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22 TV Shows that ended too quickly

At least once in your life someone will ask you “What are your favorite TV shows”? Generally you can list at least a Top 3 list of shows that you are really in to at the moment. Well, here are some shows that made it to our lists at one point of another, that got cancelled on us way too quickly, and even worse, left us on a cliffhanger with hundreds of questions, and a small hole in our hearts.

22) Sue Thomas FBI (2002-2005)

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye is an American television series loosely based on the real life experience of Sue Thomas, a deaf woman whose ability to read lips landed her a job with an elite surveillance team at the FBI. It premiered in 2002 on the PAX Network. The show ended in May 2005 due to PAX’s decision to halt the production of original programming. It was one of the two highest rated shows on the network.

21) Early Edition (1996-2000)

Early Edition is an American television drama series that aired on CBS broadcast network from September 28, 1996 to May 27, 2000. Set in the city of Chicago, Illinois, it follows the adventures of a man who mysteriously receives each Chicago Sun-Times newspaper the day before it is actually published, and who uses this knowledge to prevent terrible events every day. Despite fan efforts to save the show, it was cancelled in May 2000, and it began airing in syndication on Fox Family Channel that same month.

20) V (2009-2011)

V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a technologically advanced alien species which ostensibly comes in peace, but actually has sinister motives. On May 13, 2011, ABC announced that V was canceled.

19) Manhattan Love Story (2014)

Manhattan Love Story is an American romantic comedy television series that was created by Jeff Lowell. The series debuted ABC on September 30, 2014. The series chronicled the journey of a new couple and the questions they are actually thinking about from the moment they begin a relationship. On October 24, 2014, the series was canceled, becoming the first network television cancellation of the fall schedule following modest viewership.

18) Lie to Me (2009-2011)

Lie to Me is an American crime drama television series. It originally ran on the Fox network from January 21, 2009 to January 31, 2011. In the show, Dr. Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) and his colleagues in The Lightman Group accept assignments from third parties, and assist in investigations, reaching the truth through applied psychology: interpreting microexpressions, through the Facial Action Coding System, and body language. Lie to Me was officially canceled by Fox on May 11, 2011.

17) Touch (2012-2013)

Touch is an American thriller television series that ran on Fox from January 25, 2012, to May 10, 2013. The series was created by Tim Kring and starred Kiefer Sutherland. Touch centers on former reporter Martin Bohm (Kiefer Sutherland) and his 11-year-old autistic son, Jake (David Mazouz). Martin’s wife died in the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks, and he has been struggling to raise Jake since then, moving from job to job while tending to Jake’s special needs. Jake has never spoken a word, but is fascinated by numbers and patterns relating to numbers, spending much of his days writing them down in notebooks, his touch-screen tablet and sometimes using objects. On May 9, 2013, Fox canceled Touch after two seasons.

16) Flash Forward (2009-2010)

FlashForward is a U.S. television series, adapted for television by Brannon Braga and David S. Goyer, which aired for one season on ABC between September 24, 2009, and May 27, 2010. It is based on the 1999 novel Flashforward by Canadian science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer. The series revolves around the lives of several people as a mysterious event causes nearly everyone on the planet to simultaneously lose consciousness for two minutes and seventeen seconds on October 6, 2009. During this blackout, people see what appear to be visions of their lives on April 29, 2010, a global “flashforward” six months into the future.

15) Moonlight (2007-2008)

Moonlight is an American paranormal romance television drama created by Ron Koslow and Trevor Munson. The series follows private investigator Mick St. John (Alex O’Loughlin), who was turned into a vampire by his bride Coraline (Shannyn Sossamon) on the couple’s wedding night fifty-five years earlier. In the present day, he struggles with his attraction to a mortal woman, Beth Turner (Sophia Myles), his friendship with Josef Kostan (Jason Dohring), and his dealings with other vampires in Los Angeles. On May 13, 2008, CBS announced that Moonlight was officially cancelled.

14) Terra Nova (2011)

Terra Nova is an American science fiction drama television series. It premiered on September 26, 2011 with a two-hour premiere, and concluded on December 19, 2011 with a two-hour, two-episode finale. The series follows the Shannon family as they travel 85 million years into the past to an Earth of a parallel universe. The series is based on an idea by British writer Kelly Marcel.

