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This trope usually only applies to science fiction, or anything similar which is likely to be weird, non-mainstream, or otherwise cause the suits to worry that it won't rate well. It can be a real problem for all the ''[[Lost]]'' clones and other [[Ontological Mystery|Ontological Mysteries]], which aren't worth watching if they don't get more than one season, and especially if they don't even get a full season -- and they often don't. That is also the sort of TV shows most likely to be hit by this effect, but it can hit ''any'' show that makes it clear upfront that you need to be ''involved'' in the characters or the overarching plot to make sense of the show in the long run. That demand up front plus the uncertainty that there will ''be'' a long run allows [[The Chris Carter Effect]] to start before the TV show does, meaning the fans never ''start'' watching...
In contrast, people ''usually'' don't think that they'll get overly attached to Crime [[Police Procedural|procedurals]], [[Sitcom|SitComs]], a [[Soap Opera]] or even [[Reality Show|Reality Shows]]; thus, they'll feel free to watch episodes 'casually' until the attachment to the show (or characters) sneaks up on them.
Even some shows that seemed feasible only over one (22-ep) season (such as ''[[Reunion]]'', ''[[Day Break]]'', ''[[Kidnapped]]'', ''[[Vanished]]'', and ''[[Drive]]'') suffer from this effect, due to the episode order getting shortened to 13. In ''Reunion'''s case, the producers didn't even bother finishing the storyline, because it only made sense over a full 22 episodes rather than the shortened 13.
Incidentally, many of these shows (including [[Trope Namers]] ''[[Firefly]]'') were on [[
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