The Best Short Lived TV shows of All Time
TV Shows That Last 2 Seasons and Less Than 2 Seasons.
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- CreatorChuck AdamsonGustave ReiningerStarsDennis FarinaBill SmitrovichTony DenisonThe saga of a Chicago police detective's efforts to stop a young hood's ruthless rise in the ranks of organized crime.
- CreatorGary David GoldbergStarsMarion RossDanny GerardLouis ZorichIn 1956, 14-year-old Alan Silver's life revolves around family, the synagogue and the Dodgers. Grandparents Jules and Sophie live in the same brownstone as Alan, his brother Nate, and their parents Phyllis and George.
- CreatorEarl PomerantzStarsJoel HigginsCarlene WatkinsMeeno PeluceThe Wild West misadventures of a mild-mannered store owner turned town Marshal.
- CreatorFrank LupoStarsJohn J. YorkLance LeGaultChuck ConnorsGrad student Eric Cord becomes infected with lycanthropy after his friend turns into a werewolf and attacks him. Now, Eric and his girlfriend are after the monster that infected his friend, and a tough cowboy bounty hunter pursues Eric.
- CreatorJoe ByrneS.E. HintonJeb RosebrookStarsJay R. FergusonRodney HarveyBoyd KestnerA follow-up to the novel and film of the same name, focusing on a group of troubled teens in 1960s Oklahoma.
- CreatorJim AbrahamsDavid ZuckerJerry ZuckerStarsLeslie NielsenAlan NorthEd WilliamsSight gags, puns and non-sequiturs ensue as bumbling Sgt. Det. Lt. Frank Drebin and his colleagues at Police Squad solve various puzzling cases.
- CreatorBill LeeJohn MoffittStarsJack BurnsBrandis KempMark BlankfieldLive late-night comedy sketch show similar to "Saturday Night Live."
- CreatorPaul RauchStarsCarla BorelliBeverlee McKinseyJerry LanningDaytime Drama, spun off from "Another World," which followed Iris Carrington from Bay City as she rediscovered Alex Wheeler, a former love, and moved to the Houston area. The stories centered around the daily lives of the wealthy Wheelers and Bellmans and the middle-class Marshalls and their ranching and oil interests. Beverlee McKinsey, as Iris, was the first daytime performer to be given starring credit.
- CreatorDavid IsaacsKen LevineRobin SchiffStarsNancy TravisChip ZienMatt LetscherKim Cooper is a producer/writer for the TV show 'Blue Justice'. She has to deal with both her professional career, her three partners Gary, Neal and Rob when writing the show and her boyfriend Mike.
- CreatorGina WendkosStarsNancy McKeonMariska HargitayLouis MandylorIn New York City, friends Annie, Roger, and Elliot work in a personnel agency. Divorcee Didi offers dating advice to the love-seeking Annie and the others.
- CreatorMarc CherryTony VitaleStarsJason BatemanDanny NucciAlec MapaWarren Fairbanks is a gay Greenwich Village writer. His sexual orientation isn't suspected initially by the fellow who has responded to his newspaper ad for a new roommate. Though the road is bumpy for them at first, they strive to reach a common understanding.
- CreatorChris WeitzPaul WeitzDanny ZukerStarsSean MaguireLauren StamileJohn ChoA British stud and an American doofus share an apartment in Manhattan.
- StarsJason AlexanderWendy MakkenaDaniella MonetTony Kleinman and his partner, former professional athlete Bernie Widman, co-host a television talk show in Philadelphia devoted primarily to sports and athletes of all disciplines.
- CreatorJoe KeenanChristopher LloydStarsChristopher GorhamPaula MarshallTy BurrellTherapist Benjamin Barnes lives his life in the shadows of his parents and siblings, all of whom are doctors. At the same time he tries to keep his family together after the addition of his father's much-younger new girlfriend.
- CreatorVictor FrescoStarsJay HarringtonPortia de RossiAndrea AndersIn an amoral science-based company, a manager tries to keep control of his scientists while being pressured by his shrewd boss.
- CreatorPaul FeigStarsLinda CardelliniJohn Francis DaleyJames FrancoA high school mathlete starts hanging out with a group of burnouts while her younger brother navigates his freshman year.
- CreatorJudd ApatowStarsJay BaruchelCarla GalloCharlie HunnamCollege freshman Steve Karp, his girlfriend and their fellow dormmates embark on one of the greatest experiences of their lives. Unfortunately for Steve, his lonely and recently divorced father is tagging along for the ride.
- CreatorJon Harmon FeldmanStarsEliza DushkuShawn ReavesZach GalifianakisA university graduate working in the city morgue is able to repeat the same day over again to prevent murders or other disasters.
