Sentence:  ABC screwed over My Wife and Kids by cancelling it after the creators had already been promised another season, thus ending the series on a cliffhanger as a result<!--sic no space-->(though <WSD>Word Of God</WSD>'s explanation for what would've happened next season lessens the blow somewhat). 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The creator(s) of a media franchise and/or their extradiegetic revelations about plot, characters, etc.