‘Ray Donovan,’ ‘God Friended Me’ & More Canceled Series Worthy of Being Saved
It used to be that once a show was canceled, that was it. Fans had to accept it was over, and maybe they’d be lucky to get at least some answers in the final episode.
But now, there are reboots and revivals, un-cancellations (like Timeless), and streaming services and other networks to save those that have been axed (just look at Lucifer, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Last Man Standing). Not every show can be saved, but there are some that deserve a second chance, if only to wrap up storylines.
From Ray Donovan to Project Blue Book, we take a look at the canceled series that are worthy of continuing on below.
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Keep God Friended Me. With so much negative, we need a feel good story where people are good to one another.
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Every week it made me cry I love this show so much I cannot believe that they canceled it. Please bring it back Please bring it back God friended me
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Please bring back the series (God friended me).
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God Friended Me and Tommy
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Please please do not cancel GOD FRIENDED ME!
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God Friended Me
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Definitely God Friended Me we need more feel good shows now even more with all the virus challenges.
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Definitely
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Yes we need more of this not guns, shooting or fighting
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God Friended Me and Tommy should NOT be cancelled -
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Love God Friended Me , Tommy, and Bless This Mess
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Tommy was the best new show this year with talented stars Most tv now does not have a good plot or good stars
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I agree
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I agree Tommy should not be canceled
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God friended me
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Tommy should not be cancelled
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Edie demanded, and got a big salary, making the show too expensive to produce for the ratings it drew.
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GOD FRIENDED ME. A wonderful show. The plot twists were great. Well acted and a feel good show.
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The best shows were (ARE) God Friended Me & Tommie. I work evenings so I can't watch them when they run... BUT I can & do RECORD them for later viewing at my leisure! Now, CBS has NOTHING worth watching! What a sorry state to be in!!!
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God friended me
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God Friended me was a wonderful show. Its was a family show. Truth what people go through. Leave it on.
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God Friended Me! The world is such a mess. The reality shows have gotten to be just too much. Just some easy, positive vibes. That’s what God friended me had. I looked forward to it every week. I recorded it in case I missed it.
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GOD FRIENDED ME. It’s a show we all need now for it’s positive theme. Very reminiscent of the show, Joan of Arcadia, which we watched as a family.
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Keep God Friended Me
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God Friended Me has so many story lines to be heard and seen. This program teaches us that kind and helping our fellow man is not dead in the country and that we can and should be kinder to our fellow man. Again , you cancelled the wrong program.
One other comment, Madame Secretary and Designated Survivor showed us how a government and PRESIDENT should act. Again , theses shows had a lot of story lines left in them and they were interesting and made u think! They also gave u hope that one day we could have a President like one of those two. How about a spin-off of these programs, Madame President!!! Obviously with the same great cast!!!
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God Friended Me,Ray Donovan and Project Blue Book.Not only do these shows have so much more story to tell but they all ended with subpar endings including unresolved cliffhangers.
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God Friended Me and Tommy
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God Friended Me
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God Friended Me
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God Friended Me. One of the better shows.
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God Friended Me is a MUST KEEP. It was great to have such a family friended tv show after having to watch such a bunch of junk these last few years. PLEASE PLEASE put God Friended Me back on the air.
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Please save God Friended Me
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Tommy
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I think the readings on this show should be on the top of the list 4 create new shows that we need
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Please rethink canceling God friended me, and bring it back. What a bad move.
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God Friended Me; just loved it
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God friended me was really a good one
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God Friended Me
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Yes , God Friended Me should return. I love the show.
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“God friended me” should be saved. We need a positive show, especially this year of world pandemic and racial violence! It is needed!
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God Friended Me and Tommy
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God Friended Me!
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God friended me for sure
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Keep God Friended Me, Tommy, and the three Chicago series (Med, Fire, and PD) and what about This Is Us? All great shows.
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Man With a Plan
It was a family friendly show that was humorous but wholesome.
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God friended me, single parents , grand hotel & reef break
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God Friended Me! It seems like every time we get a good Christian feel good show, it ends up getting cancelled first! The world needs more of these shows, not less! Good shows, good people, good thoughts and actions! Please keep it going!
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God Friended Me that was a great show very uplifting especially in these times. We need a show to.escape from the virus.nd the rough times we.are goi g through.
