Data Desk: a James Bond film explorer and a cancelled TV shows database

What the Data Desk holds

The Data Desk is where Rough Cut Review keeps reference material that is easier to search than to read. There are two tools. The James Bond film explorer lists the films in the series and lets a reader compare them by actor, director, year and other recorded fields. The cancelled TV shows database lists series that were ended by their network or platform, so a reader can look up whether a favorite show was cancelled, when and where.

In numbers: the James Bond table covers all 25 Eon Productions films from Dr. No in 1962 to No Time to Die in 2021, with the year, the Bond actor, the main villain and the director for each, and every column can be sorted. The cancelled TV shows database holds 44 scripted American series ended before their story was done, from My So-Called Life in 1994 to The Acolyte in 2024, with the network or streamer, the number of seasons, the years on air and the reported reason for the cancellation.

Each record in both tools is a fact that can be checked: a release year, a cast credit, a network, a cancellation announcement. Entries are taken from named public sources such as studio and network announcements, trade reporting and the credits on the work itself, and the source and check date belong to the record. Opinion stays out of the tables. A reader who wants the argument about which Bond film is best should go to the ranked lists, and the explorer exists to supply the facts that argument rests on.

Both tools are maintained by hand. New Bond films are added when they are released, and cancellations are added when they are officially announced, not when they are rumored. A record found to be wrong is corrected and the tool shows its last updated date. A show revived or renewed after a cancellation is updated with the later event, with the original cancellation kept in the record. The tools link to the matching franchise guide and review pages where one exists. Choose a tool below to start searching. The tools are built to be read alongside the articles. A reader can open a record, follow the link to the review or guide, and see how the written coverage uses the same facts. If a field is unknown, the tool leaves it empty instead of filling it with a guess, and a missing entry is better than a wrong one.