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57. NewsRadio

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 10:53 PM

Feb 2019

Though it had to end after Phil Hartman's murder. They limped along for one more season with Jon Lovitz. He was all right, but not as good as Hartman. I have the two seasons with him on DVD.

I also miss Joan of Arcadia. It ran for two seasons, and had a third season set-up for some kind of confrontation between Joan and the devil incarnate, but the show was canceled. I thought the premise was very intriguing, with Joan talking to "God" in several different forms and several different venues. But the secondary story threads were also pretty good.

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TV series that you hated to see end [View all] Va Lefty Feb 2019 OP

Firefly htuttle Feb 2019 #1

Oh, I have the box set. That was quite possibly the best sci fi series ever made ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #10

The whole Stargate genre is really good, but they had a chance to tell a lot of good stories htuttle Feb 2019 #19

I kind of think that they made Serenity to effectively kill off the series ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #70

They made Serenity to either finish off the series or keep it going Downtown Hound Mar 2019 #276

Honestly, it may have been for the best ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #278

Same for me on Firefly exboyfil Feb 2019 #21

With a lot of you MuseRider Mar 2019 #117

+1 earthshine Feb 2019 #52

I agree that Firefly should still be on the air Gothmog Mar 2019 #190

Absolutely! Owl Mar 2019 #243

also from Whedon... Dollhouse (n/t) thesquanderer Mar 2019 #291

Six Feet Under. Sopranos. Breaking Bad. The Leftovers. just added two more...and Twin Peaks! NRaleighLiberal Feb 2019 #2

Big Love, The Americans. Funtatlaguy Feb 2019 #8

Ooh, I forgot Big Love. dewsgirl Mar 2019 #123

You and I have great taste. Funtatlaguy Mar 2019 #126

Funny, I was going to compliment you on your taste in my reply. We certainty do, dewsgirl Mar 2019 #148

If we lived in the same place, I'd bring over the Funtatlaguy Mar 2019 #151

Sounds great! dewsgirl Mar 2019 #159

Breaking Bad, definitely.....Sopranos too. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #202

Mad Men madaboutharry Feb 2019 #3

A few Corgigal Feb 2019 #4

All in the Family radical noodle Feb 2019 #5

Add to the list Scarsdale Mar 2019 #270

The Muppets Wolf Frankula Feb 2019 #6

Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood jberryhill Feb 2019 #7

I watched his show once. justgamma Mar 2019 #79

Fred Rodgers was a treasure leftieNanner Mar 2019 #205

I Never RobinA Mar 2019 #262

West Wing aeromanKC Feb 2019 #9

I was in fifth grade oswaldactedalone Feb 2019 #11

You just reminded me pressbox69 Mar 2019 #96

Eerie, Indiana and Ellery Queen rurallib Feb 2019 #12

BIG Ellery Queen fan here! PennyK Mar 2019 #85

Oh, I had the biggest crush on Jim Hutton! leftieNanner Mar 2019 #208

Loved Eerie, Indiana! blur256 Mar 2019 #155

Newsroom, West Wing, NYPD Blue onecaliberal Feb 2019 #13

Damn, can't believe I forgot The Newsroom Va Lefty Feb 2019 #15

I was so bummed when it was cancelled. onecaliberal Feb 2019 #18

Northern Exposure Tech Feb 2019 #14

Yes, yes, yes! royable Feb 2019 #25

2nd that IADEMO2004 Feb 2019 #37

It was the first one I thought of n/t TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #76

Yep. nt flying rabbit Mar 2019 #81

It's making a comeback. Laffy Kat Mar 2019 #176

I'm glad to hear this! Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #198

I think a couple of cast members must be dead by now, too. Laffy Kat Mar 2019 #218

Thanks. I hate to hear that some of them died. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #228

Here it is: CBS is working on it. Laffy Kat Mar 2019 #219

Thanks. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #234

Sherlock shanny Feb 2019 #16

Yup. Their own popularity and fame ended it. :( Blue_playwright Mar 2019 #224

M*A*S*H, Breaking Bad, Deadwood, Game of Thones (soon), Newsroom, Cheers hlthe2b Feb 2019 #17

all the star trek. mash.1965 batman. thunderbirds . fireball xl5 supercar. voyage to the bottom of AllaN01Bear Feb 2019 #20

