Every Canceled Netflix Series in 2025 (So Far)

  Pictures via Netflix We’re now into the third month of the year and we’ve already had some big cancelations from Netflix. This is our big list of cancelations and shows confirmed to be ending that we’ll keep updated throughout the rest of the year.  This year, we’re shaking up our cancelation article by including the list of series ending with their next season. Many outlets seem to be unable to distinguish between a cancellation and a show being naturally or purposely brought to a close, but we think there’s a significant difference. As a result, we’ll be splitting up this page into two halves: cancelations and shows ending.  Over 20 series were confirmed or announced to be canceled in 2024. As a reminder, those included: Bad Dinosaurs Barbarians Buying Beverly Hills Buying London Dead Boy Detectives Erin & Aaron Everything Now Girls5eva KAOS My Dad The Bounty Hunter Obliterated Ratched Scott Pilgrim Takes Off That 90s Show That Girl Lay Lay The Brothers Sun Unstable Of course, this list also doesn’t include projects shelved before they were released on Netflix. Several examples exist, the biggest of which, so far in 2025, is the documentary series on Prince. There’s also a large number of series currently awaiting renewals, which we covered at the beginning of the year. Titles like Heartstopper, No Good Deed, and Bodkin await official renewal. If you know anything, please get in touch!  Netflix Shows Canceled in 2025 The Recruit  Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024 Hampered by the strikes, filming eventually got going on a shortened second season of the Noah Centineo series The Recruit from showrunner Alexi Hawley. Sadly, though, the wait between seasons ultimately cost the show a lot of viewership, and in early March, the cast and showrunner confirmed that there wouldn’t be a third season.  Territory Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024 Netflix was gunning for Yellowstone with this new Australian series that debuted in late October 2024. Despite plans to ramp up and do a second season, reports surfaced in February 2025 that Netflix ultimately dropped plans to bring back the show for a second season. Viewership wasn’t particularly strong, but most reports suggest that logistics and timings were ultimately the reason for the cancelation. Surviving Summer Surviving Summer S2. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023 We’ve been waiting for a while for official confirmation for Surviving Summer, but after doing some digging, it turns out one of the actresses on the show had confirmed to fans on her social media that there were no plans for additional Surviving Summer seasons over the Christmas holiday. The Aussie teen drama concludes with its second and now final season.  Tour de France: Unchained  Picture: Tour de France: Unchained S2 – Netflix Another high-profile sports docu-series is also coming to an end. Netflix has covered the Tour de France, the world-renowned bicycle race, for the past two years, but they won’t be doing the same for the 2025 race taking place in July with reporting from cycling outlets and a French outlet that Netflix has no plans to continue with the show.  Six Nations: Full Contact Picture: Netflix Over the past few years, we’ve seen a surge in new sports documentaries covering a variety of popular sports worldwide. Some have found larger audiences than others, with many aiming to follow in the footsteps of Formula 1: Drive to Survive, which spurred significant investment in the genre. Netflix’s tennis docu-series was the first to be canceled, and at an event ahead of the launch of Six Nations: Full Contact Season 2, it was confirmed that there are no plans for a third season of the rugby documentary covering the Six Nations tournament. Shows Announced To Be Ending With Final Seasons The Sandman (Season 2) Picture: Netflix Many saw it coming, but on a late Friday night, Netflix confirmed that the forthcoming second season of The Sandman, based on the beloved DC comics, will be its last. It’s due out sometime in 2025 after having wrapped filming last year.  There’s a bit of contention about whether this counts as a cancelation or a final season. Of course, the announcement of it being the final season comes under a massive cloud cast over by allegations pointed towards the comic writer and executive producer of the series, Neil Gaiman. That said, it became clear that last summer, Netflix had been planning to conclude the show with some of the scenes being shot as end-game scenes from the comics. Those episodes weren’t written overnight, meaning it’s been long planned for The Sandman to end. It’s an uncomfortable position to try to defend a show being ended graciously rather than canceled under the circumstances. Still, the actions of one individual shouldn’t discount the work done by the hundreds working on this fantastic series.  The Believers (Season 2) Cr. Siviroon Srisuwan/NETFLIX © 2025 We’ve known for some time that the Thai drama series The Believers is set to return for a second season, but as part of their Next on Netflix 2025 showcase, Netflix added that the series would be returning for “one last season.” Seeing the return of Teeradon Supapunpinyo, Pachara Chirathivat, and Achiraya Nitibhon, the final season follows three ambitious entrepreneurs hoping to find a way to escape the grip of powerful underworld figures before there is no turning back.  The Empress (Season 3) It became pretty clear with the viewing figures that The Empress would be returning, but it came as a slight surprise that Netflix confirmed that the third season would be its last. Netflix’s Vice President of Content at DACH said upon the final season confirmation, “The audience has followed Empress Elisabeth’s life through happy, exciting and dramatic times in the last two seasons. How wonderful that we can continue telling this story in a third season, with the wonderful team in front of and behind the camera and with Sommerhaus as our production partner.” Previously announced to be ending with their final seasons: 3 Body Problem (Season 3) Avatar: The Last Airbender (Season 3) Blood of Zeus (Season 3) – Ending in Summer 2025 Cobra Kai (Season 6) – Ending in February 2025 Heartbreak High (Season 3) – Ending in 2025 How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) (Season 4) – Ending in April 2025 Outer Banks (Season 6) – Ending in 2026 Squid Game (Season 3) – Ending in June 2025 Stranger Things (Season 5) – Ending in 2025 The Upshaws (Part 6)  The Witcher (Season 6) – Ending in 2026 Valeria (Season 4) – Ending in February 2025 You (Season 4) – Ending in April 2025 What show are you disappointed has been canceled or is ending so far in 2025? Let us know in the comments.