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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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.


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]].
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== C ==
== C ==
* ''[[Caesars Challenge]]''
* ''[[Caesars Challenge]]''
* ''[[Caprica (TV)|Caprica]]''
* ''[[Caprica]]''
* ''[[Catchphrase (TV)|Catchphrase]]'' (American version)
* ''[[Catchphrase (TV)|Catchphrase]]'' (American version)
* ''[[Central Park West]]''
* ''[[Central Park West]]''
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* ''[[The Chronicle (TV)|The Chronicle]]''
* ''[[The Chronicle (TV)|The Chronicle]]''
* ''[[The Class (TV)|The Class]]''
* ''[[The Class (TV)|The Class]]''
* ''[[Code Name Eternity (TV)|Code Name Eternity]]''
* ''[[Code Name Eternity]]''
* ''[[Conan the Adventurer (TV)|Conan the Adventurer]]''
* ''[[Conan the Adventurer (TV)|Conan the Adventurer]]''
* ''[[Cop Rock]]''
* ''[[Cop Rock]]''
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* ''[[Lawless]]''
* ''[[Lawless]]''
* ''[[Little Muppet Monsters]]'' (only three episodes aired, after ''[[Muppet Babies]]'')
* ''[[Little Muppet Monsters]]'' (only three episodes aired, after ''[[Muppet Babies]]'')
* ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobo_(Dell_Comics) Lobo]'' (not [[Lobo|The Main Man]], an earlier one; first African-American character to headline a comic book.)
* ''[[wikipedia:Lobo (Dell Comics)|Lobo]]'' (not [[Lobo|The Main Man]], an earlier one; first African-American character to headline a comic book.)
* ''[[Lone Star]]''
* ''[[Lone Star]]''
* ''[[Lottery]]''
* ''[[Lottery]]''
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* ''[[South Of Sunset]]''
* ''[[South Of Sunset]]''
* ''[[Survive This]]''
* ''[[Survive This]]''
* ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn-On Turn-On]'' (1969 [[ABC]] sketch show that was so bad, it got canned halfway through its debut on most affiliates {one replacing it with a PSA on '''gun safety'''}. Others either didn't air it at all, or aired the entire thing before deciding to pull the plug on it.)
* ''[[wikipedia:Turn-On|Turn-On]]'' (1969 [[ABC]] sketch show that was so bad, it got canned halfway through its debut on most affiliates {one replacing it with a PSA on '''gun safety'''}. Others either didn't air it at all, or aired the entire thing before deciding to pull the plug on it.)
* ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Void_Indigo Void Indigo]''
* ''[[wikipedia:Void Indigo|Void Indigo]]''
* ''[[The Wacky World Of Bruce Barry]]'' (reality show on [[Family Net]])
* ''[[The Wacky World Of Bruce Barry]]'' (reality show on [[Family Net]])
* ''[[Series/Werewolf|Werewolf]]''
* ''[[Series/Werewolf|Werewolf]]''
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Revision as of 13:38, 25 January 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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