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->''Dear Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}- remember that time I created a tv show for you and it was fun but then you didn't air it on your main channel or do any publicity and then years later you put a portrait of me on your "creator wall?" Love the painting but I'd rather you gave NEW shows a chance!''
-->-- '''Amy Winfrey''', creator of ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', [[https://twitter.com/amywinfrey/status/1291490489196097538 in 2020]]
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-->-- '''Ray''' (played by [[Creator/TheWayansFamily Shawn Wayans]]), ''Film/ScaryMovie''


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-->-- '''Ray''' (played by [[Creator/TheWayansFamily Shawn Wayans]]), Creator/ShawnWayans), ''Film/ScaryMovie''

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->...[a] ''show cancelled for no reason other than that HBO and David Milch came to believe there was more money in surf-noir anticlassic ''Series/JohnFromCincinnati'', a televisual blunder second only to the likes of ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer''. Its plot is unresolved, its final statement never offered, a show that abruptly realized it was holding a dead man’s hand only as the bullet of history pierced its brain.''
-->--'''[[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/capitalist-pig-5-white-cocksuckas/ El Sandifer]]''' on ''Series/{{Deadwood}}''

->''{{Creator/Fox}} is like Whedon's secretly abusive boyfriend; no matter how many times Fox hurts him, cheats on him, beats him down, Whedon always believes Fox when they say it will be different this time.''

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->...[a] ''show cancelled for no reason other than that HBO and David Milch came to believe there was more money in surf-noir anticlassic ''Series/JohnFromCincinnati'', a televisual blunder second only to the likes of ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer''. Its plot is unresolved, its final statement never offered, a show that abruptly realized it was holding a dead man’s hand only as the bullet of history pierced its brain.''
-->--'''[[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/capitalist-pig-5-white-cocksuckas/ El Sandifer]]''' on ''Series/{{Deadwood}}''

->''{{Creator/Fox}} is like Whedon's secretly abusive boyfriend; no matter how many times Fox hurts him, cheats on him, beats him down, Whedon always Whedonalways believes Fox when they say it will be different this time.''



->"Season One of the ''Bill & Ted'' [[WesternAnimation/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventures animated series]] was a fun continuation which kept the tone and humor of the movie, the likability of the leads--which, of course, was helped by the fact that Creator/KeanuReeves and Creator/AlexWinter still did the voices--yeah, that's nice and all, ''but:'' [snaps fingers while pretending to think] how do we ''[[{{Creator/Fox}} mess that up?]]''"
-->--'''Creator/BradJones''', ''DVR-Heaven''



->"Maybe Michael Grade's parents, and convince them not to get married."
-->--'''Creator/ColinBaker''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CgesifrpKA on]] which historical figure he'd want to meet.

->"Ratings fell, and when ratings fall in television, in spite of your love and enthusiasm, the executives get scared. Why did the ratings fall? It might have been because we went up against ''Series/CoronationStreet'', the most popular soap in the world? It was a big drop, wasn’t it? A 50% drop. It was considerable...It’s all to do with money. They took you for granted. They tended to use ''Doctor Who'' as a kind of training ship [[SciFiGhetto for novices to get their experience on]]. That’s bad."
-->--'''Creator/AnthonyAinley''' [[http://drwhointerviews.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/anthony-ainley-1991/ on]] ''Series/DoctorWho''

->"If {{Creator/NBC}} had set out to ruin it, they couldn't have done a better job."
-->--'''Creator/JohnLithgow''' on ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun''
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->''This promising new show which was being head by the legendary Creator/GenndyTartakovsky only lasted 20 episodes and was scrapped in 2011. Why? [[MerchandiseDriven Because the network could not acquire a toy license for it]], and decided to write it off as a loss in their taxes. [[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer ...I'm not kidding.]]

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->''This promising new show which was being head by the legendary Creator/GenndyTartakovsky only lasted 20 episodes and was scrapped in 2011. Why? [[MerchandiseDriven Because the network could not acquire a toy license for it]], and decided to write it off as a loss in their taxes. [[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer ...[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer ...I'm not kidding.]]
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->''This promising new show which was being head by the legendary Creator/GenndyTartakovsky only lasted 20 episodes and was scrapped in 2011. Why? [[MerchandiseDriven Because the network could not acquire a toy license for it]], and decided to write it off as a loss in their taxes. [[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer ...I'm not kidding.]]
-->--WebVideo/SaberSpark talking about the cancellation of ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan''
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->'''Pan Pizza''': Tax write-offs.\\
'''[[WesternAnimation/MegasXLR Coop]]''': Huh?\\
'''Pan''': What this means that, if a show is considered a financial failure, the channel can write it off for tax deductions.\\
'''Coop''': Huh?\\
'''Pan''': Legally, both ''[[Anime/IGPXImmortalGrandPrix IGPX]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' can never air again on American Creator/CartoonNetwork, or Creator/AdultSwim.\\
'''Coop''': ...huh?\\
'''Pan''': [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes Those shows are gone.]] For, like, ever. If there was a maximum amount of evers, this would be four of them.\\
'''Coop''': ''Nooooooo!''
-->--''WebVideo/RebelTaxi'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh6JjePEM84 Top 10 WORST CARTOON NETWORK MOMENTS]]''[[note]]Thankfully, the Creator/{{Toonami}} crew were able to regain the rights to ''[=IGPX=]'' for reruns and a DVD re-release. Unfortunately, ''Megas [=XLR=]'' as well as ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'' are still stuck in this form of limbo.[[/note]]
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->...[a] ''show cancelled for no reason other than that HBO and David Milch came to believe there was more money in surf-noir anticlassic ''Series/JohnFromCincinnatti'', a televisual blunder second only to the likes of ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer''. Its plot is unresolved, its final statement never offered, a show that abruptly realized it was holding a dead man’s hand only as the bullet of history pierced its brain.''

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->...[a] ''show cancelled for no reason other than that HBO and David Milch came to believe there was more money in surf-noir anticlassic ''Series/JohnFromCincinnatti'', ''Series/JohnFromCincinnati'', a televisual blunder second only to the likes of ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer''. Its plot is unresolved, its final statement never offered, a show that abruptly realized it was holding a dead man’s hand only as the bullet of history pierced its brain.''
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->''"Watching television shows doesn’t create psycho killers. Canceling TV shows does! Series/TheWayansBros was a good show, man! It was a good-ass show, and we didn’t even get a final episode!"''
-->-- '''Ray''' (played by [[Creator/TheWayansFamily Shawn Wayans]]), ''Film/ScaryMovie''

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