- CreatorJoss WhedonStarsEliza DushkuHarry LennixFran KranzA top secret organization erases the identities of attractive young people, turning them into blank "dolls" ready for imprints of temporary identities they need to fulfill assignments for clients.
- CreatorDavid LevyStarsJohn AstinCarolyn JonesJackie CooganThe misadventures of a blissfully macabre but extremely loving family.
- CreatorEd HaasNorm LiebmannStarsFred GwynneAl LewisYvonne De CarloA family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.
- CreatorMark BrazillTerry TurnerBonnie TurnerStarsGlenn HowertonTinsley GrimesChyler LeighThat '80s Show is a half-hour ensemble comedy focusing on a group of twenty-somethings finding their way through the '80s in San Diego.
- StarsDaphne AshbrookGeorgann JohnsonMichael MadsenA family in law enforcement is at war with a crime family with two young lovers, one from each side, caught in the middle.
- CreatorChris ThompsonRobert L. BoyettThomas L. MillerStarsTom HanksPeter ScolariDonna DixonTwo young single ad men must disguise themselves as women to live in the one apartment they can afford.
- CreatorDavid CaspeStarsEliza CoupeElisha CuthbertZachary KnightonThis Chicago-set sitcom follows the intertwined lives of six young urbanites trying to learn the ropes of adulthood. Through breakups and whatever other curve-balls life throws them, the pals stick together.
- CreatorNahnatchka KhanStarsKrysten RitterDreama WalkerMichael BlaiklockChloe is a New York party girl with the morals of a pirate. She causes trouble for her best friend James Van Der Beek and her naive small-town roommate June.
- CreatorDavid WilcoxStarsRachael TaylorDave AnnableRobert BuckleyAt the 203 apartments Drake, NYC, residents are granted one wish - any wish. But beware of the price. There's something supernatural and evil about The Drake that only the owners, Gavin and Olivia. know about/control.
- CreatorRichard HatemMichael PetroniStarsSkeet UlrichAngus MacfadyenMarisa RamirezPaul investigates modern miracles for the Catholic Church. After he witnesses a true supernatural miracle, only for his findings to be dismissed, he leaves the Church behind and is approached by Alva Keel to join his organization.
- CreatorShaun CassidyStarsGary ColeLucas BlackPaige TurcoA quiet, seemingly-quaint small town is ruled over by its charming yet evil sheriff who uses his demonic powers to remove anyone who dares to stand in his way. The only one he fears is a young boy he fathered through rape.
- CreatorMark FrostDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen AmickAn idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.
- CreatorDan CurtisStarsBen CrossBarbara BlackburnJim FyfeVictoria Winters comes to Collinwood, an isolated mansion in Maine, to work as a governess, but soon finds herself drawn into a strange world of vampires, ghosts and curses.
- CreatorDavid DiGilioStarsMatt BomerLogan Marshall-GreenAaron StanfordJay and Tyler are hunted by the FBI after the bombing of a museum. Their only lead is their best friend, Will Traveler, who disappeared. What part did he play in this nightmare of violence, death and conspiracies. Who is Will Traveler?
- CreatorWinnie HolzmanStarsBess ArmstrongWilson CruzClaire DanesA 15-year-old girl and her trials and tribulations of being a teenager and dealing with friends, guys, parents, and school.
- CreatorBrent V. FriedmanBryce ZabelStarsEric CloseJ.T. WalshLackosIn 1960s America, a young couple struggle to expose the truth about a hidden alien invasion, while a secret government organization follows its own agenda in dealing with the threat.
- CreatorGlenn Gordon CaronStarsEric CloseDennis HaysbertGerrit GrahamAfter a subway accident, a man awakes with his brain in a new body, but the successful experiment means he must give up his past and his family.
- CreatorGina MatthewsRyan MurphyStarsLeslie BibbCarly PopeTamara MelloTwo girls who despise each other because they're on opposite sides of the "popularity fence" are forced together when the father of one of them marries the other's mother.
- CreatorJames CameronCharles H. EgleeStarsJessica AlbaMichael WeatherlyRichard GunnA group of genetically-enhanced children escape from a lab project. Years later we meet Max, one of the escapees who now works for a messenger service in the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest.
- CreatorHoward GordonTim MinearStarsRachel NicholsAdam BaldwinKatie FinneranA rookie FBI agent is recruited as the new violent crimes task force profiler to solve murder cases.
- CreatorJosh FriedmanStarsLena HeadeyThomas DekkerSummer GlauSet after the events in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Sarah Connor and her son, John, try to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing Armageddon.
