“Dead boy detectives” canceled by Netflix after 1 season

[nutella_forever]

EXCLUSIVE: #DeadBoyDetectives has been canceled at Netflix. The series aired its one and only season at the streamer on April 25.⁠
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Get the details here: https://t.co/PLhjoGzebe pic.twitter.com/QaJ1ZCz4fc
- Variety (@Variety) August 30, 2024
“Dead Boy Detectives” has been canceled at Netflix after only 1 season

Comments

[helyanwe89]

I did watch it, but honestly they need to re-do their TV model. I'd honestly rather just go back to new episodes of TV being on cable on weekly basis & then maybe just have completed shows like Friends or whatever on streaming or have them put the new season on streaming after it's all aired on TV.

[squirrels_oh_no]

And this is why I'm actually a little afraid of starting Kaos this weekend in case I like it...

Don't get attached to Netflix stuff, you guys, unless it's Stranger Things, it inevitably gets shafted.

[siaht]

Wondering if they already planned on canning it or if this is about Neil Gaiman.

[varioussaints]

Same. Either way, it's a win, but I am far more hopeful that it means he's finally too toxic to work with.

[aciren95]

I saw a lot of activity for this show on Tumblr, but never got around to watching it. I think weekly episodes is a better way to grow an audience rather than just dumping it all in one go and then being like “wellll nobody watched it” when it wasn’t even given a fighting chance. Most shows before streaming took over were given a few seasons to find its footing and audience.

[varioussaints]

Genuine question that isn’t meant to be aggressive or sarcastic or whatever, how was it not given a fighting chance? It was pushed to my home feed (or whatever they call the rotation of shows at the top of your profile) and I’ve never watched Sandman (nor will I ever, but that’s besides the point). On one hand, I do hate that streaming has turned into a survival show where fans basically have to campaign for and advertise the shows they want streamers to keep making, like Netflix is some sort of indie band that needs a street team and not a leading entertainment franchise, but I don’t think four months (the majority of which overlapped with summer/summer vacation in the northern hemisphere) is an unfair amount of time to see if the audience is there. I was also way more aware of this show than I was any of the other ones people are mentioning in this post. Had I known Neil Gaiman was involved, I would have hit ignore, but I was still seeing it pop up for me as a recommendation when I was last watching Netflix a month ago or so.

[manu19]

Can't say I ever heard of it