Some of my favorite television series were taken off the air way too soon. So I wanted to make a list of shows that I loved and were canceled but are still worth the watch. So make sure to go on Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, and/or your local entertainment/electronics store to watch these shows on your free time. You’ll thank me later!

Roswell 1999 – 2002

Starring: Jason Behr, Shiri Appleby, Katherine Heigl, Brendan Fehr, Majandra Delfino, Nick Wechsler, William Sadler, Colin Hanks, Emilie de Ravin, Adam Rodriguez, Scott Gamzon, and Benjamin Wegner

“I’m Liz Parker and five days ago I died. After that, things got really weird.” So begins a new life for Liz and her friend Maria after they discover that three of their classmates at Roswell High aren’t exactly from “around here.” To be more exact, Max, Isabel and Michael are from “up there.” Having grown up quietly within the community, their alien identities are suddenly jeopardized after Max uses his powers to save Liz’s life. Now the alien trio must learn to trust their human friends even as they struggle to discover their own true identities.

Birds of Prey 2002 – 2003

Starring: Ashley Scott, Dina Meyer, Rachel Skarsten, Shemar Moore, and Ian Abercrombie

Who will stand up to villains now that a heartbroken Dark Knight has mysteriously vanished? Never fear, New Gothamites, a trio of champions is ready to take wing – and Helena, the daughter of Batman and Catwoman, is among them. She calls herself Huntress and crime is her prey. Teenaged Dinah is the youngest of the group, learning as she goes and gifted in clairvoyance. And overseeing the awesome threesome’s high-tech nerve center is Batgirl. Left wheelchair-bound by The Joker, she has reinvented herself as Oracle, the team’s cyber expert. Huntress, Dinah, Oracle: They are the Birds of Prey. Fighting together. Living together. And soaring into adventure together in 13 breathtaking live-action episodes.

Firefly 2002 – 2003

Starring: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, and Ron Glass

Five hundred years in the future there’s a whole new frontier, and the crew of the Firefly-class spaceship Serenity is eager to stake a claim on the action. They’ll take any job, legal or illegal, to keep fuel in the tanks and food on the table. But things get a bit more complicated after they take on a passenger wanted by the new totalitarian Alliance regime. Now they find themselves on the run, desperate to steer clear of Alliance ships and the flesh-eating Reavers who live on the fringes of space.

Arrested Development 2003 – 2006

Starring: Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale, David Cross, Jessica Walter, Jeffrey Tambor, and Ron Howard

In this critically acclaimed series, Michael Bluth is forced to help his wildly eccentric family pick up the pieces after its wealthy patriarch is arrested and its assets frozen.

Veronica Mars 2004 – 2007

Starring: Kristen Bell, Percy Daggs III, Teddy Dunn, Jason Dohring, Francis Capra, Enrico Colantoni, Michael Muhney, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Ryan Hansen, Kyle Gallner, Tessa Thompson, Charisma Carpenter, Steve Guttenberg, Krysten Ritter, and Tina Majorino

A little bit Buffy. A little bit Bogart. A dash of Nancy Drew. Veronica Mars takes the best and brainiest of the American culture of crimesolving and adds a unique vision of its own – brooding, edgy; darkly funny and just plain dark – to become one of the hottest, sleekest series of the new century.

Veronica (Kristen Bell) is an outcast in a trendy SoCal beach town. Once she ran with Neptune High’s in crowd. But she’s on the outside after her best friend is murdered and her sheriff father accuses the wrong man as the perp: the dead girl’s billionaire father. Dad loses his job, Veronica loses her popularity and both struggle to build a detective agency and new lives. E-mail scams, cults, car thefts – you name it, Veronica investigates it. But her obsession is the murder of her friend. And she’ll take any risk to solve it.

Jericho 2006 – 2008

Starring: Skeet Ulrich, Gerald McRaney, Kenneth Mitchell, Lennie James, Pamela Reed, Ashely Scott, Darby Stanchfield, Brad Beyer, Shoshannah Stern, Sprague Grayden, Erik Knudsen, Alicia Coppola, Michael Gaston, Candace Bailey, and Esai Morales

JERICHO is a drama about what happens when a nuclear mushroom cloud suddenly appears on the horizon, plunging the residents of a small, peaceful Kansas town into chaos, leaving them completely isolated and wondering if they’re the only Americans left alive. But in this time of crisis, as sensible people become paranoid, personal agendas take over and well-kept secrets threaten to be revealed, some people will find an inner strength they never knew they had and the most unlikely heroes will emerge.

