging, and I was happy.

And in any case, if you wanna see the aftermath, go read the Angel: After The Fall comic series.

[thedamndest]

Spider-Man: The Animated Series. Just ended with the search for the real Mary Jane.

[ClockShot]

The Black Donnellys.

Couldn't really compete with The Sopranos and it had a lousy time slot. Although it did give us our first look at Olivia Wilde.

[IC Champion]

The Black Donellys was one season, and it sucked.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

There's more to the ending of a show than the final scene. The entire episode was pitch perfect. It was alternately touching, sad, funny, and badass, just like the rest of the series.

How do you deal with that battle in one or 2 episodes? There's 2 ways it can end. Either Angel and Co. come out on top and "hell is destroyed" and everyone lives happily ever after, or Hell wins and everyone dies. The former ending would be the complete opposite tone of the rest of the series, and the latter ending would just be depressing as fuck. The series went out making the main thrust of the show, these characters' ongoing battle against evil for redemption, literal. They went down swinging, and I was happy.

And in any case, if you wanna see the aftermath, go read the Angel: After The Fall comic series.

The scene when Spike is at a bar and is getting drunk (appearing to get ready for a rumble with anybody who wants a fight), and the next moment he is on stage reciting poetry; cracked me up.

[Joe Kerr]

There's more to the ending of a show than the final scene. The entire episode was pitch perfect. It was alternately touching, sad, funny, and badass, just like the rest of the series.

How do you deal with that battle in one or 2 episodes? There's 2 ways it can end. Either Angel and Co. come out on top and "hell is destroyed" and everyone lives happily ever after, or Hell wins and everyone dies. The former ending would be the complete opposite tone of the rest of the series, and the latter ending would just be depressing as fuck. The series went out making the main thrust of the show, these characters' ongoing battle against evil for redemption, literal. They went down swinging, and I was happy.

And in any case, if you wanna see the aftermath, go read the Angel: After The Fall comic series.

I respect your opinon. Much like LOST's ending some people liked it some were furious. I will have to look for those issues. I have a few of Spike vs. Dracula they were ok some better than others.

[Lock Jaw]

I liked the Angel: After the Fall series, but the continuing Angel comics after that have been pretty lame.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Enterprise.
Yeah, everyone hated it. But I didn't.

the ending sucked, but it had one.

[Droford]

Definitely My Name is Earl.

Journeyman comes to mind too but that didn't even last 1/2 a season.

[Skippord]

Emily's Reasons Why Not

[Furious Beardsley]

We were pretty upset that Life was cancelled. It ended on a cliffhanger.

Other than that, I can't remember any other shows that we were upset due to the cancellation of. My wife was upset Dollhouse was canned.

[Bad Company]

the ending sucked, but it had one.

That piece of shit doesn't count.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

I liked the Angel: After the Fall series, but the continuing Angel comics after that have been pretty lame.

Isn't Angel a flying masked superhero called Twilight now or something?

[Savio]

Umm Doug

[Dark-Slicer Diago]

Yeah. Loved that show. Season 3 was Awesome. Then years later they made those two movies... but ended the second one in a freaking cliffhanger.

I've heard for years about a reboot of ReBoot in movie form, but so far I don't think anything has happened.

Anything they do wouldn't be the same without Megabyte though.

I, too, loved this show. I think there was a website continuing it as a comic but sure, wouldn't matter to me anyway as I have every episode and both movies, and even if I didnt, Teletoon Retro in Canada airs it. Was pissed that the second movie ended on a cliffhanger myself.

[Hanso Amore]

Journeyman

Fucker ended up as a Doctor in Seattle.

[Joe Kerr]

Didnt Beavis and Butthead end up getting cancelled because some kid caught his house on fire and blamed it on Beavis and Butthead. The media then had a circus day with it and there were stupid protest and crap.

[Poit]

Yeah. Loved that show. Season 3 was Awesome. Then years later they made those two movies... but ended the second one in a freaking cliffhanger.

I've heard for years about a reboot of ReBoot in movie form, but so far I don't think anything has happened.

Anything they do wouldn't be the same without Megabyte though.

I've also heard about a ReBoot relaunch, but I don't know if it went anywhere.

[The Mackem]

FlashForward

Cancelled after one season. No real answers.

Yeah, hate America for this.

[BizarroKing]

Didnt Beavis and Butthead end up getting cancelled because some kid caught his house on fire and blamed it on Beavis and Butthead. The media then had a circus day with it and there were stupid protest and crap.

Hey it's coming back now as far as I know.

Also the following shows are for the list:

-Invader Zim
-My Wife and Kids (even though I could give 2 s**ts about this show)
-Family Matters
-Sonic The Hedgehog (SatAM)

[Jura]

So pretty much about 90% of all the shows ever.

[XCaliber]

Yep because of shows like Invasion and FlashFoward I'm not getting sucked into another series like those such as The Event cuz I know it will get cancelled in a similar fashion.

[Beth Phoenix Fan]

Hulk With Lou Ferrigno

[addy2hotty]

Dark Skies.

Come on son, lets just walk off this ship while all these aliens look at us threateningly.
< Fade to black >

Oh, so we aren't going to see how.

Brilliant.

[Buzzkill]

Twin Peaks. I know it had an "ending" but it was forced and left me wanting to murder myself

[RoXer]

The Sopranos