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God Friended Me is the Best thing that happened to Sunday night in years. We need that show.
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I would love to see God friended me again I really enjoyed the show would like for it to be saved if at all possible
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God Friended Me. enjoy the show can very much.please renew it.
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I'm so sad God Friended Me was cancelled. It was a good show that we really do need right now.
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Keep God Friended Me! It is nice having something positive and uplifting to watch!
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God Friended Me. Weather you are a believer or nonbeliever this picture make you think about the what if. Also it’s a good family picture not blood, guts and profanity.
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I want God Friended Me & Tommy back. They are both really good shows about humanity. In God Friended Me, a ne doesn’t have to be religious to be a decent human being. In Tommy, it shows what happens when someone in an important position does the job with a conscience & integrity. We really need more of both.
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I hope this gets posted. In this time of violence, racism, and coronavirus, we need more shows like this. I know it's scripted, but it makes you feel better at the end of the day. Please bring God Friended Me back!!!
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God friended me....bring it back!!
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God Friended Me. It is exactly what we need in this time of hatred, bigotry and coronavirus quarantine. I know it is scripted fiction but it was the kind of show that makes you feel good at the end of the day. Please bring it back!!!
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Definitely God Friended Me!
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God friended me should be saved.
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Keep God friended me. That show always had a great lesson and made you feel good at the end
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God Friended Me, is a GREAT show, it's well planned out.
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Please bring back 'God friended me' it's needed in today's world. Very few shows have such positive and inspiring content. Will be grateful if that happens. Thank you 🙂
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God Friended Me. I loved that show. It's so rewarding to watch. I always feel good after watching it.
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Please bring back the series (God Friended Me) I Really enjoyed the Series, l really love the cast member including Volet Beane, l want a season 3 please, thanks
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Definitely "God Friended Me". It was a favorite with my house. Bring it back!
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Please keep "God Friended Me" going. I look forward to watching something kind and positive on TV for a refreshing and uplifting change. Love the storylines, live the characters, love the premise. Something that stands out against the usual drab assortment!
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God friended me. great show always left you feeling great after every episode with a happy tear running down your cheeks....
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God Befriended Me was a wonderful program that instilled hope and faith. It is definitely a program that should be saved.
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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don’t cancel God Friended Me. It’s such an excellent show with great examples of helping others & doing good in a society of “me” centered people. This show brings our entire family around the tv at night. Please don’t take it away.
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Of course please save God Friended Me. Please Please
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Keep God Friended Me. Wirh the pandemic everyone needs to see people helping people
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God Friended Me was my favorite show. Every week I watched I was left feeling uplifted! We all need this in these trying times....a message for the soul!
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God Friended Me for sure. Far too many violent tv shows currently televised.
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God friended me
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Please keep God Friended Me! love that show!
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Pleas, please, please BRING BACK GOD FRIENDED ME
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Pleas, please, please BRING BACK GOD FRIENDED ME
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God friended me, we never missed it.
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God Friended Me
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God Friended Me.
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God friended Me
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#RenewGodFriendedMe
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God friended me, I want that back
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God Friended Me!
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God Friended Me!
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God Friended Me.
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God Friendede and manifest
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God Friended Me
Please please do not cancel GOD FRIENDED ME!
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God Friended me
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God friended me.
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God friended me
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God friended me
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God friended me
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God friended me
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Keep God friendly me please !!!
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God Friended Me. We need some positive good in this world
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God friende me! We need a feel good story. There is so much violence on the tv today between the news and other shows, this show really made a difference.
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God friended me must come back!
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Please keep God Friended Me first and foremost we are in a time of crisis and we need it and second it is a really good show that gives people a chance to see things from a different perspective.
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Good friended me!!! I absolutely loved that show and would love to see it keep going for several more seasons.
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God befriended me, should have another season it's a great show.
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God Friended Me
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God friended me, this one show I can watch with my son or he can watch alone without being scared if there wilk be sexual intercourse or something that kids cant watch...the show we loved we always wait to watch before going to bed and we were always looking forward to it
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We NEED God Friended me!
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God Friended Me
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Re-instate God Friended Me
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God friended me! Please save it!
