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{{quote|'''Peter''': Everyone, I've got bad news: We've been canceled.
'''Lois''': Oh no, Peter, how could they do that?
'''Peter''': Well unfortunately, Lois, there's just no more room on the schedule. We've just got to accept the fact that [[
'''Lois''': Is there no hope?
'''Peter''': Well, I suppose if ''all'' [[The Firefly Effect|those shows go down the tubes]], [[Cue the Flying Pigs|we might have a shot.]]|''[[Family Guy]]''}}
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* ''[[Pantheon High]]'' was one of Tokyopop's Original English Language (OEL) manga series, and like most of their OEL, it was canceled when the US economy dipped and Tokyopop restructured. After about two years, the third and final volume was released on the Tokyopop website.
* ''[[Slayers]]'' lasted 3 seasons in its original run, ending in 1997. A fourth season was planned, but the main cast's other commitments, along with various production issues, kept it from happening...for 11 years. Season 4 finally aired in 2008, with a fifth season arriving the following year.
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'''s original run in the US was cut short after only 65 episodes in it's original syndicated run. After leaving syndication, it re-surfaced on USA Network, where it was once again, cancelled after failing to find an audience. However, once the show ended up on Toonami, it finally garnered itself an audience, which resulted in the show being continued with more episodes.
* This actually happened to ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' back in the late [[The Nineties|1990s]]. After two seasons worth of 67 episodes in its first run, the show was cancelled in 1998 due its failure of gaining a substantial audience. When the episodes started to air on [[Toonami]], it got much more popularity, and Funimation started dubbing new episodes in 1999.
* ''[[Ranma ½]]'' was originally canceled in Japan after only 18 episodes due to it's time slot being in competition with another, more popular show. It however, continued several months later with a different time slot.
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== Literature ==
* [[Liaden Universe]]: The first three books of the Liaden series did not sell well enough for the original publisher to want to commission sequels. Disappointed, the authors got day jobs and went on with their lives for the next several years while, unbeknownst to them, a significant Liad fandom was growing on the Internet (to the point where "When will the next Liaden book come out?" was a question in the SF fandom newsgroup's FAQ).
:When the Internet arrived in Lee & Miller's neck of Maine, they were startled to find that not only were fans clamoring for the next book, but the title of it, ''Plan B'', had already been decided for them. With this fandom behind them, Lee & Miller were able to find a publisher to continue the series, and cranked out seven more books (as well as two collections of the short stories they continue to self-publish in chapbook form every year).
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== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' was canceled in 2006 after 3 seasons and left on a massive cliff hanger. After years of movie rumors, it was announced in late 2011 that not only was they movie going to be done, a 4th season would be funded by Netflix.
* [[Babylon 5]] was canceled by PTEN one year short of its 5 year arch. They wrapped it up as best they could by the end of season 4 but then had contrive a whole new story arch when they were picked up for a final season by TNT.
* When ''[[7th Heaven]]'' was canceled after 10 seasons, its final episode got such unexpectedly stellar ratings the CW network decided to revive it for one more horrid season. Ratings quickly dropped again because people only tuned in to see the show die - not to see a dying show.
* MTV's Headbanger's Ball was finally brought back in 2003 after the original show was cancelled almost a decade earlier.
* One of the shortest uncancelation cycles on record belongs to ''[[America's Most Wanted]]''. In 1996, Fox canceled the series even though it was still one of fledgling network's highest-rated shows, as Fox attempted to establish a Saturday night comedy block to take advantage of NBC's dwindling dominance of the evening. After then FBI director Louis Freeh, police departments across the country, the governors of 37 states and more than 200,000 letter-writers complained about the decision, Fox hastily reinstated the series, and it suffered only a six-week hiatus. It also kind of helped that the new sitcoms bombed badly and that Fox realized ''[[Married... with Children]]'' and ''Martin'' should have never been moved to Saturday night in the first place. In 2011, the show was reduced to a series of quarterly specials on Fox, as well as regular showings on Lifetime TV, but it's still chugging along.
* ''[[Battlebots]]'' was canceled in 2002 after five seasons on [[Comedy Central]], but got brought back by CBS College Sports in December of 2009.
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* Apparently the first anyone working on ''[[Blake's Seven|Blakes Seven]]'' knew of the fourth series was when it was announced at the end of the last episode of the third. [[The BBC]]'s Director of Television, Bill Cotton, was enjoying the episode so much he phoned the transmission staff mid-episode and told them to announce that the show was returning.
* ''[[Cagney and Lacey]]'' was canceled by [[CBS]] in 1983, after two seasons. A letter-writing campaign persuaded the network to bring the show back; four more full seasons aired, plus four (!) [[Made for TV Movie|MadeForTVMovies]] in the mid-1990s. Thus, unlike many of the shows on this list, its post-uncancelation run was much longer than its pre-cancellation run
* After an incredible 10 years, [[ABC]] greenlighted the return of ''[[Cupid]]''. It was described as a reimagining and was as [[Too Good to Last]] as the original and quickly faded away.
* ''[[Damages]]'' was canceled by F/X during its third season. The show's producers took the show over to [[Direc TV]], who picked it up for two more seasons.
