HBO Max’s glossy Gossip Girl reboot; Netflix’s mind-bending, ship-bound period piece 1899; Uncoupled, the rom-com created by Sex and the City’s Darren Star; Emmy-nominated sci-fi drama Westworld. All are among the shows recently cancelled by streaming services and the ‘In Memoriam’ list just keeps growing and growing.
Then there are the series that were re-commissioned, only for the plug to be abrubtly pulled, like HBO Max’s Minx, the Seventies-set feminist comedy canned midway through production on its second season. It has since been picked up by Starz – the same channel that pulled a similar U-turn on its own adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons a few months back.
