19 Shows Netflix Cancelled In 2021 — Which Ones Will You Miss The Most?

Netflix brought us plenty of joy this year with its original series... but it also broke a lot of hearts along the way, too.

Yes, the streaming giant's cancellation axe swung far and wide in 2021, with family comedies, superhero epics and sci-fi shoot-em-ups all getting the chop. By our count, Netflix cancelled nearly 20 of its original series this year, and while they weren't all keepers, we'll honestly miss seeing where some of them would've gone from here. (Can someone out there give us a Season 2 of Julie and the Phantoms, please? Or finance another run of Cowboy Bebop?)

So with the year drawing to a close, we're taking a bittersweet look back on all the shows that Netflix cancelled this year. (The overall theme seems to be one-and-done, with the vast majority of these shows being cancelled after just one season.) Read on to see which Netflix series won't be coming back for another season — keep in mind, we didn't include co-productions like Kim's Convenience, Peaky Blinders and Derry Girls that are ending but also air on other networks in other countries — and drop us a note in the comments below to tell us which ones you'll miss the most.

Ryan O'Connell created and starred in this dramedy that was special indeed, centered on a gay man with cerebral palsy who's ready to take control of his life. But it got to go out on its own terms at least, with a second and final season that expanded from 15-minute episodes to full half-hours.

Cancelled on March 10 after 2 seasons, 16 episodes

Netflix put a stake through the heart of this animated video game adaptation about a vampire hunter defending humanity against Dracula and his minions.

Cancelled on April 16 after 4 seasons, 32 episodes

This comedy came with a strong pedigree, with black-ish creator Kenya Barris starring as a fictionalized version of himself alongside Parks and Rec's Rashida Jones as his wife. That pedigree didn't help it last past its first season, but Netflix is now redeveloping the show as a potential film franchise.

Cancelled on June 23 after 1 season, 8 episodes

Netflix listened to this show's Sasha Dixon and put a stop to the Jamie Foxx-led family sitcom after one season, with the axe falling just two months after its launch.

Cancelled on June 19 after 1 season, 8 episodes

The Brooklyn public high school teens in this boundary-pushing drama didn't even make it past their freshman year. Netflix sent them home after just one season.

Cancelled on June 17 after 1 season, 9 episodes

One of Netflix's most surprising cancellations yet came when the streamer pulled the plug on the superhero adaptation starring Josh Duhamel and Leslie Bibb, less than a month after it premiered. There's a silver lining, though: Netflix is developing a spinoff called Supercrooks that follows the show's super villains.

Cancelled on June 2 after 1 season, 8 episodes

This mystery set in Victorian England put a new spin on the Sherlock Holmes legend, with a set of plucky street teens solving crimes for Dr. Watson and Sherlock. Its run was an irregular one, though: It only lasted a single season.

Cancelled on May 4 after 1 season, 8 episodes

This sweeping historical drama chronicling the battles between the Vikings and the Anglo-Saxons was one of Netflix's more ambitious offerings, with the streamer taking over sole production from BBC Two in Season 3. Alas, the epic tale will come to an end with its upcoming fifth season.

Cancelled on April 30 after 5 seasons, 46 episodes

Katherine Ryan starred as a boozy single mom in this UK comedy, but Netflix didn't find it all that funny. It pulled the plug after just one season.

Cancelled on April 29 after 1 season, 6 episodes

Smash alum Katharine McPhee's Netflix comedy, which found her playing a country singer who works as a nanny for a single dad played by Eddie Cibrian, wasn't exactly a smash. Netflix axed it after just one season, as one of four cancellations that came down on the same day.

Cancelled on July 2 after 1 season, 10 episodes

Kevin James had a big hit with his long-running CBS sitcom The King of Queens, but this NASCAR-themed comedy starring him as the crew chief of a pro racing garage didn't get to take a second lap around the track. It was cancelled after a single season.

Cancelled on July 2 after 1 season, 10 episodes

This racy comedy starred Zoe Levin as a psychology student moonlighting as a dominatrix. Debuting in 2019, Netflix brought it back for a second season earlier this year before dropping the axe for good.

Cancelled on July 2 after 2 seasons, 15 episodes

Stand-up comic Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias starred as a fun-loving history teacher in this comedy, which got renewed for a second season — a rarity on this list! — before ultimately flunking out.

Cancelled on July 2 after 2 seasons, 21 episodes

This medieval fantasy series had a lot of potential, with 13 Reasons Why breakout star Katherine Langford playing a heroine who's destined to become the Lady of the Lake in the legend of King Arthur. Critics and viewers reacted with a shrug, though, so the legend ended abruptly after a single season.

Cancelled on July 9 after 1 season, 10 episodes

Fresh off the success of his Israeli espionage thriller Fauda, star/executive producer Lior Raz went back to the well again for this drama about a man hunting for his wife's killers after she's killed in a hit-and-run accident. This one didn't find the same audience, though, and Netflix shut it down after one season.

Cancelled on Sept. 20 after 1 season, 9 episodes

Austin Abrams and Midori Francis starred as teen lovebirds who developed feelings for each other while exchanging messages in a notebook, and there were more books to adapt in Rachel Cohn and David Levithan's YA series. But the romance ended early when Netflix cancelled it after (yep, you guessed it) one season.

Cancelled on Oct. 6 after 1 season, 8 episodes

This British teen drama focused on a pair of twins — figure skater Kayla and hockey player Mac — who moved from Canada to England. But Netflix put it on ice after its freshman season.

Cancelled on Nov. 17 after 1 season, 10 episodes

Netflix spent years developing this live-action adaptation of the classic Japanese sci-fi anime about a crew of intergalactic bounty hunters hopping through space. They got John Cho to star as charming rogue Spike Spiegel, and they clearly spared no expense with the bullet-riddled action scenes, but the mission was called off less than a month after the show launched. Too soon, according to one Bebop writer who teased that he and the writers "had so much cool s—t planned" for Season 2.

Cancelled on Dec. 9 after 1 season, 10 episodes

Fans waited more than a year to find out the fate of this supernatural musical comedy, which starred Madison Reyes as a teen singer who starts a band with three ghosts of dead '90s musicians. Unfortunately, when the news finally came this month, it wasn't good: Netflix axed Julie after its freshman run. Executive producer Kenny Ortega thanked the fans, though, sending "our love and endless thanks to our Fantoms all over the world for the tremendous outpouring of love and support you have shown us since our premiere."

Cancelled on Dec. 18 after 1 season, 8 episodes