22 of the Best Shows That Were Quickly Canceled

Does it ever seem like every show on TV is either a bland crime procedural commemorating its 500th episode or an eight-episode Netflix run of the weirdest thing you’ve ever seen whose cliffhanger ending made you slap your laptop?

If so, it’s probably because Hollywood is so scared of trying anything new that they either keep a corpse of a series on life support indefinitely or freak out and kill it before it really gets a chance to live. As a result, they all either have 23 seasons or only one.

Redditor caitdiditagain is most interested in the latter. “I wanna watch a new series but not feel too overwhelmed by the number of seasons,” they told r/Television, and asked for Redditors’ “favorite TV show that had only one season and then got canceled, but you watch it over and over because it’s so good.”

They then asked, “What’s your favorite ‘one season and then canceled’ TV show?” Here’s how their fellow Redditors responded…