- 6/21/2025
From controversial adaptations to failed spinoffs, some TV shows just don't make the cut. Join us as we look at recent series cancellations that were completely justified. From mishandled video game adaptations to problematic teen dramas, these shows definitely earned their early exits.
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00:00what happened ask Velma who me Fred we were just forget it welcome to watch
00:06Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for cancel TV programs of the last
00:12few years that's totally earned the axe we leave no number 10 blockbuster it's
00:18hard not to feel like this show was doomed from the start Don from corporate
00:22Oh Donnie what's going Don every time look there's no easy way to say this
00:28seven more blockbusters just closed you're officially the last one on earth
00:32I don't love the pattern that's starting to emerge after all the sitcom about
00:38blockbuster releasing on the very streaming service that helped bankrupt
00:41it no matter how you cut it those optics aren't very good sadly neither is the
00:47show I can't fire adults who actually need this job Kent is not in a man's
00:52vocabulary quoting love and basketball is not going to change my mind well maybe
00:56be tripling your red wheel blockbuster has a really solid cast and not a lot of
01:02solid jokes to go with them in the end the show only lasted a single 10 episode
01:07season and that's probably for the best this was my one day to relax without
01:11anyone bothering me some of us have lives you know I know I know you're totally
01:17right if anything the fact that Netflix killed blockbuster twice is a funnier joke
01:21than anything in the actual show I'm done I'm done caring about anything I'm not
01:26buying another reindeer number nine hoops crass crude and cringe-inducing
01:31hoops sees Netflix aim for a three-pointer and miss spectacularly you're out of here
01:37good I want to be out of here cuz this is a show this is a circus following a
01:43foul-mouthed basketball coach attempting to fix both his team in his marriage the
01:47show imitate seemingly every great adult sitcom of the era and yet hoops
01:51fundamentally misses why any of those shows work in the first place man Barry
01:56is an important part of my life and you're the opposite so we're gonna do
01:59whatever we want and you can't stop us Shannon dad if you guys are hanging I'm
02:05staying all right you guys have a lovely awkward as hell evening but I'm gonna go
02:10eat a veggie burger and a beef burger and see if I could tell the difference it
02:15reduces every punchline to the lowest common denominator so unless you're
02:19into gross-out gags and a never-ending stream of ball jokes hoops isn't for
02:24you you know it's crazy Maddie played better with a girlfriend and he's worse
02:28without one you got a real firm grasp of this story buddy critics hated it
02:31viewers rejected it and even Netflix themselves agreed putting the series out
02:35of its misery after just one season anyways thanks losers and see you when I
02:41see ya number eight pretty smart you don't have to be top of your class to
02:47realize why this show only lasted 10 episodes
02:50Chelsea this is Grant he's a personal trainer and though we used to date but we
02:54had a mutual breakups and our roommates how French actually Nebraska although
02:59Chelsea may disagree she's a Harvard grad who moves in with her sister and her
03:03posse of dumb self-absorbed friends that's it that's literally the whole
03:07schtick but she keeps texting me for the address I'm just gonna blow her off and
03:11stay home and watch the bachelor with us oh yes yes or I could get lost at sea
03:15both great options Chelsea is an unlackable stick in the mud who's holier than
03:19thou jokes grow stale in record time and don't even get us started on pretty smart
03:24ham-fisted attempts at commentary why can't Chelsea have her emotional
03:28breakdown in a Dunkin Donuts bathroom like the rest of us the show isn't
03:32clever funny or endearing it's just irony in fact we'd go as far as saying the
03:37only smart thing involving it was when it got canceled I think I'm just gonna
03:41write down what I need to say to Claire and then I'm gonna put together an
03:44earthquake kit because now I'm stressed about that too
03:47suit yourself I gotta get back to Jaden socials but I'm here
03:53number seven cowboy bebop let this be a cautionary tale not every anime needs a
04:02live-action remake just to be clear we don't get paid if we bring him in dead
04:07but damage is okay I'd say very badly damaged would be a-okay while leading
04:14man John Cho has a clear reverence for the source material this big budget spin
04:18on cowboy bebop gets lost in its own style the soulless callbacks and nonsensical
04:23story changes fail to attract new or old fans take from us we take from you it
04:29left the series without a foot to stand on when the time came for Netflix to
04:33decide its fate what the hell is she doing
04:37pretty sure she's saving our asses while 10 disappointing episodes would be a sad
04:43in for most shows in this case it's just yet another reason to watch the
04:47original instead it's way better and you know has an actual ending I have a
04:53one of the things that I'm trying to see you again I will kill you number six
04:57fate the Winx saga once again Netflix cashes in on a beloved animated property
05:03with a doll drum and gritty live-action interpretation wait is there an echo in
05:08here I'm here because you promised you teach me control no bloom you were here
05:13because you knew you had no other choice if it wasn't obvious fans of Winx Club
05:17actively rejected this show and for good reason gone is the whimsy gone is the
