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Most Annoying TV Show Cancellation That Ended on a Cliffhanger

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This hurts the most with sci-fi and fantasy shows, and it made me not even want to start new shows for a while, since I didn't want to commit to them and then not get any resolution for my time.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The OA, and Dark Matter are good examples.

Netflix is really bad about this, too: The Midnight Club, Jupiter's Legacy, I Am Not Okay With This, and especially 1899.

On a side note, I heard all the complaints over the years about Angel ending on a cliffhanger, but I thought that was the perfect ending for the show.

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On 8/30/2025 at 9:03 PM, Ben Kendrick said:

Title says it all, came here with this one in mind but then thought of more. I’ll see if anyone names one of my other picks.

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I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO WATCHED THIS SHOW

I remain angry that this show ended the way it did.

Glow on Netflix, mostly because it was going to have a final season that was canceled because of the Pandemic.

Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles for sure. Great take on the other side of the Terminator saga. But for me ... and perhaps this is showing my quirkiness,but there's also ... Santa Clarita Diet (low-key awesome chill vibe), The Pitch (great take on America's fav pastime), The Shield (one of the best corrupt cop dramas ever), Agent Carter (unexpectedly good), and the one I'm upset about .... The Sopranos (I grew up in that part of New Jersey)

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On 8/31/2025 at 10:40 PM, Shawn Lealos said:

Netflix is really bad about this, too: The Midnight Club, Jupiter's Legacy, I Am Not Okay With This, and especially 1899.

I still mourn the loss of 1899... It's particularly disappointing that the creators came to Netflix with a three-season plan, got the first season approved, and then Netflix just didn't care about closure at all.

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I tend to not like endings that leave a ton up to interpretation, so while I'm fine with Angel's ending now, I still don't love it.

I could say the same for The Sopranos, and I know I'm an outlier on that one, but I would rather get something definitive to end a series on rather than me having to fill in the blanks.

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On 8/30/2025 at 9:03 PM, Ben Kendrick said:

Title says it all, came here with this one in mind but then thought of more. I’ll see if anyone names one of my other picks.

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FlashForward was the first thing I thought of. So ridiculous.

Counterpart would be a more recent example. Arguably Westworld?

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I Am Not Okay With This is probably the point where I stopped even engaging with Netflix TV shows. Great series, huge cliffhanger, then nothing but a cancellation.

My old man answer is Lights Out, a FX drama about a washed up boxer. Great series with a devastating ending.

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1 hour ago, saperry said:

I Am Not Okay With This is probably the point where I stopped even engaging with Netflix TV shows. Great series, huge cliffhanger, then nothing but a cancellation.

My old man answer is Lights Out, a FX drama about a washed up boxer. Great series with a devastating ending.

While I did not love I Am Not Okay With This, I was also annoyed enough by it being cancelled that I rage quit Netflix TV shows.

  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

  • Terra Nova

  • Almost Human

  • Star Trek Enterprise

  • Stargate Atlantis

I feel these five shows (among others which I can't think of right now) were cancelled before their time.

Terra Nova & Almost Human specifically because they only had the one series.

I've been thinking this over since my last reply ... and I think The Acolyte might be the most annoying cancellation because it doesn't seem like we will ever see whatever happened there.

On 9/9/2025 at 3:02 PM, saperry said:

I Am Not Okay With This is probably the point where I stopped even engaging with Netflix TV shows. Great series, huge cliffhanger, then nothing but a cancellation.

My old man answer is Lights Out, a FX drama about a washed up boxer. Great series with a devastating ending.

Can always count on Spencer to watch the good stuff. Lights Out ruled.

Mine is also a great one-hit FX wonder and I'm surprised it hasn't come up yet: Terriers. Such a great show, such a frustrating end. And I remember the ratings were right on the line of being good enough, I wish Landgraf would've taken a shot on one more season. It would've caught on.

The Acolyte was a victim of the woke vs anti-woke of todays world which is a shame because i thought it was a good show

KAOS on Netflix for sure -- was one of the smartest and entertaining series I'd seen in a while that had such a fresh, imaginative take on Greek mythology. Plus Jeff Goldblum is great as Zeus. He's actually acting. Netflix did the show dirty cancelling it like a month after air

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