List of Cancelled Television Shows

There are literally thousands upon thousands of cancelled television shows; therefore, in order to not completely overwhelm you, we have selected several shows to list from each decades since the 1940's. These are the decades in which the shows premiered.

1940's

Actors Studio
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
Candid Camera
Ed Wynn Show
The Goldbergs
Howdy Doody Show
The Jack Benny Show
Kraft Television Theatre
The Life of Riley
Lights Out
Lone Ranger
Morey Amsterdam Show
The Perry Como Show
Philco TV Playhouse
Silver Theater
Small Fry Club
Suspense
Texaco Star Theater
Toast of the Town
Voice of Firestone
We, the People

1950's

20 Century Fox Hour
Adventures of Superman
Alfred Hitchock Presents
Ed Sullivan Show
Father Knows Best
Guiding Light Soap Opera
I Love Lucy
I Married Joan
I've Got A Secret
Lassie
Leave it to Beaver
Rin Tin Tin
Robin Hood
Rocky King, Inside Detective
Tales of the Vikings
Three Stooges
Wonderful World of Disney
You Asked For It
Zane Grey Theater

1960's

Addams Family
Arrest and Trial
Batman
The Brady Bunch
Breaking Point
Bringing Up Buddy
Car 54 Where Are You
I Dream of Jeannie
Ichabod & Me
The Jetsons
The Outer Limits
Petticoat Junction
Rat Patrol
Saints & Sinners
Second Hundred Years

1970's

Alias Smith and Jones
Anna and the King
Bad News Bears
Barny Miller
Getting Together
Ghost Story
Here Come the Double Deckers
The Incredible Hulk
Paper Chase
The Patridge Family
Police Story
Police Women
Planet of the Apes
Rich Man, Poor Man Miniseries
Sanford and Son
Shirley's World

1980's

Amazing Stories
Best of the West
Bosom Buddies
Hard Time on Planet Earth
In the Heat of the Night
Jake and the Fatman
Partners in Crime
Perfect Strangers
Ray Bradbury Theater
Roseanne
Saved by the Bell
Simon and Simon
Small Wonder
Tales of the Gold Monkey
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

1990's

7th Heaven
Absolutely Fabulous
Boy Meets World
Clarissa Explains It All
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Home Improvement
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
The Parkers
Party of Five
Picket Fences
The Pretenders
Promised Land
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Saved by the Bell: College Years
Rugrats
The Secret World of Alex Mack

2000's

Dead Like Me
Even Stevens
Gilmore Girls
Grounded for Life
Lizzie McGuire
Lost
Malcolm in the Middle
Eli Stone
The Sopranos
The Simple Life
The Titans
Tripping the Rift
Three Sisters
Trouble with Normal
Ugly Betty
What I Like About You
Veronica Mars
Young Americans
Welcome to New York

2010

Here are some television shows which were cancelled in 2010.

As the World Turns
The Beautiful Life
The Bonnie Hunt Show
Brotherhood
Defying Gravity
Dollhouse
Eastwick
The Goode Family
Guiding Light
Hank
The Jay Leno Show
Kings
The Listener
Monk
Nip/Tuck
Raising the Bar
Saving Grace
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Trauma
The Tudors
The Tyra Banks Show

Often, we are sad when our favorite television program ends. However, nowadays, it seems that you can purchase or rent virtually every single series. Furthermore, when one show is cancelled, another one comes in to take its place.