Canceled Too Soon

What do you get when you mix William Shatner from STAR TREK, Adam West from BATMAN, John Cassavetes from THE DIRTY DOZEN and Joseph Cotten from CITIZEN KANE? You get a beefcake sword-and-sandal television series about ALEXANDER THE GREAT, and it only lasted one freakin' episode. ALEXANDER THE GREAT had one of the most bizarre casts of any TV series, ever, but was it really... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold take you through the history of the sword-and-sandal genre, place this weird failed pilot in the context of the cast's lengthy and storied careers, and imagine the alternate reality in which ALEXANDER THE GREAT was a hit series, and STAR TREK and BATMAN - which premiered three years later - had to hire different leading men. Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  F

Our COPS WITH ROBOT PARTNERS MONTH is coming to an end, but we've saved the best for last. ALMOST HUMAN stars Karl Urban (STAR TREK) as a human cop who isn't in touch with his emotions, and Michael Ealy (THINK LIKE A MAN) as his robot partner, who has more emotions than he can handle. Together they solve crimes in Los Angeles in 2048! ALMOST HUMAN is one of our most requested episodes, but was it really... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold take out their diagnostic equipment and run a scan on this sci-fi cult favorite, to talk about the episodes that were amazing, the episodes that sucked, what they think about the show's lingering mysteries, why Michael Ealy is a national treasure and why the episode where he fights Gina Carano is a classic! Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other excitin

The sci-fi worlds of Philip K. Dick collide in TOTAL RECALL 2070, a television series that takes place in a world where the technologies of BLADE RUNNER and TOTAL RECALL co-exist, and where - naturally - a cop gets a robot partner. COPS WITH ROBOT PARTNERS MONTH continues! TOTAL RECALL 2070 may be one of the most ambitious TV shows we've ever reviewed, but was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold guide you through every good idea, bad idea and surprisingly boring idea this mostly forgotten sci-fi series had to offer. You know you're excited! Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CanceledCast, "Like" us at Facebook.com/CanceledTooSoon, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at @WitneySeibold!  Do you have a suggestion for a TV show tha

If you love Ray Wise on TWIN PEAKS, if you love cop shows, and if you love robots, then this is the series for you! It's COPS WITH ROBOT PARTNERS MONTH on CANCELED TOO SOON, and this week we're reviewing CONDOR, a failed pilot for a futuristic series about a sexist jerk and the female robot partner who's obviously too good for him. CONDOR predicted online credit card transactions, but it couldn't predict its own, almost immediate cancelation. But was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are here to find out, by analyzing every futuristic prognostication, every unenlightened line of dialogue, and every dune buggy chase through the Los Angeles River! Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CanceledCast, "Like" us at Facebook.com/

It's COPS WITH ROBOT PARTNERS month on CANCELED TOO SOON, and we're starting with a doozy. Oscar-winner Ernest Borgnine stars in FUTURE COP as a shabby beat cop whose new partner is a powerful android who can solve any crime, but doesn't understand the inner workings of the human soul. In FUTURE COP, Ernest Borgnine and a robot cancel criminals' plans to commit murder, steal cars and rig boxing matches. But was this show... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani delve into every episode of FUTURE COP to find out what works, what's broken, and why the show was successfully sued by sci-fi legends Harlan Ellison and Ben Bova for plagiarism. Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CanceledCast, "Like" us at Facebook.com/CanceledTooSoon, follow Bibbs at @

In 1968, Disney introduced the world to HERBIE THE LOVE BUG, an anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle who won races, warmed hearts, and starred in six feature-length, live-action motion pictures over the course of nearly 50 years. But most people forget that Herbie also starred in a Disney Channel television series in 1982... possibly because it's one of the most milquetoast television series ever made. In HERBIE, THE LOVE BUG, the little car cancels his racing career to settle down with a family in the suburbs. But was he... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold take this long-forgotten TV show for a spin to find out whether it still runs, or whether it needs to be taken back to the junk heap. Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CanceledCast, "Like&

The 1970s didn't get much funkier than THE PERSUADERS! This short-lived action/adventure series starred Roger Moore (just before he became James Bond) and Tony Curtis (just before his career hit the skids) as two dapper, selfish millionaires who solve murders, stop conspiracies and seduce every human being in Europe. It was a huge globetrotting adventure starring two of the sexiest stars in movie and television history, but was THE PERSUADERS! really... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold take you back to the Swingin' Seventies and try to figure out why THE PERSUADERS! still has a cult following, what the show did wrong, and how mad times Roger Moore and Tony Curtis could possibly stumble across dead bodies in the woods (hint: it's a LOT). Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other exciting mer

