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Canceled Too Soon #51 - Galactica 1980 (1980) Jun 21, 2017

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It's the exciting conclusion to our epic two-part episode! Last week we traveled across the universe with the sci-fi classic BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, and this week we're stuck on a stupid old Earth with GALACTICA 1980, the short-lived spin-off that couldn't decide if it was about time travel or super babies, and wound up stupider than a whole boxful of stupid.

Sure, it was ridiculous, but was GALACTICA 1980 really... canceled too soon? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold take a deep dive into all the terrible decisions that made this BATTLESTAR GALACTICA follow-up one of the most ill-conceived tv shows in history, from the baffling plot points to the stock storylines and then, in the end, rather unexpectedly, one of the best episodes of sci-fi television... ever. Yes, really.

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Canceled Too Soon #50 - Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979) Jun 12, 2017

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Few sci-fi television shows were more ambitious than BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, a sci-fi space epic from MANIMAL creator Glen A. Larson, whose expensive saga about evil robots chasing noble humans throughout the galaxy came out right on the heels of the game-changing blockbuster STAR WARS. Some people loved it, some people (like the creators of STAR WARS) didn't, but BATTLESTAR GALACTICA left a lasting impression on the genre that overshadowed its single, solitary season of television.

But was BATTLESTAR GALACTICA... canceled too soon? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are joined by Scott Mantz from ACCESS HOLLYWOOD to guide you through every episode of the cult classic series and explain what worked, what failed, what worked better in the critically acclaimed 21st century reboot, and how much they HATE the show's kid sidekick Boxey.

And don't miss next week's exciting conclusion to this two-part episode, when they review the equally ill-fated BATTLESTAR GALACTICA spin-off: GALACTICA 1980!

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Canceled Too Soon #49 - Wonder Woman (1967), Wonder Woman (1974) and Wonder Woman (2011) Jun 02, 2017

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She's one of the most popular, iconic and inspirational superheroes ever created, but even though Wonder Woman has a new blockbuster movie and had a hit tv series in the 1970s, she's also had some REALLY bad luck on television. Over the course of nearly 50 years there have been not one, not two, but THREE failed pilots for a live-action WONDER WOMAN series: including a wacky sitcom, a superspy adventure (without superpowers) and a David E. Kelley's recent, notorious misfire starring Adrianne Palicki (AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.).

But were all these WONDER WOMAN pilots really that bad, or were they... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are joined by Legion of Leia founder Jenna Busch as they guide you through the history of the superhero, why each of these WONDER WOMAN pilots catastrophically misunderstood the character, and finally what they all thought of the brand new WONDER WOMAN movie!

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Canceled Too Soon #48 - TerrorVision (198X) May 28, 2017

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The history of television is full of horror anthology shows like THE TWILIGHT ZONE, TALES FROM THE CRYPT and THE OUTER LIMITS, but we've never seen anything quite like TERRORVISION. This low-low-low budget horror series about monsters, vampires and murders aired on the Lifetime network in the 1980s, and it's either absolutely terrifying or totally, utterly laughable.

But was TERRORVISION, the show that plays like 1980s porn directors were adapting half-baked campfire stories... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are here to put more thought into this weird series than anyone else ever has, and reveal its existence to a world that has for decades lived in blissful ignorance of TERRORVISION's existence. How bad could it have possibly been? Pretty darn bad...

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Canceled Too Soon #47 - Journeyman (2007) May 21, 2017

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A newspaper reporter with a suspiciously expensive house goes back in time to save lives, endanger his marriage and completely ignore his day job in JOURNEYMAN, a sci-fi series starring Kevin McKidd (STAR WARS REBELS), Gretchen Egolf (ROSWELL), Moon Bloodgood (FALLING SKIES) and Reed Diamond (DESIGNATED SURVIVOR), which aired for just 13 episodes in 2007.

