Line #119 Main/SeriesHiatus


1	When a work 'pauses' without being officially cancelled.
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3	Very common with 'independent' works that rely on a single, or very small amount of people to complete. The lead becomes too busy with a 'real job', too tired, away on vacation or needing time to catch up, rather than allow an extended ScheduleSlip, they may resort to announce an intentional break in the series, usually with a pre-set return date. Unfortunately, it is not rare for what is intended to be a short hiatus to become [[OrphanedSeries permanent]].
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5	It should be noted that since many Web Series are [[DoingItForTheArt made for fun, instead of for profit]] and FanFiction cannot be legally used for profit, by default, their creators will often have to go on hiatus to take care of their own personal needs and may only be able to continue work on their series, when they find free time in between work, school, etc.
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7	When it happens with a professional franchise, it is usually due to the monetary return for the most recent work being below expectations, causing the money managers to halt further development with a vague desire to return to it at a later date. More rarely, the people in charge like a showrunner, head writer or lead actors can cause a series to go on a hiatus without being cancelled.
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9	Compare UnCancelled, as a work that manages that trope will undoubtedly come across as this, and serial examples of TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment, where production has finished but premiers were held off until much later.
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16	* ''Manga/BeetTheVandelBuster'' went on hiatus for nearly ten years (2006 to 2016) after artist Koji Inada became too ill to work on it. After the manga's return in ''Jump SQ.Crown'' in April 2016, it went on hiatus again in October of the same year. It finally returned in April 2018 in ''Jump SQ.Rise'' (since ''Crown'' had ceased publication during that period).
17	* Rei Hiroe put out Volume 9 of ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' in '''2009'''. Good thing he finally announced he was going to [[http://13xs.blog93.fc2.com/blog-entry-63.html resume writing again in 2012]]. Except... the announcement was made back in ''March 2012.'' He finally got out a chapter in March 2013... only for him to announce the next chapter would be released around June. He managed to get chapters out until February 2014... and then stopped once more. It may not be a coincidence that in May 2014, Volume 10 came out... and it covered up to Chapter 87, which was the last chapter from February. One wonders if his publishing company was just nagging him to put out enough content to create another volume. The English release of that volume was in April 2015, but there's been no word on when (or IF) Rei will have more chapters ready.
18	** Eventually it was revealed that the reason for the hiatus was because Rei was working on ''Anime/ReCreators'' with Ei Aoki. Once that show started airing, new ''Black Lagoon'' chapters started releasing again in May 2017 (over 3 years after the previous release). Then the manga went on hiatus again in August 2018 after Chapter 101, though in this case it concluded the arc (and it was also just enough chapters to publish Volume 11). The next arc began publishing in September 2019... on a ''bi-monthly'' basis, and the chapters just keep getting shorter and shorter: Chapter 104 was only '''nine pages long.''' Chapters used to be 24 pages on average.
19	* Katsura Hoshino took a hiatus from ''Manga/DGrayMan'' from November 2008 to March 2009 due to an injury, then while fans were enjoying the return, it started a whole new hiatus in April. The series was on hiatus again from December 2012 to July 2015, though Hoshino resumed the series with a catch: the series is now on a quarterly release schedule instead of monthly. On the plus side, a new anime adaptation aired in summer 2016 that continued where the 2008 series left off.
20	* Noteworthy for happening so soon within a series, after 5 Chapters of Manga/DeadTube Champion RED Magazine announced that the series would be held back for several issues (it's a monthly serial) in 2014, coming back only in December, back with a vengeance ever since it brought the Plot Twist with it.
21	* Dal-Young Lim and Kwang-Hyun Kim put ''Manga/{{Freezing}}'' on hiatus in April 2019 after the release of Chapter 225 due to circumstances involving the authors.
22	* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' took an extended break after about 36 chapters because Natsuki Takaya injured her drawing hand. She came back after a few months and finished the series.
23	* Kohta Hirano with his series ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}: The Dawn''. He felt like stopping out of nowhere in 2007 but Young King Comics did not declare the series as finished or cancelled. If it ever comes back to serialization, the fans will probably have forgotten about the series altogether.
24	* Yuu Watase had taken a decade to actually complete ''Manga/FushigiYuugiGenbuKaiden'' due to having several series going on. When she finally seemed to begin work on ''Manga/FushigiYuugiByakkoIbun'' in 2015 and no more updates had occured since, she revealed her intent of leaving ''Byakko Ibun'' as a one-shot chapter for the time being, while she focused most of her time on ''Manga/ArataTheLegend''.
25	* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' has gone through multiple hiatuses.
26	** The longest one lasting nearly four years (from November 26th, 2018, to October 24th, 2022) , due to Yoshihiro Togashi's health problems. There's [[https://hiatus-hiatus.github.io/ even a chart set up]] to count how long the periods of hiatus have lasted. As of November 21st, 2022, ''Hunter × Hunter'' has been on hiatus for 791 issues of ''Shonen Jump'', compared to 396 issues that contained a chapter, meaning that it's been on hiatus for nearly '''67% of its existence'''.
27	** It's gotten to the point that both the 1999 '''and''' the 2011 anime adaptations (mind you, that's a difference of 12 years between adaptations) were CutShort (the 1999 adaptation ran for 62 televised episodes and 30 additional OVA episodes, while the 2011 anime ran for 148 televised episodes).
28	* Although ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' rarely has any hiatus during publication, Creator/HirohikoAraki tends to take breaks after finishing a Part. The first occurred after ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'' was finished, which lasted for nine months until ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' began. After ''Stone Ocean'' ended, another break lasted for about ten months until coming back for ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]''. The third, and longest, hiatus after the completion of ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'', lasted for a year and six months until returning for the start of ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureTheJoJoLands The JoJoLands]]''.
29	* Creator/HayaoMiyazaki started the manga version of ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' in 1982, regularly stopping the comic - sometimes for over a year at a time - to work on his films (beginning, naturally, with the ''Nausicaa'' movie). Because of this, it took Hayao over 12 years to complete the manga.
30	* Technically happened with ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'', although it was sort of out of Yasuhiro Nightow's control: the original magazine the title was serialized in folded, and when he was hired by Young King Comics a year later they asked him to restart his old series instead of creating a new one.
31	* ''Manga/{{Nana}}'' went on hiatus in 2009, as [[Creator/AiYazawa the author]] had some health problems. She has since recovered, but has not yet given word on when or if she will continue the manga.
32	* ''Gamerz Heaven'' appears to be on hiatus, but some speculate that the non sequitur cliffhanger the last chapter finished with could just be a [[GainaxEnding really, really lame ending]].
33	* At the end of March 2013, Gangan Online announced ''Manga/ShindereShoujoToKodokuNaShinigami'' had been put on indefinite hiatus due to the writer, Masaki Himura, having a sudden illness. [[DiedDuringProduction Himura passed away in 2015]], leaving the manga unfinished.
34	* ''Manga/OnePiece'' rarely takes longer hiatuses (among the few examples are one month's hiatus before the TimeSkip and a couple of weeks when Oda was admitted to hospital), but it has become rather well-known for taking many more breaks than most of the other big shonen series. Currently, it is usually on break every fourth or fifth week (sometimes even more often). Sometimes it's because Oda is doing research, but other times no reason is given. Fans like to joke that the hiatuses are to spend more time with his rather attractive wife.
35	* ''Manga/MarchComesInLikeALion'' entered hiatus upon reaching its 97th chapter due to the author needing surgery for an unspecified reason.
