How embarassing… even Cop Rock lasted for weeks.
"Dot Comedy" (2000)
Dot Comedy, starring Chelsea Lately and Jim Rome Show regulars and funny dudes The Sklar Brothers, must have just been before its time. The compilation of funny clips from the internet preceded the likes of Tosh.0 and Web Soup, but it was cancelled after one episode after only 4.1 million viewers tuned in.
"The Rich List" (2006)
This game show featured competitors competing to see who could name the most items on a given list (like "ABBA songs"). It didn't work the first time but was revived as "The Money List" for the Game Show Network in 2009. Try, try again.
"Quarterlife" (2008)
This emo-tastic MySpace web series was super successful in internet terms and bombed entirely on NBC... This show is only four years old, which is proof that the internet has sped up time: rewatching Quarterlife already feels like visiting a relic from another era.
"South of Sunset" (1993)
Glenn Frey of The Eagles starred in this detective series but he didn't "take it to the limit, one more time" after the first episode aired. Even though the show was heavily promoted during the 1993 World Series, the pilot was blocked in many areas by breaking news of wild-fires in Malibu, and the show was cancelled shortly thereafter.
