History Main / TooGoodToLast

* ''Series/{{CHAOS}}'': A spy comedy-drama about a small group of loose-cannon CIA agents, which basically tried to be a lighter, more tongue-in-cheek version of gritty modern-day espionage series like ''Series/{{Homeland}}'' [[note]]which is not to say that it was inspired by ''Homeland'', seeing as it predated it by six months[[/note]]. Only 13 episodes were made, and they were shown out of order by the network.

* ''ComicBook/TheFlashInfiniteFrontier'' by Jereny Adams launched to little hype in 2021 as part of the ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier initiative, with the only buzz coming from the series opening with an arc starring Wally West, the third Flash, who had been underutilised and mistreated in the years prior. It even downplayed this, advertising its first arc as Wally's final adventure before retiring, but ended up starring him for its entire duration. Readers very quickly warmed to the run, thanks to it providing a natural evolution for Wally (even using some of the recent maligned stories for CharacterDevelopment), re-establishing the Flash Family, developing characters that were previously underutilised, and being a wholesome series about Wally being a suburban dad and superhero. When it was announced that Jeremy Adams' run would be ending to make way for ''ComicBook/TheFlashDawnOfDC'' in 2023, the ''overwhelming'' reaction was sadness that the run was ending so soon.

* Creator/ArchieComics released ''ComicBook/SonicBoom'', a book based on [[VideoGame/SonicBoom the games]] and [[WesternAnimation/SonicBoom the cartoon]]. It was even made part of [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsUnite a massive video game crossover]], only for the title to be cancelled just before the crossover began, getting in one last post-crossover issue before it disappeared.

* ''ComicBook/{{Nova}}'' had Jeff Loveness and Ramon Perez's run on the series. After ''years'' of BrokenBase due to Sam Alexander helming the title instead of Richard Rider, this run finally had the two meet and acknowledged their similarities and differences, highlighting them through different styles of storytelling and humour -- Richard dealt with his PTSD and feeling disconnected from the superhero community, while Sam dealt with his changing high school life and learned about the wider Cosmic side of Marvel. And the two's interaction was very well-received, with Richard taking on a mentor position and surrogate father for Sam. And Loveness being a comedian, there was some good humour thrown in as well, which not only added levity, but also highlighted the different characters that Richard and Sam were. It was a series that was loved by critics and readers... those who read it. It didn't sell well, and unfortunately was cancelled after only one arc.
* ''ComicBook/AdventureTimeSeason11'' was intended to continue the story after the GrandFinale and was going to have 12 issues but due to low sales, it ended with only six.
* ''Rion 2990'' was an independent [[{{Animesque}} manga-esque]] comic released in the 1980's and published under the Mirage imprint. Unlike other manga-esque titles, Rion looked absolutely authentic in regards to its visuals that it could be mistaken as an actual Japanese manga. In addition to that, it had a high stakes, cold war era plot about a struggle between war and peace with likable characters. It was proposed to be a 4-issue miniseries, but it got cut short and only two of the four issues were released due to Mirage ballooning and crashing.

* [[WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse The Owl House]] is a rather notorious example of this. Despite being one of the most popular Disney shows in recent years and being hailed as one of the best cartoons of the early 2020s, Disney decided to abruptly cancel it during its second season due to it, “not fitting the Disney brand (many believe that is was partially because the main character was bisexual).” Although it technically got a third season, it was just divided up into three 45-minute specials.

* ''WesternAnimation/TimeWarpTrio'' was the AnimatedAdaptation of [[Literature/TimeWarpTrio a series of children's time travel books]]. The show started out episodic, but [[NotSoEpisodic things got going]] once the BigBad was revealed. It was quietly cancelled after a marathon of new episodes.

** CutShort: When a series suddenly gets canned, even though they clearly had more plans for the ongoing plot.

* ''Manga/RomanticKiller'': In an odd instance of this, the manga was CutShort due to low sales in June 2020, ending at a mere 38 chapters. What makes this particularly odd is that the manga would go on to get a Creator/{{Netflix}} anime adaptation and an English release a few years later despite this.

* [[WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse The Owl House]] is a rather notorious example of this. Despite being one of the most popular Disney shows in recent years and being hailed as one of the best cartoons of the early 2020s, Disney decided to abruptly cancel it during its second season due to it “not fitting the Disney brand (many believe that is was partially because the main character was bisexual).” Although it technically got a third season, it was just divided up into three 45-minute specials.

* ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis'' promised an interesting [[JustForFun/XMeetsY premise]], and while not as popular as its sister franchise ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' or its inspiration ''Film/JurassicPark'', it won over enough fans largely by emulating the SurvivalHorror aspects of the one and exploiting [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs the dino appeal]] of the other. ''Dino Crisis 2'' took the series in a new direction, which made it something of a ContestedSequel, but ''Dino Crisis 3'' turned out to be a FranchiseKiller, much to the dismay of fans of the previous titles. No sequels have ever been announced since then.