K-Ville 2007 – 2008

Starring: Anthony Anderson, Cole Hauser, Blake Shields, Tawny Cypress, John Carroll Lynch, and Maximiliano Hernndez

From writer and executive producer Jonathan Lisco (“NYPD Blue,” “The District”) comes FOX’s “K-Ville,” a heroic police drama set in New Orleans. Two years after Katrina, the city is still in chaos on “K-Ville.” Many cops have quit, and the jails, police stations and crime labs still haven’t been properly rebuilt. But the cops who remain have courage to burn and a passion to reclaim and rebuild their city on “K-Ville”.

The Starter Wife 2007 – 2008

Starring: Debra Messing, Judy Davis, David Alan Basche, Chris Diamantopoulos, Danielle Nicolet, Peter Jacobson, Stephen Moyer, Anika Noni Rose, Joe Mantegna, Miranda Otto, Aden Young, Ursula Brooks, Paul Gleeson, Trilby Glover, Hart Bochner, Rodger Corser, Brielle Barbusca

Debra Messing returns as Molly Kagan in the hit series, The Starter Wife, which received ten Emmy Award nominations and a win for Judy Davis. Once Hollywood royalty and now ex-“Wife Of” a major movie producer, Molly Kagan (Messing) is determined to make her own place in the world.

While the miniseries centered on the summer of Molly’s divorce that forced her to start over, in these all-new episodes, Molly has moved into a home of her own with her seven-year-old daughter Jaden and is ready to navigate her new life as a single mom and define herself on her own terms. While facing the very real challenges of trying to begin a new career at forty-something, Molly is now also juggling the ongoing emotional and financial complications of her divorce from Kenny (David Alan Basche), who could use a remedial course in parenting; new love interests, despite recently having sworn off men; and raising a grounded daughter in a town that doesn’t exactly have its priorities straight. With the help of her loyal friends Joan (Emmy winner Judy Davis) and Rodney (Chris Diamantopoulos), who are trying to figure it all out for themselves too, as well as her new Starting Gate School ally, Liz (Danielle Nicolet), Molly will discover how to forge a new life even when her past is always present.

Lipstick Jungle 2008 – 2009

Starring: Brooke Shields, Kim Raver, Lindsay Price, Andrew McCarthy, Paul Blackthorne, Robert Buckley, David Noroña, David Basche

Based on the best-selling book by Candace Bushnell (“Sex and the City”), this sexy drama follows three high-powered friends as they weather the ups and downs of lives lived at the top of their game.

Movie exec Wendy (Brooke Shields, “Suddenly Susan”) does everything she can to balance career and family. Nico (Kim Raver, “24”), editor-in-chief of a hot fashion magazine, has her eye on becoming CEO. And free-spirited designer Victory (Lindsay Price, “Beverly Hills, 90210”) longs to make her dreams come true — and maybe find “Mr. Right” along the way. Armed with humor and strength, these three modern New York women support one another through the triumphs and tears that are all part of making it big in the Big Apple.

Privileged 2008 – 2009

Starring: Joanna Garcia, Lucy Hale, Ashley Newbrough, Allan Louis, Brian Hallisay, Kristina Apgar, Anne Archer, and Michael Cassidy

Based on the best-selling book How To Teach Filthy Rich Girls by Zoe Dean, Privileged added a distinctively witty note to The CW as JoAnna Garcia (Reba) starred as the live-in tutor to wild and wealthy teenage twin sisters in fabulous Palm Beach.

Pushing Daisies 2007 – 2009

Starring: Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Kristin Chenoweth, Field Cate

Every not-so-often, along comes a show that’s different. Wonderfully different. Pushing Daisies, TV Guide’s Matt Roush writes, “restores my faith in TV’s ability to amuse, enchant and entertain.” It’s the story of Ned, a lonely pie maker whose touch can reanimate the dead. Cool, but there’s a hitch. If Ned touches the person again, the miracle is reversed. If he doesn’t, a bystander goes toes up. What to do? Easy: Team with a private eye, bring murder victims back just long enough to discover whodunit, and collect the rewards. Things go well until Ned’s boyhood sweetie is the next dear departed, and he can’t resist bringing her back for keeps! Dig the wit, style and quirky romance: If you’re not laughing, you may need a visit from Ned.

Kyle XY 2006 – 2009

Starring: Matt Dallas, Marguerite MacIntyre, Bruce Thomas, April Matson, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Chris Olivero, Kirsten Prout, Jaimie Alexander, Magda Apanowicz, and Nicholas Lea

When a boy emerges from the forest with no recollection of who he is, a kind social worker takes him into her family and everyone wants to know: who is Kyle XY? As the Trager family works to help Kyle discover his world, they must also address the truths in their own lives as they struggle to adjust to the newest member of their family.