- CreatorMichael KarnowZak PennStarsDavid StrathairnRyan CartwrightWarren ChristieAlphas is a science fiction drama focusing on a team that investigates people with supernatural abilities.
- CreatorLouis C.K.StarsLouis C.K.Pamela AdlonMike HagertyA working class family and their oddball friends.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiJon Harmon FeldmanStarsMichael ChiklisJulie BenzKay PanabakerThe Powells are a typical American family living in Pacific Bay, California, whose members gain special powers after their plane crashes in the Amazon.
- CreatorRob LottersteinStarsMichael RapaportAnita BaroneKaylee DeFerParents struggle to raise their teens.
- CreatorJon Harmon FeldmanSara GoodmanStarsDave AnnableAlexa DavalosWill EstesSix friends come together for their 20th high school reunion in which one of them is murdered and all of them become suspects. A detective traces their turbulent and secretive lives back spanning 20 years to find which one had the motive.
- CreatorAri SchlossbergStarsElaine CassidyChristopher GorhamMatt BarrHarper's Island was once the scene of a gruesome series of murders. Seven years later, family and friends gather on the island for a wedding, but one by one they begin to die.
- CreatorShaun CassidyStarsWilliam FichtnerEddie CibrianKari MatchettA Florida Park Ranger and his family deal with strange occurrences in the aftermath of a hurricane.
- CreatorJonas PateJosh PateStarsLake BellJay R. FergusonCarter JenkinsA marine biologist, an insurance salesman and a teen-aged boy find their lives fundamentally changed by the emergence of a new, and often dangerous, species of sea life, while government agents work to keep the affair under wraps.
- CreatorEric BercoviciStarsMaud AdamsVincent BaggettaMolly CheekThis is the story of three lawyers, a street cop, two detectives, and two doctors in the Windy city. And how an incident or person's life is affected by one or more of these people.
- CreatorAndrew MillerStarsBritt RobertsonThomas DekkerPhoebe Tonkin16 year old Cassie Blake moves to Chance Harbor, Washington to live with her grandmother after her mother mysteriously dies. She discovers she's a witch along with 5 other teens.
- CreatorCraig WrightStarsPeter KrauseDonald SutherlandWilliam BaldwinA lawyer is forced to take care of one of New York City's wealthiest families.
- CreatorKenneth JohnsonScott PetersStarsElizabeth MitchellMorris ChestnutJoel GretschAn extraterrestrial race arrives on Earth with seemingly good intentions, only to slowly reveal their true machinations the more ingrained into society they become.
- CreatorNancy Hult GanisJack OrmanStarsChristina RicciMargot RobbieMichael MosleyPeriod drama about the pilots and flight attendants who once made Pan Am the most glamorous way to fly.
- CreatorMatt TarsesStarsJason BiggsSarah ChalkeJudy GreerRevolves around a quartet of single friends in New York City; two are falling in love, and two despise each other--at least initially.
- CreatorChris HenchyMarco PennetteStarsTeri PoloDavid SutcliffeDanny ComdenA junior high school teacher has a whirlwind romance with a movie star.
- CreatorAdam F. GoldbergSeth GordonStarsBret HarrisonAlphonso McAuleyChristian SlaterA high-tech security firm takes extreme, and often questionable, measures to sell their protection services.
- CreatorDavid KohanMax MutchnickStarsMichael UrieDavid KrumholtzSophia BushTwo lifelong friends, who are both architects, form a business partnership.
- CreatorMick GarrisStarsMargherita DonatoValerie WhiteEric RobertsA television series broken down into 13 separate 60-minute films from premiere horror writers and directors.
- CreatorLiz HeldensStarsMeagan GoodLaz AlonsoTate DonovanA female detective returns undercover to the wealthy family she grew up in--as the maid's daughter, to solve the murder of the notorious heiress who was once her closest friend.
- CreatorMichael DugganCarol FlintMark LevinStarsDebrah FarentinoClancy BrownSullivan WalkerColonists, crash-landed on an alien planet, begin the long trek to their originally designated landing place, facing alien and human threats.
- CreatorJohn J. McLaughlinMarti NoxonStarsElisabeth HarnoisGrant ShowSam PageA series of supernatural events begins in a small coastal New Jersey town after the arrival of a mysterious teenage girl, who apparently has the ability to influence the people and events around her.
- CreatorMike KelleyStarsMolly ParkerJack DavenportGrant ShowAs America celebrates its 200th birthday, two generations of friends and neighbors in a Chicago suburb explore new freedoms and seek connections with each other in the midst of the socio/sexual revolution.
