- Franchise Killer: Though the audience reception improved as the season went on, the ratings weren't good enough to pull the franchise out of the hole that Blade: Trinity had put it in, meaning that its cancellation proved the end of the line for the 1998-2006 Blade continuity. The title character would be absent from screens for the better part of two decades, until a Continuity Reboot as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe was announced.
- The Other Darrin:
- Kirk Jones replaced Wesley Snipes in the title role for the television series.
- The same goes in the Japanese dub, as Hisao Egawa voiced the titular hero, rather than Akio Ōtsuka from the films. This is especially strange here, as Ohtsuka has voiced him in all the films and also including the animated adaptation.
- This also happens in the Latin American Spanish dub, but this time, the dub was done in Argentina, rather than Mexico from the films.
- Recycled: The Series: Based fully on the films.
- Screwed by the Network: While it wasn't mindblowingly great, it was still a very decent TV show with what you'd expect to see from something bearing the name Blade, and was improving steadily in quality. Sadly, Spike TV didn't see it that way from the ratings and pulled the plug, leaving the series unresolved. Budget could also have been a consideration, as for several years after this all of Spike TV's programming was testosterone-fueled sports programming and similarly based reality shows.
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