History Main / DrawingBoardHiatus

* ''Fanfic/{{Paradoxus}}'' (''WesternAnimation/WinxClub, VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''): It's currently posted on Website/{{Wattpad}} and has been since its creation in 2014. There were two times, however, when Bloom_Farella took the fic down for a while so she could have more liberty at modifying it. In both instances, ''Paradoxus'' undertook major changes (such as a MidDevelopmentGenreShift and several WhatCouldHaveBeen).

* ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'' suffered this as part of its TroubledProduction: the script underwent several reworks, Bono and The Edge from Music/{{U2}} were brought in to write new music, original director Julie Taymor either quit or got fired after rejecting the changes from said reworks and the musical had the longest preview period in Broadway history with an astonishing 182 performances before the official premiere. It became one of Broadway's biggest flops due in part to its $65 million budget, huge for Broadway's standards.

* ''Fanfic/{{Paradoxus}} (''WesternAnimation/WinxClub, VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''): It's currently posted on Website/{{Wattpad}} and has been since its creation in 2014. There were two times, however, when Bloom_Farella took the fic down for a while so she could have more liberty at modifying it. In both instances, ''Paradoxus'' undertook major changes (such as a MidDevelopmentGenreShift and several WhatCouldHaveBeen).

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* ''Series/LosHombresDePaco'' had its first season interrupted on December 2005, two months after premiering, went through a rework and became a massive success upon returning on February 2006, running for nine seasons until May 2010.

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* ''Series/TheMuppets'''s winter 2015 [[http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/11/04/the-muppets-showrunner-steps-down-series-to-reboot-in-spring/ hiatus]] became one of these as well. Among other things, the {{Retool}} resulted in Piggy becoming less antagonistic, Pizza (pronounce Pache) being introduced to replace Piggy as the "villain", Camilla getting brought back and Rowlf returning for a [[ContinuityNod Veterinarian's Hospital sketch]]. It wasn't enough to avoid {{Cancellation}} after season one ended in March 2016.

* The ''WebVideo/CrashCourse'' miniseries ''Human Geography'' was taken off Website/YouTube to be reworked after viewers pointed out multiple thematic issues in its pilot.

* ''Los hombres de Paco'' had its first season interrupted on December 2005, two months after premiering, went through a rework and became a massive success upon returning on February 2006, running for nine seasons until May 2010.

* ''Series/TheMuppets'''s winter 2015 [[http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/11/04/the-muppets-showrunner-steps-down-series-to-reboot-in-spring/ hiatus]] became one of these as well. Among other things, the {{Retool}} resulted in Piggy becoming less antagonistic, Pizza ([[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY pronounce Pache]]) being introduced to replace Piggy as the "villain", Camilla getting brought back and Rowlf returning for a [[ContinuityNod Veterinarian's Hospital sketch]]. It wasn't enough to avoid {{Cancellation}} after season one ended in March 2016.

* Just days after the premiere of the Spanish adaptation of British show ''Series/{{Gogglebox}}'', titled ''Aquí mando yo'', on April 2016, Antena 3 announced it was going off because it needed some work -- and probably because of its poor ratings too --. As of 2019 it remains a OneEpisodeWonder and a comeback looks unlikely.

* Just days after the premiere of the Spanish adaptation of British show ''Series/{{Gogglebox}}'', titled ''Aqui mando yo'', on April 2016, Antena 3 announced it was going off because it needed some work -- and probably because of its poor ratings too --. As of 2018 it remains a OneEpisodeWonder and a comeback looks unlikely.

* Just days after the premiere of the Spanish adaptation of British show ''Series/{{Gogglebox}}'', titled ''Aqui mando yo'', on April 2016, Antena 3 announced it was going off because it needed some work -- and probably because of its poor ratings too --. As of June 2017 it remains a OneEpisodeWonder and there's no word on whether it will actually come back.

As mentioned, this is directly related with {{Retool}} and ExecutiveMeddling, and might overlap with ScrewedByTheNetwork (or, in very rare cases, with NetworkToTheRescue). Not to be confused with the Administrivia/TropeRepairShop.

A Drawing Board Hiatus theoretically means the show has been taken off the air to rest, get a {{Retool}}, and come back when the time is right. However, there are many cases of Drawing Board Hiatuses that end up with the show back in DevelopmentHell and/or canceled for real thanks to [[ExecutiveMeddling execs losing interest in it]], or maybe realizing the idea wasn't that great in the first place and they're better off doing away with it.

* Just days after the premiere of the Spanish adaptation of British show ''Series/{{Gogglebox}}'', titled ''Aqui mando yo'', on April 2016, Antena 3 announced it was going off because it needed some work -- and probably because of its poor ratings too --. As of April 2017 it remains a OneEpisodeWonder and there's no word on whether it will actually come back.

* ''Series/TheMuppets'''s winter 2015 [[http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/11/04/the-muppets-showrunner-steps-down-series-to-reboot-in-spring/ hiatus]] became one of these as well. Among other things, the {{Retool}} resulted in Piggy becoming less antagonistic, Pizza ([[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY pronounce Pache]]) being dropped out of the series, Camilla getting brought back and Rowlf returning for a [[ContinuityNod Veterinarian's Hospital sketch]]. It wasn't enough to avoid {{Cancellation}} after season one ended in March 2016.

* The first performance of ''Theatre/TheRivals'' received such a dismal reception from both the audience and the critics that the production was put on hold for a couple of weeks while Sheridan retooled the script and one of the parts was recast. The revised production went on to be one of the biggest hits of Sheridan's career.