- CreatorChristopher McQuarrieStarsJason WilesDaisy BettsChadwick BosemanSeveral strangers awaken and find themselves imprisoned inside a small ghost town. They quickly search for answers and along the way start to question each other's motives.
- CreatorBragi F. SchutStarsCarla GuginoBrian Van HoltBrent SpinerA team of experts are assembled after the U.S. Navy discovers an extra-terrestrial object briefly appeared near a ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
- CreatorPaul T. ScheuringStarsAnthony EdwardsCarmen EjogoScott Michael FosterRevolves around a bizarre twist of fate that pulls a man who's spent 20 years as the editor of a skeptics magazine into one of the most compelling conspiracies in human history.
- CreatorRockne S. O'BannonStarsMatthew DavisJessica LucasAlona TalTracks the investigation of a string of mysterious deaths and disappearances surrounding the show-within-a-show.
- StarsMichael NouriJoe PennyBrian BenbenThe series follows the lives of the three main characters from their youth into becoming major criminal figures in 1920's America.
- CreatorDavid SchulnerStarsSteven PasqualeAlana De La GarzaMichael EsperBrilliant neurosurgeon Jason Cole must battle with his own alter-ego, Ian Price, in order to live a normal life in this modern take on Jekyll and Hyde.
- CreatorWes CravenJeff FreilichStarsRobert EnglundMary CrosbyTodd Allen"Freddy's Nightmares" was a 1988 horror anthology series with "Freddy", the dream serial killer, hosting stories set in Springwood, USA.
- StarsPeter CushingDenholm ElliottKathryn Leigh ScottThis British anthology series, which was produced by England's leading exporters of horror films, told tales of haunted houses, demons, ghosts, and other supernatural wonders.
- CreatorMick GarrisStarsKaren Elizabeth AustinJ. Winston CarrollMiho NinagawaAnchor Bay's collection, which has amassed some of the best horror film anthologies.
- CreatorDan AngelBilly BrownStarsHenry RollinsEmily HolmesDion Luther"Night Visions" was a hosted anthology series similar to "The Twilight Zone" - some tales are supernatural, others are just commentaries on twisted human nature. Each hour show is made up of two half-hour stories aired back-to-back.
- CreatorLawrence HertzogStarsBruce GreenwoodMegan GallagherMarvin LaRoy SandersThomas Veil is a documentary photographer who seemingly has to erase his entire existence in the course of an evening.
- CreatorStephen KingStarsJamie HarroldDiane LaddBruce DavisonThe quirky staff and patients of an ultramodern (albeit increasingly dilapidated) Maine hospital gradually become familiar with the supernatural occurrences that take place there, uncovering a dark secret in the process.
- CreatorJohn LeekleyStarsStacy HaidukErik KingPatrick BauchauJulian Luna, the undead Prince of the City, leads the Vampire Clans as he falls in love with Caitlin, a human reporter.
- CreatorMaggie FriedmanStarsJaime Ray NewmanLindsay PriceRebecca RomijnA mysterious man bestows unique powers to three women.
- CreatorEthan ReiffCyrus VorisStarsPeter HortonJohn GloverLori PettyA dead cop, sentenced to Hell, is returned to Earth by the Devil to recover 113 escaped evil spirits.
- CreatorRon KoslowTrevor MunsonStarsAlex O'LoughlinSophia MylesJason DohringAn immortal vampire and private investigator struggles to exist after he was bitten 60 years ago by his vampire bride. He is also internally tormented as he falls in love with one he should not.
- CreatorMick GarrisTom McLoughlinStarsNeil DicksonKate HodgeScott FultsA female American graduate student in London is bitten by a werewolf, then teams up with an English professor to investigate supernatural occurrences.
- StarsVictor BrowneGladise JiminezMarcia StrassmanSmall town notices weird deaths in the desert. There are giant worms under the sand. They can hear the location of people through the vibration of their movement. Finally they blow them up with dynamite.
- CreatorBrian GatewoodAlessandro TanakaStarsJustin KirkJoAnna Garcia SwisherBobby LeeAn animal loving veterinarian despises pet owners.
- CreatorLennon ParhamJessica St. ClairStarsLennon ParhamJessica St. ClairLuka JonesAfter a divorce Jessica goes to live with her best friend Lennon, not realizing she would have so many problems with her boyfriend Joe.
- CreatorDavid KohanMax MutchnickStarsAnthony ClarkHedy BurressTraylor HowardAfter moving to Boston from Virginia, to spy on his sister who just started college, Boyd finds himself working for the student union where he raises hell more often than he should.
