3 of the best Netflix shows canceled in 2025 that I still recommend streaming

3 canceled Netflix shows in 2025 that are still worth watching Features Tom Wardley published We said an early goodbye to some great shows this year The Residence is an underrated comedy whodunnit. (Image credit: Netflix) It’s an ongoing joke among TV fans that there’s no point getting attached to a Netflix show because it won’t be around for long, but their viewership heavy metrics don’t always account for quality, and there’s some absolute gems among the series' we’ve seen get the chop this year. From laugh out loud mystery comedy to the return - and farewell - of a hit spy series, there are plenty of shows that have been canceled this year that are absolutely still worth checking out. As trigger-happy as Netflix may be with cancelations, it ranks among the best streaming services for a reason - what they deliver is always a big budget, entertaining affair, even if it only lasts one season. And of all the series we waved goodbye to this year, three in particular stood out for me, so here’s my pick of the three best Netflix shows that were canceled in 2025. The Residence RT score: 84% Seasons: 1 Episodes: 8 Between Poker Face , Only Murders... and the Knives Out trilogy, comedy whodunnits are all the rage at the moment, but The Residence is an under-the-radar riot that’s very much worth your time. Taking the Agatha Christie idea of a murder in a grand manor house to its inevitable conclusion, The Residence takes place in The White House with detective Cordelia Cupp (Uzo Aduba) tasked with investigating a murder in which the suspect list is in triple digits. Stuffed with knockabout hijinks and internal politics, the case takes in all corners of the centre of US government. Despite reaching number two in the Netflix charts on release, the show suffered by being pitted against smash-hit Adolescence , with viewers gripped by the altogether bleaker murder story, and not long after it was announced by Netflix that The Residence would not be returning. It would’ve been interesting to see what further cases Cupp was able to crack, but the one and done season still makes for a great binge. The Waterfront RT score: 68% Seasons: 1 Episodes: 8 Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. With his (hopefully) triumphant return to the Scream franchise around the corner, Kevin Williamson is riding high, so it was quite the shock when Netflix announced The Waterfront , created and written by Williamson, wouldn’t be returning for a season 2. Partly inspired by the writer’s upbringing in coastal North Carolina, The Waterfront follows the Buckley family, as they struggle to maintain control of their failing fishing empire, resorting to increasingly desperate methods to keep things afloat. As you’d expect from the man behind Dawson’s Creek , the drama is delightfully pulpy and bingeably addictive as the Buckley’s face one escalating crisis after another. The show debuted at number one back in...

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