Despite being one of the best new original shows of 2026 so far, Netflix has canceled The Boroughs. Stranger Things creators the Duffer brothers produced the new sci-fi show, which saw a group of retirement home residents attempting to navigate an otherworldly threat.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the decision was made to cancel it after only a month on the platform due to two major reasons. The first is cost, as sci-fi is expensive to produce, meaning the viewership threshold needs to be as high as possible to compensate.
