Off the top of my head, there are two TV series that I believe were cancelled before their time: “Dead like Me” and “Daria”.
Dead like Me was neither consistent with Catholic theology nor offensive of it. It was just so enjoyable watching our five grim reapers deal with life after life, and watching how their characters developed. And who could not like that sarcastic, pouty-faced Georgia “George” Lass, played brilliantly by Ellen Muth!
Daria was simply my favorite animated show of all time. OK, yes it was a production of MTV animation, and yes it was a spinoff from Beavis and Butthead. Daria was nothing like B&B, however (no mention of them was ever made in Daria). It was a pleasure to watch as she meandered her way through the stereotypes that surround her at home, at school, and everywhere else there are people who do not use their brains. For anyone who has ever seen Daria, I will say that Timothy O’Neal is dangerously close (in character and in intelligence) to many of the priests, nuns, and lay teachers that I myself had to deal with during 12 years of Catholic school.
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