TV Shows are Reversing Their Renewals Due to the Pandemic

Alison Brie and Betty Gilpin in "GLOW"

The pandemic has not been kind to the TV and film industry, as production has been delayed and a lot of shows have been forced to cancel after they were previously renewed. No TV show is safe, even if it’s been renewed for a new season. To deal with the production delays, networks have also been pushing back the launch dates to later this fall or even next year.

Back in August, Netflix pulled the plug on previously renewed shows The Society and I Am Not Okay With This. ABC followed in September scrapping the second season of Colbie Smulders’ Stumptown. A few weeks ago, Amazon canceled its Cortes y Moctezuma starring Javier Bardem as production was unable to resume due to COVID-19.

Other shows that have had renewal reversals include Comedy Central’s Drunk History and Tosh.0 and TruTV’s I’m Sorry.

The latest show to get its renewal reversed in Netflix’s Emmy-nominated female wrestling drama Glow led by Alison Brie, which was supposed to return for a fourth and final season. “We’ve made the difficult decision not to do a fourth season of GLOW due to COVID, which makes shooting this physically intimate show with its large ensemble cast especially challenging,” a Netflix spokesperson said in a statement. 

This leaves us to wonder which of our favorite shows are next to get canceled?