Hiatuses

A hiatus (in terms of television programming) is essentially a break period between episodes and normal schedule programming. Normally used during periods of 'seasons,' a hiatus can be called on a series for numerous reasons. Some hiatuses are planned, normally done so episodes can be released on a date where ratings would be the highest. They can also be unexpected, caused by certain factors such as budget, lower ratings, involvement of other shows on the same network, etc.

Happy Tree Friends is no exception to hiatuses being called. Unlike usual series found on television, where episodes of a series could be released on a weekly basis during a season, episodes of Happy Tree Friends are made in a process of ordering/requesting by Mondo Media. This means, if Mondo Media does not order an episode, production for said episode will not be made. This setup is subject to multiple break periods between episodes, long or short, and for many reasons.

To date, there have been two large hiatuses called on the Internet series of Happy Tree Friends: one a fourteen-month-long hiatus between the episodes See You Later, Elevator and Clause for Concern, and after the release of Dream Job, which is still in effect to this day.

The First Hiatus (October 2010-December 2011)
The first hiatus was called after the release of the Internet episode See You Later, Elevator on October 1st, 2010. After the release of the episode, no new canonical episodes would be released for the season (season 3) until the release of the Internet episode Clause for Concern on December 8th, 2011, just over fourteen months. Between this year-long break, several Internet shorts, known as Happy Tree Friends Break (shortened to HTF Breaks), were released. Spanning roughly under a minute each, many of these Breaks, starting with Take Your Seat, ended with the phrase ' is dead ' on the title of the HTF Break logo, signaling the idea that the series may have been cancelled, and no new episodes were being made. However, after the release of the HTF Break Butter Me Up, the ' is dead ' phrase was erased by Lumpy, giving a possible hint that new episodes were in the works. After a couple of more HTF Breaks, the first canonical episode after the hiatus, Clause for Concern, was released, finally ending the fourteen-month-long hiatus.

The Second Hiatus (March 2014-Present)
The second (and so far, current) hiatus was called after the release of the episode Dream Job on March 6th, 2014, just over three years from the end of the first hiatus. While it was feared that the series may have been cancelled, there are multiple reasons for Mondo Media to call a second hiatus. The most prominent reason is due to the production of multiple films by Mondo Mediaundefined, including a film for Happy Tree Friends. Due to the possible scope and size of the project, it is easy to understand that focus would be made on the film rather than the production of small Internet episodes. However, it is unknown when of if the film will be released, and, according to a tweet by Kenn Navarro in July, to the best of his knowledge, production of the film has yet to begin.

A second reason for the cause of the hiatus is due to Kenn Navarro working on two other internet series known as Two-Bit and D_Void on his created YouTube channel, Zwak, neither of which are produced nor released by Mondo Media.

The final reason for the hiatus is that no new episodes are being requested by Mondo Media, which was stated by Kenn Navarro in an article on zwakattack.comundefined.