Moonlight 2007 – 2008

Starring: Alex O’Loughlin, Sophia Myles, Jason Dohring, and Shannyn Sossamon

Mick St. John is a captivating, charming and immortal private investigator from Los Angeles, who defies the traditional blood-sucking norms of his vampire tendencies by using his wit and powerful supernatural abilities to help the living. In a life-altering twist of fate, Mick was “bitten” 60 years ago by his new bride, the seductive Coraline. Forever 30 years of age, Mick’s as handsome and charismatic as the day he was “turned,” and he eschews others of his kind who view humans only as a source of nourishment. With only a handful of like-minded confidantes for company, including the eternally young, wealthy and mischievous Josef, a hedge fund trader who relishes his uniqueness, Mick fills his infinite days protecting the living. One night years ago, a single act of kindness changed Mick when he saved a young girl’s life, making him want to be a better vampire. Now their paths cross again and Mick develops a distinctive bond with Beth Turner, who has grown into a beautiful, ambitious Internet investigative reporter. Reconnecting with her unleashes feelings Mick knows he can’t pursue without exposing that part of him that would make him a monster in Beth’s eyes. As Mick lives between two realities, fighting his adversaries among the undead and falling in love, he discovers the mysteries and pleasures that a valuable life has to offer.

Terminator the Sarah Connor Chronicles 2008 – 2009

Starring: Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Brian Austin Green, Richard T. Jones, Garret Dillahunt, Shirley Manson, Leven Rambin, Stephanie Jacobsen

The mother of all destiny. Her son, the future leader of mankind. Their protector, a terminator from the future. Together they must take back the future as Sarah Connor (300’s Lena Headey) prepares her son to fight the war against machines determined to annihilate the human race. The clock is ticking. Can they stop Judgment Day? The man-vs.-machine tale that’s thrilled millions gets a reboot in this series set after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Now the battlefield has shifted to the present. Will John Connor (Heroes’s Thomas Dekker) seize his destiny? Will a cell phone salesman’s chess program evolve into Skynet? Can the sweet but deadly cyborg (Summer Glau of Firefly) be trusted? Answers – and the fight for the future – are here and now.

The Unusuals – 2009

Starring: Amber Tamblyn, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Adam Goldberg, Terry Kinney, Joshua Close, Monique Gabriela Curnen, and Kai Lennox

In a world bookended by extreme drama and comic insanity, NYPD Detective Casey Shraeger (Amber Tamblyn) moves from Vice to Homicide to investigate the murder of a fellow cop. Considered by her new boss, Sergeant Harvey Brown (Terry Kinney), to be unimpeachable because of her family’s wealth – a fact she carefully keeps hidden – Casey quickly learns that she isn’t the only cop with a secret. Thrust into a world that’s already rife with eccentrics and tainted by corruption, Casey cautiously navigates Homicide’s treacherous waters as she joins the victim’s partner, Detective Jason Walsh (Jeremy Renner), in unraveling the knot of conflicting clues that they hope will lead them to the killer and ultimately reveal the truth behind the dead cop’s past.

Samantha Who? 2007 – 2009

Starring: Christina Applegate, Jennifer Esposito, Melissa McCarthy, Kevin Dunn, Tim Russ, Barry Watson, Jean Smart

What if you had the chance to start over, to do it all again? For Samantha Newly, this fantasy becomes a reality after a hit and run accident leaves her in an eight day coma. When she awakens in the hospital, she is surrounded by family and friends. The only problem is that she has no idea who they are or who she is. In medical terms, Sam has retrograde amnesia, which allows her to fully function in the world but leaves her with no personal memories. Most people would deem this disorder a curse. But Sam may come to call it a miracle. As she sets out to rediscover herself, Sam is forced to rely on the only people who can help her an eclectic bunch of friends and family. Although now strangers to Sam, it s not long before she begins to get an idea of who she was before the accident.

Kings 2009

Starring: Ian McShane, Chris Egan, Sebastian Stan, Susanna Thompson, Allison Miller, Eamonn Walker, Dylan Baker, Michael Patrick Crane, Marlyne Barrett, Jason Antoon, Joel Garland

From executive producer Michael Green (NBC’s “Heroes”) comes a riveting new drama about a modern day monarchy. “Kings” is a contemporary re-telling of the timeless tale of David and Goliath. This series is an epic story of greed and power, war and romance, forbidden loves and secret alliances — and a young hero who rises to power in a modern-day kingdom.