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God Friended me we need more feel good series not like some of the other shows with demons and murders and cussing. Anything that's family friendly seems to get canceled.
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God Friended Me. One of the best shows on Television.
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God friended me is a beautiful series and should not be canceled. With all the negativity in the world we need a light to keep hope and faith in our fellow man alive. As a matter of fact we need more positivity on television. There is way to many negativity shows on television. We are what we eat so, give us more LOVE! This is a grave mistake. This decision to cancel MUST be reconsidered!
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God friended Me
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God friended me. I loved this show so much. My 91 year mother-in-law is so disappointed that it got canceled. Please please bring it back!!! Such a good feel good show
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Ray donovan
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Ray Donovan
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I look forward to every season and every show I would hate to see it not be on anymore
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#savesingleparents
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Deputy and Tommy. Loved both!!
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That is surprising. Those shows were polar opposites!
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I am SO MAD at ABC for axing Single Parents on that cliffhanger!!! #SaveSingleParents! and I loved GFM
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Love God friended me.... PLEASE bring it back. We need more feel good show like that.
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I agree that God Friended Me is a keeper!
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God friendly me is so good please bring it back
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God Friended me was a great program and a healing show.
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Bring back God friended me please. Feel good show should stay.
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God friended me is worthy of saving. There are so few
“Feel Good” shows out there.
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Tommy and God Friended Me
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Ray Donavan
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DON'T CANCEL GOD FRIENDED ME. THIS IS THE PROGRAM WE ALL NEED. IT TAKES YOU OUT OF THE MESSY WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY. IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD, AND HAVE MORE FAITH EVERY WEEK THAT WE WATCH IT (GOD FRIENDED ME)!!!
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God friended me. I will miss this feel good programme!
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please do not cancel God Friended Me. A great clean show and good actors.
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God Friended Me - Is a show that has a great message of thinking about others not just yourself. Please bring it back.
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God Friended me. Looked forward to this feel good show every week
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God Friended Me, definitely. Couldn’t believe they would cancel such a quality show with such a positive message!
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God friended me I loved s01 but s02 was garbage could have been a great 1 season show sad about single parents tho, The ending makes it a tragic comedy
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God Friended Me
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God friended me
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God Friended Me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ just what we need during these times!! 🌎🌞🌎
I would record if I could not be home, along with A Million Little Things
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God Friended Me
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Tommy
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Project Blue Book and Knightfall should not be cancelled!! They both have so much story to tell!!
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I loved this show I always looked forward to Sunday for my favorite shows We need more positive stuff to watch
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God Friended Me was a show that was positive in nature, and we really need that right now. The actors were good and the stories interesting. Bring it back!!!!
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The Baker and the Beauty
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God Friended me. It was such a wonderful show. Bringing hope that is so needed right now. With Covid19, riots, and just plain mayhem this show made you think that there could actually be hope in the world. We all need that.
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PLEASE keep God Friended Me PLEASE!!!!!!!!
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God Friended me and Tommy
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God Friended Me was a 'feel good' & we could definitely use that in these times. Tommy was well cast & was dealing with some real life issues in realistic ways.
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Why oh why would God Friended Me be canceled?!
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Bring back "God Friended Me"
I really loved that show
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Pleaseeeee bring back God Friended Me.
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I look forward each Sunday for God Friended Me 🤔🤗 Please pick it back up! We need shows like this at this time 😭🤨🤔
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God friended me
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God Friended Me
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Please reconsider the cancelling of God Friended Me
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Bring back God Friended Me. Great show.
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God Friended Me was a good clean show to watch and I was very disappointed it was cancelled, compared with other mindless shows being returned
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God befriend me
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Bring back God Friended Me. Please!!!
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God friended Me
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God Friended Me Please bring that one back
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God Friended Me. I was shocked to learn it was axed.
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GOD FRIENDED ME!!! There’s no other show like it!!! Cancelling the show is just CRUEL.
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Project Blue Book, Deputy, and Man With A Plan! History with a twist, excellent drama, and good comedy!
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DEPUTY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED AFTER ONE SEASON, ESPECIALLY THE WAY OUR LIVES ARE NOW!!
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Blue Book
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God Friended Me. Also, CBS didn't even give Tommy a chance. It is a good show with a great cast!