The Americans, the Sopranos, Breaking Bad dewsgirl Feb 2019 #22

Funny about Breaking Bad exboyfil Mar 2019 #120

It wrapped up nicely. Better than almost any other dewsgirl Mar 2019 #122

I miss it too! red dog 1 Mar 2019 #203

Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones (later this year). muntrv Feb 2019 #23

NYPD Blue and Letterman KT2000 Feb 2019 #24

Homicide: Life On The Street Dem2theMax Feb 2019 #26

I'm with you on Homicide hotrod0808 Mar 2019 #147

They sure did. Dem2theMax Mar 2019 #149

The Johnny Carson show 1992 Chipper Chat Feb 2019 #27

Yes, end of an era. He went out on top. Va Lefty Feb 2019 #28

I cried when the band played the final two chords Chipper Chat Feb 2019 #32

Same here. Duppers Mar 2019 #100

Here Are Some Of The Ones I Miss..... global1 Feb 2019 #29

The Smothers Brothers Cartoonist Feb 2019 #30

+100 on both of those for me too! skylucy Feb 2019 #42

+1 rampartc Feb 2019 #53

Seinfeld. The Office. Croney Feb 2019 #31

WKRP in Cincinnati. House of Roberts Feb 2019 #33

+ 1 red dog 1 Mar 2019 #204

The West Wing elleng Feb 2019 #34

Maverick, Have Gun Will Travel, and Rawhide Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #35

Deadwood IADEMO2004 Feb 2019 #36

+1 NT flying rabbit Mar 2019 #80

For me, it was Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2019 #38

I liked "Lie to Me" with Tim Roth too. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #114

Seinfeld, Newsroom Beringia Feb 2019 #39

Some good ones there! MyOwnPeace Feb 2019 #40

Holy crap! A Deadwood movie?? happybird Feb 2019 #46

Oh, hell yeah! MyOwnPeace Feb 2019 #50

Thank you so much! happybird Feb 2019 #58

Howdy Doody Show Dave in VA Feb 2019 #41

I was 5. pressbox69 Mar 2019 #98

I am laughing thinking about how cute that is. Chemisse Mar 2019 #229

Carole Burnett Show GeoWilliam750 Feb 2019 #43

Peaky Fookin Blinders DasMadchen Feb 2019 #44

+1 geardaddy Mar 2019 #124

+2 Kaleva Mar 2019 #137

It's not done. Season 5 releases this year and there may be a 6 and 7. chowder66 Mar 2019 #195

The Boondocks, Treme, Deadwood happybird Feb 2019 #45

Night Court RGinNJ Feb 2019 #47

One word: Firefly Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #48

I was just about to say that. IrishEyes Feb 2019 #60

No kidding... Ferrets are Cool Mar 2019 #116

Gilmore Girls Stargleamer Feb 2019 #49

I liked Gilmore, and i'm a guy rusty quoin Mar 2019 #180

Mad Men, The TNBC series from the 90's. Dawson Leery Feb 2019 #51

Bewitched, Designing Women nt Phoenix61 Feb 2019 #54

Days and Nights of Molly Dodd. MASH. applegrove Feb 2019 #55

The Librarians madamesilverspurs Feb 2019 #56

NewsRadio gratuitous Feb 2019 #57

American Gothic! NanceGreggs Feb 2019 #59

My first real life lesson. The Mickey Mouse Club. Turned on the TV, dem4decades Feb 2019 #61

I had basketball practice after school but rushed home Chipper Chat Mar 2019 #101

LOL. I remember Spin and Marty but not the details. dem4decades Mar 2019 #104

Boys summer camp on a ranch. Chipper Chat Mar 2019 #131

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency nt OhZone Feb 2019 #62

GRIMM and Travelers.... Tikki Feb 2019 #63

NYPD Blue, Homicide, The West Wing RockRaven Feb 2019 #64

West Wing, Charmings, Dinosauers, All My Children steventh Feb 2019 #65

Hill Street Blues, Barney Miller El Supremo Feb 2019 #66

The hubs and I waited all week long for Barney Miller night. Chemisse Mar 2019 #232

