Anime & Manga
Shin: Hey, mister. Do you know where I can hide and no one would find me?
TV Manager: 2 AM, Saturdays?
TV Manager: 2 AM, Saturdays?
Film
"Watching television shows doesn’t create psycho killers. Canceling TV shows does! The Wayans Bros. was a good show, man! It was a good-ass show, and we didn’t even get a final episode!"
— Ray (played by Shawn Wayans), Scary Movie
Live-Action TV
"We had a lousy timeslot."
— Raquel Westbrook, The L.A. Complex
"Starting now on 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."
Web Originals
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.
— xxBirdMadGirlxx on Fark.com
Web Video
"Once I beat you, your show will be cancelled faster than you can say 'created by Joss Whedon'!"
— Melvin, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series
''This promising new show which was being head by the legendary Genndy Tartakovsky only lasted 20 episodes and was scrapped in 2011. Why? Because the network could not acquire a toy license for it, and decided to write it off as a loss in their taxes. ...I'm not kidding.
—Saber Spark talking about the cancellation of Sym-Bionic Titan
"Did you hear about a game called Devotion?
It's not on GOG because of Chinese commotion
Appeasing power is the CD way"
It's not on GOG because of Chinese commotion
Appeasing power is the CD way"
Pan Pizza: Tax write-offs.
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 IGPX and Megas XLR can never air again on American Cartoon Network, or [adult swim].
Coop: ...huh?
Pan: Those shows are gone. For, like, ever. If there was a maximum amount of evers, this would be four of them.
Coop: Nooooooo!
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 IGPX and Megas XLR can never air again on American Cartoon Network, or [adult swim].
Coop: ...huh?
Pan: Those shows are gone. For, like, ever. If there was a maximum amount of evers, this would be four of them.
Coop: Nooooooo!
Western Animation
"You know, the guys in prime-time could have had this show, but no! They had 'better ideas!'"
Peter Griffin: Everybody, I've got bad news. We've been canceled.
Lois Griffin: Oh no! Peter, How could they do that?
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 Dark Angel, Titus, Undeclared, Action, That '80s Show, Wonderfalls, Fast Lane, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Skin, Girls Club, Cracking Up, The Pitts, Firefly, Get Real, FreakyLinks, Wanda at Large, Costello, The Lone Gunmen, A Minute with Stan Hooper, Normal Ohio, Pasadena, Harsh Realm, Keen Eddie, The $treet, American Embassy, Cedric the Entertainer, The Tick, Luis, and Greg the Bunny.
Lois: Is there no hope?
Peter: Well, I suppose if all those shows go down the tubes, we might have a shot.
Lois Griffin: Oh no! Peter, How could they do that?
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 Dark Angel, Titus, Undeclared, Action, That '80s Show, Wonderfalls, Fast Lane, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Skin, Girls Club, Cracking Up, The Pitts, Firefly, Get Real, FreakyLinks, Wanda at Large, Costello, The Lone Gunmen, A Minute with Stan Hooper, Normal Ohio, Pasadena, Harsh Realm, Keen Eddie, The $treet, American Embassy, Cedric the Entertainer, The Tick, Luis, and Greg the Bunny.
Lois: Is there no hope?
Peter: Well, I suppose if all those shows go down the tubes, we might have a shot.
(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!
— Roger Smith, American Dad!
Dear 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 Making Fiends, in 2020
