What were the best scifi TV shows killed off before their time?
Sci Fi Wire (which is soon to spin off as its own website separate from the Sci Fi Channel) recently posted it's list of top science fiction TV shows that were cancelled before their time. Predictably, not everyone agreed with the list, including one blogger who cleverly titled his post as My Top 10 list is better than Sci Fi Wire's.
I don't agree fully with either list. No one chose Max Headroom, although it got an honourable mention from the blogger. What about The Lone Gunmen or even the original Outer Limits?
One show that nobody mentioned was the horrid Quark which, amazingly, is now set to be released on DVD. I'm still waiting for the Max Headroom DVD.
One 80s TV show that still has a rabid following despite its short run is V. There's news that someone is trying to get the studios interested in a V movie . Who knows, it may even get turned into a series in the same way that Battlestar Galactica was. Speaking of which, fans of the show are delighted that a BSG made-for-TV movie prequel has been announced.
One final item on scifi TV is this brief list of best classic science fiction TV show theme songs. I agree with all of the show son the list, but would add The X-Files theme to my version.






Quark on DVD? Cool!
I'd purchase the Quark DVD, hopefully it will have lots of extra stuff to make it worthwhile since it was after all only 8 episodes.
Max is on DVD already...
The Max Headroom series was published on DVD already... you can still find the complete set on Amazon
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When did that happen?
How did I miss that? Thanks for pointing it out. I've got some purchasing to do!
On second thought ...
It looks like a pirated knock-off. I've already got one of those. I'm still waiting for the official DVD release.
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