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Screenwriter-filmmaker Joss Whedon’s career hit a pretty ignominious downturn for someone who indisputably changed pop culture twice over. His creation “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” became the template for a whole generation of genre television, and Whedon cemented cultural dominance of the Marvel Cinematic Universe when he wrote-directed 2012’s “The Avengers,” pulling off the world’s first…

Summer is winding down, and there have been so many stellar television shows to binge throughout the past few months.

MobLand won’t be sleeping with the fishes just yet. The crime drama has been renewed for a third season at Paramount+, and all three of its biggest stars — Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, and Helen Mirren — will be back, too. In May, it seemed like Hardy was set to leave the series amid reports…

Several television series and upcoming projects have been canceled during August 2026, affecting platforms includingDisney+, Hulu, Prime Video, and HBO Max. The lineup includes shows that ended after multiple seasons as well as projects dropped before reaching the screen. Disney+’s planned live-action “Gargoyles” series is among the latest projects that will no longer move forward.

“The algorithm felt it wasn’t hitting the right taste clusters,” a memorable scene in the HBO dramedy Barrygoes, as an executive parodying a streaming service cancels a show that was just released. 

While it’s understandably hard to find a steady audience in this age of streaming platforms adding new shows constantly, fantasy is a genre that has it particularly rough. Often featuring more bombastic premises and lavish productions than more grounded contemporaries, a fantasy show needs to find its viewership fast to avoid the chopping block. Of…

Another live-actionDisney+project has been canceled, adding to the growing list of shows scrapped by the streaming platform. The planned Gargoyles adaptation is officially no longer moving forward, with series creator Greg Weisman confirming that the live-action project has been abandoned.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is canceling its planned exhibit honoring British designer John Galliano, which had led to severe backlash in the Jewish community and beyond because of the designer’s past antisemitic and racist statements.

Several procedurals — like Cagney & Lacey, which was canceled and subsequently revived thanks to high-performing reruns —have been removed from lineups only to return months later.

The Last Frontier won’t be back for a second season, and no explanation was revealed for the cancellation.