Netflix Shows Cancelled: Which Ones Got the Axe?

Our favorite shows keep disappearing before they have a chance to shine! Unfortunately, this is not a new phenomenon. Keep reading to discover the latest cancellations and see the entire list of cancelled Netflix shows since all the way back in 2014. Don’t fret, we’ll also teach you tips and tricks to get more out of your Netflix subscription.

After the streaming giant has cancelled show after show, hiked its prices, and now plans to put ads in some subscription plans, you might be considering ditching Netflix. Before you go, a VPN can help you access Netflix shows when you travel abroad or use restricted networks, so your investment may still be worth it. That’s up to you though, we’ll just tell you how it all works. 

A VPN server disguises your IP address with one from its network. You can choose a server in a different country to make it look like you’re actually there. That means you can easily keep accessing the Netlix library you want and continue watching your shows. 

CyberGhost VPN has streaming-optimized servers for all major Netflix libraries, so you’ll always have lightning-fast connection speeds to watch all the shows you want – even in UHD. 

What Are Netflix Originals

House of Cards in 2013 was the first Netflix original series, soon followed by Orange is the New Black. Both became overnight sensations. At the time, releasing an entire season at once was a novel idea. Part of Netflix’s appeal was these high-quality “Netflix Originals” that would be too risky to broadcast on mainstream TV. 

Netflix Originals were great for both viewers and the company, because they enabled the production of a massive number of new shows worldwide, like Squid Game from South Korea and Money Heist from Spain. Netflix changed the TV and film industry when they transitioned from streaming provider to streaming provider + production company. Nowadays it’s commonplace to see streaming channels creating their own original shows, and viewers have gotten used to a lot more innovation with a lot less inhibition.

Some Netflix Originals like Bridgerton, The Witcher, and You are still going strong. Still, many of our favorites are on their way out, like The Crown, Stranger Things, and Grace and Frankie. The number of shows getting cancelled has been multiplying since 2019, but Netflix is still renewing many more shows than it’s cancelling. 

Netflix Shows Cancelled So Far

Once upon a time, Netflix was even rebooting shows networks had cancelled, like Arrested Development. Now it seems like Netflix presses the cancel button just after you’ve found your new favorite show! We all know this isn’t the first time it’s happened, either. 

Here’s the list of every Netflix show cancelled so far, with its genre, season/episode count, and IMDb rating. We’re not even counting shows cancelled before they got made or were aired – you don’t have all day!

Cancelled Netflix Shows in 2022

Genres: 

          • 💥  Action
          • 🎨  Animation
          • 😂  Comedy
          • 👮  Crime
          • 🎭  Drama
          •  🏰  Fantasy
          • 👸  History
          • 👻  Horror
          • 🎵  Musical
          • ❓  Mystery
          • 📰  News
          • 📹  Reality-TV
          • 👽  Science-Fiction
          • 💬  Talk-show
          • 🎒  Teen
          • 😨  Thriller
ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb rating
Another life (2019-2021)👽2 seasons (20 episodes)🍿  5.2/10

ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb rating
Archive 81 (2022)❓  👻1 season (8 episodes)🍿  7.3/10

ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb rating
The Baby-Sitters Club (2020)🎒  😂   🎭 2 seasons (18 episodes)🍿  7.3/10

ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb rating
Bonding (2018-2021)😂  🎭2 seasons (15 episodes)🍿  7.1/10

ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb rating
Cooking with Paris (2021)📹1 season (6 episodes)🍿  5.2/10

ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb rating
Gentefied (2020-2021)😂2 seasons (18 episodes)🍿  IMDb score 7.3/10

ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb rating
Julie and the Phantoms (2020)🎒  😂   🎭1 season (9 episodes)🍿  IMDb score 8.4/10

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On the Verge (2021)😂1 season (12 episodes)🍿  6.4/10

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Pretty Smart (2021)😂  🎭 1 season (10 episodes)🍿  5.8/10

ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb rating
Raising Dion (2019-2022)🎭 👽 2 seasons (17 episodes)🍿  7.1/18

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Space Force (2020-2022)😂2 seasons (17 episodes)🍿  6.7/10

Netflix Shows Ending In 2022

All good things must come to an end. Some of Netflix’s biggest hits are ending this year after a long run. Here are shows that aren’t being cancelled per se, but are ending after their next and final season:

ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb rating
The Crown (2016-2022)🎭  👸Ending after season 6 (60 episodes)🍿  8.7/10
ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb rating
Derry Girls (2018-2022)😂Ending after season 3 (19 episodes)🍿  8.4/10

ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb rating
Grace and Frankie (2015-2022)😂Ending after season 7 (94 episodes)🍿  8.2/10
ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb rating
Locke & Key (2020-2022)🎭   👻  🏰Ending after season 3 (24 episodes)🍿  7.4/10
ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb rating
Manifest (2018-2022)🎭  ❓  👽Ending after season 4 (62 episodes)🍿  7.1/10
ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb rating
Never Have I Ever (2020-2023 Cancelled in 2022)😂  🎭Ending after season 4 (20 episodes so far)🍿  7.8/10
ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb rating
Ozark (2017-2022)👮  🎭  😨Ending after season 4 (44 episodes)🍿  8.5/10
ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb rating
Peaky Blinders (2013-2022)👮  🎭Ending after season 6 (36 episodes)🍿  8.8/10
ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb rating
Stranger Things (2016-2023/24 Cancelled in 2022)🎭  👻  🏰  👽Ending after season 5 (35 episodes so far)🍿  8.7/10

All Netflix Shows Cancelled from 2014 to 2021

ShowGenreSeasonsIMDb score
Hemlock Grove (2013-2015) 🎭   🏰  👻3 seasons (33 episodes)🍿  7.0/10
Netflix Presents: The Characters (2016)😂1 season (8 episodes)🍿  5.3/10
Bloodline (2015-2017) 🎭  😨3 seasons (33 episodes)🍿  7.9/10
Marco Polo (2014-2016)💥  🎭2 seasons (20 episodes)🍿  8.0/10
The Get Down (2016-2017) 🎭  🎵1 season (11 episodes)🍿  8.2/10
Sense8 (2015-2018) 
🎭  ❓  👽2 seasons (24 episodes)🍿  8.2/10
Girlboss (2017) 😂1 season (13 episodes)🍿  7.0/10
Gypsy (2017) 🎭  😨1 season (10 episodes)🍿  6.8/10
Chelsea (2016-2017) 😂  💬2 seasons (120 episodes)🍿  6.0/10
Haters Back Off (2016-2017) 😂  🎭2 seasons (16 episodes)🍿  5.9/10
Lady Dynamite (2016-2017) 😂2 seasons (20 episodes)🍿  7.3/10
Disjointed (2017-2018) 😂1 season (20 episodes)🍿  6.7/10
Everything Sucks! (2018) 😂  🎭1 season (10 episodes)🍿  7.5/10
Seven Seconds (2018) 👮  🎭1 season (10 episodes)🍿  7.7/10
The Break with Michelle Wolf (2018) 😂  💬1 season (10 episodes)🍿  5.1/10
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale (2018) 😂1 season (19 episodes)🍿  7.1/10
White Lines (2020) 👮  🎭  ❓1 season (10 episodes)🍿  6.6/10
Iron Fist (2017-2018) 💥  👮2 seasons (23 episodes)🍿  6.5/10
All About the Washingtons (2018) 👮1 season (10 episodes)🍿  4.5/10
American Vandal (2017-2018) 😂  👮  🎭2 seasons (16 episodes)🍿  8.1/10
Luke Cage (2016-2018) 💥  👮  🎭2 seasons (26 episodes)🍿  7.3/10
Daredevil (2015-2018)💥  👮  🎭3 seasons (39 episodes)🍿  8.6/10
The Good Cop (2018) 😂  👮  🎭1 season (10 episodes)🍿  6.9/10
Friends from College (2017-2019) 😂  🎭2 seasons (16 episodes)🍿  6.9/10
Jessica Jones (2015-2019) 💥  👮  🎭3 seasons (39 episodes)🍿  7.9/10
The Punisher (2017-2019) 💥  👮  🎭2 seasons (26 episodes)🍿  8.5/10
One Day at a Time (2017-2020) 😂  🎭3 seasons (39 episodes on netflix) 
