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Canceled Too Soon #11 - Black Bart (1975) Sep 04, 2016

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It was 1975, and Warner Bros. had to do SOMETHING with BLAZING SADDLES or else they'd lose the rights. Their solution: shoot four whole seasons of a sitcom spin-off called BLACK BART, starring future Academy Award-winner Louis Gossett Jr., and only air a single episode. Loopholes! You gotta love 'em!

BLACK BART is one of the weirdest series in TV history, but was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they delve into the strange saga of BLACK BART, and decide once and for all if the show deserved to be shelved forever or if it deserved to be seen.

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Canceled Too Soon #10 - Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos (1986) Aug 28, 2016

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Before there was WALKER, TEXAS RANGER, there was CHUCK NORRIS: KARATE KOMMANDOS! Back in 1986, martial arts superstar Chuck Norris hosted and starred in this action-adventure series about the animated adventures of Chuck Norris and Chuck Norris's sidekicks, like Kimo the Samurai Warrior, Tabe the Sumo Champion (he really likes food!) and the world's most annoying sidekick, Too Much.

Together, they are CHUCK NORRIS: KARATE KOMMANDOS, and they fight The Claw and The Super Ninja, who has a lifelong grudge against Chuck Norris for reasons never revealed, because CHUCK NORRIS: KARATE KOMMANDOS only lasted five episodes.

So was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they overanalyze every episode of this ridiculous 1980s kids show and ponder the lasting popularity of Chuck Norris himself.

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Canceled Too Soon #9 - Mann & Machine (1992) Aug 14, 2016

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Two years after he created LAW & ORDER, Dick Wolf co-created a sci-fi cop show about a macho detective and his sexy robot partner. MANN & MACHINE co-stars David Andrews and Yancy Butler as "Mann" and the machine, respectively, as they solve mysteries about far-fetched futuristic concepts like computerized dating services and a multi-year drought in Los Angeles.

But, was MANN & MACHINE canceled too soon? Join your hosts William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they poke around inside MANN & MACHINE's chassis, ponder the complexities of artificial intelligence and fantasize about a future world in which donuts are healthy and LaserDiscs are alive and well and still the home video format of choice.

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Canceled Too Soon #8 - Birds of Prey (2002-2003) Aug 01, 2016

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It was a dark time - the eight years between BATMAN & ROBIN and BATMAN BEGINS - and The WB decided to fill it with the live-action superhero series BIRDS OF PREY. Created by Laeta Kalogridis (TERMINATOR GENISYS), with many episodes written by Melissa Rosenberg (TWILIGHT, JESSICA JONES), the short-lived BIRDS OF PREY teamed up Batman's daughter, Black Canary's daughter, the former Batgirl and Alfred Pennyworth against a new generation of supervillains in New Gotham, led by the first live-action version of Harley Quinn, played by Mia Sara (FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF).

But was BIRDS OF PREY canceled too soon? Join your hosts William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they pluck away at this cult favorite series, and find out what was ahead of its time and what feels like a relic from the early 2000s. Was BIRDS OF PREY the show we needed, the show we deserved, or just the best we could get in 2002?

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Canceled Too Soon #7 - Darknet (2013) Jul 18, 2016

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Canada is home to unspeakable horrors in the short-lived anthology series DARKNET, about a YouTube-like website that hosts videos of real-life violence. The six-episode show tells the stories behind these proto-creepypastas, an interconnected series of of tales. Some of them are terrifying, and some of them... well, let's just go with "not," shall we?

But was DARKNET canceled too soon? Your hosts William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are joined by Rebekah McKendry from Blumhouse.com and the Shock Waves podcast to examine every episode of this sometimes great, sometimes-not horror series. Together they also peel back the veil of internet film criticism, so get ready for our biggest episode yet!

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Canceled Too Soon #6 - Hot Springs Hotel (1997) Jul 03, 2016

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At the height of the "Skinemax" boom of the 1990s, HOT SPRINGS HOTEL reigned supreme. It was a sitcom about oversexed jerks who ran a hotel and solved every problem (that they usually caused themselves) by having sex with it. Constant, very vanilla intercouse abounds as the cast of HOT SPRINGS HOTEL lives out their weird fantasies in their one and only season on Showtime.

But was HOT SPRINGS HOTEL canceled too soon? Your hosts William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold investigate this very strange Skinemax phenomenon, and sit through some very un-erotic episodes as they try to unlock the many mysteries of HOT SPRINGS HOTEL. It's our weirdest episode yet, and you won't want to miss it!

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Canceled Too Soon #5 - The Muppets (2015-2016) Jun 20, 2016

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Everybody loves The Muppets, so why didn't everybody love THE MUPPETS? The new sitcom starring Jim Henson's popular puppet characters was one of the most anticipated TV shows of the 2015-2016 season, but a series of unusual creative decisions turned off the hardcore fans, and failed to bring in new audiences.

So, what the heck happened to THE MUPPETS? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are joined by special guest Alonso Duralde of Linoleum Knife (who is a bit hoarse when we recorded, but he got better) to talk about the history of The Muppets, what the new series did right, what it did horribly wrong, and where the franchise can go from here!

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Canceled Too Soon #4 - Lookwell (1991) Jun 06, 2016

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It's one of the most notorious one-episode wonders in television history: LOOKWELL, a sitcom that aired on NBC in July of 1991, and has gone on to become a cult classic.

Created by Conan O'Brien and Robert Smigel, and starring Adam West (BATMAN) and future Oscar nominee Todd Field (IN THE BEDROOM), the sitcom is about a former 1970s cop show star (West) who still thinks he's a detective, and uses his acting skills to solve crimes in his spare time. And he has a LOT of spare time.

But did LOOKWELL deserve to last for only one episode, or was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? This week, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold take a closer look, and make the final call.

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Canceled Too Soon #3 - Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars (1991) May 23, 2016

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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold take a listener request and review BUCKY O'HARE AND THE TOAD WARS, a cult classic cartoon series based on the comic book by Larry Hama and Michael Golden.

It's the time-honored tale of a pre-teen science nerd who teams up with anthropomorphic animals to save the universe from a race of toads who love bad television, but was it... canceled too soon? Bibbs and Witney review this short-lived cartoon from 1991, debate its rich philosophical subtext and predict what would have happened if BUCKY O'HARE AND THE TOAD WARS had lasted more than one season.

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Canceled Too Soon #2 - Perversions of Science (1997) May 09, 2016

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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold journey into the subatomic world of a popcorn kernel, where a sexy robot tells scary stories in PERVERSIONS OF SCIENCE, a spin-off of the popular HBO series TALES FROM THE CRYPT that only lasted for one season.

Was HBO right to cancel PERVERSIONS OF SCIENCE, or was it canceled too soon? Our hosts guide you through every episode of this forgotten anthology series, and rank all ten episodes from worst to best. Some of them are brilliant, some of them are awful, and a lot of them feature weird guest stars like Paul Williams, Wil Wheaton, Sean Astin, Elizabeth Berkeley, Jason Lee, Kevin Pollack, William Shatner and POOCHINSKI's own George Newbern!

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