The winners are... Snackshack Feb 2019 #67

The Closer Me. Feb 2019 #68

Great show AncientGeezer Feb 2019 #74

Hill Street Blues. 3catwoman3 Feb 2019 #69

Six Feet Under, Nurse Jackie, Downton Abbey CurtEastPoint Feb 2019 #71

Law and Order original series Mme. Defarge Feb 2019 #72

Not sure it was great series, but I liked Rainn Wilson in Backstrom. Only one season. Hoyt Feb 2019 #73

F Troop, Star Trek, Elementary (soon) catrose Mar 2019 #75

WKRP, Cheers, Seinfeld, and in a few months Big Bang Theory. George II Mar 2019 #77

Six Feet Under (best show finale ever) Heartstrings Mar 2019 #78

Yes Six Feet Under had an amazing show finale but the best one ever yellowdogintexas Mar 2019 #94

You're right about the Sopranos finale...Worst ever! red dog 1 Mar 2019 #210

Psych, Monk, The Closer and Bones CatMor Mar 2019 #82

Brit shows like "Rumpole'' and ''Prime Suspect'' (with Helen Mirren). YOHABLO Mar 2019 #83

Sherlock First Speaker Mar 2019 #84

Agree 100% Capt. America Mar 2019 #261

Mad Men volstork Mar 2019 #86

Crazy Like a Fox, WIOU, The Newsroom Rhiannon12866 Mar 2019 #87

Seinfeld Texasgal Mar 2019 #88

Deadwood. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2019 #89

One of my favorites as well pecosbob Mar 2019 #108

Quite a few but in recent times Downton Abbey.. Historic NY Mar 2019 #90

I am just now watching this - and loving it. Chemisse Mar 2019 #231

I miss Downton as well. smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #266

As I lose myself in the books True Blue American Mar 2019 #298

Doc Martin True Blue American Mar 2019 #294

+1 Historic NY Mar 2019 #296

Haven Doreen Mar 2019 #91

Kung Fu was underrated, and not given enough respect by the critics. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #212

I do not think the general public at the time could Doreen Mar 2019 #268

The acting & the scripts were very good, imo red dog 1 Mar 2019 #288

The original area51 Mar 2019 #92

Gunsmoke nevergiveup Mar 2019 #93

Gunsmoke I loved but it was spent. rusty quoin Mar 2019 #183

Great show! red dog 1 Mar 2019 #286

My Sci Fi List LibinMo Mar 2019 #95

Six Feet Under nmgaucho Mar 2019 #97

Howdy Doody pressbox69 Mar 2019 #99

Mine... Mike Nelson Mar 2019 #102

Deadwood. Cousin Dupree Mar 2019 #103

Oh for sure. It was so good and ended abruptly. I loved the bad language. rusty quoin Mar 2019 #181

The language was the best. bluescribbler Mar 2019 #222

The Closer. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #105

Hill Street Blues Duppers Mar 2019 #106

Star trek..next gen Demovictory9 Mar 2019 #107

No growth in the characters exboyfil Mar 2019 #119

a tiny bit of that happened with putting Obrien on DS9. yeah, there was no growth Demovictory9 Mar 2019 #186

No question about it, a show on the CBC. 'North of 60', Siwsan Mar 2019 #109

Freaks and geeks mrs_p Mar 2019 #110

I know. It just stopped. There was so much more to be told. rusty quoin Mar 2019 #182

OH, I disagree - I thought that last scene said it all - beautifully. Not sure I can say Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2019 #191

Star Trek roscoeroscoe Mar 2019 #111

Scandal Butterflylady Mar 2019 #112

Babylon 5 billcantdeal Mar 2019 #113

Mixed feelings about that exboyfil Mar 2019 #118

"Darling Buds of May" & "Jeeves & Wooster" bif Mar 2019 #115

Off the top of my head... ailsagirl Mar 2019 #121

3rrd Rock enid602 Mar 2019 #125

Do you remember the time Nina went up to him at a party & said: red dog 1 Mar 2019 #215

Dark Matter, Agent Carter, Warehouse13 The Newsroom, The Pretender, Dark Skies, Profit, Quantum Leap Afromania Mar 2019 #127