* By 1985, British sci-fi institution ''[[Doctor Who]]'' had weathered [[Moral Guardians]], inflation, and lackluster scripts... but when a new BBC controller [[Executive Meddling|who had never liked the show]] came in, its number was up. The resultant outcry made the newspapers and talk shows, and 18 months later, it returned; unfortunately, the ratings started to slip after it was [[Screwed by the Network|put in a time slot against popular]] [[Soap Opera]] ''[[Coronation Street]]'', and in 1989, it was re-canceled. It wouldn't return [[Revival|as an ongoing TV series]] until 2005. It has since then become the most successful work of fiction on British television.
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** Of course, ''Mama's Family'' is not the only show to have made a successful transition from running on a television network to running in broadcast syndication. Other shows that have done this include ''[[Charles in Charge]]'', ''[[Fame]]'', ''[[Lassie (TV series)|Lassie]]'', and most notably, ''[[Hee Haw]]'', which managed to have a ''20'' year syndicated run after a brief 2 year run on CBS.
* ''[[Medium]]'' was canceled by NBC in the 08-09 season, and then picked up by CBS.
* ABC's reality show ''[[The Mole (TV series)|The Mole]]'' became this when it returned to ABC in the summer of 2008 in its original format.
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' was canceled after a seven-year run on Comedy Central, but was shopped around; fans lobbied to other networks to bring the show back, even to the extent of buying a full-page ad in ''Variety'' bemoaning the loss. It was brought back on the Sci-Fi Channel. Three years later, it was canceled again, and though the same maneuver was attempted, it remains so to this day.
* ''[[New Amsterdam]]'', about an [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|immortal]] detective, was [[Captain Obvious|canceled by Fox]] before the first episode even aired. However, due to the WGA writer's strike, they ended up airing it, and it got a fairly good response. But it ''is'' [[
* The UK TV drama ''[[Primeval]]'' was canceled after 3 seasons but was uncanceled and is now renewed for a 4th and 5th season.
* ''[[Police Camera Action]]'': Uncanceled in 2002, then 2007, and then 2008, and again in 2010!
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' was canceled, and brought back multiple times. Time and time again, the lyrics from the original theme prove true.
{{quote|No-one can ever take them down/ the power lies on their si~i~i~ide!}}
** When ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' was first aired in 1993 the network executives of [[
*** Just to further elaborate as to how little faith the network executives had in the show. According to statements given by Margaret Loesch, the then President of the Fox Kids Network, one of said network executives contacted her a week before the show's television premiere and pleaded that she [[Executive Meddling|cancel it]] right then and there (not to air even a single episode).
**** And just to take it one step further, this attitude was not exclusive to just the network executives of [[
** In 1998, after a significant continual decline in viewers following the ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers Turbo]]'' seasons, ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'' was intially meant to wrap up the show as a whole as it was to be canceled. However, due to that season's space travel theme and [[Grand Finale]] of six seasons worth of stories, the audience interest was increased enough that it was renewed for the [[Post Script Season|postscript]] ''[[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy]]'' season. This would become the lead way into the show's restructuring of seasons to mirror a [[Series Franchise]], similar to ''Super Sentai''.
** In 2002 Disney, after having completed ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]]'' out of obligation to Bandai and Toei (having obtained the show already in production from Saban as part of a buyout), decided to cancel the show due to production cost. The cancellation only lasted about two weeks however, when producers Douglas Sloan and Ann Austen, who had formerly worked for Saban, convinced Disney to move production to New Zealand for one-third the Los Angeles production cost.
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* Largely unaware to western audiences, the ''[[Glory of Heracles]]'' series was popular in Japan, with its fourth game last made in 1994. The series then gained a 5th chapter in 2008 (2010 to western markets, and also the only one localized outside of Japan). One advantage of the series is that the games are largely self-contained, with minimal continuity spanning the various games.
* Due to already having their hands full with then-upcoming titles ''Deathspank'' and ''Swarm'', Hothead Games was forced to cancel the third and final episode of [[Penny Arcade Adventures]], leaving it as a written story on the [[Penny Arcade]] website. Then, in August 2011, Zeboyd Games (creators of [[Breath of Death VII]] and [[Cthulhu Saves the World]]) announced that they have taken up the mantle.
== Web Originals ==
* ''Bonus Stage'' Lasted 87 Episodes, Cancelled via [[Creator Backlash]] and Finantial Woes and It would ultimately be passed down to a Guy on [[Deviant ART]] {{spoiler|Five Years Down The Road}}
** Uh, huh. [[Sarcasm Mode|Surrrrre....]]
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]''. Just lasted two seasons, though.
* ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' lasted two seasons until 1998, and three years later returned. But [[Seasonal Rot|the two seasons that followed are often hated]] because they lacked input from series creator Genndy Tartakovsky (who was busy with ''Samurai Jack'' and ''Star Wars: Clone Wars'').
* ''[[Drawn Together]]''
* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' was originally going to be canceled after the episode ''Take This Ed and Shove It''. It was renewed for two more seasons and also got a movie.
* ''The [[Fairly Oddparents]]'' was set to end after Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3, but after lots of fan noise and the show continuing to get great ratings, Nick changed their minds and renewed it.
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' is most likely the [[Trope Codifier]], as uncancellations have become more common since then. Brought back by [[
{{quote|'''Lois:''' Is there really no hope?
'''Peter:''' Well if ''all'' those shows go down the tubes, we might have a shot. }}
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