30. Knight Rider
Who can forget the original Knight Rider, which premiered back in 1982 to a four-year run?! Skip forward to 2008, where a remake made its way to television screens; in particular, one that had a far shorter run than the original. After just six months on screens across the US, the show was axed, with the studio cutting its losses.
Knight Rider
The show brought with itself a lot of unforeseen issues, which became evident after it aired. The lead actor in the 2008 version left little to the imagination, and brought on a new wave of David Hasselhoff’s nostalgia for fans of the original. The Chicago Tribune echoed this, stating that the new version of the show was “almost hilariously cheesy”, dismissing it as a b-grade knockoff of the hit series.
31. October Road
As a nighttime soap opera, not all that common, this particular one held a slot right after ABC’s hit, Grey’s Anatomy. It even features a One Tree Hill actor, so what could go wrong? Soon enough, executives at the network learned that a hell of a lot could go wrong.
October Road
This series followed a young man returning to his hometown after writing a bestselling book about the place itself. The man spent about a year on our TV screens, before getting canceled by the studio. When searching for clues as to why, the Chicago Tribune noted that the dialogue was “leaden, preposterous and pretentious, all at once”.