36	* ''Manga/HibikisMagic'' was on hiatus from 2007 to 2013. There were ''a few'' chapters released in between, in 2008 and 2011 respectively, but it did not resume regular publication until early 2013, and has been coming out on a fairly consistent bimonthly schedule since then. It finally ended with volume 4.
37	* Creator/{{CLAMP}} is very notorious of this. ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' remain in a hiatus since 2003. There were talks of CLAMP planning to continue the series as long as there's a magazine willing to publish it. But since it's nearly a decade already, with several of their old series such as ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', ''Manga/{{XxxHolic}}'' and ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' returning, ''X/1999'' remains incomplete. ''Manga/DrugAndDrop'' and ''Manga/{{Gate7}}'' are also in a hiatus since 2014 which doesn't help that CLAMP continued the former back in 2011. Then in 2016, ''xxxHolic: Rei'' went into a hiatus but it would return in Spring 2023 once CLAMP finishes ''Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card''.
38	* ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'' went on an indefinite hiatus quite literally in the middle of a chapter: the first half of chapter 31 was published in June 2013, and the fans have been waiting for the second one ever since. The hiatus had multiple possible reasons, ranging from the BrokenBase caused by the manga among long-time fans, to the main writer having to juggle ''another'' on-going [[Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid manga in the same continuity]], its anime adaptation, and a whole bunch of assorted media for the ''Manga/NanohaINNOCENT'' spin-offs. There now seems to be little chance it will continue with the magazine it was serialized in ending publication.
39	* ''Manga/KingdomHeartsII'': After Volume 5 came out, the manga was put on hold while Shiro Amano worked on the adaptation of ''Manga/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2''.
40	* Creator/KentaroMiura was as infamous as Yoshihiro Togashi for his long breaks in the publishing of ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' (so much so that the fact that Guts and his companions were on a boat for ''seven years'' in real time became a meme). There were all sorts of rumors as to why, but no one really knows the reason. His death in 2021 left the future of the series uncertain until just over a year later it was announced that his lifelong friend and fellow author Kouji Mori would work with his assistants to conclude the story.
41	* ''Anime/DaisukiBubuChacha'' suffered a one year hiatus between season 1 (1999) and season 2 (2001)
42	* ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' went on a four-month hiatus after the [[EpilepticFlashingLights Porygon incident]], so that the producers could investigate and revise the guidelines on what animation techniques were appropriate for television viewing.
43	* In ''Anime/UltimateMuscle'' The Tag Team Arc/Series ended in 2008 with the day saved once again, but it didn’t really end as a true climax for the whole Nisei series, leaving the series open for more adventures if needed; however, it seems the inclusion of the original Choujin from ''Kinnikuman'', at their prime, reignited interested for OG cast, so in 2010 the original ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' manga, which by all means had a very conclusive end, resumed serialization and as of 2021 still is ongoing. This effectively put the Nisei series at an undefined hold, unidentified if or when it will ever resume serialization.
44	* ''Manga/WorldTrigger'' went on an abrupt hiatus in late 2016 due to the author's health, eventually returning two years later, although moving from the ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' magazine to the monthly ''Jump Square''.
45	* There was a long delay between the second and third volumes of ''Manga/ShoulderACoffinKuro'' due to the manga going on hiatus in 2009 in Japan, but the third volume was eventually released in November 2012.
46	* ''Manga/FromEroicaWithLove'' is a ''very'' long-running manga, beginning serialization in 1976 and ending in 2012, though it went on hiatus from 1989 to 1995.
47	* ''Manga/MagicKaito'' began in 1987 but has technically been on hiatus since 1988; since then, creator Gosho Aoyama only occasionally draws new chapters for it while working more regularly on his other long-running manga, ''Manga/CaseClosed''. Only three new volumes have been released since the first two were published; the third volume was published in 1994, the fourth in 2007, and the fifth in 2017.
48	* ''Manga/LuckyStar'' went on a lengthy hiatus from 2014 to 2022, due to creator Kagami Yoshimizu working on another project. When the manga resumed, it also switched magazines from ''Comptiq'' to ''Mitaina!''.
49	* ''Manga/{{Unico}}'' went on a brief hiatus in early 1977 due to Creator/OsamuTezuka suddenly getting hospitalized before working on "The Cat on the Broomstick" chapter. During his stay, he was able to properly envision the chapter's storyline with some of the emotional moments between [[{{Unicorn}} Unico]] and [[CuteKitten Chao the cat]] were [[RealitySubtext based on his unpleasent hospital stay.]]
50	* Many anime series tend to take a week-long break during late December or early January for the New Year, since special one-off programming themed around the holiday is usually slated to air in their timeslots.
51	* Aside from New Year's break, the Sunday morning block of children's programming on Creator/TVAsahi tends to take a week-long break for two other occasions each year: the U.S. Open in the summer (which has happened since 2017) and Ekiden in November. The former break usually happens right before the episode introducing the SixthRanger in the current ''Anime/PrettyCure'' installment.
52	* Following the death of Creator/{{Tarako}}, who voiced the titular character, ''Manga/ChibiMarukoChan'' went on hiatus and showed reruns until a new voice actress was found.
53	* In September 2009, the ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'' anime took a month-long hiatus for undisclosed reasons, though many fans mistakenly believed it was due to Yoshito Usui's death around the same time.
54	* The ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' anime took a month-long hiatus between the 1979 series and the 2005 series.
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58	* ''ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics'' was put into indefinite hiatus and unofficially cancelled in December 2015, right as the comic was about to adapt the events of ''VideoGame/MegaMan4''. Issue 55, the last one released before the comic ended, revolves around Dr. Light getting into an accident involving a time machine and seeing visions of the future, specifically the classic games not yet adapted into the comic, along with the ''X'', ''Zero'', ''ZX'', and ''Legends'' subseries -- in other words, he gets to see the legacy of Mega Man. The series now has little chance of continuing because everyone who worked on it moved to IDW.
59	* Creator/GeoffJohns' ''[[ComicBook/Shazam2012 Shazam!]]'' was put into hiatus Mid-2013, at the conclusion of its initial story arc. The story resumed in late 2018, more than five years later. The main character of ''Shazam!'' remained active in Franchise/TheDCU's crossover storylines during the interim, however.
60	* ''Creator/{{Pearl}}'' by ''Creator/BrianMichaelBendis'' was originally planned to be a six-issue miniseries, but due to the success of the comic, it was upgraded into an ongoing, skipping a month in order to prepare the seventh issue.
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64	* The best known cases in print comics were the more-than-yearlong breaks taken by [[ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}} Garry Trudeau]] in 1983 and [[ComicStrip/TheFarSide Gary Larson]] in 1989, and the shorter breaks taken by [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Bill Watterson]] in 1991 and 1994 and [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charles Schulz]] in late 1997. In the business, these are known as "sabbaticals". Garry has gone on week-long vacations every now and then since the long break, with reruns being published in place. He also took a 3-month break in 2008. ''Doonsbury'' has been on "long-term hiatus" since Feb. 2014, due to Garry focusing his energies on ''Series/AlphaHouse'' (Sunday strips are new).
65	* Tom Pappalardo published the comic strip ''Whiskey! Tango! Foxtrot!'' from 2007-2008, took a year off, and returned in 2010 with a retooled layout, renaming it ''ComicStrip/TheOptimist''.
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69	* ''Fanfic/NobodyDies'' got hit with this hard in February of 2012, where after chapter 110, it simply stopped updating for months. When questioned, the author responded that he had written himself into a corner and was trying to work out how to get the story back on track. As of January 2013, he may have found his answer, as he has seemingly once again posted some story updates.
