1 | !!AnimeAndManga |
2 | ->'''Shin:''' Hey, mister. Do you know where I can hide and no one would find me?\ |
3 | '''TV Manager:''' [[OtakuOClock 2 AM, Saturdays]]? |
4 | -->-- ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'' |
5 | |
6 | !!{{Film}} |
7 | ->''"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!"'' |
8 | -->-- '''Ray''' (played by Creator/ShawnWayans), ''Film/ScaryMovie'' |
9 | |
10 | |
11 | !!LiveActionTV |
12 | ->"We had [[FridayNightDeathslot a lousy timeslot]]." |
13 | -->-- '''Raquel Westbrook''', ''Series/TheLAComplex'' |
14 | |
15 | ->''"Starting now on Creator/{{Channel 4}} is a brand new show that we paid a ridiculous amount of money for which we'll launch in a blaze of publicity, and after a few weeks, we'll get bored of it and move it around the schedule where no one can find it, then we'll brand it a flop, take it off the air for six months, then reluctantly put it back on at three in the morning."'' |
16 | -->-- ''Series/DeadRingers'' |
17 | |
18 | !!{{Web Original}}s |
19 | ->''{{Creator/Fox}} is like Whedon's secretly abusive boyfriend; no matter how many times Fox hurts him, cheats on him, beats him down, Whedonalways believes Fox when they say it will be different this time.'' |
20 | -->-- ''[=xxBirdMadGirlxx=] on [[Website/{{Fark}} Fark.com]]'' |
21 | |
22 | !!WebVideo |
23 | ->"Once I beat you, your show will be cancelled faster than you can say 'created by Creator/JossWhedon'!" |
24 | -->-- '''Melvin''', ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' |
25 | |
26 | ->''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.]] |
27 | -->--WebVideo/SaberSpark talking about the cancellation of ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'' |
28 | |
29 | ->"Did you hear about a game called ''VideoGame/{{Devotion}}''?\ |
30 | It's not on Platform/{{GOG|DotCom}} because of [[BannedInChina Chinese commotion]]\ |
31 | Appeasing power is the Creator/{{CD|Projekt}} way" |
32 | -->-- '''[[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]]''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUoo6vv0k2U A Song of Cyberpunk]]'' |
33 | |
34 | ->'''Pan Pizza''': Tax write-offs.\ |
35 | '''[[WesternAnimation/MegasXLR Coop]]''': Huh?\ |
36 | '''Pan''': What this means that, if a show is considered a financial failure, the channel can write it off for tax deductions.\ |
37 | '''Coop''': Huh?\ |
38 | '''Pan''': Legally, both ''[[Anime/IGPXImmortalGrandPrix IGPX]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' can never air again on American Creator/CartoonNetwork, or Creator/AdultSwim.\ |
39 | '''Coop''': ...huh?\ |
40 | '''Pan''': [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes Those shows are gone.]] For, like, ever. If there was a maximum amount of evers, this would be four of them.\ |
41 | '''Coop''': ''Nooooooo!'' |
42 | -->--''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]] |
43 | |
44 | !!WesternAnimation |
45 | ->"You know, the guys in prime-time could have had this show, but no! They had 'better ideas!'" |
46 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' |
47 | |
48 | ->'''Peter Griffin:''' Everybody, I've got bad news. We've been canceled.\ |
49 | '''Lois Griffin:''' Oh no! Peter, How could they do that?\ |
50 | '''Peter:''' Well, unfortunately, Lois, there's just no more room on the schedule. We just gotta accept the fact that FOX has to make room for terrific shows like ''Series/DarkAngel'', ''Series/{{Titus}}'', ''Series/{{Undeclared}}'', ''Series/{{Action}}'', ''Series/That80sShow'', ''Series/{{Wonderfalls}}'', ''Series/FastLane'', ''Series/AndyRichterControlsTheUniverse'', ''Series/{{Skin}}'', ''Girls Club'', ''CrackingUp'', ''Series/ThePitts'', ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', ''Get Real'', ''Series/FreakyLinks'', ''Wanda at Large'', ''Costello'', ''Series/TheLoneGunmen'', ''A Minute with Stan Hooper'', ''Normal Ohio'', ''Pasadena'', ''Series/HarshRealm'', ''Series/KeenEddie'', ''Series/TheStreet'', ''American Embassy'', ''Cedric the Entertainer'', ''Series/{{The Tick|2001}}'', ''Luis'', and ''Series/GregTheBunny''.\ |
51 | '''Lois:''' Is there no hope?\ |
52 | '''Peter:''' Well, I suppose if ''all those shows'' go down the tubes, [[CueTheFlyingPigs we might have a shot.]] |
53 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' |
54 | |
55 | ->''(grabs a stress ball)'' I need this now more than ever for its intended purpose! ''(looks closer at it)'' "''Sons of Tucson'' new on Fox"? When was this on? I watch Fox, I never saw this! |
56 | -->-- '''Roger Smith''', ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' |
57 | |
58 | ->''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!'' |
59 | -->-- '''Amy Winfrey''', creator of ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', [[https://twitter.com/amywinfrey/status/1291490489196097538 in 2020]] |
60 | |
61 | !!RealLife |
62 | ->''I had [[Series/LateNightWithConanOBrien a show]]. Then I had [[Series/TheTonightShow a different show]]. Now I have a {{Website/Twitter}} account.'' |
63 | -->-- '''Creator/ConanOBrien''' |
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