This post comes from the Calgary Sun. Read it in its entirity here. Really well-written. Very funny. Glad to see a few of my favorite “gone too soon” shows (Freaks and Geeks, Action!, Boomtown, Family Guy, The Job, and Cupid. I, of course, would add shows like It’s Like… You Know, Get Real, Class of ’96, Relativity, Joan of Arcadia, Significant Others, Debt, Partners, and Getting Personal.

TV series cut short too soon: The Sun counts down the 25 best series that were cancelled before their time
By KEVIN WILLIAMSON

Imagine ripping a bonbon from Britney Spears’ chunky, grasping talons.

That’s a little what it’s like separating a TV critic from his favourite show.

For the courtship between critic and series is a complex one, first marked by the flush of pleasant surprise (“Hey, this ain’t bad”) and then cemented by fidelity (“I will watch you above all others’), foolish pride (“I must tell others about how glorious you are”) and desperate prayer (“Don’t let it be punted for a spinoff of Yes, Dear … Don’t let it be punted for a spinoff of Yes, Dear …”).

It is not something to be dismissed lightly. And it is a love affair we rarely forget, long after our beloved has been cheerlessly replaced by The Surreal Life.

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