Netflix Has Quietly Canceled 9 Shows After Just 1 Season

It's not often that a television show truly hits its stride with its first season. Even some of the best and longest-running shows often struggled to find a rhythm or an identity through the first season of their existence.

Shows like The Office, Friends, Parks and Recreation, and even Breaking Bad have been among the shows that started slow or clunky before growing into some of the most iconic and beloved series in television history.

It often takes a season or two for character development, plot, and storylines to fully develop before a series can truly become beloved by its fans. Unfortunately, a lot of series never get that chance.

This year alone, Netflix has canceled nine shows after just one season, marking their end before they really even got going. Here are the shows so far this year that got the ax from the streaming giant after just their debut seasons.

Unfortunately, most of these cancellations were rather unceremonious, with Netflix just quietly pulling the plug instead of formally announcing the decisions.

The Abandons

While it seemed poised to be a competitor to Yellowstone and capitalize on what seems like a renewed interest in the Western genre, The Abandons won't get that chance.

After a strong premiere, the Western drama saw viewership fall off sharply, leading Netflix to cancel the show after just one season.

Showrunner Kurt Sutter didn't take the news quietly, however, as he blasted Netflix publicly on social media, accusing the streaming giant of valuing "algorithms" over the "potentially beautiful project."

"Dear Netflix, Next time fear compels you to choose the algorithm over a creator's vision, remember how that choice unraveled a potentially beautiful project," he wrote after the show's cancellation.

Unfortunately, we'll never get to see Sutter's true vision for what the show could have become.

Terminator Zero

While the eight-episode first season of the animated Terminator Zero received glowing reviews from the viewers who gave it a chance, that wasn't enough to save it from cancellation.

Earlier this year, creator Mattson Tomlin revealed that the show, which told a story in the Terminator universe created by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd, had been quietly canceled and would not have a second season after "not nearly enough people watched it."

Tomlin had plans for two more seasons of the show, but they won't have a chance to materialize.

"It was cancelled. The critical and audience reception to it was tremendous, but at the end of the day, not nearly enough people watched it" he wrote in a post on X. "I would've loved to deliver on the Future War I had planned in seasons 2 and 3, but I'm also very happy with how it feels contained as is."

Class

Unlike the other shows on this list, Class was originally renewed for a second season, but Netflix changed its mind and decided to cancel the show.

An official Hindi adaptation of the original Spanish series Elite, Class told the story of "the turbulent integration of three working-class students into a private high school that caters to wealthy families."

While Netflix initially ordered a second season of the series, actor Gurfateh Pirzada wrote on his Instagram page that the second season wasn't happening.

"Unfortunately we could not give you another season because life usually has other plans…l still remember it was the last week of 2024 when I heard the news of class being cancelled and I came down with a high fever and thought not again…not another one of my projects getting shelved," he said at the time.

Netflix never officially announced the cancellation, but it did quietly remove the "It's Official: Another Season is Coming" label from the catalogue entry.

Miss Governor

Created by Tyler Perry, Miss Governor, which went through a mid-season name change after it was initially named She the People, will not be getting a second season.

The show centered on protagonist Antoinette Dunkerson, played by Terri J. Vaughn, who is Mississippi's first Black lieutenant governor. In the comedy, she must manage her zany family and overcome a boss who's stuck in the past.

The show ran one season, which began streaming in May of 2025, but there will not be a second season, as What's On Netflix reported that the series had been "effectively canceled."

Strip Law

It sounds like Cullen Crawford, the creator of Netflix's animated series Strip Law, had big plans for follow-up seasons for the show. However, none of that will be happening as he announced on social media this month that the show had been quietly canceled.

"So they told me there's not going to be anymore Strip Law at Netflix," he said in a post on BlueSky. "I really cant be anything but grateful. at every phase it was made by talented people in pursuit of nothing but pure chaotic delirious joy and I'm so so proud of it thank you to everyone who gave it chance I thought it was funny."

Crawford also released a spoiler for what would have come in future seasons as she added that there was "a whole lot of [expletive] we were gonna do."

F1: The Academy

Produced by Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine, F1: The Academy showcases the all-female racing tier. Despite the hugely popular Drive to Survive series that follows the F1 circuit, the new series did not catch on and will not have a second season.

The docuseries initially debuted in May 2025, but it sounds like the show has been quietly canceled after poor viewership with What's on Netflixindicating that the show was likely over.

What's in the Box?

Back in December, Netflix debuted What's in the Box?, a game show hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. The show put contestants through trivia rounds to win prizes, but they didn't know what would be in each of the boxes they opened, adding to the drama.

Like most other shows on this list, Netflix did not officially announce the cancellation. Instead, Matt Webb Mitvoch of Matt's Inside Line reported that there are "no plans" to create any more episodes as the show had been quietly canceled.

Pop The Balloon LIVE

Netflix's live dating reality series Pop The Balloon LIVE was launched as part of the streaming giant's broader push into live programming, but it ultimately failed to gain lasting traction with viewers.

As a result, the show has been canceled after just one season on the platform.

Selling the City

Netflix has pulled the plug on Selling the City after a single season, though the streamer is not giving up on the concept entirely.

The New York-based real estate reality series, which debuted in January 2025, centered on top Douglas Elliman agents as they competed in Manhattan's high-end housing market.

The cancellation signals a shift in strategy for the streaming service, which appears to be concentrating its efforts on the hit show Selling Sunset rather than expanding the franchise through additional spinoffs.

This story was originally published by Men's Journal on Jun 6, 2026, where it first appeared in the Entertainment section. Add Men's Journal as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

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This story was originally published June 6, 2026 at 3:53 PM.