TV's Best (and Worst) Shows That Lasted Only One Season
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- CreatorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresAlan TudykFive hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.
- CreatorPaul FeigStarsLinda CardelliniJohn Francis DaleyJames FrancoA high school mathlete starts hanging out with a group of burnouts while her younger brother navigates his freshman year.
- CreatorEmily HalpernSarah HaskinsStarsMalin AkermanBradley WhitfordMichaela WatkinsA reformed party girl finds herself an insta-family after falling in love with a man with 3 manipulative children and two judgmental ex-wives.
- CreatorBill LawrencePhil LordChristopher MillerStarsWill FortePhil LordMichael McDonaldThe greatest minds of the world have been cloned, and are now attending high school together.
- CreatorBryan FullerTodd HollandStarsCaroline DhavernasKatie FinneranTyron Leitso24-year-old loner B.A. Jaye lives in a trailer park and sells souvenirs in Niagara Falls. Animal figurines and dolls speak to her and force her to interact with people and try to help them.
- CreatorJace RichdaleAngus OblongStarsWill FerrellPamela AdlonJean SmartThe misadventures of a goofy family deformed by toxic waste.
- CreatorKyle KillenStarsJason IsaacsLaura AllenSteve HarrisAfter a car accident takes the life of a family member, a police detective lives two alternating parallel lives, one with his wife and one with his son. Is one of his "realities" merely a dream?
- CreatorRina MimounStarsJoAnna Garcia SwisherLucy HaleAshley NewbroughA Yale-educated journalism major reluctantly becomes a live-in tutor for two spoiled granddaughters of a Palm Beach cosmetics business magnate.
- CreatorDavid CraneJeffrey KlarikStarsAndrea AndersJon BernthalLizzy CaplanA 27-year-old is reunited with his childhood friends.
- CreatorDavid E. KelleyStarsRobin WilliamsSarah Michelle GellarJames WolkOut-of-the-box Simon Roberts runs an ad agency with his Type-A daughter Sydney.
- CreatorJonathan KatzStarsBob SagetKat DenningsBrie LarsonA sitcom about a widowed father struggling to separate his professional & personal lives and keeping his sanity while raising two daughters.
- CreatorKevin FallsStarsKevin McKiddGretchen EgolfMoon BloodgoodA San Francisco journalist mysteriously travels to the past and alters the path of people's lives. When his travels reunite him with his long-lost fiancée Livia, life with his present-day wife gets very interesting.
- CreatorPaul HaggisBobby MorescoStarsJonathan TuckerTom GuiryOlivia WildeFour young Irish brothers are caught up in New York's underworld of organized crime.
- CreatorWinnie HolzmanStarsBess ArmstrongWilson CruzClaire DanesA 15-year-old girl and her trials and tribulations of being a teenager and dealing with friends, guys, parents, and school.
- CreatorOren PeliMichael R. PerryStarsBruce GreenwoodJoe AndersonLeslie HopeThe crew of a research vessel are on a quest to find a missing TV explorer in the Amazon.
- CreatorCraig SweenyStarsJake McDormanJennifer CarpenterHill HarperAn average 28-year-old man who gains the ability to use the full extent of his brain's capabilities is hired by the F.B.I. as a consultant.
- CreatorJeremy CarverStarsPeyton ListRiley SmithDevin KelleyA police detective in 2016 discovers that she is able to communicate with her father via a ham radio, despite the fact that he died in 1996.
- CreatorCorinne BrinkerhoffScott McCabeTory StantonStarsJoshua SasseTori AndersonJonathan LangdonEvie, a risk-averse quality-control assessor falls for free-spirited thrill seeker Xavier only to find out he lives his life that way because he believes the apocalypse is coming.
- CreatorLamar DamonAmy Sherman-PalladinoStarsSutton FosterKaitlyn JenkinsJulia Goldani TellesMichelle, a Las Vegas showgirl marries a man on a whim and moves to his sleepy coastal town where she winds up working alongside her new mother-in-law at her dance school.
- CreatorAdam MilchStarsAvan JogiaMaddie HassonAshton MoioA teen with a troubled past reconnects with his two female best friends from childhood. He becomes the prime suspect when a fellow student is surprisingly found dead in her home.