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Ray Donovan, single parents & tommy
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Ray Donovan
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Ray Donavan and God Friended Me should not be canceled.
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Ray Donovan and project bluebook
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Tommy
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Tommy. Smart, intelligent. Deserves a 2nd year.
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Tommy
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Maybe these shows have a chance of getting picked up. Not so sure about God Friended Me since the showrunners did such a decent job of wrapping things up. Ray Donovan had a long run and was already on a cable outlet. On second thought, I think these shows had their run and are unlikely to be picked up.
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Ray Donovan! Exceptional series. Bring back Ray!
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I did watch/enjoy God Friended Me...but...if only one show could be Saved...I'd vote for Emergence...
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Rebel
Ray Donavan
Goliath
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God Friended Me
The Baker + The Beauty
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We need hope in these time.
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I loved God Friended Me. Please keep it! The stories were great and the characters and their lives were everyday life that we all can relate to.
And Tommy was a good show too! I hate that if is cancelled . These are shows worth watching. There is so many that are not!!
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Please save both God Friended Me & Ray Donovan!!! Both are fantastic shows that we love to watch 😍
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Bring God Friended Me!! We REALLY need the LIFT, on a weekly basis!!
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I think God friended Me was a good show. The way things are in the world today we all need something to give us a few minutes to have a enjoyable time watching a show.
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Blue book and skinwalker ranch
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Ray Donovan must be saved!!! See what you can do!!!!
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Stumptown and Ray Donovan and Madam Secretary
should be saved.
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God Friended Me. We needed this show pre COVID-19; we sure as heck need it NOW!!!
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I am very upset that Council of Dads wasn't given a chance to prove that it is a very good show. There were several story lines that could have been explored. Yet, some really BORING shows are returning. Sad, sad, sad.
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GOD FRIENDED ME. I looked forward to watching this every Sunday! People helping people they didn't know. No violence. PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!!! PLEASE 😃
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Hell on wheels , Donavan , hap and Leonard , shark ( James woods) , 24 legacy
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RAY!!!!
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RAY DONOVON
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Would love to watch season 3
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God Friended Me, I hope someone picks it up.
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God Friended Me, we need a feel good show!!
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One of best series on tv...also The Affair....
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Donavon for sure
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God Friended Me
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Please don’t cancel “God friended me”! It’s one of the best shows I have ever watched and makes me laugh and cry every episode! PLEASE!!!!
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PLEASE DON'T CANCEL GOD FRIENDED ME. WE NEED HOPE IN THIS WORLD RIGHT NOW. WE NEED TO BELEIVE .
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God Friended Me & the Orville
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We think God Friended Meeting and Baker and the Beauty should NOT he cancelled. Please renew them.
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Single Parents
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Please don’t cancel this show. We need feel good shows like this.
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God Friended Me, bring back, it was light hearted, feel good program that the entire family could watch.
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Ray Donavan
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project blue book was very good. All the rest suck
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God Friended me is a feel good show . And Deputy is a good underdog show .
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God friended me/a family show. Good cast.
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God Friended me was a great show. We need som positivity in this crazy world
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Please save God friended me
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Wait - Bless This Mess was canceled? Oh no......
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God Friended Me and Single Parents. Both shows were feel good entertainment!!
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Council of Dads
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God befriended me And this is a mess
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Please save Tommy, single parents, Broke We need comedies Now more than ever
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Think it’s a perfect time to keep both ‘God Friended Me’’ plus Tommy & the Rookie based on the current status of this country & others this would be a great scenario for the networks!
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Single Parents!!!
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God friended me!
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Man with a Plan, Deputy, Tommy
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I would love to see The Gifted return. That’s an awesome show and it was just getting interesting.
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I loved Single Parents...Always made me laugh
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God Friended Me, Tommy
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Ray Donaven
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Ray Donovan—-and a lot of FRiends agree.
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RAY DONOVAN
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Tommy was a good show it deserves a second chance the show Tommy and swat can do crossover shows
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Ray Donovan
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Ray Donovan is the best. Also Travelers. Epic watching from both shows.
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Ray Donavan for sure!!!! and Homeland Not sure if it was cancelled or what, but would love to see it back.
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Tommy
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Most definitely 'God Friended Me!' In this turbulent world we are currently living in, this series can uplift each of us even for an hour. Bring it back soon! Another feel-good show...'Tommy'. Bring it back as well!!!
