Caffeinated Joe

“You guys just aren’t cutting the mustard”: 13 shows that reference their own cancellation:

1. Community (2009-present)

Considering Community’s reliance on meta-humor and constant cancellation threats, it was inevitable that the possible end of the show would be worked into the script. In the episode “Basic Sandwich,” Greendale Community College is going to be shut down and replaced with a Subway training facility unless the central study group can somehow stop it. Facing their uncertain future, Jeff (Joel McHale) and Britta (Gillian Jacobs) decide to get married, which Abed (Danny Pudi) describes as a desperate attempt to create a spin-off that will inevitably only last six episodes. The episode ends with another spin-off joke in the form of an inexplicably psychic school board member getting his own show that would replace whatever else fails on NBC’s lineup. At other points, Abed reassures his distraught friends that they’ll definitely be back next year. Luckily he was right, as Community got picked up for a season on Yahoo TV.

Full list at avclub.com

1. I will begin each day’s schedule at 6 AM; if you’re staying up all night watching tv, it makes more sense this way.
2. I will post the day’s schedule on the previous day.
3. I will include network tv to the best of my ability, ABC Family’s 13 Nights of Halloween, the Travel Channel (who go apeshit throughout October, God love ‘em), TCM and AMC.
4. I will link - if there is an available link - to the exact program or movie’s page. If you see something you want more info on, click it if there’s a link; if there isn’t one, none was available at the time I created the draft.
5. All times shown are Eastern Standard Time.