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{{trope|wppage=List of television series canceled after one episode}}
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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 gotten a [[TV Tropes]] or [[All The 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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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.

The Wikipedia tab above links to articles of shows canceled within two episodes.
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== Live-Action TV Short Runners ==
== Live-Action TV Short Runners ==
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=== A-C ===

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== A ==
* ''[[The Adventures of Superpup]]''
* ''[[The Adventures of Superpup]]''
* ''[[All Star Blitz]]''
* ''[[All Star Blitz]]''
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* ''[[Arthur of the Britons]]''
* ''[[Arthur of the Britons]]''
* ''[[Automan]]''
* ''[[Automan]]''

== B ==
* ''[[The Better Sex]]''
* ''[[The Better Sex]]''
* ''[[The Big Showdown]]''
* ''[[The Big Showdown]]''
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* ''[[Brimstone (TV series)|Brimstone]]''
* ''[[Brimstone (TV series)|Brimstone]]''
* ''[[Bring Em Back Alive]]''
* ''[[Bring Em Back Alive]]''

== C ==
* ''[[Caesars Challenge]]''
* ''[[Caesars Challenge]]''
* ''[[Caprica]]''
* ''[[Caprica]]''
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* ''[[Crime Traveller]]''
* ''[[Crime Traveller]]''


== D ==
=== D-J ===
* ''[[Deadly Games]]''
* ''[[Deadly Games]]''
* ''[[Don't Scare the Hare]]''
* ''[[Don't Scare the Hare]]''
* ''[[Downfall (TV series)|Downfall]]''
* ''[[Downfall (TV series)|Downfall]]''
* ''[[Drive (TV series)|Drive]]''
* ''[[Drive (TV series)|Drive]]''

== E ==
* ''[[Earth 2]]''
* ''[[Earth 2]]''

== F ==
* ''[[Families at War]]''
* ''[[Families at War]]''
* ''[[Fantasy (TV series)|Fantasy]]''
* ''[[Fantasy (TV series)|Fantasy]]''
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* ''[[Flash Gordon (TV series)|Flash Gordon]]''
* ''[[Flash Gordon (TV series)|Flash Gordon]]''
* ''[[Fortune Hunter]]''
* ''[[Fortune Hunter]]''

== G ==
* ''[[Gemini Man]]''
* ''[[Gemini Man]]''
* ''[[Gigantic]]''
* ''[[Gigantic]]''
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* ''[[Go (TV series)|Go]]''
* ''[[Go (TV series)|Go]]''
* ''[[Greed (TV series)|Greed]]''
* ''[[Greed (TV series)|Greed]]''

== H ==
* ''[[Harsh Realm]]''
* ''[[Harsh Realm]]''
* ''[[Heil Honey I'm Home!|Heil Honey I'm Home]]''
* ''[[Heil Honey I'm Home!|Heil Honey I'm Home]]''
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* ''[[Hot Potato (TV series)|Hot Potato]]''
* ''[[Hot Potato (TV series)|Hot Potato]]''
* ''[[Huge]]''
* ''[[Huge]]''

== I ==
* ''[[I'm in The Band]]''
* ''[[I'm in The Band]]''

== J ==
* ''[[John Doe]]''
* ''[[John Doe]]''
* ''[[Johnny Bago]]''
* ''[[Johnny Bago]]''
* ''[[Just Cause (TV series)|Just Cause]]''
* ''[[Just Cause (TV series)|Just Cause]]''


== K ==
=== K-P ===
* ''[[Key West]]''
* ''[[Key West]]''
* ''[[Kings]]''
* ''[[Kings]]''

== L ==
* ''[[Late Night Liars]]''
* ''[[Late Night Liars]]''
* ''[[Law & Order: LA|Law and Order LA]]''
* ''[[Law & Order: LA|Law and Order LA]]''
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* ''[[Legend (TV series)|Legend]]''
* ''[[Legend (TV series)|Legend]]''
* ''[[Life As We Know It]]''
* ''[[Life As We Know It]]''

