List of television series canceled before airing an episode
This is a list of television series canceled before airing an episode. While many television shows are produced as pilots that never air on television or in any medium, the scope of this article is to list shows that were officially announced to be broadcast, but then canceled prior to the scheduled debut on the original network. Shows are listed in alphabetical order with the slated year of debut, known cast and plot information, the reason for cancellation, and what happened to the series after cancellation.
A
; The Activist; All My Babies' Mamas
; All-Star Celebrity Bowling
; Amazon High
; American Princess
; Angels '88/'89
; Aquaman
; ''El ático''
B
; Bastards; The Big D
; Bill and Martha
; Bimbos et Intellos
; Blonde Charity Mafia
; ''Bridge & Tunnel''
C
; Captain America; The [Cheetah Girls (TV series)|The Cheetah Girls]
; Coach
; Coastocoast
; Commando Nanny
; Confederate
; The Cops
; Cortes
; ''Country Style''
D
; Day One;
; The Dictator
; Do You Trust Me?
; Domestic Goddess
; The Don Hornsby Show
; Don't Stop Believing
; ''Dreamfinders''
E
; Eight Days a Week; Escaping the KKK
; Ev and Ocho
; ''Everything Money Can't Buy''
F
; Famous; Fearless
;Flip It Forward
;Force III
;Friend Me
;''The Frame''
G
; Garbage Pail Kids; Good Grief
; The Grubbs
; ''Guasap!''
H
; Hancock Down Under; Head of the Class
; Heads Up!
; Heathers
; Heavens to Betsy
; Hieroglyph
; Hollyweird
; Hooligan's Island
; ''Hotel Story''
I
; Immigrants; In The Dark
; The IT Crowd US adaptation
J
; The Jake Effect; ''Jingles''
K
; ''Katbot''L
; Law & Order: For the Defense; Let's Dance
; Liza and David
; Lizzie McGuire reboot for Disney+
; The Love Nest
; Lost in the USA
; ''Loveland''
M
; Made by Maddie; Made in Kentucky
; Madison High
; Mail Order Family
; Mainly For Men
; Manchester Prep
; Man vs. Beast
;
; Marie
; Match Game
; The Mayor
; Members Only
; The Men's Room
; Misconceptions
; Mission Control
; Mr. Dugan
; Murder Police
; My Man Can
; ''Mystery Mansion''
N
; NASCAR Wives; New Life+: [Young Again in Another World]
; ''Next Caller''
O
; Off the Wall; On the Ropes
; The Ortegas
; ''Our Little Genius''
P
; The Partner; Popetown
; Powerpuff Girls (franchise)#Powerpuff (cancelled)|Powerpuff]
; ''Press Ganged''
R
; Raising Caines; Rewind
; Ring My Bell
; Rising Star
; The Robert Taylor Show
; Roman's Empire
;
; ''The Runner''
S
; Schimmel; Scooby-Doo! and the Mystery Pups
; Secret Service Guy
; Septuplets
; Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay
; Seven Days
; Sex Bomb
; The Singles Table
; Snip
; Star Trek: Phase II
; Star Wars Detours
; Still Life
; Street Car Showdown
; Stuck to ODB
; Sue Sue in the City
; The Surjury
; ''Surprise with Jenny McCarthy''
T
; Tattertown; Thick and Thin
; Three Women
; Tokyo Babylon 2021
; Tonari no 801-chan
; Top Gear
; ''12 Miles of Bad Road''
U
; Ultimate Slip 'N Slide; Untitled Jay Williams project
; Untitled North [Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina Football] docuseries
; ''Us & Them''
V
; ''The Venery of Samantha Bird''W
; The Walt Disney Magic Hour; Waterfront
; Welcome to the Neighborhood
;When I Grow Up
; When Women Rule the World
; ''Where's the Fire?''