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Total Film
Total Film
Entertainment
Lauren Milici

This canceled Netflix fantasy series was one of the best shows of 2024 – and deserves a second chance

Dead Boy Detectives.

Dead Boy Detectives, a fantasy series following two dead best friends who evade the afterlife in order to help spirits trapped amongst the living, hit Netflix earlier this year - and while the show received widespread critical acclaim and holds a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes...there's a good chance you didn't see it.

The series, based on the comic book of the same name, was first announced as a new streaming show for Max - which was then, and still is, the streaming home for DC shows. The show was subsequently moved to Netflix after the streamer acquired the live-action adaptation of The Sandman - which made perfect sense, given that Dead Boy Detectives is technically a spin-off from The Sandman comics and is set in the same world. I was immediately nervous, however, as Netflix is known for quickly canceling fantasy shows - no matter how highly rated or how popular in views - and I had a sneaking feeling that the show wouldn't last very long.

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