05:23color gone is Tecna one of the original main characters I don't even know who
05:27that is gonna pretend like you didn't just say that transforming Winx into a
05:31generic teen fantasy show is such a disservice to the series and everything
05:35it stands for Netflix pulled the plug after two ill-advised seasons but quite frankly its
05:49amazing fate even got greenlit in the first place you mean more than anything in the world
05:53to me but this is bigger than us number five suits LA in its move to Los Angeles suits brought way too
06:03much baggage for a network drama to handle Ted got a minute it's coming for you um if this is about
06:10the promotion I told you not before we merge and I told you that I've given my life to this firm and
06:14you want to be the fastest ever to be head of entertainment I know is it a nostalgia play a fresh
06:19spin on the formula a mix of both whatever it is it failed with the tired storylines feeling to
06:25impress anyone there's only one Batman I know you just bought him a drink I know I bought myself a
06:30drink and I'm Batman you could be Robin to put it into perspective the show premiered in February 2025
06:36and three short months later in May it was already on the year's list of early cancellations good
06:42you're here Marvin wants to see you who the hell is Marvin our new HR guy what else did they expect
06:47though it had the suits name but without the quality to back it up this LA based spin-off
06:52was destined to be forgotten either way it's gonna be a hell of a ride number four halo at a time when
07:01video game adaptations were becoming a new staple for Hollywood Paramount Plus rolled the dice on one
07:07of gaming's biggest franchises and somehow fumbled John until we know more about that object I'd like
07:14to keep your distance from it copy that if this show wasn't named halo it'd be almost unrecognizable
07:23from the iconic shooter series I don't taste anything well you stick around here long enough
07:27you will that's freedom man sure there's Master Chief and a few other fun Easter eggs but the story
07:33in tone are a complete departure from what die-hards wanted from a halo show by season two it had veered
07:46so far off course there was no one left to mourn its quiet cancellation maybe one day halo fans will get
07:52the adaptation they deserve that can't be good number three insatiable it's genuinely impressive for a show
07:59to stir up so much controversy before it even debuts patty wants to ask you for coffee to say thanks
08:05for earlier you know like a date god you um you thought that just because I was nice to you that
08:13wow wow um I gotta go as early as this revealed trailer people found insatiable's portrayal of
08:22plus-sized women to be shallow at best and downright offensive at worst I haven't even eaten anything
08:27yet hey give that back I'm starving good maybe your body will start eating itself the word fatphobic
08:37followed it all through its run and while the publicity earned it a season two renewal that's as
08:42long as patty lasted on the pageant stage by that point most people will only hate watching anyway hey
08:48what are you guys doing back here we just came back here to tell you we're so proud of you
08:52and to be honest it is driving me crazy being out there in that audience instead of back here with
08:56you so when news of insatiable's end finally broke the prevailing reaction wasn't outrage or sadness or
09:02even indifference it was good riddance this is pretty cool right private room number two velma no need
09:11to call mystery incorporated this is an open and shut case turns out the real culprit of velma's failure
09:17is well velma herself well well look whatever this is can you just get to it class is starting
09:23she's an obnoxious preachy version of her former self and as the title character that's symptomatic
09:29of the whole series norvel velma not while i'm live i can't get banned for your thoughts on south
09:34asian desserts again while velma was definitely the victim of some unfortunate hateful dogpiling
09:39it's hard to defend a show that mischaracterized a cast as iconic as the scooby gang fred ghosts are not
09:45real oh what a surprise velma's standing up for norville the love of her life max had the right
09:50idea ending velma after two seasons it wasn't a good enough show to warrant all the hubbub plus
09:56it had already besmirched poor velma dinkly's name enough thanks but i didn't mean that like i'm
10:02realizing you love me i meant that like i'm realizing who uncle scooby is let's go before we continue be
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10:17make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one the idol this idol is all
10:25glitter and no substance no we don't mean jocelyn we're talking about the show as a whole pop music
10:31is just superficial i think prince would disagree with you it tries to be a provocative and edgy
10:37examination of the entertainment industry but all it does is come off as gross exploitative and
10:43over the top extreme you want to know what's extreme my servitude my devotion to you
10:53on earth the worst part the idol struts around like it's some prestigious drama which makes the
11:00whole thing fall flat on its face so now's when the story gets really weird upon release the show
11:05became one of hbo's worst reviewed programs ever if there's any justice in hollywood it's that the idol
11:12never made it past its horrible first season
11:14i want you to meet my family do any of these shows deserve another chance let us know in the
11:28comments down below i don't know i feel like it's like too superficial or something
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