TV Shows That Were Saved After Cancelation
Canceled does not necessarily mean goodbye. In recent years, TV shows have found new life after being canned by networks, with last-minute and hard-fought saves.
For instance, Brooklyn Nine-Nine fans made their disappointment known in May 2018 when Fox canceled the sitcom — starring Andy Samberg (Jake Peralta), Melissa Fumero (Amy Santiago), Andre Braugher (Raymond Holt), Terry Crews (Terry Jeffords), Stephanie Beatriz (Rosa Diaz) and Joe Lo Truglio (Charles Boyle) — after five seasons. NBC then stepped in to pick up the comedy for season 6 and beyond.
Fumero and Beatriz reacted to the mayhem in May 2018. “We’re psyched beyond belief,” the Modern Family alum told Us Weekly exclusively at the time. “We can’t even believe it.”
The One Life to Live alum agreed with her castmate. “I think we’re still processing it,” Fumero said. “The whole thing was just such a roller-coaster, and we’re just thrilled to be here but also like, ‘Is this really happening?’”
Beatriz added: “Immediately after the cancelation, watching Twitter sort of explode that way was also not something I think any of us thought was possible.”
For The Mindy Project, the show’s May 2015 cancelation by Fox ended up being a good thing once the series transferred to Hulu. “It’s so infrequent to create a show, particularly with the journey that my show went through, from different formats and not knowing if you were going to come back and then being resurrected with even more episodes,” creator and star Mindy Kaling told Deadline in November 2017. “It was such a roller-coaster. Even people whose shows have lasted for many years get trampled and to be able to leave the show with Hulu saying, ‘You can have as many episodes as you want. You can come up with as many years as you want’ — and to be able to close it on my own terms, was such a rare gift. When you’re in the middle of it, you don’t realize that it’s just a huge blessing.”
The Office alum also noted that the switch in networks “coincided with this very open format that Hulu gave us both creatively, length of time and what the content could be on the show,” pointing out that the sitcom “got to be darker and edgier.”
Scroll down to revisit TV shows that received second chances after being canceled.
After CBS axed the judicial series in early 2021 following the conclusion of its second season, OWN secured the rights to the existing episodes and renewed it for a 20-episode season 3.
“It’s happening!!! #AllRise has found our new home @OWNTV and I couldn’t be more EXCITED,” show star Simone Missick tweeted in September 2021. “God is good!!! To ALL of the people who worked hard behind the scenes, our loyal #Risers who petitioned and tweeted, our torch holders @macandpat and @stagefrightfixr EVERYONE! THANK YOU ALL.”
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Netflix revived the former NBC drama for a fourth and final series in August 2021. Prior, fans and show creators campaigned hard for the show’s return after it topped the streaming platform’s Top 10 list of content for several weeks in a row.
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ABC ditched the Courteney Cox-led sitcom in May 2012, but it ran for an additional three seasons on TBS.
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After being canned by Fox in May 2015, Hulu picked up The Mindy Project and created three more seasons of the fan-favorite comedy.
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Twitter went wild when Fox canceled Brooklyn Nine-Nine in May 2018, but celebrities — including Lin-Manuel Miranda and Mark Hamill — went to bat for the sitcom, leading NBC to snatch it up.
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Fox called it quits on the drama in May 2018, allowing Netflix to save the show after a Twitter campaign.
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Fans refused to accept the sitcom’s cancelation by Netflix in March 2019. They instead advocated until Pop TV revived the series.
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A rare double cancelation. NBC scrapped Timeless in May 2017 but renewed it three days later after outcry from viewers. The network ended the drama again in June 2018 after just one more season and a special two-part finale.
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ABC canceled the musical drama in May 2016, but on CMT, it ran for two more seasons — even after the death of the main character portrayed by Connie Britton.
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Yahoo rescued the sitcom after NBC declined to renew it for a sixth season — despite fans’ “six seasons and a movie” mantra — in May 2014.
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ABC canceled the political drama in May 2018. Netflix picked up Designated Survivor for one more season before scrapping the project.
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ABC ended the sitcom in May 2017, but Fox resurrected the show one year later.
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