TV Series That Were Perfect with Only 40 Episodes or Less

When a TV series is very good, you expect it to be renewed for a second, third, or fifteenth season, and sometimes the quality suffers in later seasons. But there are also series that were perfect despite being short, or more likely because they were short. Andor is so critically acclaimed that it could easily be renewed for several seasons, but the second season will be its last, because it's a prequel and will eventually run into the timeline of the movie it spun off from. The classic 1970s British show Fawlty Towers only had 12 episodes in total, because each episode was so painstakingly constructed that it could take four months to get it ready to air. The Queen's Gambit was a complete story told in seven TV episodes, which we used to call a miniseries. And believe it or not, there have been a couple of great shows that were canceled quickly. All these really shouldn't be compared to each other, but as a list, they serve as a recommendation for something you can binge on without committing too much of your future. Read a list of 21 short-lived but perfect TV series at Cracked. There are video clips.


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Yes, some of the shows listed were good, but ended too quickly. Twin Peaks was rushed in seasons two just to tie things together which I didn't like. It deserved better, though I am saying this not having seen season 3 yet.
I have learned to like the limited series category of series like Queen's Gambit, or something that is not episodic in nature that just ends, like Fawlty Towers. These, when good, have never disappointed me.
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