Most frustrating TV shows canceled on a cliffhanger
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As the fall TV season starts up, shows are resolving their agonizing summer cliffhangers — but for some unlucky shows, that resolution never arrived. Here are the most frustrating "cancel-hangers," cliffhanger endings for shows that got cancelled too soon.
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First of all, let me apologize for giving away spoilers for last week's
Warehouse 13 in my post on best cliffhangers — I should have realized that many people wouldn't have had time to see the episode yet, and I should have been more careful. Sorry about that — I'll be more careful next time. That said...
Babylon 5: The Gathering, the pilot film for what would eventually become the
Babylon 5 television series. The show arguably changed the way narrative television works, and
Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski also changed the rules for TV creators by actively engaging his fanbase online during the show's production.
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Straczynski's online discussions reveal how drastically
Babylon 5 changed from its initial pilot to its actual premiere a year later. Archived and broken down by thread at JMSNews.com and by episode at The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5, these discussions offer a rare and fascinating glimpse into the day-to-day evolution of an innovative television series. Indeed, Straczynski's diary of