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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.


They may have not even gotten a [[TV 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.
They may have not even gotten a [[TV 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.


There's a [[wikipedia:List of television series canceled after one episode|Wikipedia article]] on single-episode runs.
There's a [[wikipedia:List of television series canceled after one episode|Wikipedia article]] on single-episode runs.
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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]].
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.
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.
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* ''[[Outsourced]]''
* ''[[Outsourced (TV series)]]''


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* ''[[The War Next Door]]''
* ''[[The War Next Door]]''
* ''[[Wild Boys (TV)|Wild Boys]]''
* ''[[Wild Boys]]''
* ''[[Winning Streak]]''
* ''[[Winning Streak]]''
* ''[[Wipeout 1988]]''
* ''[[Wipeout 1988]]''

Revision as of 06:53, 7 May 2014

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 even gotten a TV 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.

There's a Wikipedia article on single-episode runs.

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.


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