Yay Or Nay
There are few things more nerve-racking than waiting to know if one of your favorite shows has been renewed or not. Okay, there are a lot of things more nerve-racking than that. But that's the one we're here to talk about.
Just a note: Whether a show is canceled or ending of its own volition we will mark it "canceled"—because the fact that it isn't coming back is the most important part, right? Also, some of these cancelations/renewals may have been announced prior to 2024, but we've added them here anyway just in case you missed the earlier announcement.
Canceled: Kaos (Netflix)
The mythological black comedy starring Jeff Goldblum as Zeus spent almost a month in Netflix's top 10. But it wasn't enough and the series was recently canceled after just one season.
Renewed: And Just Like That... (MAX)
Most fans of the Sex and the City sequel series are probably well aware of this, but just in case you missed the announcement, And Just Like That... is coming back for season 3—which is set to drop in 2025.
MAX, And Just Like That... (2021 - )
Canceled: Star Trek: Discovery (Paramount+)
Paramount+ dropped the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery in April and May of 2024.
Paramount+, Star Trek: Discovery (2017 - 2024)
Renewed: Sugar (Apple TV+)
This noir series on Apple TV+ stars Colin Farrell as a private investigator with a big secret—a secret revealed near the end of season 1 that had fans begging for a second season. Well, they're getting it.
Canceled: The Big Door Prize (Apple TV+)
The Big Door Prize won a second season in 2023—which premiered in April of 2024. However, following the end of the second season, it was announced that the show would not be coming back for a third.
Apple TV+, The Big Door Prize (2023 - 2024)
Renewed: Dark Matter (Apple TV+)
Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly star in this interesting sci-fi series on Apple TV+ about a physicist who builds a machine that allows him to explore alternate versions of his existence. The series didn't wrap everything up cleanly at the end of season 1, so fans will be happy to know it will be coming back for a second season.
Apple TV+, Dark Matter (2024 - )
Canceled: Bupkis (Peacock)
Prior to March of 2024, this comedy-drama series created by Pete Davidson would've found itself in the "renewed" column, because Peacock renewed the series for a second season. However, in March of this year it was Davidson who announced he had decided not to continue the series.
Renewed: Fallout (Prime Video)
This great post-apocalyptic drama, based on the popular Fallout video game franchise, was a hit for the Prime Video streamer. The show has been praised by critics and is Prime Video's second most-watched series ever (only behind The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power). Makes sense that they ordered a second season within a month of the season 1 premier.
Canceled: Good Omens (Prime Video)
The good omen for this fantasy-comedy series created by Neil Gaiman is that it was renewed for a third season at the end of 2023. However, whenever it airs, it will be the final season of the series.
Prime Video, Good Omens (2019 - )
Renewed: Hacks (MAX)
May 2024 was a big month for Hacks. It was the month that season 3 premiered and it was also the month when they announced the show's renewal for season 4.
Canceled: Julia (MAX)
Julia Child's cooking show, The French Chef, aired for eight seasons and 199 episodes between 1963 and 1973. The Julia series on MAX, about Julia Child's life during those French Chef years, aired for two seasons and 16 episodes—and was canceled in January of 2024.
Renewed: The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
The Morning Show was one of the first original shows on the streamer when Apple TV+ launched—and it's still going strong. So strong, in fact, that even before season 3 premiered back in September 2023, they had already announced the show's renewal for a fourth and fifth season.
Apple TV+, The Morning Show (2019 - )
Canceled: My Lady Jane (Prime Video)
This fun reimagining of the life of Lady Jane Grey was canceled after one season. Even a petition from George RR Martin wasn't enough to save this series.
Prime Video, My Lady Jane (2024)
Renewed: Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+)
You might've presumed that this Jake Gyllenhaal legal thriller would be renewed—but now you know for sure.
Apple TV+, Presumed Innocent (2024 - )
Canceled: Pretty Little Liars (MAX)
No lie. The pretty little truth is that MAX's foray into the Pretty Little Liars-verse was canceled after two seasons.
MAX, Pretty Little Liars (2022 - 2024)
Renewed: Reacher (Prime Video)
It was revealed in December of 2023 that filming for a third season of Reacher had already begun. When it will air...we don't know.
Prime Video, Reacher (2022 - )
Canceled: Time Bandits (Apple TV+)
Time Bandits ran out of time. In September of 2024, the announcement came down that the series had been canceled after one season.
Apple TV+, Time Bandits (2024)
Renewed: Ted (Peacock)
The series acts as a prequel to the two Ted films—and within days of its release on Peacock in January of 2024, it was the most-watched original title the streamer had ever seen. In May, they ordered a second season.
Canceled: Tokyo Vice (MAX)
We got two interesting seasons of Jake Adelstein's life on the crime beat at a Japanese newspaper in the late '90s/early 2000s—but that's all we are going to get. The series was canceled in June of 2024.
Renewed: 3 Body Problem (Netflix)
This is the first television show created by David Benioff and DB Weiss since the end of their last series, Game of Thrones. The pair, along with Alexander Woo, dropped 3 Body Problem on Netflix in March of 2024 and in May, the series was renewed for a second and third season.
Netflix, 3 Body Problem (2024 - )
Canceled: Upload (Prime Video)
In March of 2024, Prime Video announced that they would be uploading a fourth season of this science fiction comedy drama at some point. However, they also announced that said fourth season would be the show's last.
Renewed: Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
While critics didn't really enjoy the first season of Kristen Wiig's period dramedy, audiences gave it a 68% on Rotten Tomatoes and, most importantly, Apple gave it an order for a second season.
Apple TV+, Palm Royale (2024 - )
Canceled: Our Flag Means Death (MAX)
The period pirate comedy was told to walk the plank after its second season.
MAX, Our Flag Means Death (2022 - 2023)
Renewed: Only Murders In The Building (Hulu)
In September of 2024—before the fourth season was over—Only Murders in the Building had already been renewed for a fifth.
Hulu, Only Murders in the Building (2021 - )
Canceled: Outer Range (Prime Video)
The sci-fi western got even better with an impressive second season. But apparently the folks over at Prime Video weren't impressed enough by the numbers to give it a third.
Prime Video, Outer Range (2022 - 2024)
Renewed: Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters (Apple TV+)
The legacy will continue for at least one more season. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters was renewed in April of 2024—no info yet as to when season 2 will premier.
Apple TV+, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023 - )
Canceled: Life & Beth (Hulu)
The Amy Schumer-created series was canceled after two seasons.
Hulu, Life & Beth (2022 - 2024)
Renewed: Leverage: Redemption (Prime Video)
Leverage: Redemption—the continuation of the original Leverage series—began its life on Freevee service. It ran there for two seasons before the December 2023 announcement that it had been renewed for a third season and that said third season would be moving to Prime Video.
Prime Video, Leverage: Redemption (2021 - )
Canceled: Halo (Paramount+)
In development since 2013, the Halo television series finally premiered in 2022—and before the first episode even aired, it had been renewed for a second season. Unfortunately for fans of the show, in July of 2024—a few months after the last episode of season 2 dropped—the series was canceled.
Paramount+, Halo (2022 - 2024)
Renewed: Hijack (Apple TV+)
The Idris Elba-led thriller series began filming season 2 in June of 2024.
Apple TV+, Hijack (2023 - 2025)
Canceled: Evil (Paramount+)
The supernatural drama moved from CBS to Paramount+ for its second season and remained there for its third and fourth seasons as well—the latter of which premiered in May of 2024 and was announced as the series' final season.
Paramount+, Evil (2019 - 2024)
Renewed: The Devil's Hour (Prime Video)
Given that it's been two years since the first season of The Devil's Hour premiered on Prime Video, we would just like to remind fans that it was also two years ago that the show was renewed for at least two more seasons.
Prime Video, The Devil's Hour (2022 - )
Canceled: The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
Don't freak out. There is a sixth season coming in 2025. But that will be the end of this excellent series.
Hulu, The Handmaid's Tale (2017 - 2025)
Renewed: Mythic Quest (Apple TV+)
Here's another show that got renewed so long ago we wanted to remind you of that fact. Mythic Quest was renewed for a third and fourth season all the way back in October of 2021—and while we can't tell you when that fourth season will finally premier, we can tell you that they wrapped filming on said season in May of 2024.
Apple TV+, Mythic Quest (2020 - )
Canceled: Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+)
While a third season isn't in the cards for Schmigadoon!—they are planning on doing a stage adaptation of the series that will premier at the Kennedy Center in early 2025.
Apple TV+, Schmigadoon! (2021 - 2023)
Renewed: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Prime Video)
The series—inspired by the 2005 Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie film—is really well done and features great performance and chemistry from Donald Glover and Maya Erskine. The show had one of Prime Video's best ever series debuts in February 2024—and by May, it had been picked up for a second season.
Prime Video, Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024 - )
Canceled: The Acolyte (Disney+)
Yet another Star Wars series on Disney+—this one had fans divided and suffered from a review bombing campaign and was labeled as "woke" by the conservative media. There were also reports of the series going over budget. Whatever the reason, The Acolyte will not be coming back for a second season.
Renewed: Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
The fourth season of this quality spy thriller just premiered in September of 2024—but all the way back in January, Slow Horses got its fifth season renewal notice.
Apple TV+, Slow Horses (2022 - )
Canceled: Andor (Disney+)
More sad news for Star Wars fans. Andor was the most praised Star Wars television show the franchise has ever produced. But it obviously wasn't one of the most watched—as they have already announced that season 2, set to premier in 2025, will be the last.
Renewed: The Bear (Hulu)
With 21 Emmy wins to its name, this brilliant dramedy series is one of the best things television has produced this decade—and it should continue to be whenever season 4 finally drops.
