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{{trope|wppage=List of television series canceled after one episode}}
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The polar opposite to [[Long Runners]] are, as you may expect, shows that were canned so quickly that few people remember them. They may have lasted one season, two at most, but no matter how much they were advertised are eventually forgotten. Some of the more unfortunate ones don't even last one episode. The [[Ur Example]] is the 1969 program ''Turn On'' which was so bad a number of affiliates dropped it ''at the first commercial break'' and was effectively cancelled before the first episode even finished airing.
They may have not gotten a [[TV Tropes]] or [[All The Tropes]] page until someone suddenly remembered it existed. They may or may not have been [[Too Good to Last]]; they also could've been mediocre. Sometimes, they have a promising Season 1 but suffer a [[Second Season Downfall]]; sometimes they are a [[One-Episode Wonder]]. Whatever the case, very little [[Wiki Magic]] gets to these pages.
When the show has this many episodes, yet is successful, that's [[British Brevity]]. When the show ends naturally with this many episodes, that's a [[Twelve-Episode Anime]].
This is the supertrope of [[Too Good to Last]], [[Second Season Downfall]], [[One-Episode Wonder]], [[Short
▲The Wikipedia tab above links to articles of shows canceled within two episodes.
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{{examples|Examples of Short Runners that are not yet confirmed to be tagged with Category:Short Runners :}}
== Live-Action TV Short Runners ==
=== A-C ===
* ''[[The Adventures of Superpup]]''
* ''[[All
* ''[[Animorphs (TV series)|Animorphs]]''
* ''[[Arthur of the Britons]]''
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* ''[[Big Wave Dave's|Big Wave Daves]]''
* ''[[The Black Donnellys]]''
* ''[[Blackout (
* ''[[Blank Check (TV series)|Blank Check]]''
* ''[[Blood Ties]]''
* ''[[Bob!]]''
* ''[[The Bradys]]''
* ''[[Break the Bank (1985 game show)|Break the Bank 1985]]''
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* ''[[Caesars Challenge]]''
* ''[[Caprica]]''
* ''[[Catchphrase (game show)|Catchphrase]]'' (American version)
* ''[[Central Park West]]''
* ''[[The Chair]]'' (American version)
* ''[[The Challengers]]''
* ''[[The Cheap Show]]''
* ''[[Child's Play (TV series)||Childs Play]]''
* ''[[The Chronicle]]''
* ''[[The Class (TV series)|The Class]]''
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* ''[[Fortune Hunter]]''
* ''[[Gemini Man]]''
* ''[[Gigantic (TV series)|Gigantic]]''
* ''[[Give-N-Take]]''
* ''[[Go (TV series)|Go]]''
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* ''[[Harsh Realm]]''
* ''[[Heil Honey I'm Home!|Heil Honey I'm Home]]''
* ''[[He Said, She Said (series)|He Said, She Said]]''
* ''[[Homeboys in Outer Space]]''
* ''How to Rock''
* ''[[Hot Potato (TV series)|Hot Potato]]''
* ''[[Huge]]''
* ''[[I'm in The Band]]''
* ''[[Ivan the Terrible (TV series)|Ivan the Terrible]]''
* ''[[John Doe]]''
* ''[[Johnny Bago]]''
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* ''[[Pictureka]]''
* ''[[Pitfall (TV series)|Pitfall]]''
* ''[[Pink Lady
* ''[[Police Squad!]]''
* ''The Playboy Club''
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* ''[[Showoffs]]''
* ''[[Skedaddle]]''
* ''[[So Random!]]''
* ''[[Sonny With a Chance]]''
* ''[[Special Unit 2]]''
* ''[[Stargate Universe]]''
* ''[[The Starlost]]''
* ''[[Supertrain]]''
* ''[[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]''
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* ''[[The Unusuals]]''
* ''[[Vengeance Unlimited]]''
* ''[[Victorious]]
* ''[[The War Next Door]]''
* ''[[Wild Boys]]''
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== [[Western Animation]] Short Runners ==
* ''[[Allen Gregory]]''
* ''Almost Naked Animals''
* ''[[The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan]]''
* ''[[Birdz]]''
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* ''[[Butt Ugly Martians]]''
* ''[[Clerks (animation)|Clerks]]''
* ''[[Doodlebops Rockin' Road Show]]''
* ''[[Father of the Pride]]''
* ''[[Fish Police (animation)|Fish Police]]''
* ''[[Hammerman]]''
* ''[[Making Fiends]]''
* ''[[Napoleon Dynamite (animation)|Napoleon Dynamite]]''
* ''[[Nightmare Ned (animation)|Nightmare Ned]]''
* ''[[The Nutshack]]''
* ''[[The Oblongs]]''
* ''[[Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain|Pinky Elmyra and The Brain]]''
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* ''[[Slacker Cats]]''
* ''[[Time Squad]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?]]''
* ''[[The Xs]]''
* ''[[Yakkity Yak]]''
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* ''[[Warrior (Comic Book)|Warrior]]''
== Short Runners Without
* ''[[Anchorwoman]]''
* ''[[Angelica And Susies Pre School Daze]]''
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* ''[[Emilys Reasons Why Not]]''
* ''[[Flying Blind]]''
* ''[[The Henry And June Show]]'' (a failed spin-off of ''[[
* ''[[Lawless]]''
* ''[[Little Muppet Monsters]]'' (only three episodes aired, after ''[[Muppet Babies]]'')
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* ''[[Osbournes Reloaded]]''
* ''[[The Othersiders]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[The Playboy Club]]''
* ''[[Public Morals]]''
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* ''[[South Of Sunset]]''
* ''[[Survive This]]''
* ''[[wikipedia:Turn-On|Turn-On]]'' (1969 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sketch show that was so bad, it got canned halfway through its debut on most affiliates {one replacing it with a PSA on '''gun safety'''}. Others either didn't air it at all, or aired the entire thing before deciding to pull the plug on it.)
* ''[[wikipedia:Void Indigo|Void Indigo]]''
* ''[[The Wacky World Of Bruce Barry]]'' (reality show on [[Family Net]])
* ''[[
* ''[[Whoops]]''
* ''[[Whos Whose]]''
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