The TV Show That Was Cancelled For Being Too Funny

It's not uncommon for television shows to be cancelled. It is, however, rare for a comedy show to be cancelled because it is too funny. That was the unfortunate fate of Police Squad!

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Original Article:
http://www.factfiend.com/tv-show-canc...

Sources:
https://web.archive.org/web/201010080...
https://tv.avclub.com/police-squad-a-...
https://durnmoosemovies.wordpress.com...

Videos:
Police Squad! (1982)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083466/
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095705/
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069113/
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013 – present)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2467372/
Airplane! (1980)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/
The Simpsons (1989 – present)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096697/
Spy Hard (1996)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117723/

Images:
Leslie Nielsen
Photo by Alan Light, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
Matt Groening, Gage Skidmore CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., from Wikimedia Commons
Saturn Award, via http://www.pressacademy.com/
Poster for The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102510/
Poster for Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112896/
Poster for Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110622/
John DiMaggio, Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)], from Wikimedia Commons
Poster for Scary Movie 3 (2003)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0306047/

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