Shows Way Too Cool For Televison (..that were cancelled too soon)
..some TV shows had a vision but they may have been ahead of their time!!
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- CreatorMichael GarrisonStarsRobert ConradRoss MartinDick CangeyUndercover government agents Jim West and Artemus Gordon battle crime in the 1870s.Robert Conrad...western secret agent, with serious fighting skills, he did most of his stunts.
- CreatorDoug WildeyStarsMike RoadTim MathesonDon MessickThe Quest family and their bodyguard investigate strange phenomena and battle villains around the world....the original series broke grounds for prime time TV. I'm waiting for a reboot with non animated characters.
- CreatorsFran StrikerGeorge W. TrendleStarsBruce LeeVan WilliamsWende WagnerA newspaper publisher and his Asian valet/martial arts expert battle crime as the feared Green Hornet and Kato.Two words "Bruce Lee" !!
- CreatorsMcGJohn 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.A McG brainchild. Women and cars, how can you go wrong. As in real life cars and women can get a bit expensive, the shows budget was $2.6 million per episode!
- CreatorJoel SurnowStarsPeta WilsonDon FrancksEugene Robert GlazerCondemned to death for a vicious crime she didn't commit, Nikita reluctantly chooses to live as a secret government assassin whose life is controlled by a clandestine anti-terrorist organization Section One.This show was so high tech, way before high tech. Understated acting and a good cast, the show lasted for 5 seasons.
- CreatorsRichard CarrAaron SpellingStarsWalter BrennanDack RamboJason EversAn old former Army scout and his grandson search the west for the man's son, a gunfighter on the run.Two gunslingers(grand father and grand son) in search of their relative (their son and father). You have to watch just because of the lead actors name alone Dack Rambo. "not bragging just a fact"
- CreatorJames L. BrooksStarsLloyd HaynesDenise NicholasMichael ConstantineTeacher Pete Dixon tries to teach the students at Walt Whitman High to be tolerant. He's assisted by girlfriend and school counselor, Liz and student teacher (later teacher) Alice. The students love him.High school in the 60's way different way cool. I'm talking about the teachers!
- CreatorsBill IdelsonHarvey MillerStarsScoey MitchellTracy ReedThelma CarpenterNewlyweds Paul and Corie Bratter struggle to survive their first year of matrimony in NYC.This show was based on the Neil Simon movie of the same name, starred Jane Fonda and Robert Redford. This was an attempt by the network to be progressive and creative going with an all African American cast.
- CreatorsStephen HattmanWilliam Robert YatesStarsAvery BrooksMoses GunnAngela BassettHawk is called upon to help those who need his help or whose lives may be in danger. He is also called upon by people from his past to settle old scores or to collect or settle old debts.Avery Brooks was rocking the bald head in the 80's before it was cool. It was a spin off of Spencer for Hire, (damn I have to add it to the list also).
- CreatorsDan T. BradleyAllan L. RiceStanley Ralph RossStarsClifton DavisTheresa MerrittTed LangeClifton enjoys being a barber in Washington, DC.Hey its a 70's sitcom, where "Isacc" of the Love Boat got his start, with his 70's catch phrase. How can you go wrong? (only 2 seasons)
- CreatorsRichard LindheimMichael SloanStarsEdward WoodwardKeith SzarabajkaRobert LansingA retired Intelligence Agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to equalize the odds.Yeah it was a TV series before the Denzel movie. Bottom line he f@$k-up the bad guys too. He would have made a good James Bond!! (4 seasons)
- CreatorLarry CohenStarsRoy ThinnesKent SmithMax KlevenAn architect is convinced there are aliens in the world.This show scared me as a child, Ancient Aliens meet Invasion of the Body Snatchers meet Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
- CreatorTom GriesStarsChristopher GeorgeGary RaymondEric BraedenThe World War II North African missions of an Allied commando patrol squad of the Long Range Desert Group.Just check out the opening credits and theme song!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X34OFJpnRwE - CreatorJ.F. LawtonStarsPamela AndersonMolly CulverShaun BakerVallery, a hot-dog stand employee, accidentally saves a movie star from a fan. Mistaken for a highly skilled bodyguard, she is approached to serve as the now-famous face of an elite bodyguard agency, renamed Vallery Irons Protection.Yes the show was a bit campy but it lasted 4 seasons, Pamela Anderson did well with the material or lack thereof. I liked the cast!!
- CreatorStirling SilliphantStarsJames FranciscusMarlyn MasonPeter Mark RichmanThe cases of a blind insurance investigator.Once again Bruce Lee!!
- CreatorsMonty BermanDennis SpoonerStarsStuart DamonAlexandra BastedoWilliam GauntAfter a plane carrying three Agents crashes in the Himalayas, they are rescued by an advanced civilisation secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced versions of the ordinary five senses, and intellectual and physical abilities.This was a UK TV show, featured the three lead characters with superhuman powers telepathy, superior strength, memory . This was one cool show, lasted 1 season.
- StarsTom BosleyJoan GerberJack BurnsA conservative father butts heads with his family on various social attitudes of the day.Before The Simpsons, before Family Guy, there were the Boyles, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home. Call it an All in the Family with a cartoon twist.
