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Playing Firefly episodes out of order intentionally was a pretty big d**k move.

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Canceling “Mindhunter”.

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Then, there are captivating storylines, and all the aforementioned thingscombinedcreate an irresistible and entertaining (to most) force.

Objectively GOT S8.

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The Witcher…. Letting Henry Cavill go is such a massive mistake.

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“Pushing Daisies poster featuring a man and woman under grass with a daisy in focus, illustrating TV shows disappointment."

Ted getting back with Robin after the Mother dies and his kids encouraging him.

Man holding a blue French horn, symbolizing TV shows that disappointed their fans.

Cast of a popular TV show in front of a mansion, known for disappointing some fans with its storyline.

“My name is Earl”, I just wish the network didn’t pull the plug.

Cast of TV show “My Name Is Earl” standing in a lineup, illustrating a moment fans found disappointing.

Without mentioning anything more specific, we also have to point out that there were also people mentioning shows being canceled prematurely.

Basically, in the last couple of years or so, it has become a norm for shows to becanceledafter one or two seasons, usually before the story can properly develop and find its fanbase. Sometimes it is even left on a cliffhanger, leading viewers to be even more upset about it.

That time they wrote Dr Drake Ramoray out of Days of our Lives because the actor said something stupid about the writers and that pissed them off.

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Bringing Palpatine back. One of the most famous stories of a heros journey, and the tragedy of his father was basically made irrelevant because their epic success, turned out to do absolutely nothing.Luke saved his father and together, they defeated this evil that had been infamous for like 50 years, and within 30 seconds of turning on The Rise of Skywalker you realize Luke and Anakin actually failed and everything they did was for absolutely nothing. Not to mention Han, Leia, and Luke werent in a scene together….. This isnt even creative choice it was pure stupidity.

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I think the way the original Roseanne went off the rails with winning the lottery which actually was a dream because Dan died of a heart attack, etc.

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So, in terms of shows andstreaming services, the companies cut off the projects that they deem to be relatively unsuccessful in order to relocate the budget to a new shiny idea. For instance, here’s a full-blownlistof various shows that Netflix has canceled, some of them mentioned in our list too.

Santa Clarita Diet. The show cancelled on a cliffhanger.

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How they ended “Heroes”. So much potential. Wasted.

Poster of TV show “Heroes,” featuring main characters standing on a city street.

The ending of True Blood, One of the best parts of the show was the back and forth of who Sookie would end up with, only to end the show randomly>!showing the back of the head of her new “true love” at a dinner table, a random guy nobody had ever seen in the show before until the last literal last second of the show. !

“Cast of True Blood in a dramatic forest setting, highlighting TV shows that disappointed fans."

This dashes people’s hopes that the situation will get better and they’ll be able to watch a story reach a proper conclusion, leaving them feeling as though streaming services are giving them the middle finger.

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Season 4 of The Umbrella Academy. I reupped my Netflix sub just to watch it and it was poopoo.

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An old one, but on the last episode of “Little House on the Prairie”, they literally blew the entire town up with dynamite.

“TV show characters from Little House on the Prairie in a field with a house background."

The ending, almost the whole last season, of Killing Eve was a big one.

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Penny Dreadful.It was like John Logan sat down to write a season finale and halfway through said “S***w it! I’m done!”.

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The cancellation of Carnivale was the first. Travelers was also a big one for me.

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[Unaliving] Dexter multiple times, then being like JUST KIDDING.

A character from Dexter wrapped in plastic wrap, illustrating a TV show disappointment.

Sherlock Holmes with Benedict Cumberbatch.“Oh, you wanna try and piece together clues to solve the mystery of how Holmes survived? Literally fk you specifically you nerd, look at all of you and your nerd friends trying to solve mysteries like a nerd. But keep watching because maybe Sherlock, Moriarty, and Watson will all have a big throme. You’d like that wouldn’t you, you f****g pervert”.

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The first season of Our Flag Means Death was hugely successful. It had great ratings and was one of HBO Max’s most popular shows at the time. Yet, the network decided to cut the budget and reduce the number of episodes for season 2.The second season of Our Flag Means Death was even more successful than the first. 45 times more successful than the average HBO Max show, in fact. It elevated the series to the status of most popular Max Original. So naturally, the network decided to cancel the third season.

A group of pirate characters from “Our Flag Means Death,” exemplifying disappointing TV shows for fans.

Carl’s death in The Walking Dead.

Adult Swim cancelled Metalocalypse, and when fans launched a letter-writing campaign to bring it back, they aired a segment where they were feeding all the fan letters into a paper shredder.

Artwork of Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar, showing a dramatic, colorful scene.

Poochie left for his home planet in the second episode. And they never got to the fireworks factory.

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House of the Dragon takes the cake IMOSeason 1 : PREPARE FOR WAR NEXT SEASON!Season 2 after 1 fight sequence : PREPARE FOR WAR NEXT SEASON!

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The last episode of Star Trek Enterprise.

“Star Trek Enterprise cast in space-themed artwork, highlighting TV show disappointments to fans."

Women in black dresses posing against a height chart, promoting a TV show.

South Park’s revealing of Cartman’s dad was an April’s fools joke on the fans.

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