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For me it would have to be The Owl House

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I’ll go with some not mentioned.

1899 - Same creators of Dark, so I feel like it would have been worth it.

Lie to Me- it was one of the “of the week” type shows that kept my interest back then

Freak and Geeks - Crazy it got one season. Almost every single cast member went on to be super famous.

Green Lantern The Animated Series. Would have been great to have a fully finished story for this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I haven't seen this one mentioned yet, Daybreak.

Teen drama series about teens trying to survive in a zomble apocaylse, it was well written but what really makes me want a season 2 is the cliffhanger that shifts the entire show on it's head.

Throughout the series, Josh (the main character) is trying to get a girl called Sam, in the finale Sam rejects her because she notices he wasn't really in love with her. Josh was just trying to play a hero getting a damsel in distress, it was a amazing breakdown of toxic masculinity that makes so much sense if you rewatch the series with the twist in mind. Sam then becomes the leader, the position that Josh has been working for the whole series and that's the cliffhanger. I remeber people getting mad because those were the exact types of people Josh was. A season 2 could have gone even deeper into the toxic masculinity angle and that would have been awesome.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Ash vs Evil Dead

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, I fucking love this show.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Clone High

Duckman

Mostly because both ended with shocking cliffhangers.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Firefly

The 4400

Top Gear (the UK version)

Edit: As a side note, I would love to see a Eureka reboot

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Final Space.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Inside Job could have continued but I am not sure they had a bigger story planned.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm surprised no one mentioned My name is Earl, it's a tv show about a guy who wins the lottery and is immediately hit by a car, he then hears about Karma so he decides to turn his life around by making amends for all of the wrong things he did. It's a very fun comedy, and it was cancelled on a cliffhanger because the producers specifically asked if they were getting a next season and were told yes.

This one is the one that hurts me the most, because they knew how the ending was going to be, but didn't got thr chance to film it, and it would have been perfect. Essentially he would have gotten to an item on the list that he just couldn't do, whenever he tried something would prevent him from doing it, and it would seem that karma was against him. But then someone would come to him wanting to make amends for something they've done to him, and he would ask where the person got the idea, and it would be because someone made amends to him, and he would keep pulling at that thread until he found out that he inspired people around him to make their own lists, and those people inspired others, and so on and so forth so he would feel that he finally did more good than bad and would tear up the list and continue with his life. Oh, and the cliffhanger? It wouldn't matter, it was just going to be an excuse to bring some celebrity, they didn't even knew who the father was going to be.

PS: if you liked My name is Earl, and you weren't aware there's another TV show by the same people called Raising Hope which is the same style of comedy, with a bunch of the same actors, and they make constant references to MNiE.

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[–] czl 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I’ll throw in something most people haven’t watched: The Brink

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I loved this show so much. I just started rewatching it last night. I'm a big fan of Will Forte and as happy as I am we at least got 4 seasons, I was always a little surprised at it's popularity. It always felt very niche, but still aired on a rather popular network.

[–] pdqcp 4 points 2 weeks ago

HarmonQuest

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Absolutely would love more Owl House!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Firefly

Raised by Wolves

Game of Thrones, but written by the author

Wheel of Time (in case you missed it, it's canceled)

Years and Years

Utopia (UK, 2013)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Terra Nova. Not great but interesting concept.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Raised by wolves. Like, more than anything. I want to know what happens so badly.

It was such a unique, utterly batshit crazy show that just really started going off the rails in the best possible way at the end of season 2. There was something so hauntingly bleak about it all that I fell head over heels in love with and its cancellation hurts to this day.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

In recent memory:

  • Swamp Thing (cancelled after one season on a cliffhanger iirc)
  • Y: The Last Man (cancelled after one season but at least all of the season 1 sub plots ended nicely)
  • Stargirl (like The Owl House, which I agree with, had a good and pretty satisfying ending but still ended prematurely)
  • Sandman & Dead Boy Detectives (not going to watch Sandman season 2, Dead Boy Detectives ended on a pretty major cliffhanger and I was enjoying it)
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