55: If a Show Never Airs, Can It Be Cancelled?

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2011

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This podcast is cancelled! We discuss TV shows that failed to reach their proper natural lifespan. When all is said and done, you’ll hear recommendations for 25 excellent series that burned bright and weren’t allowed to fade away. Fantasy football drafts were never this good.

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0:00.0	The Incomparable Podcast, number 55, September 2011.
0:13.4	It's time for another edition of The Incomparable.
0:15.9	Today we're going to be talking about television, but we're going to do something a little different.
0:20.7	We are going to hold a draft.
0:22.7	For those of you who do not follow the sports, a draft is when, for example, football teams will pick players from college football.
0:31.1	They'll take turns one at a time. They'll take a pick. You can't pick the same player twice. Only one team gets each player. Well, what we're
0:38.3	going to do here is we're going to pick canceled TV shows. And the premise is pick your favorite,
0:45.4	brilliant, but canceled TV shows. So it should be a trip down memory lane, a painful trip
0:52.8	about shows that died too soon.
0:55.2	Joining me to take this trail of tears are my panelists.
1:00.4	Dan Morin, hello.
1:02.2	Hi, Jason.
1:03.0	This is, uh, how big is your list?
1:04.3	This is really emotional for me.
1:05.8	Hey, whoa, whoa, we're not comparing sizes of lists, but my has at least like a dozen.
1:09.5	I'm sure.
1:10.6	Sure.
1:11.8	20, 75. I know you're a big fan of lists, but my has at least like a dozen. I'm sure. 20, 75.
1:13.7	I know you're a big fan of failure, so.
1:18.8	I have espoused failure my entire life, as Scott will tell you.
1:23.5	Scott McDulty, as just referenced, is also here.
1:24.1	Hi, Scott.
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