70	* The last story update in [[Fanfic/TheCATverse the [=CATverse=]]] was posted in October 2012, and in 2016 the writers announced an official hiatus from the series due to time commitments in real life.
71	* ''Godzilla: Replay'', the sequel to the ''Literature/NESGodzillaCreepypasta'', hasn't been updated since 2013, and the creator announced that the story is on an indefinite hiatus (although not cancelled).
72	* As of January 14th, 2017, ''Blog/ThePredespairKids'' sequel story, ''The Despair Kids,'' has been placed on hiatus for a few months. This is because Mod J is trying to avoid spoilers for ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', which are annoyingly prevalent on Tumblr thanks to dataminers, until he plays the game for himself. Since the western release is confirmed for this year, he's calculated the hiatus should end sometime between March and July. Small updates, however, are also possible.
73	* On July 19, 2017, ''Fanfic/{{Continuance}}'' went on a planned hiatus, partly so that the author could focus on his other fic, ''Change of Engagement.''
74	* The ''Fanfic/SkyholdAcademyYearbook'' series went on an unplanned hiatus for about six months between late 2018 and early 2019, due to the winter holidays and one of the authors moving house.
75	* The fics of [=Loyal2Luna=], including ''Fanfic/DoctorWhoovesTheSeries'' and ''Fanfic/MassEffectTheEquestrianEquation'' sequel ''Shades of Twilight'' were declared {{Dead Fic}}s by their editor [=2dextreem=] in 2017 after over a year of hearing nothing from Loyal, with [=2dextreem=] writing a final chapter for ''Shades of Twilight'' to wrap up the cliffhanger and current story arc. Loyal returned to working on them in 2021.
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79	* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' has had two major hiatuses in its sixty-plus year history, both for the same reason: declining ticket sales. The first was a nearly ten-year gap between ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla'' and ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' (March 1975 to December 1984), which was a DarkerAndEdgier ContinuityReboot. The second was another nearly ten-year gap between ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' and ''Film/Godzilla2014'' (December 2004 to May 2014), or a nearly twelve-year gap with ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' (July 2016) if you only count the Japanese films.
80	* The ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' went on hiatus after the release of ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' in July 2, 2019. It was planned to resume on May 1, 2020, which would mark the release of ''Film/BlackWidow2021'', but a viral pandemic forced the Phase 4 premiere to be held off until January 15, 2021 with the premiere of ''Series/WandaVision'' instead, resulting in the hiatus lasting for ''a year and a half''.
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84	* LightNovels have many examples of this situation happening. The format's publishing style relies on a steady release of volumes that are typically shorter than regular literary novels and tend to use simpler vocabulary, which enables multiple releases a year (with authors expected to release a volume at least once a year). A general rule of thumb is that if a light novel series doesn't release anything for over two years without any word from the author or publisher, it's time to start worrying.
85	** ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' went on hiatus in 2007 after ''The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya'' ended on a cliffhanger. The conclusion was released in 2011, only for the series to go on hiatus again after the announcement of at least one more book. Nagaru Tanigawa had been completely silent until 2018, where he released a couple of short stories to coincide with the release of ''The Sneaker Legend'', and the final volume of ''[[Manga/HaruhiChan The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan]]'' respectively, but had given no word on if the books would continue until August 2020, when the 12th volume was finally announced, nine years after the release of ''Surprise''.
86	** ''Literature/ClockworkPlanet'' published Volume 4 in December 2015 and then seemed to promptly die after that, with a single anime season airing in Spring 2017 and the manga adaptation ending in August 2018. Given that this series was written as a collaborative effort with two authors, one of them being the writer of ''Literature/NoGameNoLife'' (which also had its share of rocky hiatuses from 2016 onward thanks to his poor health), it was probably too much trouble to coordinate between them.
87	** ''Literature/RokkaBravesOfTheSixFlowers'' is an infamous example, as its last activity was a spin-off novel released in March 2016 (its last mainline release was Volume 6 in July 2015). The author never wrote any more content and never explained why; the English translator for the series suspected that [[https://old.reddit.com/r/LightNovels/comments/j2zuwi/tl_im_the_translator_of_oregairu_rokka_magical/g7bkqq6/ he hadn't planned far enough ahead and had probably written himself into a corner that he couldn't get out of.]]
88	** ''Literature/AmagiBrilliantPark'' had Volume 8 come out in June 2016 and ended with a minor cliffhanger and unresolved plot points. There's been no news on any more releases.
89	** ''Literature/MeAGeniusIWasRebornIntoAnotherWorld'' released its third volume in August 2016 and abruptly stopped after that. It isn't even complete in its webnovel form either, so it's anyone's guess why the author seemed to have just given up on the story.
90	** ''Literature/TheFarawayPaladin'' last released Volume 4 in September 2017, and nothing new after that, even with the series getting two anime seasons that aired in Fall 2021 and 2023. In December 2021, the author [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2021-12-13/the-faraway-paladin-author-reveals-how-the-story-was-originally-written-as-practice/.180433 revealed in an interview]] that he has a mental illness called adjustment disorder that has been crippling his ability to write.
91	** ''Literature/InfiniteStratos'' left off on a major cliffhanger [[spoiler: with its main character Ichika dying from a stab wound to the heart and his sister Chifuyu desperately trying to keep him alive]] when Volume 12 released in April 2018, with the author stating in the afterword that the next volume would be the end. However, after all this time, there has been no word on said ending being released to this day. Apart from writing some short stories on his social media accounts, there has been no activity from the author on his series since then.
92	** ''Literature/TheMagicInThisOtherWorldIsTooFarBehind'' had a lot of drama erupt behind the scenes between author Gamei Hitsuji and publisher Overlap when it came time to release Volume 9. Originally set to release in early 2018, Overlap delayed publication by over a year and a half that by the time the volume came out in October 2019, Gamei had grown so frustrated during the interim that he started a new series in 2018 with Micro Magazine, ''The Magician Who Rose From Failure'', and seemed to have lost motivation to continue the story. It would take nearly 4.5 years for ''Magic in this Other World'' to come off of hiatus with Volume 10, which eventually published in February 2024.
93	** ''Literature/TheHeroIsOverpoweredButOverlyCautious'' has not released a new novel since Volume 7 came out in December 2019. When the author did an AMA thread on Reddit in June 2021 to promote his new series ''Literature/FullDive'', he very conspicuously avoided answering any questions related to ''Cautious Hero's'' status. Then ''Full Dive'' fell into this situation as well after releasing Volume 4 literally just the next month in July 2021: no more releases have come out, while he has started a new series called ''Suzuki is Cute Even In A Savage World'' in 2022.
94	** ''Literature/ThereWasNoSecretEvilFightingOrganization'' put out two volumes in February and August 2019 and then seemed to have gotten abruptly cancelled but no announcement was ever made. The actual complete story can only be found in its webnovel form which consists of around 7 volumes of content.
95	** ''Literature/TheHiddenDungeonOnlyICanEnter'' released Volume 6 in December 2020 and the novels went quiet after that. Interestingly enough, the story is complete as a webnovel, and the manga adaptation is still ongoing.
96	** Has happened twice with Creator/YukiyaMurasaki's works. The first time with ''Literature/AltinaTheSwordPrincess'' which last published Volume 14 in September 2018, the afterword of that book noted that he was putting ''Altina'' on pause since his other series, ''Literature/HowNotToSummonADemonLord'' was selling so well. Then the same thing occurred with ''that'' series after it released Volume 14 in June 2021: it missed releasing anything in 2022 and 2023, with no word on why.