Game of Thrones lark Mar 2019 #128

Deadwood nt yesphan Mar 2019 #129

All My Children, One Life to Live, Port Charles, Loving, Ryan's Hope... 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2019 #130

I loved OLTL but had stopped watching, but was so sad to know it was no longer there. Chemisse Mar 2019 #233

Search For Tomorrow True Blue American Mar 2019 #299

Breaking Bad JuJuYoshida Mar 2019 #132

It will always be M.A.S.H. akraven Mar 2019 #133

Mine are probably less known tymorial Mar 2019 #134

I Claudius. Golden Raisin Mar 2019 #135

Everybody died. El Supremo Mar 2019 #250

Fawlty Towers Bantamfancier Mar 2019 #136

Peaky Blinders, Downton Abbey, Breaking Bad, Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell, Archer Kaleva Mar 2019 #138

The news world wide wally Mar 2019 #139

Ballykissangel IcyPeas Mar 2019 #140

You just made me smile. Dem2theMax Mar 2019 #150

good, I'm glad IcyPeas Mar 2019 #199

I love gritty crime dramas! Dem2theMax Mar 2019 #238

that is a sweet memory IcyPeas Mar 2019 #249

A hug right back to you! Dem2theMax Mar 2019 #255

The Shield, Person of Interest, Stranger Things 3Hotdogs Mar 2019 #141

I think the thread calls for this... FiveGoodMen Mar 2019 #142

Miami Vice appalachiablue Mar 2019 #143

WKRP BHDem53 Mar 2019 #144

Carol Burnett Show,Phil Donahue Show, MASH, Lou Grant, Liberty Belle Mar 2019 #145

The Love Boat and Lawrence Welk. llmart Mar 2019 #146

Moonlighting shenmue Mar 2019 #152

MASH, Cheers,Friends mainstreetonce Mar 2019 #153

I was sad when Pee Wee got busted. Beakybird Mar 2019 #154

That was so lame on the part of those Florida cops. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #209

Carnivale blur256 Mar 2019 #156

I loved season one, but then season 2 seemed to go all 90s slasher - not my fav genre nt Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2019 #192

Yes! Carnivale was great IcyPeas Mar 2019 #201

Better Off Ted and Playing House AJT Mar 2019 #157

Fun thread ! LyndaG Mar 2019 #158

Loved The Soup. beveeheart Mar 2019 #170

Dead Like Me. Lunabell Mar 2019 #160

Yes, loved that series Va Lefty Mar 2019 #163

Broadchurch nocoincidences Mar 2019 #161

Hannibal BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2019 #162

MASH Rebl2 Mar 2019 #164

Frank's Place Ohiya Mar 2019 #165

Wonder Years... FreeWheatForever Mar 2019 #166

There are a lot of old memories wrapped up here Gymbo Mar 2019 #167

My So Called Life. LAS14 Mar 2019 #168

Taxi, Scrubs, Barney Miller, Jon Stewart, Murphy Brown BigmanPigman Mar 2019 #169

I'm kinda an eclectic viewer, but here goes: pazzyanne Mar 2019 #171

Star Trek rickyhall Mar 2019 #172

I think you're the first to mention "Soap" red dog 1 Mar 2019 #216

Seinfeld and Sopranos. Going to Jackson Mar 2019 #173

Welcome to DU! red dog 1 Mar 2019 #285

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2019 #289

Giligans Island Xolodno Mar 2019 #174

You must be joking about Gilligan's Island. rusty quoin Mar 2019 #184

St. Elsewhere. Laffy Kat Mar 2019 #175

I would have liked more Farscape. Also Firefly... (nt) petronius Mar 2019 #177

Howdy Doody. Kablooie Mar 2019 #178

That was the day I truly understood the meaning murielm99 Mar 2019 #187

I knew Mel Shaw who designed the Howdy Doody puppet. Kablooie Mar 2019 #194

Gilmore Girls Olafjoy Mar 2019 #179

Countdown with Keith Olbermann Doodley Mar 2019 #185

YES !!!!!!! Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2019 #242

A lot of my favorites have been mentioned, murielm99 Mar 2019 #188

MASH gopiscrap Mar 2019 #189

Another way to look at this - a lot of shows mentioned I totally loved but would have to put on Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2019 #193