Rebooted by Pop TV for a 4th season (7 more episodes)
🍿  8.1/10
Santa Clarita Diet (2017-2019) 😂  👻3 seasons (30 episodes)🍿  7.8/10
Chambers (2019) 🎭   🏰  👻1 season (10 episodes)🍿  6.4/10
Tuca & Bertie (2019)
🎨  😂 1 season (10 episodes)
Rebooted by Adult Swim for a 2nd season (10 more episodes)
🍿  7.3/10
She’s Gotta Have It (2017-2019) 😂2 seasons (19 episodes)🍿  6.7/10
The OA (2016-2019) 🎭   🏰  ❓2 seasons (16 episodes)🍿  7.8/10 
No Good Nick (2019) 😂  🎭1 season (20 episodes)🍿  5.9/10
Merry Happy Whatever (2019) 😂1 season (8 episodes)🍿  6.3/10
Daybreak (2019) 💥  😂1 season (10 episodes)🍿  6.7/10
Soundtrack (2019) 🎭  🎵1 season (10 episodes)🍿  6.6/10
Spinning Out (2020)🎭1 season (10 episodes)🍿  7.6/10
Insatiable (2018-2019) 😂  🎭  😨2 seasons (22 episodes)🍿  6.5/10
AJ and the Queen (2020) 😂  🎭1 season (10 episodes)🍿  7.4/10
October Faction (2020)🎭  🏰1 season (11 episodes)🍿  6.1/10
V-Wars (2019) 🎭  👻  👽1 season (10 episodes)🍿  6.0/10
Messiah (2020) 🎭  ❓  😨1 season (10 episodes)🍿  7.6/10
Turn Up Charlie (2019) 😂1 season (8 episodes)🍿  7.0/10
Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show (2019) 😂1 season (6 episodes)🍿  6.9/10
Next in Fashion (2020) 📹1 season (10 episodes)🍿  7.3/10
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018-2020) 🎭   🏰  👻4 seasons (36 episodes)🍿  7.4/10
The Greenhouse Academy (2017-2020) 🎭4 seasons (40 episodes)🍿  6.6/10
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (2018-2020)😂  📰  💬6 seasons (40 episodes)🍿  8.2/10
I am Not Okay with This (2020) 😂  🎭  🏰1 season (7 episodes)🍿  7.5/10
The Society (2019) 🎭  ❓  👽1 season (10 episodes)🍿  7.0/10
Altered Carbon (2018-2020) 💥  🎭  👽2 seasons (18 episodes)🍿  7.9/10
The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia (2020) 😂  🎒2 seasons (15 episodes)🍿  6.7/10
The Big Show Show (2020) 😂1 season (10 episodes)🍿  6.3/10
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019) 🎭  🏰1 season (10 episodes)🍿  8.4/10
GLOW (2017-2019)😂  🎭3 seasons (30 episodes)🍿  8.0/10
Teenage Bounty Hunters (2020)😂  👮  🎭  🎒1 season (10 episodes)🍿  7.6/10
Away (2020) 🎭  👽1 season (10 episodes)🍿  6.6/10
The Order (2019-2020)🎭  🏰  👻2 seasons (20 episodes)🍿  6.7/10
Hoops (2020) 🎨😂 1 season (10 episodes)🍿  6.0/10
The Irregulars (2021) 👮  🎭  🏰1 season (8 episodes)🍿  5.9/10
Jupiter’s Legacy (2021)💥  🎭1 season (8 episodes)🍿  6.7/10
Grand Army (2020) 🎭1 season (9 episodes)🍿  7.4/10
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me (2021) 😂1 season (8 episodes)🍿  4.1/10
The Crew (2021) 😂1 season (10 episodes)🍿  6.5/10
Country Comfort (2021) 😂  🎭1 season (10 episodes)🍿  6.8/10
Mr. Iglesias (2019-2020) 😂3 seasons (22 episodes)🍿  7.1/10
Cursed (2020) 🎭  🏰1 season (10 episodes)🍿  5.8/10
Hit & Run (2021) 👮  🎭1 season (9 episodes)🍿  7.0/10
Cowboy Bebop (2021) 💥  😂1 season (10 episodes)🍿  6.7/10