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100	* The first season of ''Series/ThreeTwoOneContact'' aired in 1980, but due to funding constraints, the series went into reruns until 1983.
101	* ''Series/{{All Creatures Great And Small\|1978}}'' went on one of these from 1982 to 1988, with two {{Christmas Episode}}s in between.
102	* ''Series/AlloAllo'' went on a two-year hiatus from 1989 after lead actor Creator/GordenKaye suffered a horrific head injury, putting the entire future of the series in doubt. He went on to make a full recovery and the show successfully returned for 3 more series.
103	* ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' took a break in 1980 for Creator/JohnInman to fly to Australia and film a TransatlanticEquivalent.
104	* ''Series/{{Atlanta}}'': Had a 4 year hiatus between the end of it's second season in 2018, and the scheduled release of the 3rd in 2022. The main reasons were that Donald Glover's music career exploding after he released ''Awaken, My Love!'' and that the rest of the main cast (Brian Tyree Henry, Lakeith Stanfield and Zazie Beetz) had performed well enough that the show had become a StarMakingRole for all three. The COVID pandemic did not help, pushing the release into 2022.
105	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
106	** After the transmission of Season 22 in early 1985, the show was rested for 18 months on the orders of BBC One controller Michael Grade. The stated reasons were that the levels of violence in the programme had become to high, and the BBC wished to invest money in creating new dramas. The show returned in late 1986, but with a completely different set of stories to those that had been originally planned, under the umbrella title "Trial Of A Time Lord", reflecting the way that the show was effectively on trial in real life.
107	** After the transmission of Season 26 in 1989, which received record-low ratings, it was announced that a 27th season would not be commissioned for the following year. The BBC would insist for the next 14 years that the show had ''not'' been cancelled, but they were simply waiting for the right time to bring it back. Aside from a one-off [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie TV movie]] in 1996, ''Doctor Who'' would not return until 2005.
108	** Having aired one season per year for the first four years of the revival from 2005-08, the show took a year off in 2009 with only a handful of specials airing. This was in part to allow for a smoother transition to the new production team, as Creator/RussellTDavies departed and Creator/StevenMoffat succeeded him. Series 5 was broadcast in Spring 2010, a full two years after the previous regular season.
109	* ''Series/GabbyDuranAndTheUnsittables'' had a second season announcement before the series premiered, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic impacting many television productions, it did not air until 15 months after the first season finale (from March 2020 to June 2021), with the show being cancelled shortly after the season two finale aired.
110	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': After having a yearly spring-to-summer airing schedule for the first six seasons, the series' seventh season had a delayed premiere in summer, while the eighth and final season, although airing in spring, was delayed by a full year (2019 instead of 2018). [[ArcWords Winter is coming]] not only in-universe but also out; the first six seasons ended their filming in December, but the last two were shot over an entire winter each, so the editing team only started to work in spring.
111	* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' as a TV show went on hiatus during the TheNineties, from ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRx'' (1988-1989) to ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' (2000). The franchise was otherwise kept alive via stage shows, music [=CDs=] and the occasional movie. During that time, ''Series/MetalHeroes'' became the companion series to ''Franchise/SuperSentai''.
112	* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' didn't film any new episodes from March 2020-September 2021, due to production on other ''Franchise/StarWars'' TV shows. This resulted in a gap of over two years between the airings of the Season 2 finale, in December 2020, and the Season 3 premiere, in March 2023. In the meantime, ''Mandalorian'' cast members would at least reprise their roles on ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'' and ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett''.
113	* ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' went on a three-year hiatus starting from 1976 and lasting through 1979, mainly so Fred Rogers could work some other projects. The show remained on the air during that period, but only repeats were shown (plus a one-off ChristmasSpecial).
114	* ''Series/PerfectStrangers'' went on a 15-month hiatus after ratings dropped following a disastrous move from its prized Franchise/TGiF slot to Saturday nights in 1992. The series returned for a 6-episode FinaleSeason, which aired on Franchise/TGiF in the summer of 1993.
115	* [[Series/{{Svengoolie}} Son of Svengoolie]] joked about this in his 1986 finale during a song aptly titled "Cancelled!", proclaiming during a HurricaneOfEuphemisms that the show was "On hiatus! That means gone!" Ironically, contrary to the point of the song, the cancellation ''would'' turn out to be only temporary, and the show returned (as simply ''Svengoolie'') in 1995.
116	* The 2015 reboot of ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}'' went on a four-year hiatus before a continuation that utilized many of the same elements of that incarnation was announced for Netflix.
117	* The producers of ''Series/ThankGodYoureHere'' took a break for a year before bringing the show back for a fourth season.
118	* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' did this this between ''[[Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth Children of Earth]]'' (2009) and ''[[Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay Miracle Day]]'' (2011), because the producers needed to find an American network to take on the show in conjunction with the BBC.
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122	* Music/TitleFight have not released new music since their 2015 album ''Hyperview'', and in 2018 they stopped performing live. Though they never officially broken up, any chance of a new album or even a reunion tour is looking more and more unlikely as the band members have gone their separate ways and onto other projects.
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124
125	[[folder:Podcasts]]
126	* In July 2016, ''Podcast/SickSadWorld'' announced a hiatus due to the hosts' busy personal and professional lives. They intended to return in the fall, but that ended up not happening.
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128
129	[[folder:Theme Parks]]
130	* [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Studios Hollywood]]'s Theatre/HalloweenHorrorNights has gone through this a total of four times. It first started in 1986, but after an incident that resulted in the death of a scareactor, it was cancelled until 1992. After 1992, it again went dark until 1997 and continued to run for 1998, 1999, and 2000 before once more going on hiatus. In 2006, the event was at last revived and has been run every year until 2020. As a result of COVID-19 affecting theme parks on a global scale, Universal had to cancel the Horror Nights once again.
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133	[[folder:Video Games]]
134	* After ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' went into years of silence, its main protagonist Pit ended up being announced as a playable character for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'', serving as that entry's "throwback/retro" character. This laid the groundwork for ''Smash Bros.'' creator Creator/MasahiroSakurai himself to develop the first new entry in two decades, ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''. The game released to moderately positive reception, leading many to assume the series would continue on with regular installments, but this wouldn't be the case. Sakurai would state years later that [[https://twitter.com/Sora_Sakurai/status/1373831802972905472 he finds the idea of making a new entry difficult]], which inadvertently makes ''Uprising'''s tongue-in-cheek joke about the series not getting another game for 20 years a bit bittersweet.
135	* The developers of ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'' and ''VisualNovel/DatingMyDaughter'' took a couple of these for a month each to cool down while alternating between these two games.
136	* ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' has not seen a new title released since ''VideoGame/LaytonsMysteryJourneyKatrielleAndTheMillionairesConspiracy'', which was first released in 2017, until ''Professor Layton and The New World of Steam'' was announced in 2023 with a planned 2025 release.
137	* [[https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/02/interview_learning_more_about_the_ultimate_crossover_rpg_project_x_zone_2_from_its_creators On a Nintendo Life interview]] with producer Kensuke Tsukanaka about ''[[VideoGame/ProjectXZone Project X Zone 2: Brave New World]]'', he expressed interest in continuing the ''Project X Zone'' series. In spite of this, no new entries for the series have been announced since ''Brave New World'' first released in Japan back in 2015.
138	* Creator/InsomniacGames placed the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series on hiatus from 2016 to 2021 so they could work on ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4''. The series made its triumph return with ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankRiftApart''.
