Canceled TV Shows 2019: Which of Your Favorite Series Are Coming to an End?
The 2019 TV season has been one of the strongest and most diverse years yet. There are plenty of exciting, original pilots on the horizon and just as many reboots/revivals in the works, as well.
But like the saying goes, “Out with the old, in with the new.” While some series are finishing on a pre-planned, well-thought-out high note, other shows’ lifespans have been cut prematurely short. So, sadly, here’s a list of all the TV shows you’ll be saying goodbye to this year.
Stay tuned as this list is continuously updated.
CBS
Criminal Minds, 15 seasons
Elementary, 7 seasons
The Big Bang Theory, 12 seasons
Life in Pieces, 4 seasons
Murphy Brown, 1 revival season
Happy Together, 1 season
Fam, 1 season
The Red Line, 1 season
The Code, 1 season
Instinct, 2 seasons
ABC
For the People, 2 seasons
The Kids Are Alright, 1 season
The Fix, 1 season
Splitting Up Together, 2 seasons
Speechless, 3 seasons
Whiskey Cavalier, 1 season
NBC
Last Call With Carson Daly, 17 seasons
Trial & Error, 2 seasons
I Feel Bad, 1 season
A.P. Bio, 2 seasons
The Enemy Within, 1 season
The Village, 1 season
Abby’s, 1 season
The InBetween, 1 season
Fox
Gotham, 5 seasons
Love Connection, 2 seasons
Rel, 1 season
The Gifted, 2 seasons
The Cool Kids, 1 season
The Passage, 1 season
Lethal Weapon, 3 seasons
Star, 3 seasons
Proven Innocent, 1 season
Paradise Hotel, 1 season
The CW
Jane the Virgin, 5 seasons
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, 4 seasons
iZombie, 5 seasons
Arrow, 8 seasons
History Channel
Vikings, 6 seasons
USA
Suits, 9 seasons
Mr. Robot, 4 seasons
Pearson, 1 season
Freeform
Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger, 2 seasons
Shadowhunters, 3 seasons
Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, 1 season
FX
Legion, 3 seasons
Comedy Central
Broad City, 5 seasons
Corporate, 3 seasons
IFC
Stan Against Evil, 3 seasons
Syfy
Nightflyers, 1 season
Killjoys, 5 seasons
Channel Zero, 4 seasons
Hulu
The First, 1 season
I Love You, America, 1 season
Netflix
Friends From College, 2 seasons
Jessica Jones, 3 seasons
The Punisher, 2 seasons
Travelers, 3 seasons
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, 4 seasons
Orange is the New Black, 7 seasons
One Day at a Time, 3 seasons
Santa Clarita Diet, 3 seasons
Lucifer, 2 seasons on Netflix (5 total)**Renewed for a fifth and final season in June 2019
Chambers, 1 season
She’s Gotta Have It, 2 seasons
Designated Survivor, 3 seasons
Tuca & Bertie, 1 season
The OA, 2 seasons
Bojack Horseman, 6 seasons
Dear White People, 4 seasons
Anne with an E, 3 seasons
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return, 2 seasons
Daybreak, 1 season
Amazon
Man in the High Castle, Season 4
Transparent, 5 seasons
Sneaky Pete, 3 seasons
HBO
Game of Thrones, 8 seasons
VEEP, 7 seasons
Crashing, 3 seasons
Silicon Valley, 6 seasons
Divorce, 3 seasons
Showtime
The Affair, 5 seasons
Homeland, 8 seasons
SMILF, 2 seasons
Starz
Counterpart, 2 seasons
Sweetbitter, 2 seasons
Cinemax
Strike Back, 7 seasons
TBS
Angie Tribeca, 4 seasons
Detour, 4 seasons
Pop TV
Schitt’s Creek, 6 seasons
Epix
Berlin Station, 3 seasons
AMC
Preacher, 4 seasons
Lodge 49, 2 seasons
Syfy
Deadly Class, 1 season
Happy!, 2 seasons
Lifetime
American Princess, 1 season
TNT
Claws, 4 seasons
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I am not certain the word "cancelled" applies to some of these shows. "Cancelled" implies a negative connotation that the show was underperforming and the network axed it. Shows like Game of Thrones and The Big Bang Theory chose to end their runs on a high note and were not "given the boot" by their respective networks. Had the powers that be behind such shows decided on another season, I am sure they would have gone on for another season.
