After our writers listed the best TV programmes cut down in their prime by foolish and short-sighted network bosses, our readers responded in kind.
Some of these shows lasted a few years, only to be cancelled just as they were beginning to make sense of their various narrative strands.
Others were cancelled quicker than the Tory manifesto.
Below, we list some of the most popular suggestions.
1) Firefly
Cancelling Joss Whedon’s adored sci-fi extravaganza was “the single most gormless TV executive decision making in the last 20 years,” according to one of the many people angry that we left this out of the original article.
So here it is. Happy now?
2) Police Squad!
Police Squad was a poor cousin to Sledgehammer ahead of its time, according to no less a source than Matt Groening. But at least we still have six perfect episodes to enjoy, as well as the later, Godfather-esque Naked Gun trilogy.
3) The Fades
A complex, witty horror that lasted just one season on BBC3. Think Being Human but with its own, entirely new mythology to fall back on.
Great premise. Angels, flesh-eating ghosts and teenage shit. Dark, unsettling and beautifully comic. Leads all excellent and there was something special and sparkly about Daniel Kaluuya from the off.
4) Carnivàle
The mystical, American depression-era set Carnivàle was intended by its creator to run for six seasons, but was cancelled after two. Perhaps too strange for some, but it maintains a huge cult following to this day.
Then there was Carnivàle which ran for just two seasons 2003-2005 – first episode set a record for an original series – four more series were planned running from post depression America to the after effects of Hiroshima – too strong for the powers that were and so the show was cancelled. Check out Carnivàle and the American grotesque (2015).
5) Trevor’s World of Sport
This witty, well-observed and sometimes sinister comedy could have been modern sport PR’s answer to Drop the Dead Donkey. But only one series was ever made – and even that moved around the schedules somewhat.
Trevor's World of Sport. Fabulously witty writing from Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkins
6) Outcasts
Stephen Hawking reckons we’ve only got 100 years to settle on a new planet if the human race is to survive. Outcasts took this dark premise and ran with it, before being unceremoniously dumped by the Beeb after only one outing.
Outcasts. First serious Sci-Fi attempt on the BBC in god knows how long, featuring a doomed Earth, religious cultists, and unknown alien presence, racism, and many other interesting plot threads and what did they do?
Well they changed the timeslot and even air date every bloody week and then cancelled it due to low viewers.
7) Almost Human
A cop show set in 2048, Almost Human starred Karl Urban – complete with synthetic leg – paired up with a ruthless android partner. Many of you would be desperate to watch more of this strange, cold depiction of our dystopian future.
Almost Human - Karl Urban as an amputee cop with a robot partner (Michael Ealy). Featured Mackenzie Crook as a tech boffin.
Second Chance - Rob Kazinsky as a genetically "reborn" younger version of a murdered corrupt ex-sheriff.
8) Farscape
Farscape had an epic premise fans of Buck Rogers may remember, but quickly became a very strange, complex and subversive show. Axed a year short of its planned five-season run, fans had to be satisfied with a miniseries that was “a bit crap”, according to one reader.
Farscape. Great show that was supposed to run for five series but got binned at the end of series four. Fan complaints got a "miniseries" made to tie up the loose ends but it was a bit crap. A really good, weird, grown-up scfi show. With evil Muppets in it (it was made by Jim Henson's son)..
9) The Hour
BBC2’s stylish 1950s newsroom drama was lavish both in terms of its look and its surfeit of acting talent, from Romola Garai to Ben Whishaw and Dominic West. Its early Cold War machinations could have been Britain’s answer to Mad Men if only it had been allowed a full run. We demand to know whether Freddie would have survived!
'The Hour', which BBC cancelled in 2012, had huge potential and an excellent cast. Never understood why it stopped after 2 very good 'seasons' (awful Americanism). Romola Garia, Ben Wilshire, Dominic West....it stood out as outstanding, thoughtful television.
10) Futurama
The show The Simpsons could have been “came back from death numerous times”, as one reader put it, so it might be unfair to put this alongside the shows above. But for it to be canned just as it was starting to fly still feels like a lingering lost opportunity. Still, at least the writers got to parody their own cancellation with Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television.
Futurama. Better than the Simpsons and canned at exactly the wrong moment when the audience was about to be allowed the technology to start paying for it
Police Squad! In Color.
Cancelled after a measly six episodes, it remains an utter joy, not just for its relentless stream of jokes but the absolutely straight face with which it was played by Leslie Nielsen and Alan North.