I've been stung by many cancellations in my time. Most of my favorite series have been heartbreakingly shortlived, from Gentleman Jack and A League of Their Own, to Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Chucky, so I'm all too familiar with falling in love with a bunch of characters only to be told you'll never see them again. (As a horror-loving lesbian, you learn quickly how perilous an endeavor it is to get attached to a TV show).
In this age of streaming, more new shows are getting unceremoniously dumped after one season than ever before, as platforms judge a series's merits on how many views it pulls in during its first couple of days online – or worse, how buzzy it is on social media. 2024 saw its fair share of swift kills, most of them by Netflix's hand, but the one that hit me hardest was undoubtedly Kaos.