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Thank you for clarifying that.
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Agreed. I didnt watch either show - tbh, I think the Big Band Theory might be the worst show ever made but people liked it and I wish I had given GOT a bigger chance as it became a cultural phenomenon. So "ending their run" is more or less a better way to put it. And I agree about the powers that be - in a sense. They were going to cancel Brooklyn Nine-Nine but the smart people at NBC picked it up after Fox"cancelled" it and renewed it for a sixth, currently seventh and future 8th season. So if there are people who want a show to stay on, it is absolutely possible. Excellent clarification. I thought similarly as I was reading this list.
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Big Band Theory might be the worst show ever made. Bold statement for one of the most popular shows ever. I guess you are entitled to your opinion tho. Happy watching
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you took the words out my mouth lol
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I am so sad that The Enemy Within was cancelled! That show was bada** and I wasn't sure I could get over Jennifer Carpenter not being "Deb" anymore but a few episodes in and I was hooked. That is extremely disappointing!
Proven Innocent was another show - except this one wasn't even given a chance. It came on over the summer to little fanfare or even advertising - I only found it because I was looking on Demand for something new! That show was absolutely incredible. It's really sad when shows with real potential aren't given a chance - worse than Proven Innocent is the was the way Fox treated the eventual cult classic by Joss Whedon, Firefly. They didn't even air the episodes in the correct order! It's ridiculous (Fox was also the stupid ones who cancelled Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and NBC, a station to which I will be eternally grateful - picked up Nine-Nine, had such a successful sixth season that the seventh season began airing last week and it has already been renewed for a Season 8!).
I will never understand the cancellation of certain shows from my favorite, "My So-Called Life" after one season in the early 90's to "Firefly" and "Proven Innocent" to "Timeless" to MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE SHOW EVER - "Good Behavior" on TNT - I've never been so enamored with a show in my life and now I will never know the rest of the story of Letty and Javier. It breaks my heart when they pull this BS! UGH! It is beyond unfair!!
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Thank you I am really bummed about proven innocent. If this show were on when I was a teenager I would have got into that as my career
Proven innocent- getting people out of jail, especially African American men who are constantly being blamed wrongfully and I'm white so I don't have any personal feelings about it. it just makes me very angry that 2020 this kind of thing is still happening. 30 years ago I couldn't believe it was still happening I really wanted that show to succeed to wake other people up and get involved as well. We should be unified, not fighting these battles
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Speaking of where is "for the people"what happened ????that was another great show and why did they only do like 10 episodes or 6 or whatever it was. I'm extremely Furious these two shows we're not giving proper exposure being shoved to the end of the week at the end of all the other seasons of regular programming. I hope Tommy survives Edie Falco looks better than she did in Nurse Jackie and she continues to be a great actress
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I loved criminal minds why they had to cancel the the season I truly will miss it the program and all the others canceled it is just not fair
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I know this is old news but I didn't like how Salvation ended. They should at least have had a few episodes explaining what the asteroid/meteor/comet was. I know it was probably ET's but they still could have mad a few more episodes explaining it.
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One Day At A Time was a great show! It helped to fill a huge void of Latino TV shows. It was lead by strong, smart, independent women and it tackled so many issues that all communities face. Definitely a positive message. I guess it just didn’t fit the “white bread” image that floods all networks. So many great shows got the ax but reality TV still thrives. Such a shame. Welcome to the world of mindless glue eaters!
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Salvation is a perfect semi-recent example of why people are less willing to get into a show as it is aired. Too often they are cut short and unresolved. One might think that smarter viewers might wait for a show to at least have enough episodes to build up it's universe adequately so as to be worth the time invested or if one does watch the seasons staggered )so after release/air date) so that one will have forewarning of an impending cancellation. And likely unresolved storyline. The problem with that is of course producers not having accurate feedback of viewership statistics/ratings. Unless they are now tracking a "Will definitely view" set in some "Intend to view" group within some new psychic/AI-assisted forecasting subsection.. ;]
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Only six of them, but they left a klot of drek as usual.
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BRING BACK JAG 2020 SAME CAST
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I am also sad about this one we lost a lot of good people last year I knew after Abby the show would not survive