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• Executive Meddling / Screwed by the Network: An inevitability for any PBS show, considering the lack of funding and constant disagreement about how to secure appropriate revenue streams.
  • The cast learned the show had been cancelled just before the night they would accept their 26th Emmy award. Levar Burton was the one who made the announcement during the acceptance speech. He could barely mask the rage and the disappointment in his voice.
  • It ends happily, however, as LeVar Burton pursued and obtained the full rights to the show afterwards and now owns it. It lives on as a constantly updating iPad app that features all of the show's normal contents. Even better, the app is available worldwide, ensuring that everyone has equal access to the franchise (so long as they have a properly funded iTunes account and an internet connection fast enough for video, and access to the app store). And with the success of the Kickstarter campaign, the app will now be ported to various other platforms as well, making the franchise more accessible than before.
• Hey, It's That Guy!: LeVar Burton, but you don't have to take our word for it!
• Missing Episode: Two of the shows' 155 episodes were pulled from rotation. They were "Arthur's Eyes" from Season 1 in 1983 (because the PBS kids show had that as one of their episodes), and "The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth" from Season 8 in 1990 (for the same reason as the Arthur example).