When Cancelled Shows Deserve A Second Life 

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Now there's no excuse not to make the video: *When bad shows refuse to die.*

We will never forgive Netflix for The Society, The OA, 1899, and I Am Not Okay With This

Emily In Paris will probably get 10 seasons of boring and ocasionally offensive storylines while others fall. Sucks that so many talents are being wasted in a show like that.

Bryan Fuller also created Pushing Daisies and Wonderfalls and produced Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, all of which were canceled. He has joked about what bad luck he has. Apparently NBC contributed to Hannibal’s demise as well. They wanted him to cast a American actor as Hannibal, and when he chose Mad Mikkelson they got mad and stopped supporting it. So it’s a miracle the show lasted three seasons really.

Stranger Things has done irreparable numbers to Netflix because if a show doesn’t build a fanbase as large as what ST made in literally a week it’s off to the gulag with them.

hannibal getting cancelled is something that still hurts to this day

I don't think I'll ever get over My Babysitter's a Vampire being cancelled on a cliffhanger, and the Hannibal cancellation hurts just as bad

The cancelled show whose loss breaks me the most is Pushing Daisies. It had a very intriguing premise that you'd think would be a dark thriller, but it's instead packaged in a colorful heartwarming world, with an incredible cast of characters. It was just so unique.

I will always blame Netflix for cancelling Sense8, Dirk Gently's hollistic detective agency and Half-Bad the bastard son and the devil himself 😢

I’m literally 29 years old and not over the cancellation of fucking Teen Titans of all things. But this video is how I find out Our Flag Means Death is cancelled. I feel bad for all the fans of beloved shows that got cancelled. I’m with you.

Not continuing HANNIBAL was a crime against humanity honestly. It’s a masterpiece that gathers fans to this day.

I just finished watching I Am Not Okay With This and I’m so devastated that Netflix had the nerve to cancel that show. Syd is genuinely such a relatable character who you can root for despite her not always making perfect decisions. Stan is genuinely my favorite character. He’s so dorky yet likable and Wyatt Oleff stole the show. The ensemble cast is really strong as well. This show is so accurate to the teenage experience while still being quirky and a little offputting. I loved Syd and Stan’s friendship so much, because we need more healthy male/female friendships in media. And then to leave it on that cliffhanger? Absolutely insane. I need closure.

I still remember when Hannibal was cancelled and Bryan Fuller, the series creator, went on social media trying his hardest to get the show picked up by another network. No networks or streaming services wanted to take the chance on a show that didn't have great rating at the time. It was heartbreaking because the final episode left so much unresolved. Glad to see Mads eager to return.

The cancellation of 1899 is the reason I don't watch TV anymore. It inspired me so much as a storyteller, like I cannot stress the impact this show had on me. ... and then it was cancelled. It was basicly sent to its death, no promotion, released between Wednesday and the World Cup. The moment the first 28 days were over, it was cancelled. It was what broke me; I just stopped watching anything that wasn't a limited series or a concluded story, I stopped caring about what these streaming companies put up, when they only care about the next pop culture hit and not about the art of storytelling.

What I absolutely loved about 1899 was the use of different languages. Because when you grow up in Europe ( or me, as the creators, a fellow german) you are used to having an assortment of languages around you. It makes life so much richer.

Putting Dark Angel at number one is the reason you're the GOAT, tbh. The small piece of me that never got over its cancellation feels very seen in this moment.

1899 being cancelled is my roman empire

Can‘t believe they cancelled Game of Thrones after s4. Think of the waisted potential

I am still so pissed that Cartoon Network cancelled infinity train. It was such an incredible show with dark themes while still being a fun. The fact they cancelled it because they didn’t want an adult protagonist is so fucking stupid.

Teenage Bounty Hunters getting cancelled will always be my villian origin story. I learned about it from you and I feel in love with the show. The clifhanger they leave you on is criminal

My favourite thing about B99's cancellation is that it was revived by NBC TWELVE HOURS after its cancellation. The uproar was so immense after it was cancelled that HALF A DAY later it was revived. Also, I'm still angry about the cancellation of Warrior Nun.

I’ve had such a hard time with tv shows nowadays. Because of the rise of streaming services, we have a horrible mix of good shows constantly getting cancelled and bad shows never dying. How am I supposed to enjoy watching anything anymore?

