Long before Disney+ was even a blip on the radar, Marvel shows lived on Netflix. Beginning with the first season of "Daredevil" in 2015, a parallel team of heroes began building on the platform, with "Jessica Jones," "Luke Cage" and "Iron Fist" all leading into the crossover limited series "The Defenders." Throw "The Punisher" into the mix, and it's not an exaggeration to say that the largest stable of superhero shows out there for quite a while was on Netflix. What's more, they were highly acclaimed and popular with fans, especially "Daredevil" and "Jessica Jones."
So it came as a shock when the Marvel shows on Netflix started getting cancelled in 2019. A shock . . . but perhaps not a total surprise. This was just before we started hearing about Disney+. Even if no one was outright saying it to the press, it made sense that Marvel's parent company Disney would rather have Marvel superheroes on their own streaming platform. (And in fact, "Daredevil" star Vincent D'Onofrio has since chalked the cancellations up to Disney+.)
