Name a national TV show, obscure, but you liked it.

[Archae]

How's this one?

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[Bristlecone]

1. Terriers on FX. 1 and done

[Shrek]

58. +1

Criminally underrated.

[634-5789]

2. Maverick...WHAT? TOO OLD?

[Archae]

3. Hardly obscure.

[left-of-center2012]

49. Not obscure.

It was a big hit and still runs on my over-the-air channels.

[Sherman A1]

4. Due South

[Scrivener7]

12. Looooovvved that show!

[Scrivener7]

14. Slings and Arrows is another great Paul Gross show.

[ZZenith]

16. Loved Slings and Arrows!

Will have to check out this show.

[applegrove]

19. My mom loved that show. It had some great writing when I watched it

in its last year.

[Laffy Kat]

41. That looks good! nt

[electric_blue68]

61. Interesting, and fun...

The episode with _______ (older white haired guy) wearing these extra lightgiving eyeglasses and get hooked on them. Or maybe the doc did, too.

Dealing with S.A.D. ?

[happybird]

5. John From Cincinnati

Enjoyed the season that aired, was bummed when it was cancelled.

I don’t know if it’s considered obscure but, around the same time period, we (my ex and I) enjoyed the hell out of Treme. We didn’t know anyone else who watched it and recommended it to everyone.

[ZZenith]

20. Forgot all about John From Cincinnati!

Thanks for the reminder, gonna have to watch that again.

[happybird]

23. I was so looking forward to a second season

to figure out what, exactly, the hell was going on.


What do you think John was? I’m leaning towards angel. Maybe.

[ZZenith]

29. Angel is my guess as well,

but I really need to revisit the show. I just remember the feeling tone of it was very intriguing and if more television were like that I would watch more television.

[Stallion]

25. I Got the Entire Treme Series Recorded

take about a year off and start all over

[PJMcK]

6. The Immortal

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[Ohio Joe]

7. Banshee

One of my favorite shows but almost nobody seems to have heard of it.

[hlthe2b]

10. I watched it.. and liked it...

[rurallib]

8. Eerie, Indiana

I think it was obscure

[First Speaker]

9. Nowhere Man...

...despite the fact that they cancelled the show leaving its viewers up in the air...

[Srkdqltr]

11. Max Headroom.

[Ocelot II]

21. I loved that!

[Coventina]

36. I adore Max Headroom!! I have it on DVD.

[AllaN01Bear]

48. hear hear.

i second that mothion.

[Mad_Dem_X]

66. I loved that show!

[Kaleva]

13. Daktari. Might not qualify as obscure.

[Laffy Kat]

42. I was about nine when it was canceled. I never missed it! nt

[Kaleva]

45. I had the hots for Cheryl Miller

[Laffy Kat]

47. LOL. How old were you?

You don't have to answer if you don't want to.

[Kaleva]

50. Old enough to imagine but not old enough to do anything about it.

And I'll leave it at that!

[Laffy Kat]

53. Got it. t

[EastMeetsWest]

75. Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion!

That brings back memories.

[Cartoonist]

15. I liked this as a kid.

[Wounded Bear]

17. Herman's Head...

a short run sitcom about the voices and alternate personalities inside someone's psyche.

[intrepidity]

34. I really liked that show nt

[Coventina]

37. My husband was a big fan. He wishes it were available somewhere. n/t

[ZZenith]

18. Freaks and Geeks was really good, I thought.

Launched some careers but got canceled after two seasons.

[Zorro]

22. Hawaiian Eye -- Robert Conrad, Connie Stevens

Run For Your Life -- Ben Gazzara

Checkmate -- Sebastian Cabot

China Smith -- Dan Duryea

Watched those B&W shows as a kid, don't know how they'd stand up these days.

[cinematicdiversions]

24. Wiseguy

Kevin Spacey was great as the bad guy in the first season


Wiseguy is an American crime drama television series that aired on CBS from September 16, 1987, to December 8, 1990, for a total of 75 episodes over four seasons. The series was produced by Stephen J. Cannell and was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, to avoid the higher studio costs associated with filming in Los Angeles.


Wiseguy originally starred Ken Wahl as Vinnie Terranova, a Brooklyn native and deep cover operative for the FBI under the supervision of senior agent Frank McPike, played by Jonathan Banks. The primary cast was rounded out by Jim Byrnes, who played an information operative known as Lifeguard (real name Daniel Burroughs) who assisted Vinnie in the field. This cast remained together for three full seasons, after which Wahl left the series. The writers conceived a new lead character, Michael Santana, played by Steven Bauer.

[SeattleVet]

26. Our World (Linda Ellerbee, Ray Gandolf)

Was only on for one season, 26 episodes, 1986-87 timeframe.

They would take a specific short timeframe (Summer of 1969, Halloween 1938, etc.) and use archival footage to show what was going on around the world then. I was fascinated by the show, but the ratings weren't great, so it was replaced by a couple of sitcoms.

Ellerbee and Gandolf had a wonderful way of presenting the material to make it interesting and relevant.

Good article about it on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_World_(1986_TV_program)

[Behind the Aegis]

27. Dollhouse and Pushing Up Daisies

[Solly Mack]

28. I loved Pushing Up Daisies!

[pressbox69]

30. So Did I

The Twilight Zone

The Wild Wild West big favorite

Car 54 Where Are You?

I Married Joan

Topper


I vaguely remember watching The Millionaire and I Led 3 Lives when I was very young.


John Zacherly was another favorite.

[Solly Mack]

32. I watched Topper. Enjoyed it.

Love the Twilight Zone.

[electric_blue68]

62. 🤔 I don't think Twilight Zone was really obscure...

or maybe it grew in prominence over time.

