One great thing about YouTube is that it has a lot of full runs of short lived shows and I found that it had Nightmare Cafe which only lasted like 6 episodes and debuted in 92. Kind of an anthology series where two deceased people in a diner helped recently departed souls. Loved it as an 11 year old and added it to my list to rewatch. I also liked the concept of Terra Nova (future humans moving back to the Jurassic Era due to pollution) but I think it could be better told in a book form. No Ordinary Family was another along with M.A.N.T.I.S and The Police Academy tv series (yes I’m an unashamed fan of those movies). I guess I’ll throw in the 02 Twilight Zone. Was better than the garbage that Peele did.
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From my distant childhood: A live-action Saturday morning show about a ghost dog, MacDuff. The premise was ripped off straight from Mr Ed. It's now lost media, all copies were destroyed in a fire or something, apparently.
From the early 80s: The Private Benjamin tv series. It didn't have that damn Goldie Hawn in it, the girl who replaced her was MUCH more likeable, but it did have Eileen Brennan and the sgt from the movie. Can't seem to find much more clips.
Honorable Mentions: Werewolf and Manimial. The latter might work as a remake with modern CGI - they wouldn't be limited to the same three or four critters. Would love to see either come back (note: The former has nothing to do with the TTRPGs).
One I was glad to see cancelled: Kindred: The Embraced. Mr Spelling failed to read that first page describing how vampire organs necrotize ...
I'm sure there's a couple of more modern, serialized ones that didn't get to finish their damn stories, but I can't recall what they might be offhand, that's how pissed off I am at the retention of the "season" structure when they're serializing everything now.
They sound good. Will have to research.