TV show cancellations have been a part of life for as long as TV has. But recently, it seems like more and more series are getting canceled left and right. In fact, in 2025, the first cancellation of the year came a mere three days into January. And we’re pretty positive that as the 2024-2025 TV season airs on, more and more shows will fall victim to this dark fate. If you love TV, it’s a rough world out there. Of course, not all TV shows ending in 2025 are necessarily canceled TV shows. Some, like Strangers Things, are merely coming to a much-deserved conclusion. But for most series, that’s a fate they can only dream of. Here is a list of all the TV shows canceled or ending in 2025 that we think Nerdist‘s fans will want to know about. We’ll keep this article updated as more 2025 cancellations inevitably roll in throughout the year.
English Teacher Cancelled After Season 2
The initially beloved English Teacher is meeting a fast end. Although the show released with much acclaim, it was quickly embroiled in controversy surrounding allegations of sexual assault against its creator and star, Brian Jordan Alvarez. This did not, however, prevent the series from receiving season two which released in September 2025. FX has now elected to officially cancel the show after its second season.
Poker Face Cancelled By Peacock, Being Shopped Around with New Star
Rian Jonson’s murder mystery series, Poker Face, has now been cancelled by Peacock. The series which revolved around a super sleuth who could always detect liars will end after two seasons. However, creator Rian Johnson is shopping the series around to other networks… but not with the show’s original star, Natasha Lyonne. Instead, Peter Dinklage is now attached to the project. It’s a kind of weird happenstance, but we guess, it is what it is. You can read more about it here.
Other TV Shows Ending or Canceled in 2025
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert: CBS announced it would cancel The Late Show With Stephen Colbert after this year. Officially, CBS labeled the decision as “purely financial.” (You can read the full statement here.) But the timing of the cancellation remains suspicious, as it came just days after Colbert accused CBS’ parent company Paramount Global for taking a “big fat bribe” from President Donald Trump.
Disney Channel
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Season 2, part 2 will air in 2025 after the unexpected cancellation of the show.
Disney+
Andor: Andor’s second and final season air in April of 2025, marking the end of the series. This was a planned ending.
Goosebumps: The live-action series of R.L. Stine’s infamous YA horror books is done after two seasons. The seasons did not have any connective tissue between them, yet they both still performed well. Deadline suggest that the series will be shopped to other streamers.
HBO
The Franchise
The first axe to fall in 2025 fell on The Franchise. In fact, HBO canceled the TV show on January 3, 2025—right at the top of the new year. The superhero movie satire series aired its first season in 2024, but unfortunately, it will not receive a season two to continue its hijinx. The logline for the now-canceled TV show shares, “A hopeful crew finds themselves trapped inside the dysfunctional, nonsensical, joyous hellscape of franchise superhero moviemaking” and “the series shines a light on the secret chaos inside the world of superhero moviemaking, to ask the question — how exactly does the cinematic sausage get made? Because every f*ck-up has an origin story.” But alas, the light will shine no longer.
An HBO spokesperson shared of the cancellation: “We’re so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with the tremendously talented team behind The Franchise, especially Sam Mendes, Jon Brown, Armando Iannucci, and this hilarious ensemble of actors. While we won’t be moving forward with another season, we look forward to collaborating with all of them in the future.”
Hulu
The Handmaid’s Tale: The Handmaid’s Tale season six will air in 2025. This TV show ending feels largely planned, and creator Bruce Miller is working on a spinoff series, The Testaments.
NBC
Suits LA: The original Suits series ran for nine seasons on USA Network. And then it had a HUGE recent renaissance on Netflix as new fans discovered it via streaming. Hoping to capture that magic, NBC ordered a reboot series, Suits LA. However, Suits LA never managed to break through the busy landscape of television today. It failed to build a viewership in such a stark way that NBC claims it saw no future for the series. And so, in May of 2025, the reboot series was canned after one season. RIP.
Resident Alien: The sci-fi series starring Alan Tudyk will end with its current fourth season’s finale, which airs on August 8. It came close to a cancellation last season but got just one more season with a move from Syfy to USA. But, low viewership led to the show getting the ax.
