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Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today for a final viewing of the TV shows who met an untimely death this year. We’ll be keeping track of the losses on this living funeral of a post, though we should note that we will not be including shows that are ending on their own terms (or claim to be, anyway).
Below, a running list of every TV show canceled in 2025.
What’s it about? Lena Waithe’s multigenerational drama about the South Side of Chicago.
Number of seasons: Waithe announced that the upcoming 8th season will be its last.
When was it canceled? October 1
What’s it about? Bunny Schneiderman (Nathan Lane) invites his two best friends to live with him and his mother in Palm Springs.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? September 29
What’s it about? Inspired by Nev Schulman’s documentary, the long-running series followed people in online relationships who have never met, with one party being suspicious about the other’s true identity.
Number of seasons: 9
When was it canceled? September 22
What’s it about? Kevin Williamson’s crime drama following a North Carolina fishing dynasty may have done time in Netflix’s top ten, but the 11.6M people who reportedly watched weren’t enough, per Deadline.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? August 26
What’s it about? This is the Dexter show about his teen serial-killer years. Not to be confused with the sequel series. Or the other sequel series.
Number of seasons: Although the show was previously renewed for a second season, Variety is now reporting that the show will be a one-season wonder.
When was it canceled? August 22
What’s it about? A spooky anthology series based on the best-selling children’s books by R.L. Stine, with the second season titled The Vanishing.
Number of seasons: 2
When was it canceled? August 7
What’s it about? Arnold Schwarzenegger and Monica Barbaro star as a daddy-daughter pair of CIA ops. The show also starred folks like Fortune Feimster, Jay Baruchel, Scott Thompson, and Carrie-Anne Moss.
Number of seasons: 2
When was it canceled? August 3
What’s it about? After a crash landing on Earth, an alien (Alan Tudyk) moonlights as a small-town doctor and grapples with his initial mission to destroy humanity and his growing fondness for it.
Number of seasons: 4
When was it canceled? July 25
What’s it about? Based on a true story, Robert and Michelle King’s crime-drama series followed Annaleigh Ashford as the daughter of the Happy Face killer (Dennis Quaid).
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? July 21
What’s it about? Josh Holloway and J.J. Abrams team up once again, this time on a show about the first Black female FBI agent (Rachel Hilson).
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? July 9
What’s it about? A soapy hospital show with a Me Too angle. “Pulse is a Grey’s Anatomy rip-off,” Vulture’s Kathryn VanArendonk wrote when she show premiered. “Its doctors wear scrubs and treat patients on occasion, but mostly they have sex and get into feuds and pause to cry in stairwells.”
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? July 2
What’s it about? A Shondaland show adapted from the Kate Andersen Brower of the same name, The Residence was a whodunnit set in the White House staring Uzo Aduba.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? July 2
What’s it about? A sexy doctor and his sexy nurses treat patients aboard a cruise ship. Despite our best rallying cries, ABC let the Doctor Odyssey ship go the way of the Titanic.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? June 27
What’s it about? A stop-motion tiny chef makes “weshipees” with his woodland critter friends. When Nickelodeon canceled the show, a video of the Tiny Chef getting the news then weeping openly went viral. The creators are now looking for crowdfunding to keep the show going.
Number of seasons: 2
When was it canceled? June 24
What’s it about? Despite having a two-season order, Prime Video canceled the ballet drama series from Amy Sherman-Palladino. The show followed two ballet companies, one in Paris and one in New York, that swapped their most talented dancers.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? June 6
What’s it about? Stephanie Hsu stars as Ruby Yao, a woman who realizes her past sex partners are all dying one by one.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? May 29
What’s it about? Rosamund Pike leads an ensemble cast in this adaptation of the very long high-fantasy series of best sellers by Robert Jordan.
Number of seasons: 3
When was it canceled? May 23
What’s it about? Kevin Bacon stars as a murdered bounty hunter who is resurrected by the devil to catch demons who have escaped from hell’s prsion.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? May 16
What’s it about? In a spinoff of the legal drama, a former New York prosecutor starts a law firm in Los Angeles.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? May 9
What’s it about? A recovery specialist tops at nothing to solve forgotten missing-person cases while hiding a chilling secret from her team.
Number of seasons: 2
When was it canceled? May 9
What’s it about? A professor uses his unique understanding of human behavior to solve high-stakes cases involving governments and corporations.
Number of seasons: 2
When was it canceled? May 9
What’s it about? Cops patrol the streets of Long Beach, California in this police procedural.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? May 9, though Deadline reports that it’s already in talks with two potential buyers
What’s it about? An enigmatic street vigilante (Queen Latifah) helps the people of New York in a reimagining of the crime drama of the same name.