Fans tried to save JOURNEYMAN by sending Rice-a-Roni to the network. It didn't work, but it does make you wonder... was this show CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are joined by Miss Movies herself, Brianne Chandler, to review this cult favorite series and figure out what went wrong, what went right, and where the series might have gone if it had lasted 100 episodes.

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Canceled Too Soon #46 - L.A. Confidential (2003) May 14, 2017

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Everybody knows L.A. CONFIDENTIAL is one of the best movies of the 1990s, and maybe even one of the best movies ever made. But not everybody remembers that just a few years after James Ellroy's classic novel became a classic movie, it almost became a television series, written by Walon Green (THE WILD BUNCH) and starring Kiefer Sutherland (24), Anna Gunn (BREAKING BAD), Eric Roberts (A TALKING CAT?!) and Pruitt Taylor Vince (DEADWOOD).

The L.A. CONFIDENTIAL television series never made it past the pilot episode, but did it really deserve to get abandoned, or was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold take a look back at one of the most ambitious pilots they've ever encountered, revisit the classic movie, analyze the differences between the film and the pilot and the book, and much, much more!

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Canceled Too Soon #45 - My Mother the Car (1965-1966) May 07, 2017

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The time has finally come to review one of the most notorious television series in history: MY MOTHER THE CAR, a 1960s sitcom with the stupidest premise imaginable, and a Freudian nightmare that could only happen in the deepest, darkest subconscious of the typical suburban male. Yes, Jerry Van Dyke's mother is a car... and she will spank him.

It's been called the worst tv show in history, but is it possible that MY MOTHER THE CAR was... CANCELED TOO SOON? Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold - and special guest Alonso Duralde (Linoleum Knife) - as they drink deeply of all 30 ill-conceived episodes of MY MOTHER THE CAR, the series they call "The HEAVEN'S GATE of Television."

How bad could it possibly be? Guess what: it's worse.

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Canceled Too Soon #44 - The 1st Annual Canceled Too Soon Awards Apr 30, 2017

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We've been sifting through television's biggest failures for one whole year, and it's time to pit all of these amazing/amazingly bad TV shows against one another in horrifying death match!

As film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold prepare another whole year of bizarre discoveries and notorious pop culture punchlines, join them as they look back at the first 43 shows and reveal the best tv shows, the worst tv shows, the weirdest tv shows, the small actors who unexpectedly got big, the big actors who tragically got small, their favorite tv theme songs and the winner of our first-ever audience award for the best episode of CANCELED TOO SOON!

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Canceled Too Soon #43 - Earth 2 (1994-1995) Apr 24, 2017

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The 1990s were full of failed sci-fi television series, but few ever reached the heights of EARTH 2, an expensive show about colonizing an alien planet that lasted one whole season on NBC. EARTH 2 won an Emmy Award and debuted as one of the highest rated series of television, and somehow it concluded as one of the lowest.

What the heck happened to EARTH 2, and was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold trek all the way to the farthest reaches of the galaxy to bring back the answers. Listen up as they guide you through the whole series of EARTH 2, pondering the show's many mysteries, studying its many stupidities, and considering the deeper ramifications of teleport love spiders, alien cannibalization and much, much more.

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Canceled Too Soon #42 - The TV Wheel (1996) Apr 17, 2017

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After Joel Hodgson left MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000, but before he rebooted MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000, he invented a new form of television called THE TV WHEEL. This complicated sketch comedy show rotated a set in front of a stationary camera, challenging the limits of the medium and testing the comedic talents of future superstars like Judd Apatow (KNOCKED UP), Paul Feig (BRIDESMAIDS), David Cross (MR. SHOW), Doug Benson (DOUG LOVES MOVIES) and more.

The pilot for THE TV WHEEL was rejected by HBO and only aired once on Comedy Central. But was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold look back at the ambitious sketch comedy series, walk you through every single joke, and help analyze this show's place in Joel Hodgson's fascinating career. How does it compare to MST3K? What was the value of this technology, and where did THE TV WHEEL go wrong?

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