TV The Real Reasons Why Your Favorite TV Shows Were Canceled  

With literally hundreds of television shows premiering every year, it’s obvious that most of them will fail – even the good ones. We’ve all felt the pain of our favorite underdog show being ripped away from us before we get that closure we need about the time traveling ghost dog, or college kids who solve mysteries (or whatever). More than once, we’ve all screamed, “Why was my show canceled?!” to the heavens without hearing a response. Fear not fellow viewers, we’ve tracked down the hard answers to why popular shows get canceled and laid them out here for you. Now rip off that band-aid and read about why your favorite show got canceled.

The only people who know why shows get canceled are the executives who end up pulling the plug on the program. Most viewers believe that low ratings is the only way for a show to disappear, but there are plenty of reasons why shows get canceled, and we’ve got plenty of them here. Some shows had concepts that were too complicated, while others weren’t “on brand.” And that’s just scratching the surface of why your favorite show was taken off the air. Now put on your brown coat and pick up a Mars Bar, it’s time to find out why some of the best shows on television have been taken off air.