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Ray Donovan and God friended me❤️
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Save god friended me & tommy
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God Friended me, Tommy & Ray Donovan. All great shows.
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Ray Dovovan
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Watched all of Ray Donovan during quarantine. How could they end it there! What a shame!
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Single parents was a great amazing cast and funny and I am hanging by a thread for another season with those cliff hangers
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Ray Donovan!!
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Ray Donovan
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Definitely god friended me and tommy
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Save Ray Donavan. I love that show. Also the Bone Collector and For Life.
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I think God Friended Me was the most original feel good and good for society TV series in a very long time. I am sorry to hear that is canceled. Probably to be replaced by yet another cop or grimmy murdering show. As we all wonder why there is so much violence on society.
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Ray Ray!!!!!!
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Please do not cancel God Friended Me and Tommy. These are great shows what they need to cancel are some of
those a reality shows.
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Ray Donovan & god friended me
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Of course Ray Donavan. The best show ever with constant twists and turns. Mickey is my hero
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Ray Donovan needs an ending season, absolutely loved Emergence and Bless This Mess - really funny show and God Friended Me is a wonderful show. And yes it is good that we are encouraged to be good neighbors. I like Emergence and I am disappointed. But it was a little far out.
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Y donRay
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Save Tommy!!!
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Tommy was my favorite new show.
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Ray Donovan
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Ray donavan
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Tommy ray Donovan
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Someone at showtime needs to be axed like they did to Ray Donovan.
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Ray Donovan I'm still going through withdrawals I need so type of closure it was not fair to your audience. Bring Ray Donovan Back!
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Please bring back Ray Donovan so the fans can get resolution and also God Friended Me!
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Last man standing
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Ray Donovan. Needs even more than one more season. Keep it going.
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God Friened Me..and get rid of NCIS Los Angeles... The acting on that show is HORRIBLE! 🤦🏿♀️
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Ray Donovan can’t end the way it did.
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Tommy
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Ray Donavan, Ozark, Star, Underground
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Ray Donavan...fantastic show.
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1st season Tommy come on give it another chance or two.
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Ray Donovan should come back
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Homeland
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ray donovan
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TOMMY
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For goodness sake, Ray Donavan fans deserve a final season after 7 great seasons. Please. PLEASE.
Also, Tommy stands out as one of the best shows on network tv. And Stumptown (please save Tommy and Stumptown). These shows deserve a 2nd season. There surely must be a way to keep quality shows on the air.
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Tommy and God Friended Me!!
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"Tommy" our whole town fell on love with Tommy! PLEASE ....we want to see the Mayor brought down for being dirty.
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Tommy!
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"man with a plan"! one of the few comedies that are ACTUALLY funny! a great cast working together with matt la Blanck. also "god friended me" "single parents" we need more"feel good shows on TV like these so run them another season. with covid19 at least ABC/CBS would be able to start the fall season without having to produce new shows, move new shows to winter/jan premiere since there is a GAP because of virus. at least these shows can be filmed because the actors have done it already several seasons before and production can move more quickly. MAKES SENSE TO ME!! DO OTHERS AGREE???
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i would NOT save any of these shows, man with a plan deserves saving, but these no...ray has had enough seasons, especially since its on a PAY channel. single parents wasn't funny, tell me a story was boring, project blue book was OK, but slow and drawn out, and i still prefer Joan of Arcadia and Kevin probably saves the world to the horrible rip -off god friended me
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Bless This Mess was too good to cancel!
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My vote is for Ray Donovan. That whole family has stories yet to tell.
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Tommy was just so good. I was shocked that it was cancelled.
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Ray Donovan is a must to save. Left the fans with so many cliff hangers. It was the best show since the Sopranos. Love the cast and most of all Liev Schreiber, best actor. Have been binge watching all the series and can’t get enough. Showtime has disappointed all the Donovan fans, hope for a 8 season.
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Tommy👍
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Deputy, Tommy, God friended me love all three of these shows please save
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#SaveBlessThisMess 😢😢
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Project Blue Book and Mindhunter (on Netflix)
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Emergence.
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Broke
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God Friended Me, Tell Me A Story, Single Parents