Cancelled TV Shows in 2024: 6 Series That Didn’t Make the Cut 

As we say goodbye to 2024, we're also bidding farewell to several cancelled TV shows that won't be returning for another season. There are various reasons why a show gets cancelled, but the most common one is low viewership, which often leads networks to pull the plug. Some shows were cancelled on a cliffhanger or even after setting up a second season (bummer!). So, if you're looking for your next binge-watch, make sure to check if a show has been cancelled before you invest time in a series that might leave you hanging after just a few episodes.   Cancelled TV Shows in 2024  For this list, we’ll just include cancelled TV shows that got axed after only one season.   Star Wars: The Acolyte   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tzur6JrUEA Star Wars: The Acolyte | Disney+ Disney+ cancelled Star Wars: The Acolyte after only one season. According to Forbes, there are several reasons why the show was cancelled. A source claimed that the cancellation was due to low viewership, as well as the high per-episode cost. The star-studded show follows Jedi Master Sol (played by Squid Game’s Lee Jung-Jae), who investigates a series of crimes that lead him to reconnect with his former Padawan, Osha (Amandla Stenberg).   You can still watch the show on Disney+ even though there will be no season 2. There were earlier speculations that the show would be removed from the streaming platform, but this is false.   American Born Chinese   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrV3pOo3ycU American Born Chinese | Disney+ Another show from the House of Mouse streaming platform that got cancelled is the American Born Chinese, per Variety. Like Star Wars: The Acolyte, low viewership of the show is also the reason why fans will not get to see Michelle Yeoh as Guanyin and Daniel Wu as Sun Wukong again. It’s such a shame since the show’s story is intriguing. The official logline goes “A regular American teenager’s life is changed when he befriends the son of a mythological god.”   The Brothers Sun   Man, Michelle Yeoh just can't catch a break! Another one of her shows, The Brothers Sun, was cancelled after only one season. The comedy-drama follows Charles Sun (played by Justin Chien), a Taiwanese gangster and ruthless killer. When an assassin kills his father, Charles must protect his mother, Eileen “Mama” Sun (Michelle Yeoh), and his brother, Bruce Sun (Sam Song Li), who is unaware of the family's criminal profession as Taiwan's most renowned gangsters. Despite being praised by critics, the show couldn’t find an audience, per Deadline.   The show's trailer is NSFW. Just click here to watch it and feel bad that it got cancelled. Dead Boy Detectives   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwJmZ2Ekfbc Dead Boy Detectives | Netflix Based on the DC Comics characters of the same name, Dead Boy Detectives is a horror comedy-drama starring George Rexstrew as Edwin Payne, a ghost detective, and Jayden Revri as Charles Rowland, his partner. Payne and Rowland choose not to enter the afterlife and instead decide to stay on Earth to investigate supernatural crimes.   Like The Brothers Sun, Dead Boy Detectives was also loved by critics. However, according to ScreenRant, viewership numbers dropped after the premiere, leading to Netflix’s decision to cancel the show.   Kaos   Netflix has dared to cancel Michelle Yeoh’s two shows, and now Jeff Goldblum’s Kaos? Kaos is a mythological dark comedy TV series about Prometheus (Stephen Dillane) plotting to overthrow Zeus (Jeff Goldblum), who is, honestly, the cause of all the mortals’ problems. Prometheus' plan involves three mortal humans: Eurydice (Aurora Perrineau), Caeneus (Misia Butler), and Ariadne (Leila Farzad). Aramide Tinubu, a TV critic for Variety reviewed Kaos, “Ultimately, ‘Kaos’ fails to delight because the narrative buckles under the weight of its own ambition. Several storylines standalone before ramming into each other near the season’s anti-climatic end. The gods rarely even used their powers in any gasp-worthy or thrilling ways.”   If you want to watch the trailer, click here. It's NSFW. Parish   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3Cr1LTUwHU Parish | IGN Movie Trailers Starring Giancarlo Esposito, Parish is a crime drama TV series about Gray Parish, who gave up his past life of crime to be a family man. However, he went back to his former life when his son was murdered. AMC said in a statement as reported by The Hollywood Reporter, “We’re so proud of Parish and thankful for the creative talent involved and the performances they were able to bring to the screen, starting with the remarkable Giancarlo Esposito, Skeet Ulrich and the entire cast. We are unfortunately unable to proceed with a second season, but Season 1 will remain available on AMC+ to fans who want to relive this thrill-ride-of-a-series and those yet to discover it.”