- CreatorCarter CovingtonStarsLindsey ShawMeaghan MartinEthan PeckAt Padua High, newcomers Kat and Bianca Stratford attempt to navigate the popular crowd.
- CreatorTed GriffinStarsDonal LogueMichael Raymond-JamesLaura AllenEx-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business.
- CreatorRich CohenMick JaggerMartin ScorseseStarsBobby CannavalePaul Ben-VictorP.J. ByrneRichie Finestra, a shrewd record executive from New York, tries to promote American Century, his music label, amidst the changing music scene in the 1970s.
- CreatorScott SilveriStarsMatthew PerryLaura BenantiJulie WhitePressured by his boss to join a support group because he can't move forward after his wife's death, an irreverent sportscaster finds connection with the extremely varied members.
- CreatorAaron SorkinStarsMatthew PerryAmanda PeetBradley WhitfordA behind-the-scenes look at a fictional sketch-comedy television show.
- CreatorEmily KapnekStarsKaren GillanJohn ChoAllyn RachelAfter being the subject of an embarrassing viral video, a self-involved 20-something enlists the help of a marketing expert to revamp her image in the real world.
- CreatorJohn J. McLaughlinMarti NoxonStarsElisabeth HarnoisGrant ShowSam PageA series of supernatural events begins in a small coastal New Jersey town after the arrival of a mysterious teenage girl, who apparently has the ability to influence the people and events around her.
- CreatorJudd ApatowStarsJay BaruchelCarla GalloCharlie HunnamCollege freshman Steve Karp, his girlfriend and their fellow dormmates embark on one of the greatest experiences of their lives. Unfortunately for Steve, his lonely and recently divorced father is tagging along for the ride.
- CreatorBrandon CampMike ThompsonStarsDominic PurcellJayne BrookJohn Marshall JonesA man who seems to know everything but his own name helps police solve crimes as he searches for his identity.
- CreatorSilvio HortaStarsChristopher GorhamPhilip Anthony-RodriguezJudith ScottNSA computer technician Jake Foley is transformed into a secret agent after he is accidentally infected with nanobots, based on nanotechnology that reduce the size of a computer to the molecular level, which give him superhuman powers.
- CreatorJavier Grillo-MarxuachStarsMatt KeeslarNatalie MoralesBrit MorganA struggling artist is recruited by a secret agency to fight against evil forces. Based on the graphic novels by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Les McClaine.
- CreatorBill OakleyJosh WeinsteinStarsBrian PosehnNick JamesonWallace LanghamThe misadventures of a group of disparate roomates who live in a hip neighborhood in a major city.
- CreatorChris ThompsonStarsJay MohrIlleana DouglasJarrad PaulA dark comedy about Peter Dragon, a sleazy Hollywood executive. His last, massively expensive, movie bombed and he needs a hit. Will "Beverley Hills Gun Club" be it and how far will he have to go to make it?
- CreatorKelly MarcelCraig SilversteinStarsJason O'MaraShelley ConnChristine AdamsCenters on the Shannons, an ordinary family from 2149 when the planet is dying, who are transported back 85 million years to prehistoric Earth where they join Terra Nova, a colony of humans with a second chance to build a civilization.
- CreatorJudd ApatowJeff KahnBen StillerStarsBen StillerAndy DickJaneane GarofaloThis comedy/variety show specialized in parodies of movies and television shows and commercials. Often, they would also have a special guest (e.g., a TV actor) join them.
- CreatorShaun CassidyStarsGary ColeLucas BlackPaige TurcoA quiet, seemingly-quaint small town is ruled over by its charming yet evil sheriff who uses his demonic powers to remove anyone who dares to stand in his way. The only one he fears is a young boy he fathered through rape.
- CreatorLamar DamonAmy Sherman-PalladinoStarsSutton FosterKaitlyn JenkinsJulia Goldani TellesMichelle, a Las Vegas showgirl marries a man on a whim and moves to his sleepy coastal town where she winds up working alongside her new mother-in-law at her dance school.