As a young adult living in France, I paid so much money to import Dark Angel's dvd sets at the time...

The cancellation of Archive 81 still hurts me. Found footage usually scares me a lot, but this also had a convincing storyline and i hate how it ended in a cliffhanger.

Listen, I unironically LOVED Santa Clarita Diet. That specific brand of camp is my favorite thing ever, and I've never stopped being devastated at its cancelation

Pushing Daisies being cancelled and treated as dirty as it was is unforgivable. If we are really going to live in an age where we just reboot things over and over, why not do this on shows like Pushing Daisies that barely got a chance and deserve a second one?

I saw Dark Angel and immediately clicked. I watch that show so many times. I'm shocked to see it being talked about in 2024

Dead Like Me was a show my father got me into around the time he was going through chemotherapy. I'll always remember him every time I watch it.

I'll never forgive Netflix for cancelling Sense8. Eventually we got and end, but seeing 8 episodes smashed together into a 2h ep physically hurt me...

I swear if Netflix cancels Dead Boys Detective like they killed Lockwook and CO, I will riot.

Don't Trust the B in Apt 23 will forever be my go to for this type of thing (meanwhile, its dueling show, Two Broke Girls, got to stride the airwaves like a Goddess!) Also, in the wake of Lost and Battlestar Galactica, there were a TON of shows trying to recapture that hype...unfortunately, ALL of them crashed and burned (I suspect because audiences were tired of not being assured that satisfying endings were being set up), including my favorites of the lot, Alcatraz and Happy Town. Actually, American Gothic and Profit are also in that genre, although much older, and well worth a watch (you can see all of those on youtube, I believe)!

One cancellation that still bums me out is Almost Human, that show had so much going for it since it was an interesting spin on the buddy cop genre with one of them being a robot. The futuristic world they made in the one season it was on, was so well realized and the little bit they teased could've been even better.

I will NEVER get over how Deadly Class had an absolute blast of a first season and then just got cancelled 💀 The comic books were such a good source material and the show had *SO MUCH* potential I’m still pissed 😭

Netflix cancelling Lockwood and Co, despite the great rating and only a couple of months after it’s debut is honestly so insulting to audiences and the team who made it. From the older shows, I really wish we could have gotten at least another season of Tru Calling.

Flash Forward to me. It has been years, and the last sentence in that show to this day is an expression of deep emotional pain in my friend group.

1899 being canceled is the one that hits me hardest, It was so well done. That cliffhanger was CRIMINAL. I loved Dark. Such good sci-fi, :(

It will never not frustrate me how Netflix cancelled Inside Job despite positive reviews and high viewership, not to mention it ends on a cliffhanger. It’s why I’m not getting my hopes up for season 2 of Blue Eyed Samurai despite it being one of my favourite shows, just been let down by Netflix too many times

losing inside job hurts me to my core :((

Aside from The OA, Dark Matter would be my show and to this day has been the only thing that could fill the Firefly-shaped hole in my heart. I only discovered it after it had been canceled, so I KNEW going into it that I wouldn't get a clean ending. But still, I became so involved in the story, the world, and especially the characters (complex characters, thoughtful development!) that I couldn't help but gobble it up. The show's creator wrote blog posts detailing how he would have written the next several episodes, and I devoured those too. There is still a small but loyal fanbase online, all hoping that just maybe another network will pick it up and we could get just a little bit more to tie things up. Bonus: it's Canadian, so naturally several Degrassi alumni will pop up.

My first time I ever experienced heartbreak due to a show being cancelled was Kyle XY. The shows ran for 3 seasons on ABC Family before it was cancelled on a CLIFFHANGER!!!! Man, 13 year old me was PISSED (I'm still bitter about it tbh)

I will never forgive Netflix for the cancellation of The Dark Crystal : Age of Resistance. This is one of the few recent Fantasy series that made me feel like I was truly discovering another world. I could truly feel the passion from the people that worked on it and was devasted when I heard it got canceled

I will never forgive CBC and Netflix for Anne with an E's cancellation. Never.

