Many fans are reeling from Netflix's cancellation of popular series such as Mindhunter and The OA, and subscribers are no strangers to shows being shelved prematurely by the streaming giant.

From The Abandons and The Lincoln Lawyer, to F1: The Academy, and Tyler Perry's Miss Governor, so far in 2026, at least eleven shows have been canceled after just a few seasons—some not even making it past season one.

Although Netflix hasn’t revealed the reason for the cancellations in every instance, co-CEO Ted Sarandos previously told Bloomberg in 2023 that it has "never canceled a successful show," saying "you have to be able to talk to a small audience on a small budget and a large audience at a large budget."

Here's a look at the shows leaving Netflix in 2026, what they were about, and how audiences and critics rated them.

The Abandons

Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 50 percent
IMDb score: 6.4/10

According to IMDb, Netflix canceled this series after just one season because the "cost didn’t yield the viewership Netflix had hoped for."

A Western drama set in 19th‑century Washington, The Abandons followed rival families caught in a violent land dispute. Seen by some as providing a potential fix for Yellowstone fans, the big-budget show started strongly, according to Deadline, spending two weeks in the Netflix Top 10 for English Series before fading away.

Creator Kurt Sutter, who left the project before filming had finished, criticized the decision, accusing Netflix of prioritizing "algorithm over creator’s vision" in a post on Instagram.

Terminator Zero

Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 79 percent
IMDb score: 6.9/10

Despite plans for a five-season series, back in February, IMDb reported that Terminator Zero had been canceled after just one season.

A Netflix anime set in the Terminator universe follows a soldier from a machine‑ruled future who travels back to 1997 Tokyo to protect a scientist developing an AI that could stop humanity’s destruction—while a relentless Terminator hunts them down.

Creator Mattson Tomlin said the series was canceled because "not nearly enough people watched it," even though it had a "tremendous" audience and critical reception.

The Vince Staples Show

Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89 percent
IMDb score: 7.4/10

IMDb cited that Variety had confirmed that The Vince Staples Show has been canceled, despite securing a season 2.

The Vince Staples Show was a semi‑autobiographical comedy series that followed rapper Vince Staples, who played a fictionalized version of himself, as he navigated everyday life in his hometown of Long Beach, California.

Although it scored high reviews, the show just didn’t attract a wide enough audience and never made it to Netflix’s Weekly Top 10, according to Deadline.

Pop the Balloon

Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 3 percent
IMDb score: 2.6/10

After just one season, Netflix decided to cancel the real-time dating series, Pop the Balloon, according to IMDb.

The dating show was essentially a fast‑paced, often brutally honest dating experiment that was built around instant attraction and rejection.

The show was canceled after just one season, because it reportedly didn’t get the audience engagement it was expecting—which is perhaps reflected by the poor IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes scores—after the success of other unscripted dating shows like Love is Blind, according to What’s On Netflix.

Selling the City

Rotten Tomatoes audience score: n/a
IMDb score: 5.5/10

According to TMZ, "direct sources" confirmed that real estate reality TV show Selling the City will not be returning for another season.

A spinoff of Selling Sunset, the show followed a group of ambitious real estate agents working in New York City’s luxury property market as they compete to sell high-end homes and close multimillion‑dollar deals.

Netflix canceled the series after one season as part of a strategic shift away from spinoffs and toward core franchises, TMZ said.

With Love, Meghan

Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 26 percent
IMDb score: 3.2/10

While Netflix hasn’t publicly detailed the cancellation, after airing for two seasons, E! News reported that Meghan Markle’s lifestyle and reality series will not be coming back for a third.

Instead, the show, which followed Markle as she threw dinner parties and shared cooking, hosting, and design tips, will launch one-off episodes, according to E! News.

Class

Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87 percent
IMDb score: 6.3/10

Fiction Horizon (quoted by IMDb) confirmed that Class has been officially canceled, after just one season, despite season 2 being announced. Actor Ayesha Kanga reportedly said that the second season of Class is "not happening," according to NewsBytes.

Class was a teen drama set in an elite private school in India, where students from vastly different social backgrounds were thrown together to explore class inequality, privilege, and identity.

Miss Governor

Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 75 percent
IMDb score: 4.8/10

What’s on Netflix, cited by IMDb, reported that Miss Governor, a political drama from Tyler Perry, centered around a Black woman trying to navigate political and personal challenges after becoming a state leader, will not be returning for a second series.

F1: The Academy

Rotten Tomatoes audience score: n/a
IMDb score: 6.6/10

Despite the success of F1: Drive to Survive (which has just been renewed for a ninth season), according to What’s on Netflix, the documentary-style spinoff series, which followed women competing in Formula 1’s developmental circuit, will not be returning for another series.

The Lincoln Lawyer

Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 84 percent
IMDb score: 7.8/10

Netflix itself confirmed that the upcoming fifth season of The Lincoln Lawyer "will be the final season of the legal drama." The executive producers, Ted Humphrey (who also created the show) and Dailyn Rodriguez, said, "all good things must come to an end, but thankfully sometimes how they come to an end is up to us," teasing a "satisfying finale" for season 5.

What’s in the Box?

Rotten Tomatoes audience score: n/a
IMDb score: 6.2/10

Although no formal announcement has been made, What’s on Netflix confirmed that Netflix has decided not to renew the game show for another season, citing TV reporter Matt Mitovich as saying, "I am hearing there are no plans at this time for more episodes of the Neil Patrick Harris-hosted game show."

What’s in the Box was a show hosted by Neil Patrick Harris in which contestants competed in mystery‑based challenges involving hidden prizes.