How many don't get the theme tune when some one imitates it.

Or spoof sketches I've seen over the decades.
I think they also did a reboot...🤔

[Rhiannon12866]

31. WIOU

It was a series on CBS in the '90s - about a TV newsroom. It had a great cast, but inexplicably only lasted one season. I used to be responsible for the CBS TV listings for the newspapers, so I watched a lot of the shows. And my cousin who actually worked in a TV newsroom - though it was an NBC affiliate - really liked it and told me that others in her newsroom watched it and liked it, too. I could think of others I liked that didn't make it, but WIOU tops my list.

Classic TV Theme: WIOU

A short run 1990 series about a fictional tv station; employees called it WIOU because they had trouble staying a step ahead of the creditors. An impressive cast, and nice theme courtesy of Gary Chang, didn't save the show, which was yanked leaving its 14th (final) episode unseen.

[intrepidity]

33. Regenesis nt

[malthaussen]

35. "Top Cat."

Only lasted a season, or maybe a season and a half.

-- Mal

[AllaN01Bear]

52. me too .

[Coventina]

38. I really loved the two Andy Richter sitcoms:

Andy Richter Controls the Universe

Andy Barker: Private Eye

Both real quality shows, they lived and died before streaming. I think they could have survived on a streaming service.

RIP.

[Harker]

39. Run, Buddy, Run.

I was seven or eight, and I enjoyed it.

Sixteen episodes.

[ironflange]

40. Johnny Bago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Bago

Glad to see the episodes are on Youtube, I'll be getting busy.

[Laffy Kat]

43. I wish I could remember the name of it:

I think it was on in the late 70s or early 80s. It was a comedy about a medical practice featuring a wonkish doc (tall, red hair?). Does anyone remember?

[NotASurfer]

44. Sledge Hammer! (The exclamation point is part of the show title)

Over-the-top parody of Dirty Harry genre. Second season timeslot between Dallas and The Cosby Show buried it

[highplainsdem]

46. Not that obscure, but I did like the single season, on ABC, of the American version of

"Life On Mars." Mostly for Jason O'Mara...

[Scrivener7]

77. Have you seen the British one? It was amazing.

[highplainsdem]

78. Yes, saw that as well, and I agree it was amazing.

[AllaN01Bear]

51. here is mine .

time tunnel

only one season..

time to bring doug and tony home . its about time .

star lost .

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[Harker]

55. The Time Tunnel was great fun. +33.

[electric_blue68]

63. Loved Time Tunnel !

[left-of-center2012]

54. Lucas Tanner

"One season wonder Lucas Tanner (NBC, 1974-1975) starred David Hartman as a motivated high school teacher with a unique teaching style."

Lucas Tanner is an American drama series that aired on NBC during the 1974–75 season.

The title character, played by David Hartman, was a former baseball player and sportswriter who becomes an English teacher at the fictional Harry S Truman High School in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.

Episodes often dealt with the resistance of traditional teachers to Tanner's unorthodox teaching style.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Tanner

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[Auggie]

56. The Paper Chase

[Shrek]

57. "Men of a Certain Age"

I still miss it.

[highplainsdem]

64. I liked that, too.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

74. Loved it. It was kind of buried on one of the minor cable networks.

[lame54]

80. Here too

[Stuart G]

59. Commando Cody,- 1955 Summer replacement of a show called,.. "Winky Dink and You"

[Stuart G]

69. I Married Joan..1952 - 1955

[Stuart G]

70. not obscure..but I watched it religiously ..."Gunsmoke" & "Paladin"

[Dial H For Hero]

60. Wizards and Warriors.

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[Tikki]

65. It's Like, You Know..1999-2000

Jennifer Grey was in the cast.

I remember how they had this line in the show about how
a Southern California High Speed police chase was like a Snow Day.

Tikki

[Stuart G]

67. Super Circus, Sunday afternoons 5pm to 6pm Eastern Time ..1949 -1956

Super Circus is an American television program that aired live on Sunday afternoons from 5 to 6pm Eastern Time from 1949-1956 on ABC

Further, the live event took place in a large theater ...(Civic Theater??) in downtown Chicago...and........
tickets were available, (& free) and I attended a perforcance once. Don't remember much, but remember
being way up high and not seeing much..2nd balcony I think..

[Stuart G]

68. Sky King...1951 ...72 shows..4 seasons.

[Stuart G]

71. not obscure...but one of my favorites: The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle..1961-1964

[Boomerproud]

72. Around 1970 there was a show called The Young Rebels

about the revolutionary war. A very hunky Gen. Lafayette played by a French actor named Philippe Forquet. We 14 year old girls loved it.

[MicaelS]

73. Nowhere Man (American TV series)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowhere_Man_(American_TV_series)

Only 1 season, ended on a cliffhanger.

[EastMeetsWest]

76. Several from 1966-67

It's About Time-- Like Gilligan's Island, but it's about 2 astronauts who ended up in the Stone Age

Mr. Terrific-- Mr. Terrific is kind of like a real-life Underdog (he has a secret identity and takes a secret pill to become a superhero)

Continental Showcase-- Jim Backus hosted a program about German circus performances (each episode ended with Jim Backus talking to his alter-ego, Mr. Magoo

Mickey Finn's-- dixieland music show

Space Ghost cartoon

George of the Jungle/Super Chicken/Tom Slick cartoons

[Paladin]

79. "Highway Patrol" (1955-1959)

With the one-and-only Broderick Crawford as badass Chief Dan Mathews. Still being shown on at least one of the retro channels; around 4:00 AM, last time I looked. Once you've heard the strident march-tempo theme song, you never forget it...

[lame54]

81. Odd Mom Out...