139	* The ''Franchise/SlyCooper'' franchise went into a hiatus in 2005. [[ContestedSequel Depending on who you ask]], the franchise has been dormant for either ten years, or ''eighteen years'', owing to ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'', released in 2013, being OvershadowedByControversy and subjected to intense FanonDiscontinuity for its DownerEnding {{Cliffhanger}}.
140	* The [[Videogame/WWEVideoGames WWE 2K]] series, which typically releases games annually, went on a brief hiatus, not releasing a game in either 2020 (aside from the spinoff title ''2K Battlegrounds'') or 2021, with the series not releasing another mainline game until 2022. The hiatus is believed to be due to both the poor reception of ''2K20'' and the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.
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144	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': The show took an extended break after Volume 8 due to COVID-19 causing production issues, and as a result of needing to work on both Volume 9 and a Justice League crossover film for Warner Bros.. Thus, there was no season premiere in either 2021 or 2022, but the anime spin-off ''Anime/RWBYIceQueendom'' began airing in June 2022.
145	* ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ'' was put on an indefinite hiatus due to an unspecified real-life problem up until its cancellation in 2012.
146	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' has been known to have long gaps in between updates, especially when The Brothers Chaps were working on the video game. Notably, the series was on a complete hiatus from December 22, 2010 to April 1st, 2014, after which scarce updates have taken place.
147	* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' has had a history of hiatuses. The first complete hiatus started in late 2005, ended when the TV series premiered in September 2006 on Creator/{{G4TV}}, and resumed in December 2006 after the TV series ended, finally ending in October 2007. Then it underwent another major hiatus from October 2010 to December 2011, and yet another one from March 2014 to December 2016. After 2016's episodes were released for free by 2019, no new updates have occurred since, leading some to believe that the show was cancelled. Seven years later, the show would finally return in September 2023 with a new episode to promote a crossover DLC with ''VideoGame/TheCrackpetShow''.
148	* ''WebAnimation/CampCamp'' is hung up as Creator/RoosterTeeth went through a restructuring that prevents the show from being made without an outside studio's help. (there's also another 2D show, ''Webanimation/NomadOfNowhere'', though most consider it QuietlyCancelled instead of this trope)
149	* ''WebAnimation/MinilifeTV'': The Minilife Chronicles series was originally planned to go on a brief hiatus from September 2019 to January 2020, but the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic delayed the next episode to November 2021.
150	* After the second season of ''WebAnimation/MetaRunner'' concluded in December 2020, the series went on an extended break in 2021. While work was being done on the third and final season, Creator/GlitchProductions also worked on two other projects, namely the ''[[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers [=SMG4=]]]'' spin-off ''WebAnimation/SunsetParadise'' and the pilot for ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones'', which premiered in 2021 instead. After those, ''Meta Runner'' would return for its last episodes in July 2022, after a 19-month gap.
151	* ''[[Music/SiIvaGunner The SilvaGunner Christmas Comeback Crisis]]'' went on a six-year hiatus after the December 25, 2017 premiere of its 10th episode. Various tie-in lore videos were uploaded during this period, some of them falling blatantly outside canon. The series made its [[{{Pun}} grand]] return on January 12, 2024, at the end of the channel's Season 7.
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154	[[folder:Web Comics]]
155	* The author of ''Webcomic/CaseyAndAndy'' announced that he was planning to leave the comic alone for an indefinite amount of time while he worked on his other project, ''Cheshire Crossing''. He did later return and finish it.
156	* The author of ''Webcomic/{{Collar 6}}'' took a one-week hiatus after he completing the 100th strip.
157	* Maritza Campos of ''Webcomic/CollegeRoomiesFromHell'' takes off the first two and last two weeks of each year (though she had to start the hiatus in 2006 several weeks earlier due to health issues). She also took several weeks off after the birth of her first child.
158	* ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'' went on an extended hiatus in 2019 due to circumstances in author Gigi DG's personal life making it infeasible to continue the series in is current form. In the hiatus's announcement, Gigi stated that the comic will switch formats to a less taxing illustrated script once they resume work on it.
159	* ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}'' has gone on a number of hiatuses in the past. The author getting married and going on honeymoon caused one of them.
160	* Josh Sortelli of ''Webcomic/ElfOnlyInn'' has taken lengthy breaks from production of his webcomic, up to several years on one occasion.
161	* Dan Shive of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' took two months off at the end of 2006 to catch up on his StripBuffer and attend to personal issues. And takes several more on a regular basis due to deciding he doesn't like his buffer anymore and redoing it.
162	** At one point, it took him ''four-and-a-half'' years to update ''EGS:NP'' ([[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2010-02-19 18 February 2010]] to [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2014-08-01 1 August 2014]]).
163	--->'''Dan's Commentary:''' Contrary to what's stated above and below, ''EGS:NP'' was on an indefinite hiatus.
164	* The webcomic ''Eversummer Eve'' has a long and tortured history online. It had been running for several years before Denise Jones moved new updates and its archive to subscription-site [=WirePop=], where it helped launch the site. The comic eventually hit ScheduleSlip in 2007 without notice, quietly leaving the site in early 2008. The comic has not been updated since, and the author has since indicated on Deviant Art that it's on hiatus, but she intends to come back to it and remake/reboot it at some undetermined point in time.
165	* When Chapter 14 of ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' finished in September 2007, the series went on a hiatus InNameOnly. The regular comic didn't update for two weeks, but bonus material, including a few {{Guest Strip}}s, were posted ''every weekday'' (whereas the regular comic only updates three times a week). Tom Siddell explained that the break was supposed to represent the protagonists' summer holiday, so the time skip between Chapters 14 and 15 wouldn't feel so abrupt.
166	* ''Webcomic/HelloCthulhu'', thought to be an [[OrphanedSeries orphan]], was updated a whopping ''year-and-a-half'' after the 85th strip.
167	* Amahara from ''Webcomic/TheIdatenDeitiesKnowOnlyPeace'' hasn’t updated his webcomic version in years, to the point some people wonder if he will just focus on moving on with the storyline in the actual official manga version he writes with COOL drawing it.
168	* ''[[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com Jayden and Crusader]]'' experienced a hiatus between January and May 2008 in an effort to improve artistic ability before continuing.
169	* Mike Shapiro, author of ''[[http://joe-the-circle.com/ Joe The Circle]]'', mysteriously ceased his already-sporadic updates on his comic in July 2002. To the frank astonishment of both his readers and his characters, he unexpectedly [[http://joe-the-circle.com/comic/?p=116 resumed updates]]... in ''September 2006''. Thus, at four years and two months, Mike has one of the longest non-permanent hiatuses of a webcomic. And, unfortunately, he stopped again shortly afterward.
170	* ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' was forced onto hiatus after 383 strips due to the artist getting tendonitis. Due to the chronic nature of the aliment the hiatus may [[OrphanedSeries become permament]].
171	* Creator/MaryCagle, author of ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'', announced in mid-2020 that the comic would be taking an [[https://www.kiwiblitz.com/blog/dreaded-hiatus indefinite hiatus]], in order to balance taking care of personal issues and working as lead writer and artist on ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain''. As the comic had been ongoing for [[WebcomicsLongRunners over a decade]] at this point and is now in its penultimate chapter, the main story is effectively complete, save a few [[{{Denouement}} loose ends waiting to be tied up]]. Still, the author has repeatedly made it clear that she intends to wrap up the story properly once she has the time to resume regular updates.
