Old T.V shows that flopped when thet were first released that might do good today?

AMKC

One I have been watching recently is Stargate Universe. A lot of crap in it but I think if it was made today with just 10 or 12 episodes all that crap and filler would be left out and it woukd be a much better show now.

I never liked it at the time that it was very dull but think its not really so bad now once you skip by the stones exchange bits which was a truly terrible idea.

Gusser09

Sliders.

Didnt massively flop but i think there would be an appetite for that type of show today.

Agent Coulson

I would not in any way have said Stargate SG1 flopped with 10 seasons and two movies and two spin offs that had another 7 seasons between them.

Having one of it's spin off end after two season was more down money not ratings if I remember right.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121520464#Comment_121520464

I never said that Stargate SG1 flopped but Stargate Universe did.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121520454#Comment_121520454

I have an idea in my head for a show like that but the more I thought about it the more I thought people will just think that its sliders again just slightly different and it would just be a flop.

Bobson Dugnutt

The magnificent Utopia which was cancelled after 2 seasons by Channel 4.

https://youtu.be/r3gxwIqqzB4?si=qzuZis0fzHWDF1AQ

DellyBelly

Was always surprised the TV show Brotherhood didn't get a bigger audience when first released in the early 2000's. Excellent cast and a great storyline - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotherhood_(American_TV_series) .Think a show like this would do much better if released now

breezy1985

Space Above and Beyond.

Was a bit ahead of its time as "gritty" sci-fi and certainly tried to do CGI too early.

That and Sliders (people love the multiverse now) are perfect for a reboot which is something I am usually against.

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121521557#Comment_121521557

Excellent Underrated Show

FlicFlak

Terra Nova would have done really well today.

Dinosaurs 80 million years in the past, the CGI needed then was cost prohibitive but would be good now, excellent cast aswell!!

Tow

Earth 2

Radio5

Eldorado. British ex-pats in Spain, they'd probably have a few issues to talk about which didn't exist in 1992/3.

MrMusician18

Stacked. I thought it was hilarious, but probably a bit ahead of it's time.

SharkMX

The Time Tunnel

Tabnabs

Boss

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1833285/

Xterminator

firefly. was cancelled with some episodes not even shown, i think.

but it did great later with dvd sales etc, and eventually a feature movie to wrap the story up.

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squonk

American Gothic, a show from the mid 90s about a family being menaced by a sheriff in a small town who had killed the younger boy’s sister. Great cast. Gary Cole, Sarah Paulson. Never really got the backing of its network let alone ratings which didn’t help as the network showed the episodes out of order in the first place. Loads of questions, who or whst is the sheriff? What happened the boy’s parents? I think it’d be a msssive show on Amazon or Netflix these days. Sort of in the vein of American Horror Story.

saabsaab

Police Surgeon. Great possibilities now with medicine and crime.

Nody

Firefly has to be at the top of the list; badly mismanaged by Fox at the time and would easily hold up today as well with potential for rotating cast as needed as people get left behind / die / join the crew etc.

wytek

Manimal

Automan

Salvage 1

saabsaab

Ghost Squad. Abour a special police unit to tackle unusual cases.

screamer

Anerican gothic had such potential but the us audiences found it too dark and it was cancelled.

another vote for space above and beyond also, id love a reboot

niallpatrick

Dark skies but Jeri Ryan (7 of 9) didn't fare too badly from being in it

niallpatrick

Eerie Indiana was another show that didn't get it's deserved full run.

Tork

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip with Matthew Perry and Bradley Whitford.

retalivity

Dollhouse, I thought was pretty good, and had plenty of mileage left in it

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121521614#Comment_121521614

I agree with both of these. Was looking at the Space Above and Beyond DVD in Tower Records recently. Very tempted to buy it but did not in the end. Might reco sider that. I might buy it yet as it was brilliant if I can not stream it anywhere.

Sliders was brilliant too. Loved it.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121524325#Comment_121524325

What was Dark Skies about? Sure I seen it but do not remember it. Did it get about 3 or 4 seasons and end kind of abruptly. Was that the show with the android in it like Data?

If it was then yes it was a great show and deserved to last longer.

Ten of Swords

Bedlam

An indie horror show financed by Sky about 10 years ago. It was originally due to be 3 seasons long but cancelled at the end of Season 2 (leaving it on a huge cliffhanger 😡). The story at the time was that funding couldn't be agreed for the 3rd season so it just fizzled out of existence.

Horror shows are back in style right now though so I think it would do well, it had pretty good production values for a low budget show.

It was set in an old asylum that had been converted to an apartment block and followed the 'ghost of the week' format.

The owner of the place was actor Hugo Speer and he's in disgrace right now for alleged nude antics on the Full Monty TV show set so he probably wouldn't be invited back!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0aLi_Zel30A

Bobson Dugnutt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121523064#Comment_121523064

Such a great show. Had sort of The X-Files mixed with Twin Peaks vibe going on.

whomitconcerns

Live

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121523064#Comment_121523064

Loved it. Have it on dvd and download. Someone's at the door......