But not just crap, they were being replaced with the likes of... Reality TV! Oh it was a dark day for the world of TV for sure...
Well fortunately channels seem to have finally gotten the hint, and have started bringing quality TV back to their stations, including Horror and Science Fiction TV shows!
With that in mind, I thought that I would give some suggestions for some TV shows that had been prematurely canceled during the dark days of the, 'Reality TV' craze, or just before it...
The first one that I thought that I would mention here is: Point Pleasant (2005):
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Point Pleasant is one show that should never have gotten canceled![/caption]Now this classic show, (which only lasted 13 episodes) told the story of a teenage girl whom after washing ashore during a violent storm, is taken in by the local Doctor and his family... And as she settles in to her new life, she works to find out who she really is (and as she does so, the darker and dark nature of who she really is!)
In the end, this show ended way to early, it had a great cast, a great story line, the episode arrangement was truly fantastic, but the show was pulled due to... (poor ratiungs), well for more information on this show, please enjoy this trailer from: Point Pleasant:
http://youtu.be/AaaLvZsFoUs
The next show that I wanted to mention here is, Harsh Realm (1999 - 2000):
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Harsh Realm... A show that was created by Chris Carter is one that was canceled to early and should be brought back to life![/caption]Now here is a show that if it had, had a chance probably would have gone on to be a truly epic cult classic, what do I mean by this, well it had some very A list TV talent, including D.B. Sweeny (Fire In The Sky), Scott Bairstow (The Postman) & even Terry O'Quinn (The Stepfather).
This show also had an awesome well thought out, 'Matrixish' pseudo-post-apocalyptic story, in which it says that the government is running a virtual reality program... There is already a lot of American Soldiers that have disappeared in to this virtual world... One of them has not only taken over the virtual world, but now threatens the real one...
So the Military sends in Lieutenant Tom Hobbs (Scott Bairstow)... His mission is to destroy the, 'General' (Terry O'Quinn)... Little does he know that besides his mission to save the world, he is going to ultimately have to figure out how to get out of that world and back to the real one and back to the woman he loves!
http://youtu.be/OSFgmLAnnKE
Well folks, there sure are a lot of these types of shows out there, but for me, these 2 shows have always seemed like the type of shows that should have been on the air longer then they were, and because they got canceled pre-maturely during the dark days of, 'Reality TV', and that fad is fading, perhaps it is time to bring them back to life... Ya think?
