

5) First Killįirst Kill debuted in the weekly Top 10 for English-language TV series with its first three days of release. The show was reportedly cancelled because the first episode, which was only 23 minutes long, wasn't completed by a high enough number of viewers, who turned it off in favour of something else. Fans had applauded the teen series for telling the story of Kate Messner, a high school student who is coming to terms with her sexuality.

Although our hearts are saddened, we move on with such pride for what we accomplished as a team and the family we built while creating Julie." 4) Everything Sucks!Įverything Sucks! – the show that introduced a lot of us to Euphoria's Sydney Sweeney for the first time – was sadly cancelled after one season. Executive producer Kenny Ortega shared a message to fans on Instagram in December 2021: "We learned this week that Netflix will not be picking us up for another season. No reason has ever been shared behind the show's cancellation. When Julie & The Phantoms was cancelled after just one season, the show's loud and loyal fanbase set up a petition in order to save the series, with over 200,000 people signing their name. Fans, as well as the cast, were devastated by the news –- particularly because season 1 ended on a massive cliffhanger that we were dying to see resolved. The series was renewed after a solid first season, and was later cancelled amid the pandemic due to COVID-19 cost increases and scheduling arrangements with the large cast.

The Society was one of Netflix's most exciting and intriguing shows, seeing a group of teenagers left to fend for themselves after everyone else in the mysterious town of West Ham completely disappear. (It was never changed.) 2) The SocietyĬancelled: Renewed for season 2 in July 2019, before being cancelled amid the pandemic in August 2020. He also said that he asked Netflix if he could re-edit the ending to avoid it being left on a cliffhanger. Prior to the show's cancellation, show runner Jonathan Entwistle revealed that season 2 (which was going to be the final season anyway) was just about to start filming before it got cancelled. Netflix made the disappointing decision to end the show because of the "uncertainty around production bined with unexpected budget increases due to Covid." The Sophia Lillis-led series based on the popular graphic novel of the same name was a hit with Netflix viewers, but it became a victim of the one-season club after being cancelled during the pandemic. It didn't have enough reviews for an average score on Rotten Tomatoes, so we ranked it based on just its season one critic score.Netflix has cancelled some popular shows over the years.Ĭancelled: Renewed for season 2 before being cancelled amid the pandemic in August 2020. For "Patriot Act," it aired six "volumes" but only lasted two years, so we counted it. In the case of a show like the hit "Lucifer," which Netflix revived for a fourth season after Fox canceled it and has renewed for seasons five and six, we included it because it received just three new seasons on Netflix. The streamers popular Spanish series "Money Heist" is ending this year, but after five seasons. We limited the list to shows that ended with four seasons or fewer on Netflix, which didn't include "BoJack Horseman" and other shows. We broke ties with audience scores and if those were the same, with the final season score. We highlighted shows that received an average score of 85% or more on Rotten Tomatoes or whose latest seasons were above 85%, and ranked them based on the average scores. We've rounded up 27 great TV shows that Netflix has canceled. "Netflix has decided not to finish filming the final season of 'Glow.' We were handed the creative freedom to make a complicated comedy about women and tell their stories. COVID also apparently took down our show," "Glow" creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch told Deadline at the time. It's a national tragedy and should be our focus.
