10 TV Shows Which Just Got Cancelled

The world of TV has been in something of a precarious state in recent years. With the rise of streaming and the decline of linear TV, it's become ever less clear what the metric for "success" is, and in turn, much harder to predict if a given show will be cancelled or renewed.

And so, even seemingly "safe" popular shows aren't really immune to the scythe of cancellation, because even if they post superficially strong viewing figures, that doesn't mean they're posting high enough numbers to satisfy a streaming service's internal metrics or their own high costs of production.

With that in mind, the following 10 TV shows were all recently given the chop. Some were popular, long-running series, others had just aired their first, and now final, season. In each case, the potential was clearly there for them to endure for many more seasons, but for whatever reason, the network in question decided to axe the show.

In some instances, it's clear that the series just wasn't measuring up to critical or viewership expectations, while in others, it gets a little more complicated and nuanced. Either way, these 10 TV shows are all now put out to pasture.

At the start of October, Paramount announced that its hit mystery thriller series Yellowjackets was set to conclude after its upcoming fourth season.

This proved to be a somewhat surprising announcement considering that Yellowjackets was initially said to have a five-season plan, and as recently as 2023, co-creator Ashley Lyle confirmed that this plan was still firmly on track. The show's recent third season also became its most-watched yet, seemingly signalling that it was safe and would most likely make it to five, even with the general fan response to the show slipping considerably in its second and especially third seasons.

Some have pointed to the Paramount-Skydance merger and associated regime changes as possibly being behind the show's premature conclusion, but at least this pre-announced ending will give the creators time to provide fans with a concrete climax to the story.

Whether a single season is enough runway to tie off the many messy narrative strands left flailing around, however, remains to be seen. Here's hoping.