Cancel culture is real at Netflix. The streamer has a reputation for being quick to terminate promising but underperforming shows, with original series like The Society, intriguing horror stories like Archive 81, and even high-profile adaptations like Cowboy Bebop among its massive “one-season wonders” list. Not even a cliffhanger is enough to save you; 1899 ended by showing the 125-year-old ship was actually an elaborate simulation, but we’ll never know where the story was going from there.
The latest addition to this motley crew is particularly disappointing. According to Variety, the sprawling modern mythological adaptation Kaos has been canceled not even six weeks after it premiered on Netflix. The series, which starred Jeff Goldblum as Zeus as he became paranoid about the fall of the gods, apparently resonated with viewers, given that it stayed in the top 10 for four weeks. But even that wasn’t enough to secure a second season.
