Netflix curse spreads as Prime Video, Paramount+ and Peacock cancel shows

EntertainmentStreamingNetflix curse spreads as Prime Video, Paramount+ and Peacock cancel showsRave reviews and five-star ratings aren’t enough to save these shows from the streaming services' scissorsWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

Rave reviews and five-star ratings aren’t enough to save these shows from the streaming services' scissors

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

(Image credit: Shutterstock / CeltStudio)

Amazon Prime Video on TV

(Image credit: Shutterstock / CeltStudio)

In the increasingly cut-throat world of streaming TV, it seems that no show is safe: if it’s not doing the numbers, it’s not getting another season.Netflixis often criticised for itscancellations, with even much-loved shows getting the chop if the bean-counters don’t like their figures, but it seems the curse is contagious:Amazon Prime Video,Paramount+andPeacockare all cancelling popular shows too.

Let’s start withAmazon. According to Deadline, it’s just cancelled one of its flagship shows for 2022: Night Sky, the ambitious SF show whose first episode was beamed into outer space, isn’t going to get a second season despite an impressive 81% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and a cast including legends such as Sissy Spacek and JK Simmons. The reason? Money. The series' high production costs weren’t reflected in “a significant viewership impact”. Good SF is expensive to make and Amazon has clearly decided that the returns weren’t worth it.

Knives Out

Over at Peacock, its adaptation of the best-selling, award-winning fantasy trilogy The Green Bone Saga got cancelled before it was even made: the show, which was announced back in 2020, has now been cancelled after years in development. Author Fonda J. Lee posted the news to Twitter, adding “I have faith someone else will share the vision of the Kaul family onscreen.”

Perhaps the most unexpected cancellation is over on Paramount, which has announced that Season 2 of its dark comedy-drama Why Women Kill will be its last. It’s unexpected because just a few months ago Paramount announced that it had green-lit season 3; while critics weren’t entirely in love with the show, it had garnered an impressive 91% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Paramount hasn’t explained why it’s changed its mind, but given that Paramount doesn’t have a lot of original content compared to its rivals it’s not something it’ll have done on a whim.

Today’s best Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus and Peacock TV dealsAmazon Prime Video - Free TrialViewParamount Plus Essential - Monthly$7.99/mthViewPeacock Premium$7.99$1.99/mthViewWe check over 250 million products every day for the best prices

Today’s best Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus and Peacock TV deals

Amazon Prime Video - Free TrialViewParamount Plus Essential - Monthly$7.99/mthViewPeacock Premium$7.99$1.99/mthView

Amazon Prime Video - Free TrialView

Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime Video - Free Trial

View

Paramount Plus Essential - Monthly$7.99/mthView

Paramount Plus

Paramount Plus Essential - Monthly

$7.99/mth

/mth

View

Peacock Premium$7.99$1.99/mthView

Peacock TV

Peacock Premium

$7.99$1.99/mth

$1.99/mth

/mth

View

We check over 250 million products every day for the best prices

Get all the latest news, reviews, deals and buying guides on gorgeous tech, home and active products from the T3 experts

Vollebak launches Shielding Suit and Double Graphene Puffer

Vollebak pushes the limits of outerwear with Double Graphene Puffer and Shielding SuitThe company continues to weave innovation into every thread

The company continues to weave innovation into every thread

Bowers & Wilkins Pi6 review

Bowers & Wilkins Pi6 review: sensational sound, ordinary ANCBowers & Wilkins' step-down true wireless earbuds sound amazing and are well-priced – so what’s the catch, if anything?

Bowers & Wilkins' step-down true wireless earbuds sound amazing and are well-priced – so what’s the catch, if anything?

The Recruit S2 on Netflix

Netflix is making a huge surprise change for hit spy show’s new seasonThe Recruit is taking a global trip this time out

The Recruit is taking a global trip this time out

Kinda Pregnant on Netflix

Amy Schumer’s Netflix comedy will leave your jaw on the floorOne big taboo gets busted in Kinda Pregnant

One big taboo gets busted in Kinda Pregnant

The Studio on Apple TV+

My most anticipated Apple TV+ show gets another tantalising teaserThe Studio gets a minute tease

The Studio gets a minute tease

With Love, Meghan on Netflix

Is this the most insufferable Netflix trailer of all time?Meghan Markle has a show coming

Meghan Markle has a show coming

Ghost of Tsushima Legends series

One of PlayStation’s best exclusives to become unlikely new action seriesGhost of Tsushima will get a new adaptation

Ghost of Tsushima will get a new adaptation

Cassandra on Netflix

Netflix’s sci-fi horror series looks astonishing in full trailerCassandra looks like a slow-burn horror

Cassandra looks like a slow-burn horror

Reacher Season 3

My favourite Amazon Prime Video show gets a rip-roaring S3 trailerReacher is back, and having bigger fights than ever

Reacher is back, and having bigger fights than ever

The Penguin

Huge award wins show you can’t afford to miss these HBO showsIt’s a hit-factory, with some unreal TV in the last year

It’s a hit-factory, with some unreal TV in the last year

Knives Out#

Sign up to the T3 newsletter for smarter living straight to your inbox#

Knives Out

Sign up to the T3 newsletter for smarter living straight to your inbox