My Least Favorite New Trend in Animation

There's this new trend where animation studios green-light a show, announce it with fanfare at upfronts, hire a bunch of talented people to work on the show... and then months later, with no warning, suddenly cancel the show.

It happened a few months ago at one animation studio and I just assumed it was a weird one-time thing. But just now it happened AGAIN at a different studio.

And it's baffling. Obviously, not every idea gets to be a television show and rejection is part of the business. But for a company to suddenly pull the rug out from under an entire army of writers and artists and producers and executives to ask for a big DO-OVER? It's like leaving someone at the altar... and then telling them that the relationship needs to be re-tooled.

Anyways, this trend can't continue. In addition to messing with people's livelihoods, it's a huge waste of corporate resources. I hope it goes away and quick.