For somebody who loves tv as a lot as I do, there’s a particular kind of heartbreak reserved for the cancellation of a beloved tv present. the sensation: you begin watching a present and get hooked, you then get caught ready to see if it will likely be renewed. Then, you study, whether or not it’s after one season or three, that the present is just not going to be coming again. It hurts each time, and it by no means will get any simpler.
Whether or not it’s exhibits that I went into realizing they bought cancelled early, or exhibits that I used to be watching dwell once they bought cancelled, there are such a lot of tv exhibits on the market that I want had gotten extra seasons. Typically these are dramas or horror exhibits that depart main mysteries unanswered, and typically these are sitcoms or dramedies that get cancelled earlier than a ship that I am rooting for can get collectively. So, right here it’s: these are 13 TV cancelations that bummed me out.
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‘Sprint & Lily’
1 Season
Each December, I rewatch Sprint & Lily, Netflix’s magical, Christmas-themed collection primarily based off the books by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. And each December, after I end the final episode, I want it bought renewed for one more season. The collection follows two youngsters — the cynical Sprint (Austin Abrams) and the optimistic Lily (Midori Francis) — who fall in love at Christmastime by writing to one another in a purple pocket book.
That is the right seasonal watch to get into the vacation spirit, and the romance is an absolute delight. With out even assembly, Sprint and Lily open up to one another within the pocket book and problem one another to dares that assist each of them develop. There are extra books within the collection, and Sprint and Lily’s story may simply have continued for extra seasons, so it made me very unhappy to see their story get minimize brief.
Sprint & Lily
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November 10, 2020
2 Seasons and a Film
Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist combines a lot of issues that I like to see in tv exhibits: family-focused storylines, elaborate musical numbers, and a speculative twist. The collection follows Zoey Clarke (Jane Levy), an formidable and practical-minded coder. Along with her father (Peter Gallagher) sick with a neurological illness, Zoey will get an MRI to see if she has signs. When an earthquake happens whereas Zoey is listening to music and getting an MRI, she develops a superpower the place she will be able to hear individuals’s deepest emotions by music.
If Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist had solely been given extra seasons to develop, I actually imagine that it may have gained the viewership of comparable dramedy exhibits. It is vitally enjoyable but emotional, and the present makes use of its songs very successfully. It made me cry a lot of occasions with its songs, typically once I wasn’t anticipating it, however by no means in a method that felt melodramatic. The collection fortunately bought a closing film to wrap every thing up, but it surely ought to’ve gotten extra seasons.
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‘Maggie’
1 Season
One thing that takes the sting away from the opposite cancellations on this checklist — just a bit bit — is that I can nonetheless rewatch them anytime I need. Maggie was tragically not simply cancelled, but it surely has additionally been faraway from Hulu, and is unimaginable to stream anyplace. I’ve been dying to rewatch it for a very long time now, and I am unable to, which makes me miss it much more. The collection is a extremely enjoyable rom-com a couple of psychic named Maggie (Rebecca Rittenhouse). Maggie meets the right individual for her, Ben (David Del Rio), within the pilot episode of the present.
When she will get a imaginative and prescient about it ending badly, although, she prematurely ends their relationship earlier than it might start. Sadly for her, quickly after, Ben will get again collectively along with his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Jessie (Chloe Bridges), and the 2 transfer into her mother and father’ residence advanced. Now pressured to bury her emotions for Ben, Maggie’s good friend group turns into larger and messier, and he or she additionally has to grapple with some points associated to her powers. I cherished the romance and friendships on this one, in addition to the way it explored the way in which that Maggie’s powers made her really feel remoted, and I’m so unhappy that I am unable to watch it anymore.
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‘Blissful Endings’
3 Seasons
Blissful Endings is a present that I did not see till after it had been off the air for a handful of years, so I knew it solely had three seasons earlier than I went into it. That being mentioned, I wasn’t ready for a way brief three full-length sitcom seasons would really feel as soon as I bought to the final episode. The collection is a traditional hangout comedy within the type of Mates and New Lady, however with an edgier humor to it, good for followers of It is At all times Sunny in Philadelphia and 30 Rock.
The collection follows a deeply codependent good friend group who’ve their very own language, rituals, and even holidays. When one of many pals (Elisha Cuthbert) leaves one other (Zachary Knighton) on the altar within the pilot episode of the present, the dynamic of their group is shaken up. I like this present a lot, primarily because of its splendidly bizarre humor, and the discovered household dynamic among the many pals. I like how they’re all obsessive about one another, and the way bizarre they appear to individuals exterior their group, and I’ll all the time be unhappy about its cancelation.
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‘Ugly Betty’
4 Seasons
I watched Ugly Betty a few years after it had already ended, however I did not go into it realizing that it had been canceled. The present has 4 full-length seasons and a large number of episodes, so it nonetheless tells a satisfying story, but it surely in the end needed to finish fairly abruptly. Primarily based on the Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea, the collection follows Betty Suarez (America Ferrera), an enthusiastic and bold lady who loves magazines.
The pilot episode of this present is among the best pilot episodes I’ve ever seen, and if you have not seen it already, I assure it can get you hooked. In it, Betty begins working as an assistant for Daniel Meade (Eric Mabius), the Editor-in-Chief of Mode Journal. The collection is filled with traditional telenovela plotlines like surprising deaths and secret relations, however it is usually grounded in Betty’s underdog story. She’s one among my favourite tv protagonists ever, and I like her slowburn romance (I will withhold the identify because of spoilers) that bought abruptly minimize off when the present ended.
ugly betty
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2006 – 2009
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ABC
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Silvio Horta
- Writers
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Silvio Horta
8
‘How I Met Your Father’
2 Seasons
I watched the collection finale of How I Met Your Mom dwell when it aired, so after that, I by no means thought I’d ever let this franchise break my coronary heart once more. Slowly, although, the disappointing ending stopped tainting the collection a lot for me, and I used to be capable of rewatch it once more. This meant that I went into How I Met Your Father with an open thoughts, and after the primary season, I used to be pleasantly stunned and excited for extra. Within the second season, with twice as many episodes, the present actually hit its stride, and was completely unimaginable.
And but, by some means, Hulu made the baffling choice to cancel How I Met Your Father proper because it had gotten nice. It was ready to attract from lots of the emotions of the unique present, whereas additionally rising into its personal factor. The ultimate episode left the present with a lot potential for extra seasons, and to construct up what appeared to be a hinted slowburn romance between Sophie (Hilary Duff) and Sid (Suraj Sharma). As a result of this was the IP of such a profitable present, I by no means doubted that it will be renewed, and the cancelation hit me like a ton of bricks.
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‘Tips on how to Die Alone’
1 Season
Tips on how to Die Alone is the latest cancelation that basically upset me, though it is nonetheless early, and I am holding out hope that one other streaming platform will find yourself choosing it up. The collection follows Mel (Natasha Rothwell), a JFK airport worker who’s feeling usually dissatisfied along with her life. After a near-death expertise on her thirty fifth birthday, Mel decides to take extra dangers along with her life, by coming into a administration program, and dealing as much as telling her soon-to-be-married ex-boyfriend (Jocko Sims) that she nonetheless has emotions for him.
I actually loved Tips on how to Die Alone, for its advanced and nuanced heroine, and its messy and sincere depiction of all types of relationships. I used to be actually impressed with the present’s particular person episodes as nicely, together with its tragic New Yr’s Eve-themed installment, and its breathtaking finale. After that surprising cliffhanger, I used to be significantly disillusioned to not get one other season of the present.
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‘The Society’
1 Season
The Society‘s cancelation was a intestine punch for a lot of causes, the principle one being that it was initially renewed earlier than it then bought canceled. I used to be so excited for the second season after that large, mind-altering reveal within the final moments of the finale, and I typically discover myself nonetheless theorizing about what would have come subsequent. As I’ve watched related exhibits since, like The Wilds and Yellowjackets, I’ve commonly discovered myself reminiscing again on The Society.
The collection follows a bunch of youngsters who depart for a faculty journey, however return shortly after it will get canceled because of a storm. Once they return, although, everybody else is gone from their city. Now left to outlive on their very own and unable to depart, they’re pressured to determine the foundations of this new society, particularly in terms of conserving sources. The facility wrestle turns into very harmful quickly into the present, and it makes for a must-watch present that simply may have gone on for extra seasons.
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‘Galavant’
2 Seasons
Galavant is one other collection that I found lengthy after it had been canceled. I additionally knew about its cancelation going into it, so it is truthful to say that I used to be hoisted by my very own petard once I was so crushed by its untimely cancellation. Galavant is a present that feels prefer it may have been made for me: it combines a conventional fairytale setting, bizarre meta humor, and very catchy and over-the-top musical numbers.
I nonetheless love Galavant a lot. I hearken to the music on a regular basis, and I typically marvel what a 3rd season would have regarded like. The present follows a knight named Galavant (Joshua Sasse), who was as soon as very profitable however has been knocked down by heartbreak. He will get tricked into happening an epic quest, and a few actually hilarious and intelligent eventualities ensue from there. The present did an awesome job wrapping issues up with its closing episode, but it surely may have gone on for for much longer.
Galavant
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Timothy Omundson
King Richard
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Mallory Jansen
Queen Madalena
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‘The Midnight Membership’
1 Season
I’m a die-hard fan of all of Mike Flanagan‘s TV exhibits, together with Midnight Mass, The Haunting of Hill Home, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and The Fall of the Home of Usher. The one one among these set as much as have a number of seasons, The Midnight Membership, was sadly canceled after only one. Primarily based on Christopher Pike’s novels, the collection focuses on a bunch of terminally sick youngsters residing in a hospice within the Nineteen Nineties.
The collection is an ideal mixture of juvenile drama and horror collection, and it additionally depicts sickness in a method that I have never seen on TV earlier than or since. The scary tales are completely woven into the present, and the large reveal had my jaw on the ground. Flanagan kindly revealed on Tumblr how the collection was supposed to finish, and answered a lot of questions that had been left by the finale. Studying concerning the good plan for Season 2 made me even sadder that we by no means bought it, however I nonetheless prefer to rewatch this one each October.
The Midnight Membership
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2022 – 2021
- Community
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Netflix
3
‘My Girl Jane’
1 Season
My Girl Jane is one other latest cancellation that broke my coronary heart. It is one of the crucial inventive new collection that I’ve seen shortly, and I used to be so excited on the prospect of one other season. Primarily based on the novel of the identical identify by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Joni Meadows, the collection is a fictionalized retelling of the story of Girl Jane Gray (Emily Bader) with a comedic and fantastical spin.
The primary season nonetheless makes for an entire watch, and I proceed to suggest the present to those that have not seen it. That being mentioned, although, the collection had a lot potential for extra seasons. I cherished Jane’s romance with Guildford (Edward Bluemel) to items, and I actually wished to see extra of their story, and extra of the hilarious and infuriating villain that’s Mary (Kate O’Flynn).
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‘Julie and the Phantoms’
1 Season
I used to be so excited when Netflix launched a TV present combining two of my favourite subjects in fiction: ghosts and bands. Someway, Julie and the Phantoms was even higher than I presumably may have imagined, and I simply fell in love with it from the very first episode. The collection follows Julie Molina (Madison Reyes), a grieving teenage woman who’s about to get kicked out of her college’s music program, because of her incapacity to play or sing for the final 12 months.
When Julie discovers three ghosts — Luke (Charlie Gillespie), Reggie (Jeremy Shada) and Alex (Owen Joyner) in her mother’s previous music studio, she begins to get her life again. The 4 of them notice that the ghosts will be seen once they play along with her, they usually begin a band. The music is so catchy on this one (due to Kenny Ortega), and it additionally has a stunning depiction of friendship, and two nice romances. I used to be proud of how the primary season ended, however I nonetheless actually want that it had gotten extra.
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‘Pushing Daisies’
2 Seasons
The info have been these: I did not find yourself watching Pushing Daisies till over a decade after it ended, and I knew that it had been abruptly cancelled once I first began watching. It was one factor to know this in concept, and it was one other to fall in love with this present and grow to be totally invested, solely to get to that closing episode and notice that there was nothing else after that. The collection follows a piemaker named Ned (Lee Tempo) who can wake the useless with a single contact, and who makes use of his powers to assist a Personal Investigator (Chi McBride) clear up murders. When the newest homicide sufferer is Ned’s past love, Chuck (Anna Friel), he retains her alive, however they will by no means contact.
Pushing Daisies is my absolute favourite TV present of all time, and I’ll by no means surrender hope that it’s going to in the future be revived like its main girl. That is one other collection that completely touches on a lot of my pursuits: fairytales (I need to dwell inside this world), forbidden romance (Chuck will actually die in the event that they contact), and darkish humor (every of the murders is splendidly absurd and over-the-top). It additionally has actually sharp and intelligent dialogue, and it touches on some actually highly effective themes. I am often very cautious about revivals, however I hope with my complete coronary heart that we are going to get to see extra Pushing Daisies in the future.
Pushing Daisies
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2007 – 2008
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ABC