- CreatorJennifer Kaytin RobinsonStarsEliza BennettTaylor DeardenBrandon Mychal SmithHell-bent on bringing justice to those who get away with abuse on their college campus, Jules and Ophelia take on double lives as wannabe vigilantes.
- CreatorMatt NixStarsBradley WhitfordColin HanksJenny WadeJack is a by-the-book detective whose habit of undermining himself has resulted in a dead-end position with the Police Dept. His partner Dan, a drunken, lecherous veteran hangs onto his job only because of one heroic act years ago.
- CreatorTom SellittiJim SerpicoStarsAndrew SchulzLindsey BroadChris DistefanoBenders follows a team of friends bonded by an irrational obsession with their men's ice hockey team, The Chubbys.
- CreatorJ.H. WymanStarsKarl UrbanMichael EalyMinka KellyIn a not-so-distant future, a human cop and an android partner team up to serve and protect.
- CreatorAndrew MogelJarrad PaulStarsRob LoweFred SavageMary Elizabeth EllisTelevision lawyer Dean Sanderson moves back to his small home town after a stint in Hollywood, thinking that his time on TV qualifies him to run his family's law firm.
- CreatorDaniel ChunStarsJohn StamosPaget BrewsterJosh PeckA confirmed bachelor discovers he's a dad--and a grandfather.
- CreatorJonas PateJosh PateStarsLake BellJay R. FergusonCarter JenkinsA marine biologist, an insurance salesman and a teen-aged boy find their lives fundamentally changed by the emergence of a new, and often dangerous, species of sea life, while government agents work to keep the affair under wraps.
- CreatorShaun CassidyStarsWilliam FichtnerEddie CibrianKari MatchettA Florida Park Ranger and his family deal with strange occurrences in the aftermath of a hurricane.
- CreatorJeff JudahGabe SachsStarsSean FarisJon FosterChristopher LowellSee life through the eyes of Dino, Ben, and Jonathan -- three teens experiencing the joys and pains of growing up. Although different in many ways, these guys have one main thing in common -- women.
- CreatorBob KushellBill PradyStarsDave GoelzEric JacobsonBill BarrettaJim Henson's lovable Muppets return to the small screen in this mockumentary-style series that follows their personal and professional lives.
- CreatorJason HorwitchStarsJames Badge DaleJessica Ann CollinsLauren HodgesWill Travers is an analyst at a New York City-based federal intelligence agency who is thrown into a story where nothing is as it appears to be.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiPhil KlemmerJulie PlecStarsRobbie AmellPeyton ListLuke MitchellStephen helps genetically advanced teenagers hide from a paramilitary group hunting them down.
- CreatorCynthia MortStarsMichelle BorthTim DeKayAislinn PaulA drama about three couples and the therapist they share.
- CreatorFred GossNick HollyStarsFred GossGillian VigmanJerry LambertThe zany and slightly troubled members of a family try to make it through life as comedy ensues. In the center of the mess is Cameron, who is happily married to second wife Liz, with three children. Cameron's teenage son from his first marriage has officially moved in-and has a little-well, a lot-of trouble becoming comfortable in the new environment. Cameron's sister Sharon seems to have the perfect life-although her husband, Don, are both in denial about their sex-less marriage. Then there's Jenna, the gorgeous little half-sister who had her life shook when she became a single mother. Jenna doesn't really know what's good for her, and she always goes for the bad boys like Tommy White, while the nice guys like Wylie Blake love her. Equally problem-filled Colleen and Wendal, the parents of the siblings, try to keep their family in order...somehow. Colleen, though, is admittedly uptight and impulsively judgmental. Even though they're all a little nuts, the Halbert family hangs in there and keeps it all together.
- CreatorGlenn Gordon CaronStarsEric CloseDennis HaysbertGerrit GrahamAfter a subway accident, a man awakes with his brain in a new body, but the successful experiment means he must give up his past and his family.
- CreatorRon KoslowTrevor MunsonStarsAlex O'LoughlinSophia MylesJason DohringAn immortal vampire and private investigator struggles to exist after he was bitten 60 years ago by his vampire bride. He is also internally tormented as he falls in love with one he should not.