== M ==
* ''[[The Magnificent Marble Machine]]''
* ''[[The Magnificent Marble Machine]]''
* ''[[M.A.N.T.I.S.|MANTIS]]''
* ''[[M.A.N.T.I.S.|MANTIS]]''
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* ''[[Monopoly (TV series)|Monopoly]]''
* ''[[Monopoly (TV series)|Monopoly]]''
* ''[[My Brother and Me]]''
* ''[[My Brother and Me]]''

== N ==
* ''[[National Bingo Night]]''
* ''[[National Bingo Night]]''
* ''[[Night Visions]]''
* ''[[Night Visions]]''
* ''[[Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation|Ninja Turtles the Next Mutation]]''
* ''[[Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation|Ninja Turtles the Next Mutation]]''

== O ==
* ''[[Outsourced (TV series)]]''
* ''[[Outsourced (TV series)]]''

== P ==
* ''[[Paranoia (TV series)|Paranoia]]''
* ''[[Paranoia (TV series)|Paranoia]]''
* ''[[The Philanthropist]]''
* ''[[The Philanthropist]]''
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* ''[[Probe]]''
* ''[[Probe]]''


== Q ==
=== Q-Z ===
* ''[[Queen of Swords]]''
* ''[[Queen of Swords]]''

== R ==
* ''[[Raines]]''
* ''[[Raines]]''
* ''[[Roar]]''
* ''[[Roar]]''
* ''[[The Ropers]]''
* ''[[The Ropers]]''

== S ==
* ''[[Safe Harbor (TV series)|Safe Harbor]]''
* ''[[Safe Harbor (TV series)|Safe Harbor]]''
* ''[[Scattergories]]''
* ''[[Scattergories]]''
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* ''[[Stargate Universe]]''
* ''[[Stargate Universe]]''
* ''[[Supertrain]]''
* ''[[Supertrain]]''

== T ==
* ''[[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]''
* ''[[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]''
* ''[[Talkabout]]''
* ''[[Talkabout]]''
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* ''[[Trashed]]''
* ''[[Trashed]]''
* ''[[Treasure Mall]]''
* ''[[Treasure Mall]]''

== U ==
* ''[[Undercovers]]''
* ''[[Undercovers]]''
* ''[[Unforgettable]]''
* ''[[Unforgettable]]''
* ''[[The Unusuals]]''
* ''[[The Unusuals]]''

== V ==
* ''[[Vengeance Unlimited]]''
* ''[[Vengeance Unlimited]]''

== W ==
* ''[[The War Next Door]]''
* ''[[The War Next Door]]''
* ''[[Wild Boys]]''
* ''[[Wild Boys]]''
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* ''[[Wonderfalls]]''
* ''[[Wonderfalls]]''
* ''[[Work It]]''
* ''[[Work It]]''
== X ==

== Y ==
* ''[[You Deserve It]]''
* ''[[You Deserve It]]''
* ''[[Young Blades]]''
* ''[[Young Blades]]''
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== [[Western Animation]] Short Runners ==
== [[Western Animation]] Short Runners ==

* ''[[Allen Gregory]]''
* ''[[Allen Gregory]]''
* ''[[The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan]]''
* ''[[The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan]]''
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* ''[[Yakkity Yak]]''
* ''[[Yakkity Yak]]''


== Short Runners in Other Media ==
== [[Comic Books]] Short Runners ==

== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[D.R. & Quinch|DR and Quinch]]''
* ''[[D.R. & Quinch|DR and Quinch]]''
* ''[[Warrior (Comic Book)|Warrior]]''
* ''[[Warrior (Comic Book)|Warrior]]''

Revision as of 20:37, 6 September 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 gotten a TV Tropes or All The 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.

The Wikipedia tab above links to articles of shows canceled within two episodes.

Live-Action TV Short Runners

A-C

D-J

K-P

Q-Z

Western Animation Short Runners

Comic Books Short Runners

Short Runners Without a TV Tropes Page

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