172	* ''Webcomic/TheLifeOfNobTMouse'' went on hiatus for ''eight years'', but has since been running along nicely and now updates three times a week.
173	* Christopher Livingston, author of ''[[http://livinginoblivion.wordpress.com/ Livin' in Oblivion]]'', started a hiatus titled, startlingly, "Hiatus". Two months later, an update, then nothing. He still sporadically updates, but with no schedule.
174	* ''[[http://www.livingwithinsanity.com/index Living With Insanity]]'' took one while David was on vacation with no internet access and Paul was doing some work for Creator/OniPress. Other than that, no major problems.
175	* ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'' went on hiatus several times, for durations of two to four months, mostly in winter. On the other hand, when it was alive, it often updated daily.
176	* ''Webcomic/MageAndDemonQueen'': At the end of Season 1, the author took a break from May 21st, 2019 until August 29th, 2019. After finishing Season 2 on January 13th, 2021, they took another hiatus that lasted until June 23rd of the same year.
177	* ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'' actually does do this on occasion, but due to Fred Gallagher's notorious ScheduleSlip, it's hard to tell the difference.
178	* ''Webcomic/{{Melonpool}}'' ended up getting a couple large breaks, with many of them flat out abandoning the material that it went on hiatus with.
179	* ''Webcomic/DumCat'', a, independent wordless single-paneled anthology, has been put on hold for a confirmed several months. This is so that artist D can put into works a feature-length ''Dum Cat'' picture book, with the intention of publication under an established producer.
180	* ''Webcomic/MountainTime'' took a hiatus that was later "explained" in a special [[http://mountaincomics.com/travelogue/ travelogue feature]].
181	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
182	** Due to his chronic illness, Rich Burlew took a few weeks' break from the comic, once he reached [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0484.html the end of the "War and XPs" story arc]]. A brief hiatus is typical at the end of a story arc, but this one was longer than usual.
183	** Another hiatus ensued in mid to late 2012 due to an injury sustained to his drawing hand.
184	* ''Webcomic/SailorSun'': placed on hiatus due to the author moving to the middle east for job reasons, now at the vague statements of intent on the DeadFic scale. However his other, shorter, comic ''Webcomic/IDreamOfAJeanieBottle'' is randomly coughing up updates.
185	* [[http://skeletonscomic.blogspot.com Skeletons!]] did this after a ''Webcomic/ScheduleSlip'', but at least there's a strip that points out why.
186	* Pete Abrams of ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' is known to go on at least one major hiatus a year. The longest occurred shortly after the birth of his daughter and lasted over two months, during which time a number of other artists (including some mentioned in this very entry) drew filler strips for the site.
187	* ''Webcomic/SugarBits'' has not received any updates since 2016. Members of Bleedman's production team say the decision has been made to cancel ''Sugar Bits'' as a comic in order to maintain a constant focus on ''[[Webcomic/PowerpuffGirlsDoujinshi PPGD]]''.
188	* ''Webcomic/WayfarersMoon'' in an [[LampshadeHanging unusual subversion]]: The announcement for the hiatus included an announcement for an extra SpinOff comic once they would start up again.
189	* Anne Onymous of ''Webcomic/TheWotch'' took off the first six weeks of 2007 to recover from a serious personal problem. Another long hiatus began in August 2009. The series eventually resumed with a new artist taking over the drawing duties.
190	* ''The Prime of Ambition'' stopped in the middle of the most interesting part of a flashback in the very beginning. After 11 Jun 2008 the authors occasionally dropping in bonus materials, sketchbook pages and teasers, until the [[StronglyWordedLetter #bpspill]] page on 4 Jul 2010 and ChristmasEpisode. A to-do list promising reanimation of the comic in the first days of October appeared only 16 Sep 2011 It wasn't, but at least to-do list got regular updates.
191	* Xin, who draws ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'', took time off in November 2011 to deal with her dying mother. During this time, the text only "Inner Peace (Through Superior Firepower" was posted instead, which was set before the events of the main comic.
192	* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' went on a brief hiatus shortly before the 400th comic due to Matthew Taranto's health problems. A second one was announced immediately after the Christmas comic, set to last a little over a month.
193	* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}''. As the author puts it between chapter 5 and 6:
194	-->Long time readers know I take a one month break between chapters to recharge my batteries and fluff the page buffer, allowing me to keep the awesome three updates a week schedule. It's for the best
195	* ''Webcomic/SidequestStory'' went into what was supposed to be a brief one-month hiatus, but which ended up lasting almost a year. Luckily, it got back to updating weekly again after that. Only to slip back into hiatus again a few months later. As of May 6th 2014, the comic has been in hiatus for 1½ year.
196	* ''Webcomic/ALessonIsLearnedButTheDamageIsIrreversible'' stopped updating in May 2006 and returned in December 2012. That's six years and seven months!
197	* ''Webcomic/TheFuzzyFive'' announced a hiatus in August 2012. As of June 2014, no indication of a return date.
198	* ''Webcomic/FluffyBunnyDomination'' has not been updated since 2013 at the latest.
199	* ''Webcomic/AvasDemon'' is on hiatus until early January so the author can work on its books.
200	* ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' has undergone a few hiatuses in the past as creator Creator/AndrewHussie has worked on sizable projects related to the comic. In the later years, they even got their own names. Those include:
201	** A relatively unknown hiatus between ''Webcomic/BardQuest'' and ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'', lasting from July 2007 to March 2008. Back then, MSPA wasn't Andrew’s main thing (that title went to ''Team Special Olympics''), and in addition, most of its details still weren't ironed out, causing the pause (and the discontinuing of ''Webcomic/BardQuest'').
202	** A hiatus in September to October 2011 to work on ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''[='=]s 13 minute long animated update, Cascade.
203	** An unnamed hiatus from August to September 2012; famous for starting the trend of ''Homestuck'' fans making weird sprite edits during the pauses. It concluded with the first of three large-scale walkarounds featuring the Beforus trolls.
204	** The Megapause, the first "named" pause of ''Homestuck'', lasting from April to June 2013. It concluded with Caliborn revealing "HOMOSUCK.", an AffectionateParody of the webcomic it's in. In its time, it caused confusion; as the second-to-last page before it read "THE END.", some people assumed it to be the actual end of ''Homestuck''.
205	** The Gigapause, the longest pause by far, lasting an entire year from October 2013 to October 2014; Hussie originally intended to finish the entire comic in this time before posting the ending all at once, but he ended up not getting as much work done as he expected, so he ended the hiatus prematurely and just returned to regular updates.
206	** The Masterpause, from January to April 2015; it is named for having concluded with "Caliborn's Masterpiece".
207	** The Omegapause, the last pause before ''Homestuck''[='=]s completion, from July 2015 to March 2016. This time, we were brought an ''18''-minute-long Collide.
208	** If we consider each webcomic to be its own thing, though, the longest hiatus is that of ''Webcomic/{{Jailbreak}}''. Abandoned in February 2007, it was unfinished until September 2011, when the ending was written.
209	** Then there's the ''Webcomic/ParadoxSpace'' hiatus, starting April 2015, initiated because that comic was costing way too much and not generating any significant revenue.
210	* ''Webcomic/OwMySanity'' has been on indefinite hiatus since 2011, so that the author can focus on projects, such as ''Literature/TenGhost'', that will actually allow him to buy food.
211	* [[http://bonsaimechafactory.org/eidolicfringe/ Eidolic Fringe]] was a Sci Fi webcomic by Laura Galiffe and Joe Lee that began in 2002. However in 2005, due to both author and artist suffering from burnout and their RealLife day jobs taking more of their time, they stop updating the comic before the story got more exciting.
