11 Shows Canceled After Filming Started or Completed — Which Were Saved?
It used to be that if a show was renewed, you knew that you’d get to see what came next. But such is no longer the case, with networks and streamers reversing such decisions.
That has never been as true as it is now, with networks and streaming services such as AMC, HBO Max, Showtime, TBS, and TNT, making cost-cutting moves (some the result of mergers) that have resulted in some series being canceled after production on a season has already started or been completed. In some cases, such as Minx and Chad, another home has been found. But most are still waiting for news.
Scroll down as we take a look at shows that have been canceled after filming has started or been completed and keep track of which have and have not been saved.
61st Street
Status: The AMC drama’s second season (picked up at the same time as the first) was scrapped in January 2023 for cost-cutting reasons; the episodes had already been filmed. The latest update came on January 6, at which time the team said they were hoping to find it another home.
The Big D
Status: After TBS canceled the reality dating show just a few weeks before it was set to premiere in summer 2022 (following the WarnerMedia-Discovery merger), USA was reportedly set to pick it up in November 2022. Nothing has been said since.
Chad
Status: News came that Season 2 of the comedy would not be airing on TBS the day it was supposed to air (July 11, 2022), following the WarnerMedia-Discovery merger. Several months later, in October, Roku saved it. A premiere date has yet to be set.
Demascus
Status: Production had finished on the AMC series when it was canceled in January 2023 for cost-cutting reasons; it had been ordered to series in February 2022. Nothing has been said about it since.
GLOW
Status: The Netflix dramedy had been in production for three weeks when it shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the streaming service reversed its decision for a fourth and final season in October 2020. And in April 2021, series star Alison Brie wasn’t optimistic about a movie.
I'm Sorry
Status: The truTV series also was cut short due to the pandemic, with filming for Season 3 underway at the time. It was canceled in August 2020. Nothing has been said since.
Invitation to a Bonfire
Status: Despite being ordered to series in February 2022, AMC scrapped its plans to release the new drama in January 2023 for cost-cutting reasons. Two-thirds (four episodes) of the order had been filmed. There’s been no word if it could land elsewhere.
Minx
Status: Season 2 had nearly been finished filming when HBO Max canceled it in December 2022, as part of cost-cutting moves from Warner Bros. Discovery. One month later, Starz picked it up.
Pantheon
Status: As part of cost-cutting, AMC scrapped the second (which had already been produced) of a two-season order for the animated series in January 2023. There’s been nothing said since.
Snowpiercer
Status: Though the fourth and final season of the drama had been completed, TNT announced on January 13 that it would not be airing it, likely a cost-cutting move. The production company, Tomorrow Studios, was looking for a new home for it.
Three Women
Status: A casualty of the Paramount+ and Showtime merger, Three Women, originally set for the cable network, has completed production but will have to find a new home.
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I don’t get why showing a series that has already been produced is a cost cutting measure. That’s like throwing out groceries in your pantry as an economy move.
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I heard on TCM the other day that a film "in the vault" and not released can be counted as an asset, while it loses value after release. Maybe the same applied to these TV shows?
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Loved Magnam pi
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Bad move on the Networks part, snubbing their nose at the Fans.