Another cancellation season has begun as ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and The CW clean out their programming calendars to make room for new shows to premiere in the 2022-23 TV season. While we had ample warning to say goodbye to some series like This Is Uswrapping up after six seasons on NBC, and black ish, which bid farewell this spring after eight years on ABC, others were canceled with fans still hanging on major cliffhangers who won’t get the satisfaction of seeing their favorite storylines wrapped up.
This year’s batch of canceled shows is even rougher than usual, though. The CW has axed nine shows from its roster including legacies, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and Roswell, New Mexico. CBS said goodbye to its Magnum PI reboot along with two Chuck Lorre comedies, and freshman shows good sam and How We Roll. Over at NBC, it was a bad news day for Mr Major, Kenanand Endgame. Fox is still sitting on a few major decisions, but ABC renewed all of its bubble shows except for the hip-hop drama, queens,
Here are all of the broadcast shows that were just canceled. This story post will be updated live as more cancellation and renewal news comes in.
Eve, Brandy, Naturi Naughton, Nadine Velazquez; queens
ABC/Kim Simms
queens
Where to watch: Hulu
The musical-drama series queens followed four women as they reunite, in their 40s, and aim to relive their former glory. Eve played Brianna, Brandy Norwood played Naomi, Naturi Naughton played Jill, and Nadine Velazquez played Valeria. The quartet were trailblazers in hip-hop when they performed as “Nasty Bitches” in the 1990s before trying to reclaim the spark over two decades later. —Kat Moon
ABC previously canceled Promised Land, Card Sharks, The Ultimate Surfer, and black ish, which ended an eight-season run in the spring. ABC also moved Dancing with the Stars to Disney+ for the upcoming season.
Perdita Weeks and Jay Hernandez, Magnum PI
CBS
good sam
Where to watch: Paramount+
CBS has called it quits on the Sophia Bush and Jason Isaacs series after just one season. The medical drama followed Sam (Bush), a woman who becomes the top surgeon after her boss and her father (Isaacs) falls into a coma. When he woke up from the coma, she became his boss, and things got complicated…apparently too complicated for CBS viewers. —lauren piester
How We Roll
Where to watch: Paramount+
Pete Holmes starred as auto plant-worker turned professional bowler Tom Smallwood, based on the life of the real Tom Smallwood, in this CBS comedy. Unfortunately, it struck out in the wrong way with viewers, and was canceled after one season. —lauren piester
Magnum PI
Where to watch: Paramount+
Jay Hernandez starred in this reboot of the classic ’80s procedural, and it went four seasons before being axed by CBS. —lauren piester
The United States of Al
Where to watch: Paramount+
United States of Al told the story of the friendship between Riley (Parker Young), a Marine combat veteran, and Al (Adhir Kalyan), his unit’s interpreter, as they adjusted to life in the US Not even the show’s powerful and measured response to recent events in Afghanistan could save it, and CBS canceled it after two seasons. —lauren piester
Nick Zano and Caity Lotz, Legends of Tomorrow
Colin Bentley/The CW
4400
Where to watch: The CW
The CW has canceled its updated reboot of the 2004 USA show about 4400 people who vanished and then reappeared years later. The show lasted just one season. Perhaps, as it did once before, the 4400 will reappear again someday… —lauren piester
bat-woman
Where to watch: TheCW | hbo max
bat-woman was canceled by The CW after three seasons, despite bringing star-in-the-making Javicia Leslie on in the titular role after Ruby Rose left the show before Season 2. It was a trailblazing show, centering a Black queer woman as the protector of GothamCity. —megan vick
charmed
where to watch: The CW | Netflix
The CW’s reboot of the beloved witchy drama introduced three new and much more diverse sisters as the Charmed ones, and even mirrored the original series by killing off one sister after season three and introducing a mysterious replacement. Unfortunately, the magic just wasn’t there in the end, and the show was canceled after four seasons. —lauren piester
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
Where to watch: TheCW | Netflix
After seven seasons, The CW called it a day on Legends of Tomorrow, definitely the quirkiest corner of the shrinking Arrowverse. While legends was never the most popular of the CW superhero shows, it was beloved by its passionate fanbase and was heralded for its big swings and ambitious storylines. Most regrettably of all, the show ended with a big cliffhanger that fans won’t see satisfied. There’s at least the potential for future crossovers? —megan vick
dynasty
Where to watch: TheCW | Netflix
The CW’s reboot of the popular ’80s soap lasted five seasons of backstabbing and manipulation among the wealthy Carrington family and their friends, lovers, and business associates before being canceled. —lauren piester
in the dark
Where to watch: TheCW | Netflix
in the dark starred Perry Mattfield as a blind, irreverent 20-something who stumbles upon her murdered best friend and has to figure out what happened to him. The Ben Stiller-produced drama will end with its fourth season, which premieres in June 2022. —lauren piester
legacies
Where to watch: TheCW | Netflix
It’s the end of an era at the CW. Legacies, the spinoff of The Vampire Diaries and TheOriginals, has been canceled after four seasons, closing the doors of the Salvatore School and ending the TVD universe’s 13-year run on the network. —lauren piester
Naomi
Where to watch: The CW
Kaci Walfall starred in Ava Duvernay’s adaptation of the comic book of the same name, which followed a comic-book-loving teen who runs a Superman fan site and discovers that she has superpowers. The show was praised for centering on a teen Black girl who’s also a superhero, but just couldn’t bring in the viewership it needed to stay alive. It was canceled after one season. —Lauren Piester
Roswell, New Mexico
Where to watch: TheCW | Netflix
The CW’s reboot of the popular alien drama centered around Liz Ortecho (Jeanine Mason), a scientist and the daughter of undocumented immigrants. She meets with a high school crush, Max (Nathan Dean Parsons), who turns out to be an alien, and many extraordinary secrets are uncovered. The series will end with its fourth season, which premieres in June 2022. —lauren piester
The network had previously announced the ending of Supergirl.
The Big Leap
Fox
Our Kind of People
How to Watch: Hulu
The soapy drama about the affluent black neighborhood of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, was canceled after one season due to low viewership. Unfortunately, that means that fans will not find out if Leah (Nadine Ellis) survived the season finale shooting, or who she pulled the trigger to begin with.
Pivoting
How to watch: Hulu
Pivoting followed three best friends who decided to change their entire lives after the death of their fourth friend, and despite its stellar cast including Eliza Coupe, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Maggie Q, it didn’t hit hard enough for Fox. It was canceled after one season. — lauren piester
Fox also canceled The Big Leap in early 2022 Fans are still awaiting renewal decisions for The Masked Singer, The Resideyou, and more.
Kenan Thompson, Kenan
NBC
Endgame
Where to watch: Hulu
Morena Baccarin and Ryan Michelle Bathe starred in this cat and mouse thriller about a criminal mastermind (Baccarin) who faces off against an FBI agent (Bathe), but NBC opted to end the chase after just one season. —lauren piester
Kenan
Where to watch: Hulu
Kenan Thompson somehow pulled double duty, starring on both SNL and his own sitcom at the same time. I have played a single dad and local news anchor trying to balance his kids and his career for two seasons, until NBC pulled the plug. —lauren piester
Mr Major
Where to watch: Hulu
Ted Danson starred as a retired businessman who ran for mayor of Los Angeles and somehow won. Unfortunately, navigating the politics of LA and starring in a TV show about them are equally tough, and the show has been canceled after two seasons. —lauren piester
NBC previously announced the ending of This Is Us after six seasons.
See the full list of TV shows on broadcast, cable, and streaming that have been canceled or are ending in 2022. This story is updating live.
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