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[[FOX]] is legendary for doing this. [[Syfy]]'s earlier incarnation, the Sci-Fi Channel, has a bad reputation for it, too, but not quite to the "four episodes only, aired on a 'when we feel like it' basis" extreme. [[Cartoon Network]] has also gained notoriety for this.

Please try to avoid listing shows as being "screwed" just because of a disagreement over the reasons for their [[Cancellation]]. Plenty of shows are canceled simply because they just weren't making any money even with the network backing it. This is about intentional sabotage ([[Hanlon's Razor|or at the least making decisions so stupid it]] ''~~[[Hanlon's Razor|~~looks]]'' ~~[[Hanlon's Razor|~~like it was intentional]]), not "the mean network executives ~~canceled~~ my favorite show".

Please try to avoid listing shows as being "screwed" just because of a disagreement over the reasons for their [[Cancellation]]. Plenty of shows are canceled simply because they just weren't making any money even with the network backing it. This is about intentional sabotage ([[Hanlon's Razor|or at the least making decisions so stupid it ''looks'' like it was intentional]]), not "the mean network executives cancelled my favorite show".

Often the cause of [[Follow Up Failure]]. Compare [[Executive Meddling]], [[Executive Veto]], [[Too Good to Last]], [[Invisible Advertising]], and [[Screwed by the Lawyers]]. Also compare [[No Export for You]], though that doesn't affect the actual production, but the export of a given product.

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== Comic Books ==

* Several [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] books have suffered this over the year:

* Several [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] books have suffered this over the year{{when}}:

** "Mutant X" was never supposed to replace [[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]]; it was supposed to run for 12 issues before going away and being replaced with a relaunched X-Factor comic. But early sales for Mutant X were far better than X-Factor's sales at the time, so the book lasted for 32 issues before being cancelled.

** [[Deadpool]] and [[X-Force]] (under Peter Milligan and Mike Allred) were cancelled and relaunched as "Agent X" and "X-Statix" as part of a scam to screw [[Rob Liefeld]] of royalties from the book. The relaunches for both books failed and while Agent X was thankfully mercy-killed, X-Statix rebounded from a god-awful first year with an arc involving the resurrection of a vain, self-righteous pop musician. Unfortunately, the singer was SUPPOSED to be Princess Diana but was changed at the last minute. As a result, Milligan and Allred became disillusioned and asked to leave the book, which was promptly cancelled with issue #26.