21 Cancelled Shows Netflix Should Bring Back.

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Leon Hurley and GamesRadar present 21 Cancelled Shows Netflix Should Bring Back.  Using just their choices, here are my top three picks and two that didn’t make the list, but should have.

11. Almost Human

The TV show: While at times hit-n-miss, Almost Human braved the cold of Monday nights on Fox and sadly didn’t survive. A sci-fi police procedural about a belligerent cop (Karl Urban) and his android partner (Michael Ealy) the show struck out into some unique territory with its gritty genre storytelling.
Why Netflix needs to bring it back: For Karl Urban’s sanity. Between this and Dredd, the guy needs a break when it comes to steady work.

9. Deadwood

The TV show: As the drunken, bristling Al Swearengen, Ian McShane delivers his finest role to date in HBO’s uber-violent western. Being set shortly after the Civil War in a period of lawlessness allows for the series to fly off the rails. Interestingly enough, the crazy activities taking place in the small town of Deadwood, South Dakota are based on actual people who lived there.
Why Netflix needs to bring it back: Oh man, have you not seen the fan petitions for this one? Word is that HBO caved and agreed to wrap up the dangling plots with a movie – but this was arguably the cable network’s best genre show. Why not keep it serialised? Oh well, there’s always Westworld season 2…

2. Firefly

The TV show: You knew this was going to be at number one. Joss Whedon’s cowboys in space serial only squeezed out one season. And boy, is it a corker. Taking the typical Whedon tropes (ragtag bunch of misfits, genre setting, punchy dialogue) he spins a great blend of sci-fi and action following the crew of the Serenity across the universe. The cast’s at the top of their game and the storylines feel fresh.
Why Netflix needs to bring it back: Let’s pretend the wrap-up movie Serenity doesn’t exist. Netflix would score MAJOR points for reviving this series. Even if the amount of fans who’ve petitioned for its return aren’t in the millions, the word-of-mouth and social media activity would generate tons of free press for them. But really, they need to bring it back for this one reason:  *spoiler alert*… to correct Wash’s fate.

I almost left Deadwood off the list since HBO is bringing it back as a movie, but then decided that it should be left on because I’d really love to see it return as a series.

Two that should have been included on the list but weren’t are: 1.  Justified and 2. The Shield.