History Main / SeriesHiatus

* ''Series/AlloAllo'' went on a two-year hiatus from 1989 after lead actor Gordon Kaye 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 seasons.

** ''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 seems to have lost all motivation to continue the story.

* After ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' went into years of silence, its main protagonist Pit ended up being surprisingly announced as a playable character for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''. This in-turn led to him getting a new game in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'', which released in 2012 to moderately positive reception, leading to fans clamoring for a sequel. However, ''Uprising''[='s=] director Creator/MasahiroSakurai [[https://twitter.com/Sora_Sakurai/status/1373831802972905472 has stated]] that (in translation of the tweet) he finds the idea of making any new game difficult. This, on top of him and his team at Sora Ltd. going to work on both ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' after ''Uprising''[='s=] release, means that the series has been put into limbo again.

* ''[[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.

* Aside from New Year's break, 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.

* Aside from New Year's break, 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 ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' installment.

** ''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 mid-2021 to promote his new series ''Literature/FullDive'', he very conspicuously avoided answering any questions related to ''Cautious Hero's'' status.

** 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 in June 2021, the same thing occurred with that series after it released Volume 14 after it missed a release in 2022, with no word on why.

* The ''WebVideo/YogscastMinecraftSeries'' has a case of this with ''Shadow of Israphel''. 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.

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' 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.

* ''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.

* ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'': The entire ''Bob the Builder'' franchise went on a three-year hiatus after the original series ended in 2011. It returned in 2015 with a 2015 series that ran until its cancellation in 2018 and since it went on a hiatus again, it's unknown if the entire ''Bob the Builder'' franchise will be rebooted again.

* ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'': The entire ''Bob the Builder'' franchise went on a three-year hiatus after the original series ended in 2011. It returned in 2015 with a 2015 series that ran until its cancellation in 2018 and since it went on a hiatus again, it's unknown if the entire ''Bob the Builder'' franchise will be rebooted again.

* ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'': The entire ''Bob the Builder'' franchise went on a three-year hiatus after the original series ended in 2011. It returned in 2015 with a 2015 series that ran until its cancellation in 2018 and since it went on a hiatus again, it's unknown if the entire ''Bob the Builder'' franchise will be rebooted again.

* ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'': The entire ''Bob the Builder'' franchise went on a three-year hiatus after the original series ended in 2011. It returned in 2015 with a 2015 series that ran until its cancellation in 2018 and since it went on a hiatus again, it s unknown if the entire ''Bob the Builder'' franchise will be rebooted again.

* WebVideo/ThatDudeInTheSuede left Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses 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.

* ''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.

* ''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 2023 release, making the hiatus THREE years in the meantime.

* 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 a year and a half without any word from the author or publisher, it's time to start worrying.

* 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 (at least once annually for authors). A general rule of thumb is that if a light novel series doesn't release anything for over a year and a half without any word from the author or publisher, it's time to start worrying.

* LightNovels have many examples of this situation happening. The format's publishing style typically 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 (at least once annually for authors). A general rule of thumb is that if a light novel series doesn't release anything for over a year and a half without any word from the author or publisher, it's time to start worrying.

** ''Literature/InfiniteStratos'' last left off on a cliffhanger 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.
** ''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.

* The LightNovels industry has many examples of this situation happening. The format's publishing style typically 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 (at least once annually for authors). A general rule of thumb is that if a light novel series doesn't release anything for over a year and a half without any word from the author or publisher, it's time to start worrying.