How Many Shows Did Netflix Renew?

Netflix cancellations dominate the headlines, but it’s not all bad news. Netflix has actually renewed 63 shows for 2022 including hits like Black Mirror, Squid Game, and Sex Education. That’s way more than the number of shows it cancelled. Netflix animated series like Big Mouth and Paradise PD are also returning for a new season! 

Should I Get a VPN for Streaming?

Yes! Have you ever been in a situation where you couldn’t access the Netflix shows you wanted to watch? Maybe you were traveling or using a restricted network like at school? A VPN overcomes these challenges by sending your connection through an encrypted tunnel to a secure server in the country of your choice. That way, you can keep watching Netflix wherever you are.

Here are a few more ways CyberGhost VPN can enhance your streaming experience. 

Use It on Multiple Devices

Love to stream at home as well as while on planes, trains, and automobiles (as long as you’re not driving)? We’ve got you covered. CyberGhost VPN has apps for any device, from PCs to smartphones, to Smart TVs and beyond. 

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Good Alternatives to Netflix

Do you draw the line at ads on a paid service, or simply paying more per month? You’re not alone, as over 200,000 people have opted out of Netflix since the beginning of the year, forcing the company to look at other money-making avenues like gaming. 

No worries, you’ve got options! It seems like every studio has come out with its own streaming platform, but they’re not all created equal. 

Streaming platformAdsCostTop shows
Amazon Prime VideoYes30-day free trial
$8.99/month (video only) 
$14.99/month with Amazon Prime ($139/year)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Man in the High Castle, The Grand Tour, etc…
Disney +Not yet (A cheaper ad tier will appear later this year)$7.99/month($79.99/year)Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, The Simpsons, Family Guy, etc…
HuluIt depends on which plan you choose30-day free trial for non-bundled plans
$6.99/month (or $69.99/year) with ads
$12.99/month for (no ads)
$69.99/month Hulu with Live TV, Disney+ and ESPN+ (with ads)
$75.99/month Hulu with Live TV, Disney+ and ESPN+ (no ads)
The Handmaid’s Tale, Only Murders in the Building, Dopesick, etc…
PeacockIt depends on which plan you chooseFree tier
$4.99/month premium (with ads)
$9.99/month premium (no ads)
Current-season NBC shows, 30 rock, SNL. A bigger library is available with the paid tiers
HBO MaxIt depends on which plan you choose$9.99/month (or $99.99/year) (with ads)
$14.99/month (or $149.99/year) (no ads)
Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos, etc…

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How to Cancel Your Netflix Subscription

If you’re finally ready to break up with Netflix, here’s how to cancel:

  1. Go to Netflix.com/cancelplan.
  2. Sign in to your account if necessary.
  3. Click on Finish Cancelation.

How to Sign Up for Disney +

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  2. Go to Disneyplus.com
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  7. Provide your payment information.
  8. Start watching!

How to Sign Up for Amazon Prime Video

Follow these steps to create an account. If you already have an account, skip to step 8:

  1. Connect to a CyberGhost server optimized for Amazon Prime Video.
  2. Go to amazon.com/gp/video/offers/
  3. Click on start your 30-day free trial
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  6. Create a password.
  7. Click on create your Amazon account.
  8. Sign in to your account.
  9. Go to account.
  10. Click on Prime Membership.
  11. Click on Start your free trial.
  12. Chose between the video-only subscription or everything.
  13. Provide your billing address.
  14. Start watching!

How to Sign Up for Hulu

Follow these steps:

  1. Connect to a CyberGhost server optimized for Hulu.
  2. Go to hulu.com/welcome
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The Streaming VPN You’ll Never Cancel

Netflix has produced some of the best shows of the past decade, we just wish they would stop cancelling our favorites! Whether you decide to stay with Netflix, or switch to another streaming platform, CyberGhost VPN can significantly improve your streaming experience. Get CyberGhost VPN to safely access content wherever you are and enjoy the fastest streaming speeds on streaming-optimized servers for all the top platforms. 

FAQ

Why does Netflix cancel shows?

It seems like many Netflix Originals generate a lot of buzz and then quickly fizzle out. Netflix cancels these shows for a few different reasons. Some shows are too expensive to produce when they aren’t drawing a large enough audience. Other shows are just not a priority for the media giant when its major focus is on drawing in new subscribers with hot new shows. 
If you don’t want to stop watching your favorite Netflix originals when you travel or take a break at work, get CyberGhost VPN to encrypt your connection and change your IP address. Keep watching the shows you love!

What good Netflix shows have been cancelled? 

Netflix has cancelled many shows, even those with a cult following. Fans of the Santa Clarita Diet and Sense8 were bummed their favorite shows got the axe. Other times, excellent shows like I Am Not Okay With This or Marco Polo barely had a chance to win fans over before they were cancelled. 
Beyond Netflix Originals, CyberGhost VPN can help you safely discover your new favorite shows on Netflix or other streaming platforms. We bet you’ll be hooked, so we’re giving you a 45-day money-back guarantee!

What is a good alternative to Netflix?

You have several good alternatives to Netflix, so it really depends on your budget and personal taste. Check out our list of alternative streaming platforms to see what might be right for you.
Whatever you choose, CyberGhost VPN has streaming-optimized servers for most of these major streaming services.

Why do you need a VPN for streaming?

A VPN can give you access to streaming platforms on restricted networks and lets you keep watching your shows even if you’re traveling abroad. CyberGhost VPN has streaming-optimized servers for US, UK, German, French, Japanese, Korean, and other local Netflix libraries. Just connect to the server before you access Netflix to watch.
We also have optimized servers for other major streaming platforms like CrunchyrollHuluNBC, and also Disney+ and HBO Max libraries in multiple countries. If you ever have any connection questions, you can get in touch with our Customer Support team 24/7! 

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