The West Wing Piratedog Mar 2019 #196

There were a few. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #197

Hands down The West Wing! redstatebluegirl Mar 2019 #200

Am I really the first to mention Mr. Bean? Howze about Fawlty Towers? malchickiwick Mar 2019 #206

Dark Shadows, I was 12, I was crushed. Runningdawg Mar 2019 #207

Star Trek : The Next Generation Anon-C Mar 2019 #211

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. ms liberty Mar 2019 #213

Action, The West Wing, WKRP, Parks and Recreation lapfog_1 Mar 2019 #214

My Name Is Earl, Wiseguy, Breaking Bad, Fawlty Towers, Soap, 3rd Rock. & The Honeymooners red dog 1 Mar 2019 #217

I thought of one more. House of Roberts Mar 2019 #220

Deadwood bluescribbler Mar 2019 #221

OMG...LOVED THAT SHOW. Zoonart Mar 2019 #254

Star Trek TNG, DS9 and Voyager. Nt Blue_playwright Mar 2019 #223

Downton Abbey Native Mar 2019 #225

St. Elsewhere. One of the most clever ending credits. no_hypocrisy Mar 2019 #226

Sorry, I didn't get it. Can you explain? nt LAS14 Mar 2019 #245

Ending credits: no_hypocrisy Mar 2019 #247

Aha! Thanks. nt LAS14 Mar 2019 #251

Knot's Landing. I have the finale on VHS if anyone is interested... Phentex Mar 2019 #227

The Equalizer. n/t GP6971 Mar 2019 #230

The Good Wife and West Wing. vsrazdem Mar 2019 #235

Liebling Kreuzberg DFW Mar 2019 #236

A lot of mine are comedies Moral Compass Mar 2019 #237

Timeless, downton abbey, sports night, continuum ebbie15644 Mar 2019 #239

Deadwood, Fernwood Tonight randr Mar 2019 #240

I loved Fernwood Tonight! red dog 1 Mar 2019 #284

I forgot 'One Step Beyond' El Supremo Mar 2019 #241

Invasion. Nowhere Man. Owl Mar 2019 #244

Star Trek: Enterprise. It was finally getting good. Owl Mar 2019 #246

Agreed 100%. The fourth season was AMAZING. Capt. America Mar 2019 #260

Tyrant, Firefly, 666 Park Avenue, Surface, Downtown Hound Mar 2019 #277

Sorry, meant to post my response at the bottom of the thread. Downtown Hound Mar 2019 #281

Most of my favorites have already been mentioned. love_katz Mar 2019 #248

Defiance EveHammond13 Mar 2019 #252

I already mentioned: My World and Welcome To It El Supremo Mar 2019 #253

A tv series I thought never got the credit it deserved was GWC58 Mar 2019 #256

The Honeymooners The Wizard Mar 2019 #257

+ 1 red dog 1 Mar 2019 #283

Friday Night Lights mainstreetonce Mar 2019 #258

Firefly (for the record, I was one of the 10 people who watched it in the first run). Capt. America Mar 2019 #259

Enlightened - HBO Laura Dern hibbing Mar 2019 #263

Soupy Sales OxQQme Mar 2019 #264

Great Walk Down Memory Lane Just Seeing All My Favs Listed! DoctorJoJo Mar 2019 #265

666 Park Avenue smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #267

The Wonder Years Doodley Mar 2019 #269

In recent years, there's been a trend to voluntarily end a successful series after about six seasons maddiemom Mar 2019 #271

These,mainly because I hated to be left hanging, not that I loved them: catbyte Mar 2019 #272

Detrioters catbyte Mar 2019 #273

Frasier Totally Tunsie Mar 2019 #274

MASH ashling Mar 2019 #275

Square Pegs. LisaM Mar 2019 #279

Last Man On Earth. Timeless. Alf. jg10003 Mar 2019 #280

Father Ted. nt NCjack Mar 2019 #282

TURN The story of Washington's spies. Grasswire2 Mar 2019 #287

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Mar 2019 #290

The Borgias Shoonra Mar 2019 #292

A few MandelaObama Mar 2019 #293

X-Files, Sopranos, and Breaking Bad. nt Nay Mar 2019 #295

Star Trek (TOS)! lastlib Mar 2019 #297