** ''Series/TheOtherKingdom'' only had a single season consisting of 20 episodes, although the show had still attracted a decent amount of fans who lamented the series' abrupt cancellation --in no small part due to the show's lack of a LaughTrack, endearing characters, complex lore it was setting up, and even a subplot surrounding humanity's relationship with technology and nature, which was a very important message at the time -- and still is today. The series particularly garnered attention with the big reveals in its second half about [[spoiler: Tristan being a prince and Devon a half-fairy and Astral's cousin.]] Needless to say, the fanbase was ''not'' happy about the story not getting a proper resolution.

* ''WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart: Cancelled after a single season despite being well-received and getting ratings that were just as good, and sometimes better, than everything else airing at the time. Unfortunately came out at the same time as covid was getting started, causing troubled production, and also during a time where the network was winding down and cancelling nearly everything due the network-wide falling ratings of all of their shows.

* 2016's ''ComicBook/XMen92'' was an adoring love letter to both the '90s era X-Men and the wildly popular [[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries animated series]] from that time. It used (and used well) characters that were utterly ''[[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter wasted]]'' in their original incarnations, promised to [[http://www.heroes-foraday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/xmen922015001-cvr-color-final-152838.jpg elevate more]], and was met with almost universally positive reviews. So ''of course'' it was only given a 10-issue run, forcing authors Chris Sims and Chad Bower to condense promising plots and kill off characters early for the sake of wrapping everything up by the tenth issue.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'': Heavily screwed by CN with a bouncing timeslot and neglect of advertising. Ironically as a [[DuelingShows rival]] of American Dragon, both shows wound up suffering the same problems from their respective networks.

* ''VideoGame/LEGOUniverse'', an MMO where you play as mini-figures and build your own contraptions? This took off pretty well and many enjoyed it, but it had to deal with some very uphill challenges based on its pitch as a kid-targeted MMO, from difficulties in keeping a child-friendly tone (the freedom to create so much [[VideoGamePerversityPotential made it easy for troublemakers to challenge the limits of creating obscene content]], no doubt putting massive strain on moderators) to the concept itself being a fairly tough sell (their target audience had no disposable income and had to convince their parents to pay for a monthly subscription to play the game). Following disappointing revenue numbers and attempts to re-stimulate the playerbase with {{Freemium}} elements being met with lukewarm results, LEGO lost faith in the project and pulled the plug in less than two years. With the benefit of hindsight, many critics argue that [[GaveUpTooSoon LEGO might have actually given up too soon]] as during its production and twilight, ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' -- another family-friendly quasi-MMO with heavy emphasis on creation -- was rapidly becoming the biggest phenomenon in gaming and living proof that there was a lucrative market for what ''LEGO Universe'' stood for. Many convinced that it would have seen a major renaissance had LEGO just hold out a ''little'' longer, especially since the developers were still working on new content and had plans for the long-term before they got the axe.

* ''VideoGame/LEGOUniverse'', an MMO where you play as mini-figures and build your own contraptions? This took off pretty well and many enjoyed it, but moderating the servers proved to be far too overwhelming for the crew to take ([[VideoGamePerversityPotential as there were too many trouble-makers who took advantage of the freedom of building to construct phallic LEGO structures or hide certain human body parts in their contraptions to keep things family-friendly]]) so it was eventually discontinued.

%%* ''Manga/StrawberryMarshmallow'':

* The uncut, uncensored English dub and Western DVD releases of ''Anime/YuGiOh''. They were very well-received by older anime fans at the time, but were heavily overshadowed by the success of the standard, kid-oriented CutAndPasteTranslation with preteen audiences, and the dub/release only lasted a few episodes.

* ''Manga/{{Barrage}}'', canceled after 2 volumes despite a promising start. It's often used by anime and manga fans as an example of the cutthroat environment of the manga business, particularly its requirement for a series to hit the ground running, that a well-liked series like ''Barrage'' could not find a general enough audience to last. All was not lost for author and illustrator Kouhei Horikoshi though, as his next attempt, ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', became the big hit of 2014 and got an anime adaptation beginning in 2016.
* ''Manga/DoubleArts'' was an engrossing and fun manga that thumbed its nose at loads of the problematic stereotypes of its genre in wonderful ways and was obviously gearing up for an AncientConspiracy plot...and was cut down in its infancy by low ratings, with barely enough time for the artist to sketch out an ending with a little closure. An example of Screwed by the ''Demographic'' -- Double Arts was a more trope-defying Shonen series in a magazine that usually aims for the 12-18 demographic.
** The same can also be said for ''Manga/{{Mx0}}''.

* ''Series/RadioFreeRoscoe'': Originally aired on the Canadian network Family, then was picked up by the American network The N when Family cut the funding. Then The N cut funding as well.
* ''Series/TheUpsideDownShow'': The most humorous Noggin original, that only lasted one season.