Yeah you've got a point there, I know its not sci-fi but I really liked the show poker face, gave me some good nostalgia feels for the episodic daytime detective shows my dad used to watch. I enjoyed raised by wolves but typically it got cancelled after two seasons, season one had decent effects but the funding for the second season must have been cut because the cgi was markedly worse. Nevertheless it was some of the most inventive sci-fi I've seen on tv for a long time.
It's a shame we can't get another tng style show but it's probably not bombastic enough for modern audiences.
I agree I loved universe too, was such a shame it didn't do well.