5 Cancelled Genre TV Shows That Were Too Ahead Of Their Time

CBS's The Flash took off from the starting line on September 20th, 1990. True to his fast reputation, it took audiences years to catch up to the Fastest Man Alive. The series only lasted one season during which its time slot was changed so often even a speedster would be hard-pressed to keep up. What the mass audience missed out on in the constant shuffle was a series that was 10 years ahead of two of the biggest genre franchises of the 2000's.

The duel identity story of Barry Allen is also a duel combination of two types of genres; super-heroes and forensic procedurals. At that time there hadn't yet been any network drama series focused on forensics. Documentary series, like Forensic Files, weren't even around yet. It wouldn't be until CBS's 2000 show C.S.I. that forensics became an audience obsession. C.S.I. would go on to become a franchise juggernaut for the next 15 years. And for the other half of The Flash's duel genres?

While there had been super-hero box office hits like 1989's Batman, they were far and few enough in between that superheroes were not yet a proven commodity to studios. It wouldn't be until the next century when super-heroes really took hold of mainstream audiences in the 2000's. Both in films and television, super-heroes have become an industry that brings in billions.

Audiences finally caught up the Scarlett Speedster in 2014 when the CW launched a new Flash series, and this time it was a hit that has run for five seasons and counting.

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