9 TV Show Reboots That Were Mercifully Cancelled

7. Urban Cowboy

For those without an expert knowledge of John Travolta's filmography, Urban Cowboy was Travolta's foray into the Western-Romance genre. The movie's main plot point revolved around Travolta trying to save his marriage to Debra Winger by winning a mechanical bull-riding contest...because this was 1980 and nothing had to make sense.

If you're struggling to see why turning this into a TV series might be a substandard idea, allow us to compound the insanity by saying that the writer/director of that horrible Footloose remake was going to be in charge of this one.

Oh, and also, Jim "Does My Contract Come With a Free Bag of Potato Chips?" Belushi was going to have a significant role in the show. Thankfully, this reimagining of "two star-crossed young lovers pursuing their dreams and passions through the sweat of line-dancing in honky-tonks, the grime of the oil refineries, and the glamor of modern Texas" rode off into the sunset before seeing the pilot episode tanked.