13) Selfie (2014)

Selfie is an American romantic comedy series starring Karen Gillan and John Cho. The series follows the life of Eliza Dooley, a woman obsessed with the idea of achieving fame through the use of social media platforms, including Instagram where she posts selfies. She begins to worry that “friending” people online is not a substitute for real friendship, and she seeks help from Henry Higgs, a marketing image guru. The series premiered on September 30, 2014. The pilot was made available early through video on demand and online streaming media on August 20, 2014. Selfie was canceled by ABC on November 7, 2014

12) Twisted (2013)

Twisted is an American teen drama mystery-thriller television series. The pilot episode aired on March 19, 2013, and the show’s next 10 episodes resumed airing on June 18, 2013. The series focuses on charming sixteen-year-old Danny Desai (Avan Jogia), who was charged with killing his aunt when he was eleven. Having spent five years in juvenile detention, he is released and returns to his hometown of Green Grove, New York. While trying to rekindle old friendships and facing the challenges of dealing with his judgmental peers, Danny becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a classmate. Realizing the town does not care about the truth and only wants to see him charged with the crime, Danny becomes determined to clear his name. Meanwhile, he must maintain a secret he has never told anyone: the reason he killed his aunt. The series finale aired on April 1, 2014.

11) The Lying Game (2011)

The Lying Game is an American teen drama television series that aired on ABC Family from August 15, 2011 to March 12, 2013. The series was produced by Pratt Enterprises, Alloy Entertainment, and Warner Horizon Television. and is loosely based on a series of novels of the same name by Sara Shepard. The series follows Emma, a kind-hearted foster child who learns she has an identical twin sister, Sutton. Sutton, unlike Emma, was adopted by wealthy parents and is seemingly living an ideal life. After their initial meeting, Sutton talks Emma into stepping into her life for a few days while she pursues a lead on the mysterious identity of their birth mother. After Sutton inexplicably fails to return to the girls’ designated meeting place, Emma must decide whether to come clean about her identity and risk her own safety in the hope of uncovering her twin sister’s where abouts, along with the truth about why they were separated in the first place. On July 15, 2013, Chando revealed that ABC Family has canceled the series after two seasons.

10) The Carrie Diaries (2013-2014)

The Carrie Diaries is an American teen drama television series on The CW. It is a prequel to the HBO television series Sex and the City and based on the book of the same name by Candace Bushnell. The first season of the show focused on Carrie Bradshaw during her junior year of high school in 1984, and she explores life in New York while interning at a law office. On May 8, 2014, The CW canceled The Carrie Diaries after two seasons.

9) Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013)

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland is an American fantasy-drama series that aired on ABC from October 10, 2013 to April 3, 2014. The program was a spin-off of Once Upon a Time. The series is based around the Lewis Carroll novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland but with a different twist from the other adaptations and takes place in the same universe as Once Upon a Time in present-day Wonderland, with flashbacks to pre-Dark Curse Wonderland. As such, it follows the same setting as the parent series, including the use of Disney- and Lost-related allusions. In addition, the series features occasional crossover episodes with Once Upon a Time that involves connections with the characters that are trapped in Storybrooke, Maine. On March 27, 2014, it was revealed that the series would be ending after one season, with the series finale airing on April 3, 2014

8) Pan AM (2011)

Pan Am is an American period drama television series created by writer Jack Orman. Named for the iconic Pan American World Airways, the series features the pilots and stewardesses of the airline as it operated in the early 1960s at the beginning of the commercial Jet Age. Pan Am premiered on ABC on September 25, 2011 and ended on February 19, 2012.

7) Deadwood (2004-2006)

Deadwood is an American western television series created, produced and largely written by David Milch and aired on the premium cable network HBO from March 21, 2004, to August 27, 2006, spanning three 12-episode seasons. The show is set in the 1870s in Deadwood, South Dakota, before and after the area’s annexation by the Dakota Territory. The series charts Deadwood’s growth from camp to town, incorporating themes ranging from the formation of communities to western capitalism.

6) Ringer (2011-2012)

Ringer is an American television series that initially aired on The CW from September 13, 2011 to April 17, 2012. Bridget Kelly (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is a recovering drug addict and stripper in Wyoming. She is under the protection of FBI Agent Victor Machado (Nestor Carbonell), having agreed to testify against her employer, local crime boss Bodaway Macawi, who she witnessed committing murder. Fearing that Macawi, who has already murdered several witnesses linking him to previous crimes, will also kill her, Bridget flees to New York to meet her estranged twin sister Siobhan (also played by Gellar). On May 11, 2012, The CW announced the cancellation of Ringer after one season.

