All the TV Shows That Have Been Cancelled in October 2025
October 2025 brought a flurry of programming updates across broadcast, cable, and streaming, with several buzzy titles officially closing their books. From survival thrillers and animated comedies to prestige dramas and reality dating experiments, these projects span genres and platforms, but they each left a clear mark while they lasted. Below is a concise rundown of what’s ending, what it’s about, when the news arrived this month, and where these shows call home so you can plan what to finish and what to file under favorites.
‘Yellowjackets’ (2021–2026)
Showtime’s survival mystery announced that its upcoming fourth season will be its last, with the ending planned to arrive in 2026. The series tracks members of a high school girls’ soccer team after a plane crash in the wilderness and follows their adult lives as long-buried secrets surface. The ensemble includes characters split between the harrowing past in the woods and the fallout years later in New Jersey, with the story weaving cult lore, unreliable memories, and competing factions. The final-season news landed on Oct. 10 and applies to Showtime and Paramount+ Premium release plans, marking an earlier wrap than many expected after earlier comments about a five-season roadmap.
‘Countdown’ (2025)
Prime Video canceled the Jensen Ackles–led crime drama after one season on Oct. 10. The show centers on a hardened lawman pulled into a high-stakes task force that tackles urgent, time-sensitive threats as the clock ticks on public-safety crises. Across the debut season, cases escalate from local incidents to conspiracies with national implications, with a rotating team of specialists joining investigations. With the cancellation at the streamer, the single season stands as a closed chapter for the action-procedural premise.
‘Butterfly’ (2025)
Prime Video’s spy thriller, based on the BOOM! Studios graphic novel, was canceled after one season on Oct. 10. The adaptation follows a retired operative forced back into the shadows when an elite assassin resurfaces and a web of international espionage begins to tighten around his family. Episodes move between covert missions and personal reckonings, exploring the cost of living undercover and the danger of past operations colliding with the present. The series, which launched as a streaming original, now concludes with its initial run.
‘The Great North’ (2021–2025)
Fox confirmed on Oct. 3 that its Alaska-set animated comedy has ended after five seasons. The show follows big-hearted single dad Beef Tobin and his kids Judy, Wolf, Ham, and Moon in the town of Lone Moose, where family traditions, fishing trips, and local oddities fuel weekly adventures. Musical numbers, community fêtes, and teen-arts dreams give the series its cozy rhythm, while guest voices pop in as teachers, rivals, and crushes. With Fox as its broadcast home, the family’s story closes out with the fifth season as its last set of episodes.
‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ (2023–2025)
Netflix canceled the spin-off after two seasons on Oct. 2. The series brings couples to a crossroads, asking them to decide whether to get engaged or move on after living through trial relationships with other participants. Filmed in a city-set bubble with reunions and follow-ups, the format spotlights communication, compatibility, and the pressure of timelines for women and nonbinary participants. With the streamer’s decision, the two seasons remain available as the complete run of this entry in the dating-experiment franchise.
‘The Chi’ (2018–2026)
On Oct. 1, Showtime and Paramount+ Premium confirmed that the South Side Chicago drama will end with its upcoming eighth season. Created by Lena Waithe, the ensemble series follows interconnected residents as they chase dreams, raise families, and navigate politics, policing, and entrepreneurship on their blocks. Over its run, storylines have tracked barbershop ambitions, city-hall power plays, community activism, and relationships that bend under stress and heal with support. The renewal for Season 8 stands, and the show will conclude after those episodes roll out on Showtime and Paramount+ Premium.
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