Why Did These Podcasts Die? Why Podcasting Should Care About Canceled Shows?

Frank Racioppi
Ear Worthy
6 min readApr 19, 2024

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Why do podcasts die? And how do they die?

On TV, series cancellation is a very public event, with numerous network announcements and media articles. Sometimes, these announcements of cancellation even generate a tsunami of protest and the show is “uncanceled” and brought back, such as Chuck on NBC. Or the show is picked up by another network or streaming service like Lucifer, going from Fox to Netflix.

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Frank Racioppi
Ear Worthy

I am a South Jersey-based writer who manages Podcast Reports on Blogger and have a book available on Amazon about podcasts and podcasting called “Ear Worthy.”