Netflix
Cobra Kai: Cobra Kai will end on February 13 with season six, Part 3/The Finale Event. The 2025 ending of this canceled TV show was termed “bittersweet” by the creators but wasn’t wholly sudden.)
Squid Game: Fans of Squid Game felt surprised to see it return for a season two, let alone a season three. However, Netflix renewed the series for both. But season three of Squid Game will mark the planned ending of the show. It will release in 2025.
Stranger Things: Stranger Things‘ final season, Stranger Things 5, has been a long time coming. This TV show and its very planned ending will release sometime in 2025.
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft: In one breath, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft has received an ending and a beginning. Season 2 of the show has set its release date for December 11, Variety reports. But the publication also reveals that Netflix has decided that season two of the Legendary Television series will be its last. We really enjoyed Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft here at Nerdist, so we’ll be sorry to see it end.
Paramount+:
Fraiser Reboot: Fraiser ran for 11 seasons on NBC, lasting from an unbelievable 1993 to 2004. But its recent reboot did not achieve the same glory. Paramount+ canceled the Frasier reboot on January 17, 2025, after two seasons. While the producer of the Kelsey Grammer-led series, CBS Studios, shares it remains committed to the series and plans to shop the show around to other platforms, Paramount+ has officially elected to reject a third season of the revival.
The Frasier revival starred Grammer as Frasier Crane, the character he originated on NBC’s Cheers and then brought to even greater life on the spinoff Fraiser. The Fraiser reboot was meant to shed light on the character’s later life and his return to Boston, where he was looking to fulfill some of his still-held dreams. The official synopsis shares, “Frasier has re-entered the building! The psychologist is back in Boston with new challenges to face and an old dream or two to finally fulfill.“
Obviously, Paramount+ hoped to recapture some of Fraiser’s former magic in this revival, but alas, this tale has ended with two seasons and a cancellation in March of 2025.
Dexter: Original Sin: Plucked from the jaws of renewal, SHOWTIME’s prequel series in its growing Dexter universe has gotten the ax after all. Despite a season two pickup announcement back in April, Variety has reported no actual work had occurred for the series and no writers room had opened. And now it never will. Paramount+ will instead focus on a second season of the sequel series, Dexter: Resurrection, likely because Michael C. Hall is actually in it.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: It seems like shows just cannot make it over five seasons these days. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, a much beloved entry into the Star Trek TV world, has officially been given an ending. Technically, this is a cancellation, but at least the show knows just how much runway it has left to tell its story. Paramount+ revealed that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ season five will be its final season. And not only that, but it will be a shorter season than the rest. The final chapter of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will have only six episodes, as opposed to the typical 10. That’s almost half the size of the other seasons.
Although we still have season four and season five ahead of us, we’re already mourning this canceled series.
Yellowjackets: In May, Yellowjackets fans rejoiced to hear that the series was renewed for season four. But in October of 2025, Yellowjackets‘ creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson revealed that show was actually now canceled and season four would be its final season.
At Nerdist, we loved Yellowjackets during its first season, but felt it never quite captured the promise of its beginnings. We feel sad for what could have been, but think one more season is probably just the right amount.
Peacock
Bel-Air: Peacock renewed Bel-Air for a fourth and final season in 2024, marking the end point of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot. It feels like the ending of the series will come in 2025… But will it bring Will Smith with it?
Hysteria!: The Peacock horror/thriller series set in the Satanic Panic will not live to see another day. Peacock canceled the ’80s set series after only one season.
Prime Video
The Wheel of Time: This one hits hard. Although season three was an amazing season, Prime Video has cancelled The Wheel of Time after three seasons, making its third chapter its last. We don’t yet have too many details on why this cancellation occurred or further comments about it. But it does break our hearts.
Good Omens: Good Omens was always planned to end after three seasons. However, after allegations against Neil Gaiman came to light, Prime Video shifted the ending of the series from a full season to one 90-minute episode.
Shudder
Creepshow: Shudder doesn’t cancel things too often but Creepshow, which aired its fourth season back in 2023, is no more. The show was supposedly not planned for more than four seasons. Thankfully, fans will get to own the show it its entirety thanks to a Blu-ray release in November.
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Originally published in January 2025.