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* ''[[Big Trouble]]'' was delayed due to the events of 9/11, and then given an untrumpeted release when it became clear that if they waited for 9/11 to blow over, they'd all be dead before they could release it.

* [[Miramax Films|Harvey]] [[Weinstein Company|Weinstein]] is pretty infamous for this.

* An early effort by [[Sam Raimi]] and [[The Coen Brothers]], ''Crimewave'', a sort of slapstick gangster spoof was met with disastrous results when screened for audiences, and was released only in ''five theaters'' across the states. It remains lost to the winds to this very day, due to some complicated rights issues, despite some of the now-famous people in its crew.

* The 2008 feature film ''[[The Midnight Meat Train]]''. Based on the short story by Clive Barker and directed by Japanese cult favourite Ryuhei Kitamura (''[[Godzilla]]: Final Wars''), the movie is a [[Gorn|complete and utter bloodbath]] with the built-in typical horror movie demographic, and it didn't have a terribly high budget. What happened? The company that was releasing it, Lionsgate, switched management while the film was nearing completion. Rather than continuing his predecessor's work and fulfilling the obligations, the new exec shunted the film into a handful of cheapo dollar theaters, without a whit of advertising.

== Live Action TV ==

* The kiss of death of any series might as well be network promos for a night's block promoting a series with the line "''Then after an all-new (show)...''" with only a quick actor sweep or random scene without any context. Sadly prominent for ''[[American Dad]]'' these days.

* Kristin Chenowith's sitcom "Kristin" was only advertised once. It ended up [[Screwed by the Network]] after 6 episodes.

* Let's not forget ''[[Police Camera Action]]'' and ''[[Police Stop]]'' - which were barely advertised at the time. Ironically, the likes of ''World In Action'', ''The Cook Report'' and ''[[Coronation Street]]'' got a mention. But they were still popular...