Number of seasons: 5
When was it canceled? May 2
What’s it about? A legendary talk show host gets challenged by his new female co-host while his adult son challenges him at home.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? April 22
What’s it about? Sixteen strangers journey through the New Zealand Alps in an attempt to reach the peak of a mountain to win $1 million.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? April 22
What’s it about? A woman reconnects with her father for the first time in decades after her gender transition.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? April 18
What’s it about? A down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer (Adam Pally) reunites with his childhood friend, NBA superstar Stephen Curry (played by himself.)
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? April 15
What’s it about? A couple creates a true crime podcast to determine whether or not their plumber is a serial killer.
Number of seasons: 2
When was it canceled? April 15
What’s it about? A fictional video game studio that creates the most popular MMORPG. The fourth season finale aired in March, but the final episode is getting an expansion pack to serve as the finale of the series.
Number of seasons: 4
When was it canceled? April 11
What’s it about? A former DEA agent is forced into early retirement but learns that his retirement destination of the Philippines is a vacation hot spot for “rich and famous criminals of the world.”
Number of seasons: 2
When was it canceled? April 4
What’s it about? The title is pretty self-explanatory. It’s also about being the show from which Reneé Rapp emerged like Venus from the sea.
Number of seasons: 3
When was it canceled? March 13
What’s it about? Selling big ol’ houses, duh. The show spun off Million Dollar Listings for New York, Miami, and San Francisco.
Number of seasons: 15
When was it canceled? Officially? Never. According to TMZ, Bravo is “pausing” the show, but have no plans to revive it in its current form.
What’s it about? The series followed two step siblings at an elite Manchester college in Washington D.C. who will do anything to maintain their reputation after a hazing incident threatens their social status.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? March 10
What’s it about? A white Midwestern family moves to a predominantly Black neighborhood in Pasadena, CA.
Number of seasons: 8
When was it canceled? March 10
What’s it about? A Los Angeles S.W.A.T. lieutenant is assigned to lead a highly skilled unit in the community where he grew up.
Number of seasons: 8
When was it canceled? March 8
What’s it about? Noah Centineo played a CIA lawyer who gets into all sorts of international espionage kerfuffles.
Number of seasons: 2
When was it canceled? March 5, according to show star Colton Dunn.
What’s it about? Per show description, the international version follows “elite operatives of the FBIs International Fly Team as they travel across Europe to neutralize threats against Americans.”
Number of seasons: 4
When was it canceled? March 4
What’s it about? FBI agents go after criminals on the Most Wanted list.
Number of seasons: 6
When was it canceled? March 4
What’s it about? Margo Martindale stars in this Canadian heist comedy as a maple syrup farmer who turns to crime in an effort to get revenge on the bureaucrats who are targeting her livelihood.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? February 21
What’s it about? A neo western drama follows how a family reacts when their prized cattle station is left without an heir.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? February 20
What’s it about? Created by Chuck Lorre and Nick Bakay, this comedy follows a veteran bookie whose business is threatened by the potential legalization of sports gambling in California.
Number of seasons: 2
When was it canceled? February 18
What’s it about? An Indian family has to prove their innocence to F.B.I. agents as they recount their first two years in America.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? February 7
What’s it about? Show creator Natasha Rothwell plays Mel, a broke JFK airport employee who has never been in love. A near-death experience pushes her to start living.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? February 4, though a “shocked” and “heartbroken” Rothwell said in a statement to Variety that she isn’t giving up on finding it a new home
What’s it about? After a classmate goes missing during the “satanic panic” of the 1980s, a group of high schoolers pretend to be Satanists to raise the profile of their heavy metal band. Julie Bowen plays a bandmate’s mom.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? February 4
What’s it about? Kelsey Grammer reprised his role as the titular psychiatrist from Cheers. In the spin-off, Frasier is divorced and has returned to his hometown of Seattle as a radio host
.Number of seasons: 2
When was it canceled? January 17, though Deadline reports that CBS plans to try to find the series a new home
What’s it about? Set on an isolated ranch in Georgia, this horror series from executive producer James Wan was a loose adaptation of Robert McCammon’s 1988 novel Stinger.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? January 17
What’s it about? Noel Fielding starred as notorious real-life 18th-century highwayman Dick Turpin, though — as the title suggests — this British historical comedy took some playful liberties with the escapades he went on with his gang of outlaws.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? The Sun reported on January 15 that the show had been scrapped because Noel Fielding didn’t show up for work. On January 17, a spokesperson for Fielding confirmed the cancellation and said it was a private matter regarding his health.
What’s it about? Per an official logline, The Franchise followed “the crew of an unloved franchise movie fighting for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe.” Himesh Patel and Aya Cash starred in this satirical comedy’s take on the behind-the-scenes world of superhero moviemaking.
Number of seasons: 1
When was it canceled? January 3
