Quote Originally Posted by ZenbaaS View Post
Which sucks. They should just be ongoing until it ends. FMA 2 had it down perfectly!
The difference between FMA and FMA Brotherhood is the fact that Brotherhood started when the manga was near completion - thus giving the show's producers a proper storyline to follow.

They could make HSotD ongoing, but then we're going to run into a Naruto/Bleach/"every other show that starts while the manga is ongoing" where we have fillers that annoy the crap out of everybody.