
Netflix has canceled ten shows, including 'Haters Back Off,' 'Sense8,' 'Girlboss,' 'The Get Down,' and 'Chelsea.'
Netflix has done some house cleaning in 2017, cutting high-profile, expensive shows like "Sense8" and "The Get Down."
It's also killed flops like "Girlboss" and "Gypsy" after only one season, and old favorites like "House of Cards," which will end after its sixth season.
Over the weekend, Netflix announced the cancellation of "Haters Back Off," a scripted comedy based on YouTube star Colleen Ballinger's character, Miranda Sings. The show had two seasons.
In a tweet following the announcement, Ballinger wrote that she was "absolutely devastated" by the news.
Netflix historically has canceled very few shows — only about ten (or up to 13, depending on how you count). But if CEO Reed Hastings gets his way, expect more in the future.
"We've canceled very few shows," Hastings said at the Code Conference in May. "I'm always pushing the content team. We have to take more risk. You have to try more crazy things. Because we should have a higher cancel rate overall."
Here are the ten shows Netflix has killed, along with their critic and audience ratings from Metacritic.
Additional reporting by Jethro Nededog.
"Longmire": Canceled after six seasons (three on Netflix)
Netflix description: "This contemporary crime thriller focuses on a Wyoming sheriff who's rebuilding his life and career following the death of his wife."
Critic rating: 75/100
Audience rating: 9.2/10
"Lilyhammer": Canceled after three seasons
Netflix description: "They killed his dog. They made him run. Now he's living a new life in a strange land ... like a boss."
Critic rating: 68/100
Audience rating: 7.6/10
"Hemlock Grove": Canceled after three seasons
Netflix description: "A quaint town links a mangled corpse to a dark outsider with a carnivorous secret. But monsters come in many forms."
Critic rating: 37/100
Audience rating: 6.7/10
"Haters Back Off": Canceled after two seasons
Netflix description: "The odd ball family life of Miranda Sings, an incredibly confident, totally untalented star on the rise who continues to fail upward by the power of her belief that she was born famous, it's just no one knows it yet."
Critic rating: 54/100
Audience rating: 7.1/10
"Chelsea": Canceled after two seasons
Netflix description: "Comedian Chelsea Handler travels the world, tackles outrageous challenges and chats with A-list guests in this irreverent and wholly original talk show."
Critic rating: 50/100
Audience rating: 5.2/10
"Marco Polo": Canceled after two seasons
Netflix description: "An empire divided. A family torn apart by civil war. A legend who disrupts the balance of power."
Critic rating: 54/100
Audience rating: 8/10
"Sense8": Canceled after two seasons
Netflix description: "From the creators of 'The Matrix' and 'Babylon 5' comes this tense series in which eight people can telepathically experience each other's lives."
Critic rating: 68.5/100
Audience rating: 8.2/10
"The Get Down": Canceled after one season (two parts)
Netflix description: "In 1977 New York City, the talented and soulful youth of the South Bronx chase dreams and breakneck beats to transform music history."
Critic rating: 69/100
Audience rating: 7.8/10
"Girlboss": Canceled after one season
Netflix description: "Sophia was a broke anarchist selling vintage clothes online but before she knew it, she became the boss of a fashion empire in this comedy series based on Sophia Amoruso's memoir."
Critic rating: 53/100
Audience rating: 5.5/10
"Gypsy": Canceled after one season
Netflix description: "A therapist forms troubling relationships with people connected to her patients."
Critic rating: 45/100
Audience rating: 7.5/10
BONUS: "House of Cards" concluding after six seasons
Netflix description: "A Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him."
Critic rating: 73.6/100
Audience rating: 7.8/10
BONUS: "The Killing" concluded after four seasons (one on Netflix)
Netflix description: "Seattle homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder are deeply affected by the murders they investigate in this dark acclaimed crime series."
Critic rating: 69/100
Audience rating: 8.2/10
BONUS: "Bloodline" concluded after three seasons
Netflix description: "The Rayburns seem to have the perfect life in their lovely Florida town. But nobody's perfect — especially the Rayburns."
Critic rating: 67.5/100
Audience rating: 8.1/10
Netflix has canceled ten shows, including 'Haters Back Off,' 'Sense8,' 'Girlboss,' 'The Get Down,' and 'Chelsea.' Read Full Story

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