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Netflix has quietly scrapped one of its original drama shows, Variety reports. “The Abandons,” a sweeping western that debuted in early December 2025 and starred Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson, will not return for a second season. The cancellation places it alongside “The Vince Staples Show” in Netflix’s latest content purge. Annoyingly though, this western also ended on a cliffhanger, meaning viewers are stuck with unanswered questions.
Despite its big-budget production and high-profile cast, “The Abandons” struggled to maintain a foothold with viewers. According to Netflix’s semi-annual engagement report for July-December 2025, the show logged about 19.8 million views in its first 28 days on the platform. In that early window it charted in the top 10 TV list for two weeks, ranking as high as No. 4 with roughly 7.4m and 7.6m views in its first and second weeks. After that brief burst of popularity, however, interest waned, and the series quickly dropped out of the top 10.
“The Vince Staples Show,” Netflix’s satirical comedy co-created by and starring rapper Vince Staples, also met its end after two seasons as the streamer looks to tighten its programming slate. Unlike some of Netflix’s bigger hits, the series never cracked the platform’s weekly top 10 rankings, and its viewership declined significantly in its latest run. In fact. season 2 amassed only about 1.7 million views following its November 2025 premiere and landed far down the service’s engagement charts in the second half of 2025.
By contrast, the show’s first season had garnered roughly 4.6 million views over a much longer period, but even that wasn’t enough to sustain long-term traction. Despite critical praise and a distinctive comedic voice, the niche appeal and fading audience numbers ultimately led Netflix to cancel the series after its sophomore season, underscoring the tough reality that strong reviews alone often aren’t enough to secure a renewal.
What other Netflix shows have been canceled?
“The Abandons” and “The Vince Staples Show” aren’t the only cancellations this month. Netflix also axed “Billionaires' Bunker” at the beginning of January, which was a high‑profile Spanish thriller created by “Money Heist” architects Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato. The show debuted on Netflix in September 2025, following a group of ultra‑wealthy families sealed inside a luxury fallout bunker as the world outside faces apocalypse‑level threats.
While it did perform respectably (appearing in Netflix’s weekly top 10 charts for several weeks and amassing notable viewing hours and millions of views globally) the streamer ultimately canceled the series after its first season and will not return for a season 2, leaving its dramatic cliffhanger unresolved.
Netflix hasn’t confirmed any other cancellations, but some sites are reporting that a third show might be on the chopping block, though it hasn’t been officially confirmed by Netflix yet, and the title hasn’t been revealed (h/t Just Jared). For now, that’s just speculation, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we heard about more cancellations in the coming weeks as the streamer solidifies its slate for the rest of 2026.
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