Netflix Shows You Can Say Goodbye To

Launched in 1997, Netflix has become serious competition to cable TV and streaming networks ever since. Netflix began their long route as a DVD rental service by mail. They switched to a subscription basis model in 1999, with a flat rate for rentals with no late fees or shipping costs. As time went on, the company went into the streaming business in 2007 and began their online subscription-based streaming plan. Although they started out with a relatively small selection of movies available to stream for subscribers, by 2009 they had a library of about 12,000 movies to stream.

Even with their ups and downs, Netflix is now one of the biggest digital media companies in the world, almost reaching Disney status. With original series and movies and a seemingly never-ending variety of TV shows and movies to stream instantly, Netflix has definitely proved their worthy place in the entertainment industry. Nowadays, Netflix’s service seems to be going nowhere but up, with their popularity growing and them expanding internationally more and more. With easy access and affordable subscription monthly price, Netflix has established their place as a massive digital media company, with over 74.8 million subscribers as of 2016. Since then they’ve only grown in their numbers. Netflix began the trend of dropping a season on a TV show at once rather than spreading out the release dates over a matter of weeks. The convenience of binge-watching shows has now become a norm when watching a TV show, as opposed to having to wait a week in between the release of each episode.

Unfortunately, in order to keep new content coming in, Netflix has to cancel some shows and remove some movies. There is a variety of reasons why Netflix will cancel TV shows, from bad ratings to the neat finale of a series. As TV shows run through their seasons, their ratings can fluctuate with their popularity, which in turn can affect whether they’ll continue or not. Even with movies, their popularity can decrease over time, resulting in their removal from the library. Whether you don’t want to see your favorite show come to an end, or you’re waiting to see if it will be renewed for another season, we’ve compiled some shows that just didn’t make the cut to move forward to a new season.

The Get Down

Canceled after just one season, this hip-hop musical was initially met with production delays. Also weighed down by a large budget, the show didn’t last more than a season. Despite all this, the show’s director is sure the story of the show will live on along with the fans. Posting to Facebook, he wrote, “As for the real future of the show, the spirit of ‘The Get Down,’ and the story it has begun to tell … it has its own life. One that lives on today and will continue to be told somewhere, somehow, because of you, the fans and the supporters”.