King Silas Benjamin (Ian McShane, “Deadwood”) is the well-entrenched king of Gilboa, whose flag bears a divine butterfly symbol. Gilboa has its capital in Shiloh, a clean new city that is unspoiled by time or litter. Silas must deal with the tensions rising between Gilboa and neighboring nation Gath. When several prisoners of war are taken, a young soldier, David Shepherd (Chris Egan, “Eragon”), defies orders and crosses enemy lines to save them. Unknown to David, the soldier he saves is Jack Benjamin (Sebastian Stan, “The Covenant”), the son of the king. From that day forth, David’s life will never be the same.

Better Off Ted – 2009 – 2010

Starring: Jay Harrington, Portia de Rossi, Andrea Anders, Jonathan Slavin, Malcolm Barrett

From turning co-workers into human popsicles to converting ordinary fruit into a military weapon, nothing is off limits at the company depicted in this satire. Better Off Ted gives us a bird’s-eye view into the clockworks of a soulless corporation, Veridian Dynamics. As the corporation makes technological advancements, morals and human rights are heavily neglected. Don’t drop your kids off at the Veridian daycare, unless you don’t mind them doubling as janitors!

Every episode comes with a humorous-yet-bizarre advertisement from Veridian that is based around a given topic. The show focuses on a successful good guy named Ted Crisp (Jay Harrington) who heads the research-and-development department. At the office, Ted struggles with his “one office affair” rule. You see, Ted has an office crush on Linda Zwordling (Andrea Anders), a rebellious and energetic co-worker who loves to challenge management, but already had a onetime run-in with his automaton-like boss, Veronica Palmer (Portia de Rossi). Veronica is friendless, heartless, and lets nothing stand in her way of serving Veridian’s unscrupulous needs. Veronica’s idea of fun usually involves demeaning those around her, especially the two lab nerds Phil Mymen (Jonathan Slavin) and Lem Hewitt (Malcolm Barrett)—who are the mad scientists behind every new Veridian contraption. These two geniuses have spent way too much time together and their relationship is closer to that of a married couple than co-workers.

You wouldn’t believe the insanity and daily goofs that take place at this corporate conglomerate. Why would anyone want to work there? There‘s no consideration for the employees (all budget cuts are at their expense), upper management is run by tyrants and the cafeteria food stinks. Hmmm, on second thought, maybe Veridian isn’t that farfetched after all.

Dollhouse 2009 – 2010

Starring: liza Dushku, Harry Lennix, Fran Kranz, Tahmoh Penikett, Enver Gjokaj, Dichen Lachman, Olivia Williams, Miracle Laurie, and Amy Acker

CAROLINE (Eliza Dushku) – code name “Echo” – is an “Active,” a member of a highly illegal and underground group of individuals who have had their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas. Hired by the wealthy, powerful and connected, the Actives don’t just perform their hired roles, they wholly become – with mind, personality and physiology – whomever the client wants or needs them to be. Whether imprinted to be a lover, an assassin, a corporate negotiator or a best friend, the Actives know no other life than the specific engagements they are in at that time.

Ugly Betty 2006 – 2010

Starring: America Ferrera, Eric Mabius, Tony Plana, Ana Ortiz, Becki Newton, Michael Urie, Mark Indelicato, Vanessa Williams, Judith Light, Ashley Jensen, Christopher Gorham, Alan Dale, Rebecca Romijn, Alec Mapa, Daniel Eric Gold, Grant Bowler, Sarah Lafleur, and Adam Rodriguez

Sure, Ugly Betty is really a comedy about how beauty is only skin deep and how beautiful people can be ugly on the inside, but you know you love watching it to see all the fashionistas spewing ugly truths and insults.

The show centers around the offices of Mode fashion magazine, and Ugly Betty struts its stuff to make the catwalk catty. So even while we’re rooting for underdog Betty Suarez to speak her heart and to shine like her gleaming braces, we’re sort of waiting for her to get shot down by the sassy counterfire from her foils, Marc St. James and Amanda Tanen Sommers (Michael Urie and Becki Newton). And then there’s the power struggle between Mode muckety-mucks Wilhelmina Slater and Daniel Meade (Vanessa Williams and Eric Mabius) that adds to the cutthroat couture.

There’s nothing better than watching the Chanel and Versace fly since backstabbing, scheming and mudslinging are clearly in vogue on this show. After all, Ugly Betty is based on a Colombian telenovela. Just don’t expect any of those extreme close-up stare-downs that you’d see on a soap on the international channel. If someone on the show has something to say, they won’t say it merely with their eyes. They’ll just flat-out say it. And they’ll say it with style.