9. Jericho
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A true example of fan appeal at its biggest, this 2006 CBS drama looked at the title small Kansas town that’s rocked when nuclear bombs rock American cities. Cut off from the rest of the nation, they need to survive, pulling together (or apart) with various conflicts amid the personal dramas of the town. It was canceled at the end of its first season but a massive fan campaign convinced CBS to give it a short 2ndseason in 2008. Since then, there have been a few comic book series continuing with “season 3” that explains the truth behind the attacks and the start of a second Civil War. It would be great to pick up the story a few years later, to see what became of the country after this War, who survived, who’s thrived and what’s happened to the town since. While you can get new characters in there, the must-haves are Skeet Ulrich as town leader Jake and Lennie James as Robert Hawkins, the CIA operative who made Jack Bauer look like a wimp. A cult series that truly deserves a follow-up, especially given the current political times while reminding you of the small-town values that helped make the country so great in the first place.
8. Ringer
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The CW put a lot of hopes in this 2011 series but the ratings weren’t as good as hoped and when star Sarah Michelle Gellar got pregnant near the end of the first season, the decision was made to cancel it. Which is a shame as the show held a lot of promise. Gellar played the dual roles of twins, Bridget and Siobhan, the former a drug addict on the run after witnessing a murder and goes to her estranged rich sister for help. When Siobhan disappears, Bridget slips into her life only to discover her “good” sister had plenty of secrets. Gellar was good balancing the two roles with various twist and turns, Ioan Gruffudd as “her” husband and while it was rough, the last few episodes showed massive improvement. It ended with the set-up of Bridget discovering Siobhan was still alive and setting her up and determined to find her. That would be a nice way to pick the show back up with the search, the confrontation and why this all happened and Gellar getting a shot at playing those two roles even better to finish the promising drama out.
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