Category: Obscure TV Shows

These articles focus on a single forgotten or short-lived TV show. Each offers a detailed overview of the premise, cast and episodes with an emphasis on why it was cancelled as well as Nielsen ratings and reviews from TV critics.

Accidental Family

Jerry Van Dyke and Lois Nettleton starred in this NBC sitcom about a widowed father and a divorced mother living together on a farm. It ran for 16 episodes during the 1967-1968 season.

Sons and Daughters

Just nine episodes of this drama were aired on CBS during the fall of 1974. Set in the mid-1950s, Glynnis O’Connor and Gary Frank starred as high school seniors falling in love.

Freedom

UPN only aired seven episodes of this action/adventure series during the 2000-2001 season. A total of 12 were produced and all of them aired internationally along with the original, unaired pilot.

Together We Stand/Nothing Is Easy

Together We Stand started as a regular family sitcom starring Elliot Gould but was retooled as Nothing is Easy at mid-season with Gould departing. Neither version worked.

Home Free

Matthew Perry starred in this short-lived ABC sitcom from 1993 about a carefree twenty-something living with his mother and working as a reporter. Critics savaged it and viewers didn’t tune in.

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams starred Dan Haggerty as a man living on a mountain whose best friend was a bear. It ran from February 1977 to March 1978 on NBC.