coined from the terms "hell" and "hiatus". this term is mainly used by the Supernatural
fandom.
this is the horrible period when the
show is not airing on tv. primarily occuring during season breaks, hellatus can also be experienced during winter breaks and now more recently in season 6 when the CW network opted to air re-runs or preempt the
show for seriously stupid reasons.
fangirl1: WTF? supernatural will not be airing this
friday because the
CW opted to replay some other poorly rating
show?
fangirl2: i don't know how i'm going to survive this hellatus anymore! damn you CW!?!