My name is Earl. One time they end a season on a cliffhanger, and that's the season they don't get renewed 😢

I've been left scarred since Hannibal's cancellation, for years i didn't watch a show unless it was finished... and then i fell into the Shadow and Bones fandom 💀💀💀

So glad you mentioned “I am not okay with this” I’m still not over it

Emily in Paris getting all these seasons when 1899 didn't get a second season hurts me

The cancellations of “Dollhouse”, “Selfie”, and “A to Z” have all haunted me for years now

Infinity Train's genuinely one of the best "kids" animated show I've ever seen and its such a good premise

I couldn’t help the scream when I saw The Secret Circle on this list because not many people even remember it. As someone who not only watched it as is aired, but bought and read all the books that inspired it (who for those who don’t know are written by the same writer of TVD), this show has remained in my mind for years because everything about it is so interesting and had so much potential. From the story to the aesthetic. I was and still am so disappointed it was canceled and with so much to be developed and so many questions to be answered, it is definitely a show that deserves a second chance.

an HBO version of Secret Circle would be insane. honestly, give HBO any show and they'll make it into a masterpiece no glaze

I will always miss Firefly and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. But recently or recent-ish, The Peripheral being cancelled is the one that hurts the most. I love that show. And I miss how every single week when it was on it was all over Twitter. Back when it was still called Twitter I think. The cast and crew dropped post after post every week too which made it extra special. It truly felt like an event. There was so much more story still left to tell. What makes it even more painful is that it was actually renewed for a Second Season, but then, from out of nowhere, Amazon dropped it like an atom bomb. Way to go, Amazon!! Jerks!!

Julie and the phantoms was a Netflix reboot targeted towards young teens. I personally really liked it because of its exploration of music, grief and death while having fun and interesting characters and a bombastic villian. And idk why, but Netflix cancelled the show after just one season, which endes on a massive cliff hanger, and i will forever be mad about it >:,( I know it isn’t as grand of a show as the shows mentioned in this video, but i will still mourn the loss of this story untold. Also the show had some absolute banging songs, and Unsaid Emily always makes me cry.

1899, Julie and the phantoms, Lockwood and co, the secret circle being cancelled is so god damned upsetting and will always be so

Nice to see a list that isn’t your typical Mount Rushmore of cancelled shows. Honestly I’ve become so disillusioned with TV shows. Every time something I like is prematurely cancelled I am forced to look elsewhere. That’s fine back in the day. But nowadays with SO MUCH out there for entertainment, there’s just no guarantee the next thing I invest in will be a TV show. All that said, I’m also over the cliffhanger concept as a whole. If a show can’t give me a satisfying conclusion after season 1, I’m likely not coming back for another season.

I just went back to my teenage years when you talked about Dead Like Me. Rewatched so many times!

The cancellation of Lockwood & Co did actually hurt me quite a bit

Yuri on ice cancellation of a movie that was already in the works for years was unforgivable. Such a big betrayal of devoted fans

THANK YOU for putting The Secret Circle on this list! I read all of LJ Smith books and watched that show like 3 times now. I thought I was the only one who remembered!

Omg I MISS the Secret Circle. My friends and I were obsessed! I got so ridiculously excited when you started talking about it. Nobody else seems to remember or talk about it.

As a near 37 year-old, I remember watching Dark Angel and LOVING it. Until recently, I could have sworn it was a fever dream because no one I talked to remembered it. So glad it topped your list!

Mindhunter being cancelled is just too painful. I will forever be mad about it.

only two shows have broken my heart- Mindhunter and 1899

Thank you for speaking about Dark Angel! Back then, that show was my whole identity for a while, but nowadays feels like I'm the only fan left, it seems like no one remembers it. Glad to meet another fan. :D

3:51 - Hannibal 7:01 - The OA 12:44 - 1899 17:46 - The Secret Circle 21:50 - dead like me 26:04 - I Am Not Okay With This 29:04 - Impulse 36:52 - Dark Angel 42:07 yeah the show which belongs to X-Men universe "The Gifted". Here is the premise: "Two ordinary parents take their family on the run from the government when they discover that their children have mutant abilities, and join an underground community of mutants who have to fight to survive. At the end of the 1st season several members of the underground leave to join the Inner Circle, and the 2nd season sees conflict between these groups as well as others with their own extreme ideologies."