Sammy Davis Jr. plays a demon trying to buy Jack Klugman's soul in POOR DEVIL, a TV comedy in the tradition of BEWITCHED and I DREAM OF JEANNIE with a hellish little twist. Christopher Lee plays Lucifer and Adam West plays Klugman's despicable boss, but despite that phenomenal cast the pilot for POOR DEVIL wasn't picked up for series. It's a devilishly fun idea, but was POOR DEVIL really... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold take a deep dive into hell itself to figure out how this TV curio came about, what makes it work, what made it fail, and why it's got one of the funkiest theme songs we've ever reviewed! Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CanceledCast, "Like" us at Facebook.com/CanceledTooSoon, follow Bibbs at @Wil

You've never seen a show like STEEL JUSTICE. It's a live-action prime time TV pilot about an ancient immortal who searches for people who can transform stuff into bigger stuff, and who tracks down a cop whose dead son has possessed a robot dinosaur. Now, that cop needs to transform his dead robot dinosaur son into a giant robot dinosaur who breathes fire and kills bad guys. STEEL JUSTICE might very well be the weirdest, dumbest television series we have ever reviewed. But was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are on the case, outlining every single baffling element of this failed television pilot, and trying to figure out how the hell anyone thought it could ever work as a television series.  Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CanceledCast, "Li

Links don't get much freakier than they do in FREAKYLINKS, a short-lived horror series about Gen X journalists who investigate ghosts, monsters and dinosaurs for their super-cool, super-edgy website, starring Ethan Embry (CAN'T HARDLY WAIT) and from the creators of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, DARK CITY and BATMAN BEGINS. It was a concept that was practically designed to only last for one season at the turn of the century, but is it possible that FREAKYLINKS was... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are on the case, walking you through every episode of the cult favorite show and fantasizing about a world in which internet writers actually make money. Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CanceledCast, "Like" us at Facebook.com/CanceledTooSoo

He's a wizard. He's a private detective. He's kind of a schmoe. He's Harry Dresden, and he's the protagonist of THE DRESDEN FILES, a popular series of novels by Jim Butcher and a short-lived television series on The Sci-Fi Channel starring Paul Blackthorne (an actor whose real name is arguably even cooler than "Harry Dresden"). THE DRESDEN FILES has werewolves, vampires, ghosts, dragons, bird people, and just about everything else you can think of, except actual files. But was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they take a look at the cult favorite TV series, from the perspective of people who haven't read the books. (And yes, they accidentally got the year the show came out wrong on the podcast. They're sorry.) Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other e

In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: The police, who investigate crime, and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. It's a system that works great in New York City, where every other American LAW & ORDER series takes place, but in LAW & ORDER: LOS ANGELES it fell apart after just one season. It's one of the biggest failures in a long-running, super popular television franchise, but was LAW & ORDER: LOS ANGELES... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are on the case, running down leads on why the LAW & ORDER formula works, why it's unintentionally hilarious, and every detail about Los Angeles that the showrunners got catastrophically wrong. Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandi

From the creators of TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON KNIGHT comes a supernatural action/adventure TV series about a dead cop who teams up with the Devil to catch escapees from Hell. Peter Horton (THIRTYSOMETHING) and John Glover (SMALLVILLE) star in the BRIMSTONE, a series with a pretty big cult following considering it only lasted for half a season in the late 1990s. But was BRIMSTONE really... CANCELED TOO SOON? Critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the hell out of this hellish TV series to find out what went right, what went wrong, and what might have happened if the series had continued. Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CanceledCast, "Like" us at Facebook.com/CanceledTooSoon, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at @WitneySeibold!  Do you have a

They're good. They're Christian. They are allegedly bitches. So it mades perfect sense to call this short-lived comedy series from SEX AND THE CITY producer Darren Starr, STEEL MAGNOLIAS writer Robert Harling, and author Kim Gatlin... GOOD CHRISTIAN BITCHES. (And then there was an uproar so they called it "GCB" instead.) With Leslie Bibb, Kristen Chenoweth, Annie Potts, Miriam Shor, GCB had one of the best ensemble casts of any tv show in years. But was it really... CANCELED TOO SOON? Critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold cross themselves and take a trek through every episode of the series, and talk about what worked, what failed, and which of the cast members are indisputable international treasures. Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CanceledCast, "Like&#