5) Southland (2009-2013)

Southland is an American drama series created by writer Ann Biderman and produced by Warner Bros. Television. It originally aired on NBC for one season from April 9 to May 21, 2009, and then on TNT for four additional seasons from March 2, 2010, to April 17, 2013. Southland takes a “raw and authentic look” at Los Angeles and the lives of the LAPD officers who police it. The show’s first season centers on the experiences and interactions of LAPD patrol officers and detectives, and is more a character-driven drama than a police procedural. On May 10, 2013, TNT announced that Southland had been cancelled after five seasons.

4) Firefly (2002-2003)

Firefly is an American space western drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon, under his Mutant Enemy Productions label. The series is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system, and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a “Firefly-class” spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity. Whedon pitched the show as “nine people looking into the blackness of space and seeing nine different things”.

3) Pushing Daisies (2007-2009)

Pushing Daisies is an American fantasy comedy-drama television series created by Bryan Fuller that aired on ABC from October 3, 2007 to June 13, 2009. The series stars Lee Pace as Ned, a pie-maker with the ability to bring dead things back to life with his touch, an ability which comes with stipulations. Touted as a “forensic fairy tale”, the series is known for its unusual visual style, quirky characters, and fast-paced dialogue, often employing wordplay, metaphor, and double entendre.

2) Witches of East End (2013-2014)

Witches of East End is an American supernatural drama television series based on the book of the same name by Melissa de la Cruz. Set in the fictional seaside town of East End, it follows the lives of a family of witches – Joanna Beauchamp (Julia Ormond) and her two grown-up daughters, Freya Beauchamp (Jenna Dewan Tatum) and Ingrid Beauchamp (Rachel Boston), as well as her sister Wendy Beauchamp (Mädchen Amick). On November 4, 2014, Lifetime cancelled Witches of East End due to low ratings in the second season.

1) Jericho (2006-2008)

Jericho is an American post-apocalyptic action-drama series. The show was produced by CBS Paramount Network Television and Junction Entertainment. The storyline centers on the residents of Jericho, a small northwest Kansas town, in the aftermath of a limited nuclear attack on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States. The series begins with a visible nuclear detonation of unknown origin in nearby Denver, Colorado. Problems are compounded by loss of power and modern communications, effectively isolating Jericho. Later, power is restored to Jericho by what is alluded to as the efforts of the U.S. government. However, an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) from an unknown source disables all electronics. The show ran on CBS from September 20, 2006 through March 25, 2008. It was canceled after its first full season because of poor ratings.

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22 TV Shows that ended too quickly

22) Sue Thomas FBI (2002-2005)

21) Early Edition (1996-2000)

20) V (2009-2011)

19) Manhattan Love Story (2014)

18) Lie to Me (2009-2011)

17) Touch (2012-2013)

16) Flash Forward (2009-2010)

15) Moonlight (2007-2008)

14) Terra Nova (2011)

13) Selfie (2014)

12) Twisted (2013)

11) The Lying Game (2011)

10) The Carrie Diaries (2013-2014)

9) Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013)

8) Pan AM (2011)

7) Deadwood (2004-2006)

6) Ringer (2011-2012)

5) Southland (2009-2013)

4) Firefly (2002-2003)

3) Pushing Daisies (2007-2009)

2) Witches of East End (2013-2014)

1) Jericho (2006-2008)

Tell us what some of your favorite TV shows are that ended too quickly by commenting below, on our facebook, or tweeting us @Buzz_io

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22 TV Shows that ended too quickly

22) Sue Thomas FBI (2002-2005)

21) Early Edition (1996-2000)

20) V (2009-2011)

19) Manhattan Love Story (2014)

18) Lie to Me (2009-2011)

17) Touch (2012-2013)

16) Flash Forward (2009-2010)

15) Moonlight (2007-2008)

14) Terra Nova (2011)

13) Selfie (2014)

12) Twisted (2013)

11) The Lying Game (2011)

10) The Carrie Diaries (2013-2014)

9) Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013)

8) Pan AM (2011)

7) Deadwood (2004-2006)

6) Ringer (2011-2012)

5) Southland (2009-2013)

4) Firefly (2002-2003)

3) Pushing Daisies (2007-2009)

2) Witches of East End (2013-2014)

1) Jericho (2006-2008)

Tell us what some of your favorite TV shows are that ended too quickly by commenting below, on our facebook, or tweeting us @Buzz_io

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