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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.
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.


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{{examples|Examples of Short Runners that are not yet confirmed to be tagged with Category:Short Runners :}}
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== Live-Action TV Short Runners ==
== Live-Action TV Short Runners ==
=== A-C ===
=== A-C ===
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* ''[[Big Wave Dave's|Big Wave Daves]]''
* ''[[Big Wave Dave's|Big Wave Daves]]''
* ''[[The Black Donnellys]]''
* ''[[The Black Donnellys]]''
* ''[[Blackout (TV series)|Blackout]]''
* ''[[Blackout (game show)|Blackout]]''
* ''[[Blank Check (TV series)|Blank Check]]''
* ''[[Blank Check (TV series)|Blank Check]]''
* ''[[Blood Ties]]''
* ''[[Blood Ties]]''
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* ''[[He Said, She Said (series)|He Said, She Said]]''
* ''[[He Said, She Said (series)|He Said, She Said]]''
* ''[[Homeboys in Outer Space]]''
* ''[[Homeboys in Outer Space]]''
* ''How to Rock''
* ''[[Hot Potato (TV series)|Hot Potato]]''
* ''[[Hot Potato (TV series)|Hot Potato]]''
* ''[[Huge]]''
* ''[[Huge]]''
* ''[[I'm in The Band]]''
* ''[[I'm in The Band]]''
* ''[[Ivan the Terrible (TV series)|Ivan the Terrible]]''
* ''[[John Doe]]''
* ''[[John Doe]]''
* ''[[Johnny Bago]]''
* ''[[Johnny Bago]]''
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* ''[[Showoffs]]''
* ''[[Showoffs]]''
* ''[[Skedaddle]]''
* ''[[Skedaddle]]''
* ''[[So Random!]]''
* ''[[Sonny With a Chance]]''
* ''[[Special Unit 2]]''
* ''[[Special Unit 2]]''
* ''[[Stargate Universe]]''
* ''[[Stargate Universe]]''
* ''[[The Starlost]]''
* ''[[Supertrain]]''
* ''[[Supertrain]]''
* ''[[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]''
* ''[[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]''
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* ''[[The Unusuals]]''
* ''[[The Unusuals]]''
* ''[[Vengeance Unlimited]]''
* ''[[Vengeance Unlimited]]''
* ''[[Victorious]]
* ''[[The War Next Door]]''
* ''[[The War Next Door]]''
* ''[[Wild Boys]]''
* ''[[Wild Boys]]''
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== [[Western Animation]] Short Runners ==
== [[Western Animation]] Short Runners ==
* ''[[Allen Gregory]]''
* ''[[Allen Gregory]]''
* ''Almost Naked Animals''
* ''[[The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan]]''
* ''[[The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan]]''
* ''[[Birdz]]''
* ''[[Birdz]]''
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* ''[[Butt Ugly Martians]]''
* ''[[Butt Ugly Martians]]''
* ''[[Clerks (animation)|Clerks]]''
* ''[[Clerks (animation)|Clerks]]''
* ''[[Doodlebops Rockin' Road Show]]''
* ''[[Father of the Pride]]''
* ''[[Father of the Pride]]''
* ''[[Fish Police (animation)|Fish Police]]''
* ''[[Fish Police (animation)|Fish Police]]''
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* ''[[Napoleon Dynamite (animation)|Napoleon Dynamite]]''
* ''[[Napoleon Dynamite (animation)|Napoleon Dynamite]]''
* ''[[Nightmare Ned (animation)|Nightmare Ned]]''
* ''[[Nightmare Ned (animation)|Nightmare Ned]]''
* ''[[The Nutshack]]''
* ''[[The Oblongs]]''
* ''[[The Oblongs]]''
* ''[[Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain|Pinky Elmyra and The Brain]]''
* ''[[Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain|Pinky Elmyra and The Brain]]''
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* ''[[Slacker Cats]]''
* ''[[Slacker Cats]]''
* ''[[Time Squad]]''
* ''[[Time Squad]]''
* ''[[Toopy and Binoo]]''
* ''[[Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?]]''
* ''[[Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?]]''
* ''[[The Xs]]''
* ''[[The Xs]]''
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* ''[[Osbournes Reloaded]]''
* ''[[Osbournes Reloaded]]''
* ''[[The Othersiders]]''
* ''[[The Othersiders]]''
* ''[[The Phoenix (TV series)|The Phoenix]]'' (1982 [[ABC]] series. No relation to [[The Phoenix]].)
* ''[[The Phoenix (TV series)|The Phoenix]]'' (1982 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] series. No relation to [[The Phoenix]].)
* ''[[The Playboy Club]]''
* ''[[The Playboy Club]]''
* ''[[Public Morals]]''
* ''[[Public Morals]]''
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* ''[[South Of Sunset]]''
* ''[[South Of Sunset]]''
* ''[[Survive This]]''
* ''[[Survive This]]''
* ''[[wikipedia:Turn-On|Turn-On]]'' (1969 [[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: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]]''
* ''[[wikipedia:Void Indigo|Void Indigo]]''
* ''[[The Wacky World Of Bruce Barry]]'' (reality show on [[Family Net]])
* ''[[The Wacky World Of Bruce Barry]]'' (reality show on [[Family Net]])

Latest revision as of 16:09, 4 March 2022

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-Lived, Big Impact, and Twelve-Episode Anime but is distinctly different from Too Good to Last — Too Good To Last shows may have lasted much longer than a Short Runner, and are required to have a fandom; some Short Runners may be Justified because of universal panning.

The Wikipedia tab above links to a list of shows canceled within two episodes.

Examples of Short Runners that are not yet confirmed to be tagged with Category:Short Runners :

Live-Action TV Short Runners

A-C

D-J

K-P

Q-Z

Western Animation Short Runners

Comic Books Short Runners

Short Runners Without an All The Tropes Page

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