- CreatorBrannon BragaDavid S. GoyerStarsCourtney B. VanceJoseph FiennesJack DavenportA special task force in the FBI investigates after every person on Earth simultaneously blacks out and awakens with a short vision of their future.
- CreatorAndrew MillerStarsBritt RobertsonThomas DekkerPhoebe Tonkin16 year old Cassie Blake moves to Chance Harbor, Washington to live with her grandmother after her mother mysteriously dies. She discovers she's a witch along with 5 other teens.
- CreatorJosh GadJon LovettJason WinerStarsJosh GadJenna ElfmanMartha MacIsaacPresident Gilcrest and his trophy wife are living in the White House, with their overachieving daughter sidetracked by pregnancy, a couch potato hopeless son, a genius young son, and an odd middle school girl.
- CreatorMcGJohn McNamaraStarsPeter FacinelliBill BellamyTiffani ThiessenTwo hotshot undercover cops and their equally tough female handler take down the highest and lowest criminals in L.A. in this pop-culture-heavy, dark, flashy, over-the-top action crime dramedy inspired by Bad Boys and Miami Vice.
- CreatorRiki LindhomeKate MicucciStarsRiki LindhomeKate MicucciMike PhirmanTwo hapless, twenty-something single women try to make it as a duo performing satirical songs about their personal and professional lives.
- CreatorDavid GuarascioMoses PortStarsDan ByrdAdhir KalyanAmy PietzA young Muslim student from Pakistan is sent to live with a Christian family in Wisconsin as part of a foreign exchange program.
- CreatorNick WautersStarsJason RitterSarah RoemerIan Anthony DaleWhen a man goes looking for his missing girlfriend, he stumbles upon a government conspiracy that is bigger than the President himself.
- CreatorLee EisenbergStephen MerchantGene StupnitskyStarsStephen MerchantChristine WoodsNate TorrenceA gawky Englishman comes to Los Angeles to find the woman of his dreams.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiSteven A. CohenBrad MeltzerStarsChristine LahtiMatt LongLogan LermanThe early life of Bobby McCallister, a progressive President of the United States from 2041 to 2049, is explored.
- CreatorJeffrey BoamCarlton CuseStarsBruce CampbellJulius CarryChristian ClemensonA bounty hunter rides the Old West, fighting bad guys, many with futuristic-type gadgets.
- CreatorDavid GreenwaltJohn McNamaraStarsAdrian PasdarLisa DarrLisa BlountJim Profit works for a multinational company and isn't above using any means necessary to get ahead, which includes bribery, blackmail, intimidation, extortion, and even murder. Everyone at the company, including the president, Charles Gracen, are oblivious to his dark side. As a matter of fact, Gracen thinks of him as a golden boy. But when Joanne Meltzer, the company's security chief, looks into his eyes, she sees something sinister. And when her boss, Jack Walters, is looking into some irregularities at the company, he asks Joanne to investigate, and initially the person she cornered said it was Profit who was behind it. But when Profit learned of this, he convinced this person to change the story she told Joanne. But Joanne knows that Profit is evil and so she tries to get the goods on him. At the same time, Profit tries to find a way to neutralize her and anyone else who might believe her.
- CreatorPaul HaggisStarsKen OlinJoe PantolianoJason GedrickGritty crime drama set in a corrupt decaying city near the Canada-U.S. border about the leader of a vicious new gang called the EZs, a dedicated cop who's struggling to stop him, and an ex-con forced to work for the gangster.
- CreatorShalom AuslanderStarsSteve CooganKathryn HahnSawyer ShipmanOn his birthday, Thom Payne gets the gift of insignificance, and also a new boss. He suspects that his ED pills are interfering with his anti-depressants, leaving him with neither happiness nor... happiness. In a culture that reveres youth--a culture he helped create--Thom needs to figure out what his purpose is now that he's halfway to death and nobody cares what he thinks. Because in a world where any Kardashian is trending up, perhaps the wise among us would heartily embrace trending down.
- CreatorAri SchlossbergStarsElaine CassidyChristopher GorhamMatt BarrHarper's Island was once the scene of a gruesome series of murders. Seven years later, family and friends gather on the island for a wedding, but one by one they begin to die.
