Fox Fock Ups
What does Fox have against sci-fi?
A list of shows cancelled by Fox either without being given a chance to find an audience or completing their story arc.
None of these shows has an IMDB rating of less than 7.0 at time of adding to the list.
A list of shows cancelled by Fox either without being given a chance to find an audience or completing their story arc.
None of these shows has an IMDB rating of less than 7.0 at time of adding to the list.
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- CreatorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresAlan TudykFive hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.The gold standard of shows that should never have been cancelled. A decision they should never be forgiven for.
Cancelled after only 11 shows were aired and several of those weren't even broadcast in order! - CreatorJ.H. WymanStarsKarl UrbanMichael EalyMinka KellyIn a not-so-distant future, a human cop and an android partner team up to serve and protect.Cut down after just one season. Again, several episodes were broadcast out of order.
- CreatorChad HodgeStarsSiobhan Fallon HoganToby JonesShannyn SossamonA Secret Service agent goes to Wayward Pines, Idaho in search of two federal agents who have gone missing in the bucolic town. He soon learns that he might never get out of Wayward Pines alive.Cancelled after 2 seasons (although the 2nd season was admittedly terrible!)
- CreatorJ.J. AbramsAlex KurtzmanRoberto OrciStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonJohn NobleAn F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.The exception that proves the rule. Was renewed for a fifth and final season which allowed the show to come to a conclusion.
However, even here Fox did its best to kill it off by shunting it into the 'Friday Night Death Slot' - 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.Cancelled after 2 seasons
- 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.Cancelled after 2 seasons
- CreatorSteven LilienElizabeth SarnoffBryan WynbrandtStarsSarah JonesJorge GarciaJonny CoyneIn 1963, all the prisoners and guards mysteriously disappear from Alcatraz. In the present day, they resurface and a secret agency are tasked with re-capturing them.Lasted just 1 season
- CreatorChris CarterVince GilliganJohn ShibanStarsBruce HarwoodTom BraidwoodDean HaglundThe X-Files' Lone Gunmen, their action-loving man-childish sidekick and patron, Jimmy Bond, and their sexy master thief frienemy, Yves, investigate crimes and conspiracies, often in a silly, comedic and over the top fashion.Another show cut after one season
- CreatorAllan LoebChristian TaylorStarsNikolaj Coster-WaldauZuleikha RobinsonAlexie GilmoreA New York homicide detective is cursed with immortality.Didn't even get to complete one full season. Cut after just 8 episodes were filmed
- CreatorTracy TorméRobert K. WeissStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydJohn Rhys-DaviesA boy genius and his comrades travel to different parallel universes, trying to find their way back home.Cancelled after 3 seasons. Rescued by Sci-Fi Channel for a further 2 seasons.
- CreatorLiz HeldensStarsMark-Paul GosselaarSaniyya SidneyJamie McShaneWhen a botched U.S. government experiment turns a group of death row inmates into highly infectious vampires, an orphan girl might be the only person able to stop the ensuing crisis.Cancelled after just 1 season
- CreatorBrandon CampMike ThompsonStarsDominic PurcellJayne BrookJohn Marshall JonesA man who seems to know everything but his own name helps police solve crimes as he searches for his identity.Just the one season before cancellation
- CreatorDavid S. GoyerGregg HaleStarsEthan EmbryLisa SheridanKarim PrinceA take-off on "The Blair Witch Project," in which a guy finds out that his supposedly dead brother isn't dead after all when he sees him on the Internet. It's all about his spooky adventures in finding the truth.Pulled from schedules midway through its debut season. Remaining episodes finally broadcast after a lengthy hiatus.
- 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.2nd season got shunted into a less desirable time slot, viewing figures went down, show got cancelled.
- CreatorRand RavichStarsRobert KazinskyDilshad VadsariaAdhir KalyanA billionaire bio-engineer brings a dead police officer back to life.Cancelled midway through first season with Fox reducing the number of completed episodes to just 11
- CreatorMatt NixStarsStephen MoyerAmy AckerSean TealeIn a world where mutated humans are treated with distrust and fear, an institute for mutants battles to achieve peaceful co-existence with humanity.Cancelled after 2 seasons
- CreatorChris CarterStarsLance HenriksenMegan GallagherTerry O'QuinnA former FBI profiler with the ability to look inside the mind of a killer begins working for the mysterious Millennium Group which investigates serial killers, conspiracies, the occult, and those obsessed with the end of the millennium.Cancelled after 3 seasons
- CreatorChris CarterStarsScott BairstowD.B. SweeneyTerry O'QuinnLt. Hobbes is sent into a VR wargame simulation where he is to terminate a renegade General who has taken control of the program.Fox broadcast just 3 episodes before pulling the plug. The remaining 6 episodes were eventually shown on FX
- CreatorGlen MorganJames WongStarsMorgan WeisserKristen ClokeRodney RowlandThe Earth is embroiled in a desperate war against alien invaders, and this series focuses on one squadron of Marine pilots involved in it.Cancelled after 1 season
- CreatorTom KapinosStarsTom EllisLauren GermanKevin AlejandroLucifer Morningstar has decided he's had enough of being the dutiful servant in Hell and decides to spend some time on Earth to better understand humanity. He settles in Los Angeles - the City of Angels.Ok, so these next few shows are fantasy not a sci-fi but this is my list so they're included!
Lasted longer than most on this list with 3 seasons on Fox before being cancelled. Rescued by Netflix - CreatorRon KoslowStarsHeath LedgerLisa ZaneSebastian RochéIn 5th century Ireland, a young Celtic chieftain and his allies fight against Roman encroachment, the manipulative pro-Roman puppet ruler of Ireland, Queen Diana, and her immortal adviser who seeks the biblical Spear of Longinus.Cancelled after just 8 episodes. Fox couldn't be bothered to air the other 5 episodes for a further three years.
- 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.Cancelled mid-way through the 2nd season. Viewers had to wait over a year before the last few episodes were finally aired by Fox.
- CreatorPhillip IscoveAlex KurtzmanRoberto OrciStarsTom MisonLyndie GreenwoodNicole BeharieIchabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.Qualifies as a 'long-running show' for Fox sci-fi/fantasy, lasting a full 4 seasons before cancellation
- 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.Cancelled mid-way through its maiden season.
The final 2 episodes were never broadcast (fans had to buy the dvd if they wanted to watch those) - CreatorJeremy SlaterStarsAlfonso HerreraBen DanielsKurt EgyiawanFollows two priests dealing with cases of a demonic presence targeting a family and a foster home.Cancelled after 2 seasons