212	* ''Webcomic/PhuzzyComics'' has been on hiatus since January 2016 as the author's responsibilities as storyboard artist/voice actor filled her time.
213	* ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' went on a puppy hiatus on June 11, 2018, due to David Morgan Mar getting a poodle puppy and wanting to devote his time to raising it. It is planned to return on New Year's Day, 2019.
214	* ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'' has been on an indefinite hiatus since April 2015 although there were some random updates in 2016.
215	* ''Webcomic/{{Sakana}}'' went on an extended hiatus that lasted from October of 2019 to September of 2023 as the creator became busy with other projects. When the comic returned, the entire site had also been redesigned.
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219	* While often prone to ScheduleSlip, the ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' blog ''Blog/BloggerBeware'' has been announced by the blog owner to be on indefinite hiatus since 2013, with only one update in 2015 to poke fun at the [[{{Film/Goosebumps\|2015}} upcoming movie]] and none since then.
220	* ''WebVideo/FortniteTheMovie'' features an insane amount of hiatuses, some ranging from a few weeks to almost two whole years.
221	** Fortnite the Movie, Fortnite the Movie 2 and Fortnite the Movie 3 Part 1 all were released in the span of a week. Fortnite the Movie 3 Part 2 would be released roughly two and a half weeks later.
222	** Fortnite the Movie 4 would release mid December of 2019. In the next two and a half weeks, we would see the release of The Spyman, Fortnite the Movie 5: Vengeance, Fortnite the Movie 6 and Prequel.
223	** Over two months later, Mime Time and Knives Out 2 were released back to back over two days. Almost three weeks after this, Fortnite the Movie 7: Rise of the Clown and Old Times would release in a similar way to the previous duo. One month after Old Times was released, Bigmouth, Jesus! and The Clown would all release on the same day
224	** One year and eight months after the release of The Clown, The Fortnie the Movie Remake would be released. Fortnite the Movie 8: The Enemy of the Clown, The Roadtrip and Granny Business would all be released in the span of a week after this. This would be the longest hiatus to this date.
225	** Eight months after Granny Business, we would see the release of The Cowboy Contract, Norm's Night of Horror, Cop Movie and Ab-Norm-al in the span of a few days.
226	** Three months later, The Fortnite the Movie Holiday Special would be released, along with Hunted, The Wreckage and The Gustavo Show.
227	** Goliath and Jesus vs Rampage: Yawn of Justice would be released two months after this in the span of a few days.
228	** Another month after the previous two films were released, Last of the Clowns would be released.
229	* ''Website/NobodyHere'':
230	** After "[[https://nobodyhere.com/justme/hermit.here Hermit]]" was uploaded in 2006, the site didn't get another update until 2010. "[[https://nobodyhere.com/justme/trash.here Trash]]", which looks back on the site's history as part of its [[MilestoneCelebration 25th anniversary]], refers to this period as "the darkness".
231	** "[[https://nobodyhere.com/justme/plant.here Plant]]", uploaded in 2018, was the site's last update for years until the site started regularly updating again in 2023; this lack of updates was in part due to the need to re-code the site's outdated [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]] content.
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234	[[folder:Web Video]]
235	* WebVideo/ThatDudeInTheSuede left Website/ChannelAwesome for a two-year hiatus in January 2009 in order to do missionary work. His return was pushed back to May, and when he still failed to return to the site rumors sprang up that he was doubting coming back at all -- and even confirmed them. In reality, his delayed return was tied to delays in TGWTG's [[WebVideo/SuburbanKnights third anniversary special]]. On June 30th, at the end of ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'' part five, Suede revealed himself shocking everyone who believed the rumors thus pulling off a long-term prank. On July 8, Suede released a trailer announcing he would be making more video reviews for TGWTG.
236	* ''WebVideo/ACoupleOfCuntsInTheCountryside'' released no videos between September 2012 and May 2014, due to various RealLife incidents.
237	* ''WebVideo/EconomyWatch'' goes through these from time to time, especially during the spring.
238	* Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s bimonthly ''WebVideo/NintendoDirect'' video presentations skipped over August and October 2015 due to the death of president and CEO Satoru Iwata. They resumed in November of that year.
239	** Due to the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic, Nintendo did not have one between September 2019 and February 2021. While there was one Mini Direct and many third-party Partner Showcases, all new first party announcements were relegated to indivudual social media posts.
240	* ''WebVideo/DiceCameraAction'' was put on Hiatus in May 2019, after controversy arose due to an affair between castmembers and further controversial behavior of one of its stars. It was cancelled seven months later.
241	* ''WebVideo/JamesAndMikeMondays'', which managed to keep up a streak of uploading videos every Monday for roughly seven years, announced that the show would be going on hiatus in July of 2020. The hiatus announcement was tied to their playthrough of ''VideoGame/TheWizardOfOz'', with the intent of resuming the series in February of 2021. However, due to a variety of factors including Mike Matei's departure from Cinemassacre, the decision was eventually made to just cancel the series.
242	* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' suspended all live broadcasting on March 17, 2020 due to quarantine restrictions brought on by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. The main series returned on July 2nd, which was coincidentally the [[MilestoneCelebration 100th episode]] of Campaign 2, but episodes were now pre-recorded and the set was rearranged to allow the cast to maintain a safe distance from each other.
243	* ''WebVideo/BirgirPall'', a comedic, video game playing duo from Iceland went on a permanent hiatus in January 2018 when one half the duo left Iceland to work for a game development studio located in California in the United States while the other half joined the creators of ''VideoGame/EVEOnline'' in Iceland. The time difference and their full time work obligations narrowed their available collaboration window to a too small amount of time solely on weekends, which wasn't enough time to continue their work together.
244	* The ''WebVideo/YogscastMinecraftSeries'' has a case of this with ''WebVideo/ShadowOfIsraphel''. When the series seemed to abruptly stop putting out new episodes in the middle of season three, there were/was/is lots of speculation that it had become an OrphanedSeries. LetsPlay/LewisBrindley has said that it simply can't be continued at the moment because of real life constraints and some of the original crew not being around anymore (not that it stopped complaining about SOI's hiatus or speculation he was lying, contributing to ArtistDisillusionment). Every once in awhile they throw in a Shout-Out in some of their other series alluding to/joking about SOI taking so long/being constantly delayed.
245	* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' had a gap of two years between episode 82 (end of season 4) and episode 83 (start of season 5), and then a year and a half until episode 84, due to the ongoing health issues for Creator/LittleKuriboh.
246	* Creator/SamAndMickey took several breaks in 2022, only posting new episodes in January, March, and July. The post-July break continued until the May 2023 release of "The Unexpected Hiatus", explained in-universe as [[spoiler:Barbie joining a cult for nine months]]. They also haven't posted any miniseries since November 2021.
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250	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Especially mid season 2 onwards, this show has been known to release several episodes at a time, only to disappear for months, rarely informing when the next set of episodes will be.
251	** Ironically, the airing of seasons 3-6’s finales and first episodes are very close to each other, even overlapping at times.
252	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' had a year-long hiatus between season 3 (1998) and season 4 (1999). The reason for the delay is often thought to be that Season 3 pushed the episode count to 65, and that Cinar was gauging the popularity of the series to see if it's worth following up with another season or if the show should be relegated to SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon status.
