Firefly

Joss Whedon's Firefly didn't last through its first season in 2002, but its diehard fan base has yet to let the cancellation go. Some, like writer David Mark Brown, believe it was the American political system that shut the cult favorite down. As Brown argues, the show's plot focused around an independent "who fights for civil liberties in order to stick it to the man by encouraging a free-trade economy based on bartering and simple living" He claims this is the "last thing either Democrats or Republicans" in power wanted.