- CreatorDon ReoStarsMichael StrahanDaryl MitchellCarl WeathersThe series stars former NFL star Michael Strahan and Daryl "Chill" Mitchell as estranged brothers who are pressured to get along by their parents after Strahan's character moves back to his home town of Houston.
- CreatorEileen HeislerDeAnn HelineStarsJosh CookeJennifer FinniganDarius McCraryTwo late twenty-somethings (Nate and Marni) end up on a mistaken blind date (they were both supposed to meet other people) and find out they're perfect for one another (because they're individually so strange).
- CreatorMike WhiteStarsJake SandvigMolly ShannonChristopher McDonaldBen, a student, moves into a Beverly Hills family's guest house. Every family member seems to act crazier than the next, even though they look like a picture-perfect family.
- CreatorBryan FullerStarsEllen MuthCallum BlueJasmine GuyAfter being hit on the head by a toilet seat that fell from Mir space station, a young temp clerk becomes a grim reaper in death.
- CreatorKenny SchwartzRick WienerStarsPenn BadgleyAngela GoethalsJosh WiseThirty-four-year-old Joel Larsen gets a second chance to get his life right, thanks to a freakish accident that catapults him back to 1981. Blessed with adult wisdom, though hampered by adolescent urges, Joel sets out to right the wrongs that will befall his family.
- CreatorBrannon BragaDavid S. GoyerStarsCourtney B. VanceJoseph FiennesJack DavenportA special task force in the FBI investigates after every person on Earth simultaneously blacks out and awakens with a short vision of their future.
- CreatorMichael J. Di GaetanoLawrence GayStarsDavid KeithLisa DarrMeghan AndrewsAdoptee Rachel, a successful DA, searches for her birth family and locates a redneck brother Arlo. He and his two children, King and Beauty, move in with her and create havoc, and she leans on co-workers Irene and MartySuccessful DA Rachel is an adoptee and is curious about family. She locates a redneck brother Arlo with two children King and Beauty who move in, creating havoc, which she gets through by leaning on co-workers Irene and Marty.
- CreatorJames BobinJemaine ClementBret McKenzieStarsJemaine ClementBret McKenzieRhys DarbyBret and Jemaine are Flight of the Conchords, a folk-rock band from New Zealand living in New York City in search of stardom.
- CreatorSam SimonStarsGeorge CarlinAlex RoccoPaige FrenchFollows New York cabdriver George O'Grady. He adds his theories on government conspiracies and alien visitations to his trips.
- CreatorMichael LeesonStarsPamela ReedBonnie HuntJohn NevilleThe series chronicles the goings-on of various people in a small Pennsylvanian town which is renowned for its piano company.
- CreatorSeth Grahame-SmithDavid KatzenbergStarsPaul IaconoJareb DauplaiseKara TaitzThe daily life of an unpopular high school student.
- CreatorDarren StarStarsIrene MolloyLindsay SloaneBonnie SomervilleSatire centers on the off-camera antics of five actors who star in a fictional high school drama called "Grosse Pointe".
- CreatorLee HewittJack SherStarsJohn SchuckRichard B. ShullBruce KirbyThe cases of a hard luck police detective and his android partner.
- CreatorLowell GanzBabaloo MandelStarsRichard LewisKevin NealonJordan BakerTed Hiller is a sensible family man, but his best friend Neil Diller is the absolute opposite. It follows them as they write a popular sitcom.
- CreatorRandi Mayem SingerStarsIvan SergeiAmanda PeetJaime Pressly"Jack" moves to New York, and inadvertently steals the boyfriend office mate's "Jill", who is thinking of taking the next step with her girlfriend. Jack and Jill, romantically involved, face major obstacles in their current relationships.
- CreatorRoss BrownStarsMichael LearnedLeah ReminiAlison ElliottCharlie Briscoe is a friend of Samantha Micelli's, in need of a new home. Trish Carlin is a friend of Angela's who runs a modeling agency for young people in New York. Charlie becomes Trisha's new project and headache.
- CreatorLeah MarkusJennifer MillerStarsLloyd BridgesDack RamboMimi RogersThe cut-throat worlds of modeling and cosmetic. Storylines centered around acid-tongued modeling executive Racine, who held fief over the careers of young models Laurie Caswell and Taryn Blake, and cosmetics tycoon Grant Harper.
- CreatorRobert MurphyMatthew ArlidgeStarsDavid MorrisseyLucy CohuRalph BrownA married couple and their teenage twins move to Meadowlands, a friendly and seemingly safe suburban town, to start a new life. Here, they will soon realize that secrets and mysteries are plentiful, and past is a difficult thing to bury.