10 canceled Netflix TV shows worth watching

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The worst part about falling in love with a TV show is that it could be canceled before the end of its story. Even Netflix, with its massive production budgets and ad-free streaming model, isn't immune to the need to take the hatchet on a beloved series early. While the end of some series becomes inevitable due to low viewership numbers or the critical landscape (no content provider can expect to hit the mark every time), Netflix has been known to cancel shows seemingly in their prime. In fact, these days, the streaming giant's disconnect isn't necessarily an indicator of failure, especially when a show passes the three-season mark and production costs start to skyrocket. Here's a list of 10 of the best shows canceled by Netflix, and with Jessica Jones, BoJack Horseman, and the Santa Clarita Diet, they're in great company.

House of cards (2013-2018)

(Image credit: Netflix) (Image credit: Netflix) Going into House of Cards, Netflix knew its first original drama was going to be a hit: its extensive subscriber database had already told them that viewers Viewers liked the movies directed by David Fincher and starring Kevin Spacey. And when it debuted, this American remake of a brilliant BBC miniseries was tense, startling, while morally flexible politician Frank Underwood behaved unabashedly at the top of the Washington tree. The show had started to lose its way long before Spacey's well-publicized downfall led Netflix to declare that the sixth season would be its last. At that point, however, House of Cards had already confirmed the arrival of Netflix as a major force in Hollywood.

Orange is the new black (2013-2019)

(Image credit: Netflix) (Image credit: Netflix) While not supernatural or Grey's Anatomy territory, Seven Seasons is such a good run that the end of Orange is the new black didn't really feel like a cancellation, even designer Jenji Kohan had admitted that she "leaned in" to wrap things up. around then. However, Netflix pulling the plug on the prison drama of hers was symbolic. During its impressive run, the show had become such a part of television that we had almost come to take it for granted, forgetting just how revolutionary this female-led drama was back in 2013. Certainly paving the way for People like Killing Eve and GLOW, while showcasing the talents of future stars like Laverne Cox, Ruby Rose, and Samira Wiley, OITNB remains one of the biggest shows in Netflix history.

BoJack Horseman (2014-2020)

(Image credit: Netflix) (Image credit: Netflix) By the time BoJack Horseman galloped onto Netflix in 2014, we already knew there was a huge market for adult satirical animation: Family Guy, Futurama, and South Park had all done it. possible. But even they couldn't prepare us for the thoroughbreds of a Raphael Bob-Waksberg series, one of television's most candid and painful explorations of the human condition, despite the fact that the main character is a horse. You're never given any reason to wonder why humans and anthropomorphic animals live together in this alternative Hollywood, as self-destructive homeless ex-comedy star BoJack struggles to find his place in the world. Netflix ultimately decided that the show's sixth season will be its last, but not before giving Bob-Waksberg the chance to finish the story on his own terms.

Sense8 (2015-2018)

(Image credit: Netflix) (Image credit: Netflix) You could never accuse Sense8 of a lack of ambition. A collaboration between Wachowski, the masterminds behind The Matrix, and Babylon 5 creator J Michael Straczynski, the series gradually brings together eight seemingly random people from around the world, who happen to share a powerful psychic bond. With an impressive cast, a story spanning the globe, and levels of LGBTQ representation that have rightfully earned much praise, Sense8 has attracted an incredibly passionate audience in its short run. Fans even helped save the show when it was canceled shortly after its second season aired: Their campaign helped persuade Netflix to grant closure as a movie finale.

Jessica Jones (2015-2019)

(Image credit: Netflix) (Image credit: Netflix) Perhaps it's best to think of Netflix's New York-based street level in the MCU as a single 13-season story arc. After all, the events of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Punisher, and The Avengers team The Defenders are so intertwined that you can't appreciate one without the others. Jessica Jones is happy with Daredevil as the star, Iron Fist is the only turkey, with Krysten Ritter's turn as cynical, super-strong PI making her the most humane of the bunch. All the heroes finally found each other when Netflix swung an ax at this particular branch of the Marvel Universe in late 2018 and early 2019, but Jessica Jones remains one of the best superhero TV shows ever made.

Santa Clarita Diet (2017-2019)

(Image credit: Netflix) (Image credit: Netflix) Everything about this ghoulish horror-comedy is offbeat. Despite bearing the outward signs of a suburban family drama, its central character (a real estate agent played by Drew Barrymore) becomes undead and develops a taste for human flesh. However, this is not a traditional zombie drama either, as she remains self-aware and has yet to negotiate the challenges of family life in the XNUMXst century. It's a mix that writer/creator Victor Fresco harnesses for maximum comedic value, making the most of the chemistry between Barrymore and her on-screen husband Timothy Olyphant as they try to figure out what's going on. Unfortunately, a brilliant third season wasn't enough to save it from the chopping block.

OA (2016-2019)

(Image credit: Netflix) (Image credit: Netflix) In 2017, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings surprisingly said, “Our success rate is currently too high. He almost pushed the content team: "We have to take more risks, we have to try crazier things," because we should have a higher cancellation rate overall. "Its commissioners obviously took note, because few other television platforms would have tried their hand at a show as ambitious, bizarre and shocking as The OA. Telling the story of a mysterious young woman (played by co-creator Brit Marling), who becomes Calling "The Original Angel", the two seasons of the series were perhaps too inaccessible to appeal to a mass audience. Unfortunately, this meant that Netflix had pulled the plug on the game after two seasons, leaving the series' proposed story arc frustratingly unresolved for five years.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017-2018)

(Image credit: Netflix) (Image credit: Netflix) The fact that the cult classic from the '80s and '90s returned is so remarkable that no one should be so upset that it only lasted two seasons in its Netflix incarnation. . The reboot itself was the result of a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign, so even if the fans were clearly there, there wasn't enough to guarantee the show's long-term future on Netflix. The original premise—in the Earth-orbiting Satellite of Love, mad scientists force a human and his lo-fi robot companions to watch B-movies—remains intact, with a new cast including Jonah Ray, Felicia Day and Patton Oswalt. This cancellation doesn't necessarily mean the end of MST3K either: another return elsewhere is not beyond the areas of possibility.

Mindhunter (2017-2019)

(Image credit: Netflix) (Image credit: Netflix) Though Mindhunter isn't technically overdue, executive producer David Fincher still has the option to make a third season, and it's apparently on "indefinite hold," but the fact That the cast have been released from their contracts suggests that 'We may have seen the last of this excellent police drama. That would be a shame, because the XNUMXs-XNUMXs story of a pair of FBI agents investigating imprisoned serial killers to help solve current cases is a brilliantly produced period piece. So far Silence of the Lambs, but the drama is enhanced by the fact that the cases are inspired by real life, with the series based on a book co-written by ex-Fed John E Douglas. Yes, Mindhunter tends to favor talking scenes over gunfights and action, but who's going to complain when the stories are this good?

She must have it (2017-2019)

(Image credit: Netflix) (Image credit: Netflix) One of the best things about living in this so-called golden age of television is the fact that the best filmmakers have chosen the small screen. Spike Lee joined David Fincher and the Wachowskis with this television update of his 1986 episode She She She's Gotta Have It, directing every episode of its brief two-season run. Nola Darling (performed by DeWanda Wise) is a truly revolutionary song for a TV show, a Brooklyn-based polyamorous artist juggling various relationships and jobs. As you'd expect from Lee, the series has a lot to say about the world, not just because the characters are used to parting ways with the camera, but it's also funny, moving, and powerful when needed.