- CreatorJon Harmon FeldmanSara GoodmanStarsDave AnnableAlexa DavalosWill EstesSix friends come together for their 20th high school reunion in which one of them is murdered and all of them become suspects. A detective traces their turbulent and secretive lives back spanning 20 years to find which one had the motive.
- CreatorKenny SchwartzRick WienerStarsPenn BadgleyAngela GoethalsJosh WiseThirty-four-year-old Joel Larsen gets a second chance to get his life right, thanks to a freakish accident that catapults him back to 1981. Blessed with adult wisdom, though hampered by adolescent urges, Joel sets out to right the wrongs that will befall his family.
- CreatorEmily FoxStarsLaura RamseySarah GoldbergCraig HornerBecca, as she nears 40, is about to embark on her second wedding to Andy Kelly, but her joy is tempered by the absence of her old best friend Lolly who's a no-show, having dropped out of their relationship years ago.
- CreatorJennie Snyder UrmanStarsMamie GummerJustin HartleyAja Naomi KingA young doctor realizes that working as an intern in a big hospital is very much the same as being in high school.
- CreatorJose RiveraKarl SchaeferStarsOmri KatzJustin ShenkarowMary-Margaret HumesTeenage weirdness investigator Marshall Teller adventures through his new small-town home with his friends, geeky Simon Holmes and mysterious Dash X.
- CreatorDavid HemingsonStarsBradley CooperNicholas BrendonJohn Francis DaleyA bad-boy chef runs wild in his New York City eatery.
- CreatorMike WhiteStarsDana DelanyMartin DonovanBalthazar GettyLily McAllister has lived a charmed life as part of the most powerful family in the upscale Southern California enclave of Pasadena. All that changes, however, when a murder and coverup in her own mansion thrusts Lily into a search to unlock her family's long-buried secrets.
- CreatorPeter ElkoffStarsKristoffer PolahaBrooke BurnsCorey SevierIntrigue abounds at the Grand Waimea Hotel, the perfect place for an exclusive Hawaiian getaway for the rich, powerful and beautiful.
- CreatorBen EdlundStarsPatrick WarburtonDavid BurkeLiz VasseyThe story of superhero The Tick, based on the popular comic book.
- CreatorChristian TaylorStarsVictoria JusticeCasey DeidrickHarvey GuillénA New York woman suspects that one of her online dates is a serial killer.
- CreatorMark ReismanStarsAndy RichterRebecca CreskoffRyan PinkstonParents Bob (Andy Richter) and Carol (Rebecca Creskoff) work hard to raise their very different teenage quintuplets.
- CreatorMichael RauchStarsTom CavanaghJudy GreerLarenz TateA music scout gets fired from his corporate job and gets a job at a smaller indie label.
- CreatorDJ NashStarsJ.K. SimmonsEli BakerAva Deluca-VerleyA typical family in the middle of a divorce: two kids, mom, dad, and guide dog. Oh, and dad's blind.
- CreatorJon PollackScott SilveriStarsKyle BornheimerChristine WoodsDavid WaltonThree couples have different ideas of what makes the perfect relationship.
- CreatorBrian GallivanStarsJoey McIntyreJimmy DunnJack McGeeComedy about a sports-crazed Irish-Catholic family that shares a three decker house in Boston and the one member that dares to move out on his own.
- CreatorAnne Flett-GiordanoChuck RanbergStarsLenny ClarkeHarriet Sansom HarrisReid ScottSo you think Romeo and Juliet had family issues? Listen to this: Bobby is a bartender and the only son of gregarious, salt-of-the-earth Irish Catholic parents from Boston. His fiancée Liz, is a tony Harvard medical student and she's Protestant (no, that's not the problem). Liz has two dads, not one, and they're a worldly pair of well-heeled gay men. The moment Bobby popped the question to Liz, they knew their families would have to meet. And the first time they brought his Mom and Dad together with her Dad and Dad... well, things did not go well. Aside from the obvious, there's a culture gap between these in-laws-to-be that makes the Grand Canyon look like a seam in the sidewalk. Liz's parents are devotees of the arts. Bobby's are devotees of the Red Sox. Liz's parents are into St. Laurent. Bobby's parents swear by St. Patrick. Did we mention that Bobby's sister Maddy loves to throw gasoline on the fire? From Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, acclaimed producers of the Oscar-winning "Chicago."
