{"id":4169,"date":"2023-06-15T12:14:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T06:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.strippedpixel.com\/14-tv-shows-canceled-after-just-two-episodes\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T12:14:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T06:44:01","slug":"14-tv-shows-canceled-after-just-two-episodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.strippedpixel.com\/14-tv-shows-canceled-after-just-two-episodes\/","title":{"rendered":"14 TV shows canceled after just two episodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strippedpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/14-TV-shows-canceled-after-just-two-episodes.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>We&#8217;ve previously rounded up TV shows that were canceled after one episode\u2014remember when the now-defunct streaming platform DC Universe submitted. <em>Swamp thing<\/em> back in the deep after the season 1 premiere?  \u2014 and now it&#8217;s time to reminisce about performances almost as ill-fated.<\/p>\n<p>The titles below, at least, survived <em>twice<\/em> so long&#8230; but, yes, they got the boot after Episode 2. From the critically acclaimed ones <em>lone star<\/em> to the controversial <em>WORKING<\/em>here&#8217;s a selection of two-episode, two-episode wonders <em>Bloopers<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '2150724991788914');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve previously rounded up TV shows that were canceled after one episode\u2014remember when the now-defunct streaming platform DC Universe submitted. Swamp thing back in the deep after the season 1 premiere? \u2014 and now it&#8217;s time to reminisce about performances almost as ill-fated. The titles below, at least, survived twice so long&#8230; but, yes, they &#8230; <a title=\"14 TV shows canceled after just two episodes\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strippedpixel.com\/14-tv-shows-canceled-after-just-two-episodes\/\" aria-label=\"More on 14 TV shows canceled after just two episodes\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.strippedpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/lone-star-work-it-viva-laughlin-1014x570.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5036,"url":"https:\/\/www.strippedpixel.com\/the-11-best-shows-canceled-in-2023-so-far\/","url_meta":{"origin":4169,"position":0},"title":"The 11 best shows canceled in 2023 so far","author":"Strippedpixel","date":"June 24, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"We live in an era where no television show is safe, which makes investing in a series even more difficult than it already is. 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