Talk:List of television series cancelled after one episode

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This list should be categorized somewhere. Any ideas? 23skidoo 23:21, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Due to some confusion, the edit history of this page is now found at List of television shows cancelled after one episode. Thanks,
Luc "Somethingorother" French 03:28, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Due to the length of the subtopic "Series cancelled before airing a single episode", shouldn't that be spun off into its own page (along with whatever comments apply, and edited to be listed either alphabetical or chronological)? Not sure what the process for that is. -- Wizardimps 07:51, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Heil Honey, I'm Home 2 ABC 3 Emily's Reasons 4 Funniest edit comment ever 5 CITATION NEEDED 6 Transformers: Zone 7 Suggesting article be moved 8 Crusade 9 The Book Of Daniel 10 Article needs references 11 "If I Did It"

[edit] Heil Honey, I'm Home

For Heil Honey, I'm Home, the article says: "Not merely was the show cancelled after episode one, the rest of the series (which had already been taped) was not broadcast."

Seems like an unnecessary sentence because doesn't the fact that the show was cancelled after the first episode by definition mean that the rest of the season was not broadcast. Hope there are no objections to me changing that sentence :) Akamad 14:07, September 11, 2005 (UTC)

A note to the wikipedians who are overseeing this page. The note with this series says that, as of 2006, it is the only UK show cancelled after one episode, but, later down the list it says that the BBC 2 show Trev and Trav was axed after one ep in 2001. Someone who knows anything about either of these shows (and my thanks to the person who can) may want to clear up this discrepancy. MarnetteD | Talk 14:32, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Trev and Trav never existed, it appears to have been submitted as a joke (probably by someone called Trev, or Trav).

I've added Hardwicke House. There was a pilot, then the first episode was shown on the following night. It created such a backlash that ITV cancelled it and never showed another episode. I think it deserves a place a this list, it was cancelled within 36 hours of the first broadcast, and is one of the most notorious moments in British television. Psychonaut3000 00:47, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ABC

For obvious reasons, it is confusing to shorten the American Broadcasting Company's name to ABC, given that a minority of Wikipedia users are American. Perhaps something like American ABC would be more appropriate. Sumthingweird 23:05, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

It's also confusing to lengthen the name to "American Broadcasting Company", since that's no longer its name (it was changed long ago to "American Broadcasting Companies" (plural), and then when Disney acquired it in 1996, just plain "ABC"). Would anyone object to "ABC (US)"? --Heath 66.32.1.24 17:40, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that's acceptable. The argument about ABC (US) legally changing its name is also invalid because the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (and undoubtedly others) also changed their names.

I would suggest inquiring at the Town Pump or with senior Wikipedia management before trying to establish a style, since I've yet to come across any articles relating to ABC programming that makes this distinction. It may be true that the "minority" of Wikipedians are American (can someone actually support that with a citation BTW?) but the fact is the American ABC is known worldwide, whereas the Australian ABC and the British ABC production company of the 1960s, are not as instantly recognizable. Also, I do believe the American ABC predated the other two by many years, so if anything, references to the other ABCs should be cited ABC (Australia), ABC (UK) etc. 23skidoo 22:39, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Emily's Reasons

I have removed this text for now:

• Emily's Reasons Why Not

2006 sitcom featuring actress Heather Graham. After a huge publicity campaign, awful reviews by television critics and a viewing audience of only 6.2 million people, ABC pulled the plug on this show permanently.

Although the two online sources cited on the show's article do indicate that ABC has stopped production (though I'd prefer if they were cites other than Hollywood rumor pages) I cannot find any sources to support that the show was taken off the air after a single showing. Six episodes were produced, and those episodes may yet run. If someone can provide a source that the show only aired once, please do, as I can't find a news report or anything to support that (unlike The Wire which was reported left, right, and center after it was pulled after a single airing). CNN hasn't reported on it at all as far as I can see. 23skidoo 05:42, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Funniest edit comment ever

If this was accidental, the comment "Grammer fix" is classic!Sumthingweird 13:43, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CITATION NEEDED

"Club Roast shows including Chevy Chase's show and other comedians on Comedy Central only had one TV special as audiences thought the shows were offensive."

Excuse me? Not only am I not sure what this means, exactly, I'm not sure if what it's trying to say--whatever that may be--is true. 172.144.150.15 14:00, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

If it wasn't an actual weekly series, it probably shouldn't be listed here anyway. 23skidoo 15:18, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Transformers: Zone

I'm pretty well versed in Transformers lore, and Zone was released as an OVA. To the best of my knowledge, it NEVER aired on Japanese television, although it may have been intended to. The story did continue in various manga, however. I don't think it was intended to be a pilot for a series, either, as a WHOLE bunch of crap happens over the course of the show, moreso than would be necessary for a pilot. Generally speaking, I believe Zone is a one-shot OVA intended to introduce the characters and concepts, and there were no plans for further animated episodes. -HX 16:38, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suggesting article be moved

I just realized that using the term "television SHOWS" is quite misleading and inaccurate, because a television show could be a series episode, or a one-off special, or a single-time news/sport event broadcast, for that matter. What we're talking about here are television SERIES -- productions that have been commissioned for a number of episodes which, for whatever reason, are pulled after a single airing, never to be seen again.

For this reason, I am suggesting this article be moved to List of television series canceled after one episode. If there are no strenuous objections to this in the next few days, I'll be bold and make the move myself, but I want to gauge opinion first. 23skidoo 15:22, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Crusade

Babylon 5 spin off (Crusade (TV series)) was cancelled before it was aired - probably worth including...

Not that I'm aware of. The show ran for the standard 13 episodes and it was cancelled sometime during that period. What's your source that it was cancelled before broadcast? In any event it doesn't count because all the episodes of Crusade were broadcast. We're talking about shows taken off the air after one showing. 23skidoo 03:49, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Did you bother to read anything about "Crusade" at all?

1. Read Wikipedia article on Crusade - it clearly states "production was cancelled before the first episode was broadcast".

2. Additional reference. It was cancelled 5 months before any episode aired.

3. The article has a section "Series cancelled before airing a single episode" for which I suggest "Crusade" - in that section many shows eventually aired (as Crusade did too).

Futurix 11:20, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Book Of Daniel

Does this count? only one episode did air.

Are you certain? I thought it ran for a couple of weeks. If you can find a source confirming it only aired once, then yes it would count. 23skidoo 13:26, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

It ran for three weeks, according to tv.com and zap2it.com [1]. 147.70.242.40

[edit] Article needs references

Interesting article, but almost the entire thing appears to be unreferenced. References need to be added. Dugwiki 20:41, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "If I Did It"

I found out that O.J. Simpson's new project and series called If I Did It: Here's How It Happened, which was to be based on an upcoming book, was cancelled along with the book just 6 days after it was announced. Here's the link. --Angeldeb82 21:54, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

• It was a book and a two-part interview, not a television series; so it wouldn't qualify for the article. B.Wind 08:49, 26 November 2006 (UTC)