Heath Ledger and Vera Farmiga got their big breaks in ROAR, a sexy teen riff on BRAVEHEART and HERCULES, about a gang of hot young Celts who do battle with an immortal Roman to save Ireland from oppression. Along the way they rescue banshees, kiss fire maidens, rescue Jesus Christ's personal correspondence and throw spears into heaven... for reasons. ROAR failed to take off on the Fox Network, but was it possibly... CANCELED TOO SOON? Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they solve the mystery, walk you through every weird episode of ROAR, and wonder what possible reason the hair department and makeup department could possibly have had to do what they did to Vera Farmiga's bangs. Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CanceledCast, "Like" us at Facebo

It's an all-new CANCELED TOO SOON Christmas special, and we're celebrating the history of the televised yule log with a free, downloadable commentary track for FIREPLACE FOR YOUR HOME: BIRCHWOOD EDITION (aka FIREPLACE 4K: CRACKLING BIRCHWOOD), currently available on Netflix. It sounds silly, but don't take video fireplaces for granted. They have an interesting history, and we're going to explore the genesis of the televised yule log in this very special episode of CANCELED TOO SOON. Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold also delve into their own treasure trove of Christmas memories to bring you the coziest episode of the CANCELED TOO SOON podcast ever. So synch up FIREPLACE FOR YOUR HOME: BIRCHWOOD EDITION on Netflix, or substitute the yule log of your choice, or just listen in while we talking about televised crackling fireplaces, and have a very happy holiday! Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts an

Most people know that Sanda Bullock and Nicole Kidman co-starred in PRACTICAL MAGIC, a very surreal supernatural comedy about a family of witches who run afoul of deadly curses, ghostly ex-boyfriends and multiple generations of prejudice. What most people DON'T know is that PRACTICAL MAGIC spawned a failed tv pilot in 2004 called SUDBURY, starring Jeri Ryan from STAR TREK: VOYAGER, Kim Delaney from NYPD BLUE, and Kat Dennings from TWO BROKE GIRLS. The PRACTICAL MAGIC television series never actually aired, but still we ask... was it CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold track down this obscure chapter in tv history to figure out what the film did better than the show, what the show did better than the film, and just how weird PRACTICAL MAGIC was in the first place. Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and ot

FISHING WITH JOHN was one of the weirdest talk shows, fishing shows, reality tv shows or shows of any other kind. The series followed composer John Lurie as he invited celebrity guests Jim Jarmusch, Tom Waits, Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe and Dennis Hopper to exotic locales, where they went fishing. Badly. That's it. That's the whole series. FISHING WITH JOHN was either a merciless satire of television, a serious meditation on the smaller moments in life, or the mellow predecessor of manic Adult Swim absurdism (or all three). But was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold analyze a series that practically refuses to be analyzed in the latest episode of the podcast. Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CanceledCast, "Like" us at Facebook.

The late, great David Cassidy was a tv star, a pop star, a teen heartthrob and - for one short season - a hard-boiled undercover cop infiltrating drug dealers, gun runners, baby smugglers and high-octane grocery store thieves. You know, like you do. But let's be honest here... was the pop culture curio DAVID CASSIDY: MAN UNDERCOVER canceled too soon? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold delve into every episode and discover that this seemingly absurd TV series was 21 JUMP STREET a decade before 21 JUMP STREET, and POINT BREAK a decade-and-a-half before POINT BREAK, and THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS over two decades before THE FAST AND FURIOUS. Yes, really. Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CanceledCast, "Like" us at Facebook.com/CanceledTooSoon, follow Bibbs at @

Our very special JUSTICE MONTH OF JUSTICE concludes with a superhero series that pretty much everybody forgot about: HUMAN TARGET, starring rock legend Rick Springfield as a man who can impersonate anybody, and who uses that technology to impersonate the people he saves and get creepy kicks out of living their private lives. Rick Springfield wishes he had Jessie's Girl, but does he wish that HUMAN TARGET wasn't... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold dive into the original TV adaptation of HUMAN TARGET to find out what works, what needed work, and why this just might be one of the worst ideas for a superhero show ever. Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CanceledCast, "Like" us at Facebook.com/CanceledTooSoon, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBib