29 Best TV Shows Canceled After One Season

Buzz Feed

4 days ago

We asked the BuzzFeed Community which canceled TV shows need to come back for at least one more season. Here's what they said:
The Acolyte (2024)
"People hated it because it was dark and made the Jedi look bad. Um, The Clone Wars (animated series) did that. The Jedi weren't perfect, which was the point of the show. Disney needs to finish what it started."—bmw1138
Sweet/Vicious (2016–2017)
"That show was absolutely amazing and really empowered me. It's so unfair it was canceled." —kxllynxcxlx
My Lady Jane (2024)
"Perfect (and highly rated) season. It's the historical retelling of a queen, it has strangers/enemies to lovers/forced marriage tropes, and shapeshifters exist! Need it renewed nowww!"—grumpypumpkin44
I Am Not Okay With This (2020)
"I really miss I Am Not Okay With This. They left off on a pretty huge cliffhanger."—maybbeyesmaybbeno"That show was so good and deserved at least two seasons! They left it on kind of a cliffhanger. 😥"—furrywitch58
I Love That for You (2022)
"I Love That for You stars Vanessa Bayer as a woman who lands her dream job as a QVC-like host, and as a last-ditch effort to keep from getting fired, she lies about having cancer. The whole thing is funny and dark and charming, and it's actually inspired by Bayer's real-life battle with childhood leukemia."—Spencer Althouse
Ghosted (2017–2018)
"Everything is right about the entire cast and storyline."—vinswe
Dead Boy Detectives (2024)
"This show had such good queer representation, and besides, was near-perfect with their casting, and the premise was interesting as well. I genuinely do not know what possessed Netflix to cancel it."—thviony"Dead Boy Detectives deserved more time. Fans have been waiting for this show since the original duo from Doom Patrol was recast. Lukas Gage as Cat King was also iconic and ICONIC queer supernatural representation."—reneb4b1d76327"Dead Boy Detectives is a brilliant show and absolutely deserves to top this list. It is everything: fun, funny, quirky, heartfelt, and brilliantly, unapologetically queer. If you haven't seen it yet, you absolutely should. It wraps up neatly at the end of the season, with all of the major character arcs completed. It's my favorite show in years, easily."—asidian"I was absolutely GUTTED when they cancelled Dead Boy Detectives. It's such a great, solid show. Amazing acting, writing, set design, costuming, music, the works. They peppered in so many hidden details that every rewatch is rewarding. And all of that without even mentioning the stellar representation. Real bonehead move by Netflix."—purpleskull745
Teenage Bounty Hunters (2020)
"I loved it and was really disappointed when it got canceled."—peacefulmoon808
Archive 81 (2022)
"It had a great story that unfortunately didn't get to finish."—bougielion556
My So-Called Life (1994)
"Any of these lists that don't include My So-Called Life are just wrong."—surprisedsquid571
Almost Human (2013)
Pitch (2016)
"Pitch deserved more than 10 episodes. Plus, it ended with a cliffhanger!"—brandonm4b1db21b4
The Brink (2015)
"The Brink deserved a second season and the writers set up the second season with the ending of the first season. It had a great cast, great story, and it was hilarious. I haven't heard why HBO decided to cancel that show. I've always wanted the writers of cancelled shows to provide an outline of how the rest of the show would have played out so the fans can get some closure."—hlane09
Kindred (2022)
"I know it's a book too, but it was SUCH a good show — they left that poor man in the past and just canceled the show like wtf?!?!?"—j4287b3497
How to Die Alone (2024)
"A brand new one recently cancelled was How to Die Alone, created by and starring Natasha Rothwell. You might recognize her as Belinda in The White Lotus or Kelli on Insecure. Mel is a broke JFK airport employee who has never experienced love; a near-death accident inspires her to dream and live life again. It's warm, charming, and funny. I liked it a lot, watched it twice through already and am super bummed Hulu isn't picking it up."—joandough
The Gates (2010)
"It had one season, left on a cliffhanger, was set for Season 2, then it was axed. But man, it was a good show."—lyrablack
Panic (2021)
"What a great show. Plus, it has Ray Nicholson, the son of Jack Nicholson!! This show truly showed his depth into acting and out of his dad's shadow."—chrystinamecca
A League of Their Own (2022)
"I was heartbroken when I heard it was canceled."—ejt263"First, Prime Video said it was renewed, then only for four episodes, and finally canceled. A real gut punch to a show with such heart and potential."—buttercupbailey
Night Sky (2022)
"One season and then it just left us hanging. Pissed me off so much! It was really frustrating that they didn't finish it. I don't want to invest my time in TV shows anymore..."—teri_dactyl
Deadly Class (2019)
"I love the characters and I was so sad when I heard it was canceled."—lazyzebra25
High Fidelity (2020)
"It was so irritating to only have one season."—brookemonaco
Spinning Out (2020)
"The plot was SO good. It was so refreshing for a teen drama to not fit the same high school cookie cutter setting. The acting was high quality, too. This show was perfectly cast, and all of the actors were so amazing. It was unreal! This show covered real issues that people deal with, like mental health. The final episode was set up to imply a second season... I really wish we had the opportunity to see it." —wallows
Julie and the Phantoms (2020)
"The cliffhanger was too brutal to not give us more episodes. And the MUSIC we're missing out on without a second season? Unreal omg."—denydenydeny"This was when I REALLY started distancing myself from Netflix, and I've had trust issues ever since. 😭"—lilqueenb19"They left us with a cliffhanger, and I can't accept that."—oddhouse282
Firefly (2002)
"Firefly definitely should have had more seasons. Excellent writing, great characters, a western in space show."—artisticsedan585
Reboot (2022)
"Reboot is a comedy about a group of actors from a 2000s sitcom whose show is getting rebooted in the present day. Much like 30 Rock, what follows is a behind-the-scenes look at 'a show within a show,' along with its highly dysfunctional cast. It's topical, clever, and just plain good."—Spencer Althouse
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (2023)
"I was one of the lucky TV watchers who got to see Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies before it was canceled and taken off of Paramount+, and ooof this one hurt. This show had truly some of the most incredible performances by up and coming actors, like I was absolutely floored by the amount of sheer talent this cast possessed. Like, these writers literally gave us MULTIPLE original songs every episode, and the production quality was so incredible that it was like watching mini music videos. Not only was it just a fun take on the movie we know so well, but this series felt so much more inclusive in ways the 1978 movie wasn't. The LGBTQ+ and BIPOC storylines gave the series so much more depth, and I'm so heartbroken those arcs won't get to be explored anymore." —Lauren Garafano"Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies most definitely needs a final season. That show was very entertaining, and the only television show using a musical theme drove the show. I love it, miss it, and want it back!!!"—freshsealion58
The Society (2019)
"I swear I think about this cancelation at least twice a week. It's this Lord of the Flies-esque story but set in this fictional town in Connecticut, and I ate it up. One of the things that made me so angry was that the series DID get renewed for a second season, but the renewal got reversed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like, at this point I don't even care that the cast is significantly older and it wouldn't even make sense to do a second season. I NEED IT!!!! The Season 1 cliffhanger is truly one of those TV mysteries that haunts me — I just wanna know what happened! Let me at least read the Season 2 script!! Please!!!"—Lauren Garafano"The Society needs a Season 2. I think it's unfair how its renewal was reversed despite it having a much better storyline than some shows."—savorygoat961"I have watched The Society over and over. I even watch the YouTube music videos dedicated to Campbell and Elle and Harry, etc.. I'M SO VERY DISAPPOINTED with Netflix for taking this away from us. Stop screwing around already and renew our shows!!!"—fancybutterfly176"I think about this show like three times a week. The acting was good and the mystery was good, a lot better done than a lot of shows with this trope...and nothing. I was really excited to see how it wrapped up. Also, it was fascinatingly realistic(ish). Please, even just the script for Season 2."—velaris9173
Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000)
"I was devastated when Freaks and Geeks was canceled, but that was probably the best thing that could have happened to the young actors on that show. Almost all of them have become super successful and it's unlikely that would have happened if the show had gone on for a long time. Secondly, I read an interview with Paul Feig once and his plans for the second season were AWFUL. So it's just as well that it ended when it did!"—nastymagazine42"After only one season, the show didn't get the chance it deserved. It had classic lines and meme-able scenes, too. The show was set up for a second season it never got." —tessap439fbd8db"Does Lindsay follow the Grateful Dead? All of those actors were incredible, and it was such a fun vibe. Plus, I need to know what happens!"—doribullerman
And finally, AJ and the Queen (2020)
"As soon as you get invested in the characters, the show ends on a cliffhanger. It was something that I've never seen before on TV. I loved it." —sierram43e95c428"I need to know if they go back on the road, or did the new club ever open. You can't just leave it with them hugging in the grass after AJ found out her mom didn't write the letters!"—vikings_girl
What shows do you think deserve another season? Let us know in the comments! And be sure to send this to any of your friends who (like me) will never get over The Society's cancellation.
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