# Shows canceled after cliffhanger episodes \[Spoilers\]

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**Created:** [May 26, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629 "2009-05-26T00:30:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9dc877/32.png) [@Wash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wash)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/101 "2009-06-02T15:00:07Z")

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> [@Wile\_E](#):
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> Well, we can add Medium to the list. The show was recently canceled to make room for Jay.
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> Allison has a brain tumor, she has surgery which removes most of the benign tumor but she suffered a stroke before the surgery and the show ends with her in a coma. The doctor tells her husband that they have no way of knowing if she will ever wake up. The final scene of her in her hospital bed has “To be continued” on the screen, oops, no it’s not.

CBS picked it up, so while it was technically cancelled on a cliffhanger, it’s one that will be resolved.

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-after-cliffhanger-episodes-spoilers/497629/102 "2009-06-03T06:12:46Z")

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> [@Wash](#):
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> CBS picked it up, so while it was technically cancelled on a cliffhanger, it’s one that will be resolved.

Really? I hadn’t heard that. Frankly, I was getting a bit bored with it, it’s pretty formulaic, i hope they will change it up a little.

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