253	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'':
254	** The series went into a year-long hiatus following the season 1 finale, due to Disney Channel's new "binge-watching" strategy where the crew has to finish producing about ten episodes instead of one to three at a time, and release them all at once. It status was left further unknown with the advent of the coronavirus pandemic. Finally, in late June, it was confirmed that the second season would premiere on July 11, a week away from exactly when the first season finale aired.
255	** In addition to another hiatus after the first half of season 2, the first half ended on a huge cliffhanger, as did the other members of Disney Channel's "Big 3" (''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''), aside from a BreatherEpisode that's Halloween-themed, until March 6, 2021, with the hiatus lasting five months this time (six if one doesn't count the Halloween episode).
256	* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' fell into this territory following the Season 1 finale in 2019, with no episodes released from March to November when the second season premiered. It went on another hiatus in 2020 after the tenth episode from February to July, then a ''third hiatus'' as of "[[WhamEpisode Chipwrecked]]" in September, with the continuation "Chipocalypse Now" premiering in January of ''2021''. To make matters worse, 2019 and 2020 currently tie for the fewest episode premieres with 15 each.
257	* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' really follows this trope. The only notable hiatus in season 1 was after the Christmas episode on December 2 and new episodes on May 4, totaling 5 months. This was due to moving from Disney XD to Disney Channel. Season 2 saw 3 hiatuses, one from the Christmas episode to Della's episode in March, meaning 3, another 2 month hiatus due to 9 episodes airing in May, and a 4 month hiatus, with new episodes returning in September.
258	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' went on hiatus after airing the first half of it's inaugural season following it's premiere from November 2021 to February 2022, before resuming to air the first half of it's second half and subsequently having another hiatus from March to June of the same year before concluding season one. The second season would not debut until April 2023 after the season one finale aired in July of the previous year. It entered hiatus by mid-May, before resuming in early-July, and again taking a break in mid-August.
259	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' went on a mid-season hiatus in both the US and Canada (For the former it happened after CN ran out of episodes after "Six Strings of Evil" aired) and it was possibly even longer thanks to ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' airing.
260	* ''WesternAnimation/GreenEggsAndHam2019'' aired its first season in November 2019, and was subsequently renewed for a second season, which was released in April 2022. It's been said that this show is one of the most expensive western cartoons, so that might explain it.
261	* In addition to the year-long hiatus between seasons 4 and 5, the second half of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'''s fifth season was pushed back to September 2015, after ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames'' aired on Discovery Family. This was also apparently to match the two holiday episodes (Scare Master and Hearthbreakers) with their real-world counterpart's dates, although Hearthbreakers still ended up airing about two months early. Season 6 has a similar summer hiatus, and the 9th episode, allegedly titled "The Fault in Our Cutie Marks", [[OutOfOrder was delayed until afterwards]], leaving only 12 pre-hiatus episodes rather than the symmetrical 13.
262	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': With season 2 premiering December 14th, 2020, the hiatus between the first season and the second season took [[PunctuatedForEmphasis TWO. FREAKING. YEARS.]] Overall, very traumatic waiting for a new adventure, but such is the life of an adventurer. The upcoming third and final season is scheduled for a December 2023 release, making the hiatus an even longer THREE years in the meantime, not withstanding the 2021 movie special.
263	* The season 1 finale of ''WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart'' aired in July 2020 and the show was renewed for a second season that same month. As of July 2022, Season 2 hasn't yet released (if it wasn't QuietlyCancelled), making for a ''two year'' hiatus. It's possible that COVID-19 and the still-present effects of the AT&T-Time Warner merger affected it.
264	* ''WesternAnimation/MaxAndRuby'' to date has aired new episodes throughout a period from 2002-2019 but to date has only had seven official seasons. After the second season, there was a gap of nearly three years unti the third, then after the fifth season, there was a gap of over three years until the sixth, which brought about a major {{Retool}} to the series.
265	* ''WesternAnimation/NellaThePrincessKnight'': After "Freezing Out the Fleagles" and "The Big Concert" aired on the Nick Jr. channel on December 8, 2019, the show was then put on hiatus and was eventually pulled out of the Nick Jr channel. The last three episodes arrived on Paramount+ on July 21, 2021 when the show was added to Paramount+. It was on hiatus for longer than 12 months - without any news about its future - which was at this point downplayed.
266	* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'':
267	** The series entered a four month hiatus after the tenth episode in March 2020, with no new ones until July. This is because of Disney Channel's new "binge-watching" strategy where the crew has to finish producing about ten episodes instead of one or two at a time before airing them, which could take 3-5 months or longer.
268	** The show would go into another major one following the season 1 finale on August 29th, 2020 lasting nearly ten months, with the reason for such a long hiatus being due to the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the crew to work from home, which made it take longer to churn out new episodes, as well as the fact that the cut of Season 3 forced the crew to rework the entire season, condensing what planned plot points they could into Season 2.
269	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': The show's broadcast schedule [[https://turtlebyte.github.io/stevenhiatus became rather erratic]] following the first half of season one, when the series forwent the classic weekly format for the bomb format (aptly titled "Stevenbomb"). Then it got even moreso once the fifth season started, to compensate for a production hiatus after the season's completion leading into ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'' and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'' — there was a five-month hiatus twice before it ended. Needless to say, this erratic schedule has become quite... [[MemeticMutation notorious]] amongst the fandom.
270	* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': The show constantly suffers from this. By far the longest hiatus was the one from December 30, 2016[[note]]The day after "Space Junk / Scientific Sean" premiered[[/note]] and June 4, 2017[[note]]One day before "Beep and Boop's Game / Constellation Prize" premiered[[/note]]. '''''5 months'''''.
271	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Stoked}}'' was hit with this in both the United States and Canada.
272	** Canada: While the show did pretty decent on Creator/{{Teletoon}} when it first premiered, the series took a 4-month hiatus between "Mr. Wahine" (which aired November 5, 2009) and "Reef, Broseph and Emma's Totally Stupid Adventure" (which aired March 4, 2010). Season 2 was hit with it even worse. Despite airing new episodes every other week, the series saw an even longer hiatus between "Clinging in the Rain" (which premiered on January 6, 2011) to "My Fair Leslie" (which premiered on April 6, 2012). The series saw another hiatus, which lasted 5 months. Since "Browatch" (which aired on September 22, 2012) the series went back to airing new episodes every other week, even leading to the GrandFinale "Grom Fest" (which aired January 26, 2013). In short, it took Canada--the show's country of origin--almost 2 1/2 years to finish season 2.
273	** United States: Aside from airing the first 17 episodes out of order, the show did pretty decent when it initially aired in July 2009. However, after "Mr. Wahine" (which premiered on November 10, 2009), the series took a 7-month hiatus until "Grand Theft Auto Bus" (which premiered June 28, 2010) aired. The United States run ended with "Endless Bummer", which was the 22nd episode of the first season. The 7-month hiatus was the only hiatus that the US version of "Stoked" ever saw, as the series disappeared from Creator/CartoonNetwork after the removed the show after July 2010.
274	* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' has some pretty long hiatuses at times. The first hiatus was between the season 1 finale ("Secret of the Sundrop"; January 13, 2018) and the season 2 premiere ("Beyond the Corona Walls"; June 24, 2018) - five months. After the episode "Happiness Is..." (August 26, 2018), the show went on hiatus again until March 3, 2019 ("Max and Eugene in ''Peril on the High Seas''") - '''six months''''. Another 5-6 month hiatus happened between the season 2 finale ("Destinies Collide" - April 14, 2019) and the season 3 premiere ("Rapunzel's Return" - October 7, 2019).
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