15 Shows Cancelled On A Cliffhanger - Which Hurt The Most?

Welcome to Feature Friday and this week I think it is a subject we can all agree on. Those shows that were cancelled too soon.  AS THESE HAVE ALL BEEN CANCELLED A SPOILER WARNING IS IN EFFECT! CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED!

As we have covered one season cancellations before today we are looking (for the most part) at shows that had more than one season but STILL ended up cancelled on a cliffhanger! (Except Susan - she was too mad about some one seasons lol).

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I’m writing a little something different today, I mean yes it’s still about tv shows well in a way, what I want to talk about right now is shows canceled to soon, and with those pesky cliffhangers I might add! If you want to end a show fine but at least give it a ending close out the story because that’s the only fair thing to do for the fans and then everyone involved in making the show.

Do you have any shows that ended with cliffhangers that make you just want to go why?! Why?! Well here are my top five shows that ended with cliffhangers, that made me go no! Why?!

Scorpion, I honestly think this one pisses me off more than anything. You break up my nerds and my OTP, then you cancel it! What the hell CBS! You could of done one final season to make it right! 

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Lucifer, and yes it was saved but technically still cancelled at season three and if it stayed that way, that ending would of haunted me forever. I’m so glad the save campaign worked out. I wish it was the same for other shows.

Now, let’s talk Pushing Daisies that ending was not alright in anyway. I mean her aunts open the door and there’s chuck. I mean really, some say it ended alright but I’m definitely in the that was a open cliffhanger ending club.

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​Finally there’s Forever and God Friended Me, just when they’re about to find out everything the show ends and then hello cancelation. No! The audience needs answers and then you pull the plug. What?! This is why I’ve gotten tired of a lot of networks. So are there any shows canceled with those nasty cliffhangers that you wish just had one more season!

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We all know this is one of my BIGGEST pet peeves! As one season wonders have been done A LOT and my list doesn't change THAT much, for my 5 I have a bit of a mix of older and newer shows, but I am still REALLY annoyed about them all!

The Borgias, for 3 seasons was absolute must watch TV from Showtime! This ended with a major cliffhanger and things about to get crazy .... and it was cancelled! There was a lot of talk about a follow up movie to give the fans at least a little closure, but it never happened!

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HEX, a two season show with some pretty big cast names from their early days (and the reason I could NEVER really take Klaus seriously in The Vampire Diaries).  Depending if you watched in the UK or the US the 2 seasons were split differently but they both end up the same - everything in flames AND NO RESOLUTION! Such a waste! 

Angel which, lets be honest, got cancelled because Joss Wheedon's ego got too big for his britches!  The spin off to the ever popular Buffy was great and pulling in fabulous ratings. Joss thought he could force the network into an early renewal which didn't happen, instead they cancelled the show. The cliffhanger I am sure was designed to force their hand but the network held firm and you get to the end with no next episode available and totally crushed soul! WE NEED TO KNOW WHO SURVIVED!

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The Path,  was one of the first true Hulu Originals and it broke the mold by going into a 4th season (most ended with 3 or less) which gave fans hope that they planned on giving us a proper ending. WRONG! What we got was a fabulous season 4 that ENDED WITH NO RESOLUTION, A BIG CLIFFHANGER, and a cancellation. Such a waste. A totally original take on the whole cult mentality with a touch of what at times seems to verge on the supernatural. Now we will never know why,

And finally Legends of Tomorrow, which I know a lot of people feel jumped the shark seasons ago but I loved it. Greg actually prefers the newer seasons and I think that this is one of those times that Network takeovers were the true blame. Had the CW stayed with the same team I am pretty much convinced that there would have been a final season to wrap things up. Instead our favorite Time Heroes are forever stuck! BLAH

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While I am no stranger to a cliffhanger and really do delight in having my readers curse me out for them, at least I know that the readers will eventually have a resolution to the story. I think that it should be written into all contracts that if a show is ending, that they have an episode or two to wind things up for the viewers ...but that's just my opinion.

The Tomorrow People was one of those shows that had everything, teenage angst, superpowers, a love triangle and a killer storyline that was just getting to the really twisty part when the CW cancelled it. The season ended on a cliffhanger that indicated some really interesting potential for season 2...but alas, it was not to be. The same could also be said for The Secret Circle which the CW cancelled as well. 

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Southland was a brilliant cop show that ran for five seasons before it was cancelled on one of either the best or worst cliffhangers depending on how you look at it. Something happens in the final episode and the audience never gets to see the outcome of one of the main characters and I still think back and wonder WTH happened in the end!!!

Does anyone remember Revolution? The post apocalyptic show where Bella Swan's dad is surviving in a world without power...that's not really the story but Billy Burke was one of the reasons I kept watching this show, but after two seasons, it was cancelled on a frustrating cliffhanger, because season 3 had already been planned so there was no resolving it for anyone. 

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Prodigal Son fell victim to the curse of Fox, and ended on what has to be one of the most frustrating cliffhangers of all time! I never understood why people didn't tune in to to watch the spectacular acting from Michael Sheen, Bellamy Young and Tom Payne, but as crazy as some of it was, that should have been enough to hook viewers like it did me and then ends in a grey area that could have been exciting to watch in season 3.

Pitch was another victim of the curse of Fox where shows that are not police or emergency rarely survive. This followed the first woman to play in Major League Baseball and the trails and tribulations that come along with that. It also had a very grumpy, very bearded Mark-Paul Gosselaar which I approved off immensely. But having had us root for the main character Ginny from the get go, the one season wonder ended on a massive cliffhanger and no resolution. 

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So which shows hurt the most for you? Let us know!

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