The game show Smash TV was a Short-Runner.
In fictional 1999, Smash TV produced so many complaints from the PTC that it was canceled after one episode and the time slot reused for Super Smash Bros.- It cannot be a single episode since it is topping the ratings AND it has a home game version. How you play it is beyond me since it is a boardgame. If anything, if the player manages to finish the game then that is the LAST episode of the series since you manage to kill the show's host.
- Also, it says "You are the next lucky contestant," during Attract Mode, and also if you beat the game. So either there's more than one host, or the Final Boss is just Mutoid Man repainted to look like the host. Regardless, even if you beat the game, The Show Must Go On.
- Alternatively the game is the first Season Finale, but the crew is informed the show will be Cut Short so they pull out all the stops to make it a Grand Finale. Including the Host volunteering to be the final challenge.
