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* [[The Event]]. Good God. It's like a drinking game of both characters informing eachother of things we already know and ineffectively teasing us. "You know what happened last time!" Um, WE don't... So how about you tell us?

** As mentioned in a few other places, ''The Event'' was so bad about building itself up that some felt it hit tropes like this one '''before it ever premiered.''' Seriously, for months, viewers were subjected to the upcoming "event," often several times per commercial break. By the time it aired, many were so annoyed with the campaign they either lost interest, thinking it couldn't possibly live up to the hype it created for itself, or just didn't watch out of spite for taking up so much of their time.

* ''[[The Killing]]'' is (probably) going to answer the central question of "Who killed Rosie Larsen?" at some point. Problem is, throughout the first season, fans started to feel that the show kept throwing out [[Red Herring]] after [[Red Herring]]... and when the first season finale finished with nary a hint as to who might actually be responsible, professional critics actually ''flipped their shit,'' with [http://www.aoltv.com/2011/06/19/the-killing-season-1-season-finale-recap/ at least one] saying they had absolutely no reason to want to keep watching.

* ''[[The Killing]]'' is (probably) going to answer the central question of "Who killed Rosie Larsen?" at some point. Problem is, throughout the first season, fans started to feel that the show kept throwing out [[Red Herring]] after [[Red Herring]]... and when the first season finale finished with nary a hint as to who might actually be responsible, professional critics actually ''flipped their shit,'' with [https://www.webcitation.org/69XUyGdIW?url=http://www.aoltv.com/2011/06/19/the-killing-season-1-season-finale-recap/ at least one] saying they had absolutely no reason to want to keep watching.

* Semi-enforced on ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'': Although the creators intricately plot out certain subplots during each season in advance, they were never guaranteed more than one season at a time, so they were forced to keep their options open enough to be capable of making shit up for how Ted met his kids' mother in case they got cancelled. When they were guaranteed two more seasons (meaning the show will run at least through season 8) near the end of season six, the show visibly hiked up the foreshadowing (mainly in the form of flashforwards and/or Future!Ted casually Jossing possibilities or stating facts about the future) of a far denser and more detailed plot in the later episodes of season six and the earlier ones of season seven.

* ''[[Supernatural]]'' is arguably heading this way. Since the showrunner changed at the end of season 5, fans in general have become increasingly less happy with the course the show is taking, feeling that the current showrunner has abolished most of the important plot threads {{spoiler|and as of season 7 secondary characters}} that were popular with the fandom and arguably a large part of the show's success in previous seasons, and is now relying purely on a series of one-shot guest stars to mantain viewers. In addition to the showrunner's apparent insistence on writing out well-loved characters in favour of [[Replacement Scrappy|poorly recieved]] [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|suspiciously similar substitutes]], this approach has not worked as intended.