9 TV Show Reboots That Were Mercifully Cancelled

1. The Flintstones

Seth McFarlane's plan to take over the world's supply of primetime animated television one property at a time was primed to ramp up once again in 2012, with the Family Guy creator set to dig his "satirical" claws into one of the most universally beloved cartoons of all time, The Flintstones.

What exactly were his plans with Barney, Fred, and prehistoric Bedrock? Well, if literally every other Seth McFarlane show can be used as a template, it would have been another story about an insane, slovenly head of the household treating his wife and family to constant degradation. But, ya know... in the olden times.

The Flintstones obviously had a major hand in motivating McFarlane's career, but there was little-to-no chance of him not turning the series into another Family Guy photocopy. And, just because the rights holders of The Rubbles felt it appropriate to go all in with McFarlane, they also granted him the opportunity to make more Flintstones movies if he felt the urge.

The president of Fox Entertainment reportedly told McFarlane, in regards to his ideas for how to go about recreating Bedrock, he "liked it, but didn't love it."