- CreatorGary JacobsStarsMargaret ChoAmy HillJodi LongFollows the culture clashes that occurred between a traditional Korean mother and her fully-Americanized daughter.
- CreatorKevin BiegelStarsGeoff StultsChristopher LowellParker YoungCenters on Sgt. Pete Hill who, after a stint in Afghanistan, is stationed at a small military base in Florida to tackle the toughest job of all: leading his dysfunctional brothers' squad.
- CreatorChristopher McQuarrieStarsJason WilesDaisy BettsChadwick BosemanSeveral strangers awaken and find themselves imprisoned inside a small ghost town. They quickly search for answers and along the way start to question each other's motives.
- CreatorBarbie AdlerStarsNoah ReidPaige SparaJordan DangerWorkplace comedy about a young man who announces his love to a co-worker just before accepting another job, only to find out that his offer has been rescinded and he's stuck with his crush.
- CreatorDavid MilchKem NunnStarsRebecca De MornayGreyson FletcherWillie GarsonIn Imperial Beach, California, the dysfunctional Yost family intersects with two new arrivals to the community: a dim-but-wealthy surfing enthusiast, and a man spurned by the Yosts years ago.
- CreatorSteven BochcoChris GerolmoStarsJosh HendersonLuke MacfarlaneErik PalladinoA dramatized take on war in Iraq.
- CreatorJustin ZackhamStarsHolt McCallanyStacy KeachCatherine McCormackA former heavyweight boxing champion struggles to find his identity after retiring from the ring.
- CreatorMike KelleyStarsMolly ParkerJack DavenportGrant ShowAs America celebrates its 200th birthday, two generations of friends and neighbors in a Chicago suburb explore new freedoms and seek connections with each other in the midst of the socio/sexual revolution.
- CreatorHank SteinbergK.J. SteinbergStarsLourdes BenedictoJohn BillingsleyJessica Ann CollinsNine surviving hostages from a spectacular bank hold-up meet regularly. The memories keep haunting them, in flashbacks that slowly reveal the story. Two surviving perpetrators in jail, who are brothers, and the police, including survivor Nick, also remain focused on its aftermath, which keeps affecting all of them, their loved ones, their colleagues, and others.
- CreatorRob ThomasStarsJeremy PivenPaula MarshallJeffrey D. SamsTrevor Hale is attractive, witty, and uncommonly intelligent--and he may be Cupid, the Greco-Roman god of erotic love.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiJon Harmon FeldmanStarsMichael ChiklisJulie BenzKay PanabakerThe Powells are a typical American family living in Pacific Bay, California, whose members gain special powers after their plane crashes in the Amazon.
- CreatorDarren StarStarsIrene MolloyLindsay SloaneBonnie SomervilleSatire centers on the off-camera antics of five actors who star in a fictional high school drama called "Grosse Pointe".
- CreatorSpencer ChinoySteven LevitanDan MilanoStarsEugene LevySeth GreenBob GuntonGreg the Bunny is one of the 3.2 million fabricated Americans living in the United States. Wanting a job that doesn't involve working only on Easter, he finds a job on a kid's show.
- CreatorJonathan GroffJeffrey KatzenbergStarsJohn GoodmanCheryl HinesOrlando JonesThe misadventures of a family of White Lions who perform with Siegfried and Roy in Las Vegas.
- CreatorTom WheelerStarsDavid LyonsKeith DavidSummer GlauVince Faraday is a cop who has been framed for murder, leading him to fall off the grid and become the super hero known only as "The Cape."
- CreatorBragi F. SchutStarsCarla GuginoBrian Van HoltBrent SpinerA team of experts are assembled after the U.S. Navy discovers an extra-terrestrial object briefly appeared near a ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
- CreatorRick EidWalon GreenDick WolfStarsEric BalfourJordan BridgesMilena GovichADA Alexandra Cabot from "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" returns as the bureau chief for the group of young ADAs. According to Dick Wolf, "'Conviction' will be a 'charactercedural,' we will be dealing extensively with characters' back stories and personal lives."