50 Totally Forgotten TV Series That Have Been Deleted From Everybody's Memories

Here are 50 of their top responses:

1. "My Mother the Car — self-explanatory with reincarnation."

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In this short-lived '60s series, a man's mother died but was reincarnated as an antique car that could talk to him through its radio.

2. "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes cartoon. The main female character turns into a tomato each time she's exposed to salt. Pepper is always on hand as the cure."

3. "There was a show on the WB called Jack & Bobby. It was like a metaphorical, modern-day retelling of JFK's life. I loved it, but I don't think anyone has ever heard of it."

4. "Out of this World was about a teenage girl who discovers that she has powers because she is half human and half alien. She communicates with her father through some diamond cube-looking thing, and she can freeze time by pointing her two index fingers together. Love the theme song."

5. "USA High was really good, and no one seems to remember it. I can only watch on YouTube now."

6. "Mummies Alive!, a cartoon where some random teenager is a reincarnated pharaoh, and he has four mummy protectors with magic pendants that create armor."

7. "An Australian show called Sweat. It was set in an athletic school, and Heath Ledger played a swimmer."

8. "A late-night show called Fridays. It was a rip-off of Saturday Night Live. I believe that's where Michael Richards got his start."

9. "Out of the Blue (1979) was an ABC show about a guardian angel who lived with a family. They first introduced the character as Fonzie's guardian angel on an episode of Happy Days. Don't think it lasted more than one season."

10. And here's another forgotten show with the same title: "Out of the Blue (1996), a show about teens working at a marine park in Florida. It was an American show with an almost entirely Hispanic cast and was filmed in both English and Spanish."

11. "I was becoming convinced that I hallucinated Dead at 21 until I found the pilot on YouTube. No one remembers it but me."

12. "Did anyone watch the Friends spinoff, Joey? It was awful. In Friends, Joey was good at poker, and in the spinoff, he had no idea how to play it. The little things like that made it weird."

13. "I also remember a show from the early '90s called Due South. It had the premise that a Canadian Mountie moves to Chicago and helps solve crimes. Only a few seasons, but so much fun. They're on DVD."

14. "I've never met another person outside of my family who remembers a cartoon called The Schnozzes. It was a group of animals living together that all had enormous noses — a fish, a cat, a dog, etc. I remember renting it from Blockbuster and even had a couple toys of it. But it's like it's been erased from existence!"

15. "How about Max Headroom? That show was a fever dream, I think."

16. "Literally had to consult ChatGPT to remember the show Spellbinder. All I remember is that there was this badass woman with red armor who kept hurling balls of electricity at kids."

17. "Third Watch! It was a show about NYC cops, paramedics, and firefighters that ran from 1999 to 2005."

18. "Early Edition — the guy gets the newspaper a day early and spends the day saving the people who were going to have freak accidents."

19. "My favorite show in the '90s was Biker Mice from Mars, but I can't find where to watch it anywhere! It was one of those that had some adult humor in it as well as entertainment for the kids. 😁"

20. "Does anyone remember My Friend Tony? It was only one season, but a great show. I've been looking to buy it, but no luck yet."

21. "It's About Time — a late '60s show where two astronauts go way back in time to the caveman era."

22. "Galaxy High School is a show no one remembers. It was a cartoon."

23. "I'm Danish, and I literally never meet anyone who remembers Round the Twist. I loved it as a kid, but no one else I know seems to remember this show!"

24. "Sister Kate with Jason Priestley. I still get the theme song stuck in my head from time to time. A nun was put in charge of an orphanage with a bunch of foster kids who were a bit rebellious to try and help them. Pretty sure it only lasted one season."

25. "Does anyone remember Central Park West? I loved it! And I watched it with my mom as a kid! 😅"

26. "Everyone remembers Saved by the Bell, but no one seems to remember California Dreams. The beach version, LOL."

27. "Nearly Departed with Eric Idle. I loved the theme song so much that I held my tape recorder up to the TV and recorded it on cassette."

28. "A show that I wish continued and that I've basically not heard anyone talk about is Recovery Road. They ended it after one season, leaving it on a cliffhanger."

29. "Does anyone remember the Nickelodeon show House of Anubis? Feels like a weird fever dream."

30. "American Dreams. It aired on ABC in the early 2000s. It was about an Irish Catholic family in 1960s Philadelphia. Brittany Snow was one of the leads."

31. "When I was little, there was a show on the WB called Related. It was set in NYC and featured four sisters. It had Lizzy Caplan, Jennifer Esposito, Kiele Sanchez, and Laura Breckenridge. I've truly never heard anyone say they've seen it. It lasted one season. I loved it, though. It seemed like such a grown-up show to me back then."

32. "Anyone remember that weird cartoon The Oblongs?"

33. "Silk Stalkings. It started Rob Estes and Mitzi Kapture, and then a different set of leads. I think it lasted eight seasons on USA. I loved that show, even though it was clearly a product of its time ('90s)."

34. "Every day when I got home from school, I obsessively watched the cartoon Beverly Hills Teens. I found some episodes on YouTube and was immediately transported back to the '80s."

35. "Anyone remember My Life as Liz? It was an underrated show that aired for only one season on MTV back in 2010."

36. "I recently rewatched MTV's Downtown. It was a cartoon about young adults living in NYC, and it was peak grunge. A friend reminded me of it recently, and I honestly felt like it was a fever dream, but I’m happy I rediscovered it. All the episodes are on YouTube!"

37. "Today's Special was on Nickelodeon in the '80s. It was about a department store where, at night, a mannequin came to life. I believe there was also a robot."

38. "The Girl from Tomorrow is trippy."

39. "Does anyone remember the show Dark Angel? It starred Jessica Alba, Michael Weatherly, and Jensen Ackles. It was about genetically enhanced soldiers set in a dystopian-type America. I loved it; wish I could watch it again."

40. "Spencer starring Chad Lowe (Rob Lowe's lesser-known brother). My first childhood crush. He was so smart and funny in it. It only aired for one season, I think, but it was so good!"

41. "There was a sitcom that ran for one season in 1989 on ABC called Living Dolls. It was about four young female models and the owner of their agency. It was a spin-off of Who's the Boss? and starred Leah Remini, but it's mostly remembered because it was Halle Berry's first gig as an actor. I remember it because I was a 13-year-old boy at the time, and it was a show about four hot young women. Fueled a lot of, uh, daydreams at a very formative time."

42. "Does anyone remember Man from Atlantis? It starred Patrick Duffy (from Dallas) as a merman, Belinda Montgomery as a marine biologist, and Victor Buono as Schubert, one of the best cackling mad villains of all time. It ran from 1977 to 1978, and there were a few TV movies."

43. "Now, I didn't get to watch it when it was airing because I was too young, but a few years back, I found a show called Caitlin's Way. I don't know if anybody remembers that."

44. "I loved Young Americans. That's where I first saw Ian Somerhalder!"

45. "Anyone remember Earth 2?"

46. "The Black Donnellys was so good. I wished it had more seasons!"

47. "There are a few I really miss! There was a New Zealand show called Being Eve that I somehow came across here in the US when I was in my very early teens, and I loved it so much!"

48. "James Bond Jr.!"

49. "You Can't Do That on Television on Nickelodeon. My sibling and I will always be proud of barf burgers."

50. And finally, "Kratts' Creatures! The animal show with the Kratt brothers that eventually led to the creation of Zoboomafoo. Everyone remembers the sequel, but I loved the little cartoon creature Ttark."

What's the strangest TV show you can remember, even though it seems like no one else can? Tell us all about it in the comments or in the anonymous comments box below!

Note: Some responses have been edited for length/clarity.

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