28:25 reminds me of "The Society", which was not only cancelled after being renewed, but it was cancelled like 2 weeks before they started FILMING season 2

Two shows that I’ve always felt deserved a second chance are Prodigal Son and The Wilds. - Prodigal Son is about a forensic psychologist named Malcolm who advises the NYC serial killer unit (idk the official name lol) to catch the city’s most dangerous killers. But his own father is a notorious serial killer who has been locked away in an asylum for years and Malcolm thinks he may have witnessed one of his murders as a child when it comes up in a new case. So now he has to start a relationship with his dad again in order to help the police. Malcolm also fears he is like his dad and chose his profession to try and undo what his dad did. His family is also old money and are heavily involved in the stories. It was such a good show with an amazing premise and Michael Sheen played the serial killer father so well. The show was really good at exploring their dynamic and ended on a cliffhanger when it got canceled. - The Wilds was about this group of teen girls who get stranded on a tropical island when their plane crashes. They each have recent traumas and think that they were going on a retreat to deal with those traumas but this “retreat” was a cover and the plane crash is a controlled experiment. Minor spoiler, the girls find out that the same experiment is being done to a group of boys and that’s what season 2 is about. Sadly due to budget cuts because Amazon put all their money into that lord of the rings show, season 2 had less episodes to work with and wasn’t received as well, however people still wanted a season 3 because season 2 ended on SUCH A CLIFFHANGER that it’s impossible to have any peace with the ending of the show.

I will never forgive Netflix for not giving us the Six of Crows spin-off the characters and us, the fans, deserved, while Emily in Paris is thriving

Lockwood & Co's cancellation devastated me. They really could've covered the rest of the books with like 2 more seasons probably. I also really needed at least one more season of Anne with an E and Julie and the Phantoms

I'll never forgive Netflix for Julie and the Phantoms, Lockwood & Co, and I Am Not Okay With This. All done SO DIRTY. Especially Netflix being petty about JaTP and refusing to sell it back to Kenny Ortega. :/

oh my god, i was deeply obsessed with dark angel as a child/teen. i watched it so many times, absolutely adored it. no one i know has ever heard of it, so it's exciting to see you discussing it here! it's really an absolute gem, still one of my favorite shows.

omg I'm pretty sure I've heard you mention The Secret Circle before but I was not expecting it to be here! This is still one of the shows I'm most upset about being cancelled. The way high school me signed every online petition I could find to get this show renewed or picked up for another season! Seeing the clips of Dead Like Me reminded me of Wonderfalls and I just looked it up- Wonderfalls is also a Bryan Fuller show. A few shows I loved that got cancelled too early imo are: Deadly Class, The Nevers, Harper's Island, Vinyl, and The Knick.

I’m so happy you mentioned the Secret Circle! The way this show had me in a chokehold as a teen is wild. The fact that it got canceled broke my heart😭

Penny Dreadful almost fell victim to cancellation that the directors and producers predict will be cancel after season three due to weak ratings so they rushed the final ending. I love the ending but I wished it was more and paced better. I know they had another spin off but it was also cancelled. I highly recommend Penny Dreadful with Eva Green and Helen McCrory absolutely amazing series, it’s dark and haunting.

One I remember that got cancelled was Forever (2014) with Ioan Gruffedd as Henry Morgan, who is immortal. Wasn't a classic or anything like that, but was enjoyable and could have easily lasted 3-4 seasons without getting boring.

Ok I usually don't leave comments. But this video introduced me to Impulse. and OML it was one of the best shows I have seen in ages, and now Im devastated it got cancelled T-T. If others enjoyed this, I would recommend the show Orphan Black, its a similar modern day sci-fi with corporate conspiracies, mystery, just with less focus on trauma than Impulse.

Hannibal, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Santa Clarita Diet, Shadow & Bone, Vampire Academy, and Lockwood & Co are cancellations that will always haunt me. Other shows I loved have been cancelled but these ones specifically hurt me the most. 😭

Hannibal is a masterpiece... But quite literally ended on a cliff. Very Riechenbach Fall. Really hoping we can get more at some point!

Chloe king and twisted and the lying game I’ll never get over this cliffhangers 🤦🏾‍♀️

Dark Angel, Reboot, Altered Carbon, Dollhouse, Tru Calling, Harsh Realm, to name a few.

I never got over Netflix cancelling the sitcom One Day At A Time after 3 seasons. It won Emmys and was so funny and heartwarming with amazing chemistry among the cast. The show did get revived a year later on Pop TV, but soon after it started there, Covid hit and it had to stop production, then spent a year trying to find another new home before ending permanently.

I will never get over "I am not okay with this" and "GLOW"s cancellations.

Just wanted to say I just recently got recommended your channel. And have been watching many of your videos the last few days. I truly like listening to your opinions on things. Looking forward to watching your older videos and new ones you release.

Mines was Legend of the Seeker and Dark Angel. Very good shows that i miss. I miss Secret Circle too

I still haven't recovered from what Netflix did to 1899, this was a crime against art.

A cancelled show I really missed was Reaper. It was in the early 2000's and got cancelled because of conflicts with airing schedules against America's Got Talent. The story followed Sam, a 21 year old who wasted a lot of his potential in school and now works full-time at a large hardware store (that he hates) along with his friends. On his 21st birthday, strange things start happening around him. That's when his parents sit him down and tell him that, before he was even conceived, they sold his soul to the devil because his father was severely ill. Instead of taking him straight to hell, the devil (played by Ray Wise who was perfect for this role) decides it's better if he keeps him alive and has him work as a part-time reaper of sorts. But, instead of claiming souls, he is tasked with capturing/returning souls that have managed to escape from hell. It was a good comedy show that ended on a major cliffhanger with countless unanswered questions due to its sudden cancellation midway through its second season.

the gasp I made when I saw Dark Angel on this list. I had completely forgotten about that gem

Oh my Chuck someone who remembers Dark Angel! I LOVED it. It was so cool, I was devastated when it was cancelled. It was also the first time I got face to face with the harsh reality that you could never see the conclusion of a show you love 🥲 I was like 10-11 at the time, the absolute trauma it caused me 😂😂

I know it got a movie to wrap it up but sense 8 fuckin deserved at least one more season. Genuinely so unique and amazing

Who remembers a “True calling” tv show from 2003-2005. About the girl who works in morgue as an intern, and she’s got power to begin the day over again to prevent someone’s death but only if the dead body asked her about it. Still my biggest regret comes to this show cancelation. They not just drop it off but did it in the middle of the 2nd season, during a Christmas holidays.

*takes deep breath* dark angel dark angel dark angel dark angel DARK ANGEL EDIT: I wrote this comment before I got to the end 😭thank you for validating my grief over this 22 year old show! I've never met anybody who has even heard of it so I was SHOOK when you put it in the number one spot!

I will never forgive Netflix for cancelling Anne with an E and OA

oh my god nobody move 'the secret circle' mentioned!!!!! i adored the tv show and books when i was 12-14, i'm so glad people remember it

the way I gasped when you said the secret circle it withered in the shadow of the vampire diaries and that cursed time slot but it made me a fan of britt robertson for life

Shadow and Bone, Lockwood and Co killed me I haven't recovered 😢😢😢.

I am so sad about Shadow and Bones being cancelled, not because of the main plot, but because of the crows spin off.

I was obsessed with The Secret Circle when it first came out and I was so sad when it got cancelled. I was also surprised how I still get extremely frustrated about the fate of 1899. You just know that they would the creators would have made an absolutely fantastic, complex web of twists and turns, just like they did with Dark that would have kept everyone walking on eggshells. The cast was fantastic, the STORY!!!, the SETS? are you kidding me, so beautiful. I also loved the unique concept of having so many languages in it. The plot twists were incredible, I was gagged how it felt almost even better and creepier than Dark, if possible. It truly deserved better. Also, if you are a fan of 1899, I recommend watching the mini-documentary about the making of it on Netflix. It was so interesting, they truly were doing stuff that nobody else is.

Dark angel is Number 1 approved and J. Alba a stunning revelation in her role. Back then I was 1000% ready for it ! Great near PostApo storytelling.

Another show that was infamously canceled was Anne With An E. From stunning cinematography to powerful performances, based on the Anne of Green Gables books, Anne With an E is a story about a young orphan girl named Anne navigating through life and growing up. It handles numerous social issues such as gender inequality, racism, and bullying in the 1890s. I will never forgive them for canceling this show especially for the stupid reason of Netflix ending their partnership with the other studio that helped make it, CBC.

Dirk Gently's Detective Agency is the cancellation that broke my heart. Only got 2 seasons, it was just a unique gem.