Every TV Show That Has Been Cancelled in August 2025

August 2025 brought a flurry of cancellation news across streamers, with several high profile series ending their runs within weeks of each other. Fans saw finales moved into focus, creative teams share farewell notes, and studios signal next steps for some of their biggest genre and franchise titles. The decisions spanned crime, comedy, and coming of age horror, which meant there was something for almost every corner of the TV audience.

Below is a clear look at what got axed this month, when the calls were made, and what each series delivered during its time on the air. For each title you will find a quick refresher on what the show was about, who was involved, and how it fit into its network or streamer’s lineup. Dates listed reflect when the cancellations were announced in August 2025.

‘And Just Like That…’ (2021–2025)

Max confirmed on August 1, 2025 that the sequel to ‘Sex and the City’ will end with its current third season, with a two part finale serving as the series closer. The show follows Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbes, and Charlotte York as they navigate friendship, work, family, and love in contemporary New York City well after the events of the original series. The sequel is overseen by Michael Patrick King and features returning leads Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis alongside new additions including Nicole Ari Parker as documentarian Lisa Todd Wexley, Sarita Choudhury as talent agent Seema Patel, and Karen Pittman as law professor Nya Wallace.

Over three seasons the drama leaned into storylines about parenting teens, career reinvention, grief, and second chances while revisiting familiar relationships such as Carrie’s long history with Aidan Shaw. Production returned to real Manhattan locations and blended new characters and settings with legacy threads from the original series. The final two episodes arriving in August 2025 are positioned as the narrative endpoint for this chapter of the franchise.

‘FUBAR’ (2023–2025)

Netflix canceled ‘FUBAR’ on August 1, 2025 after two seasons. The action comedy stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as veteran CIA operative Luke Brunner and Monica Barbaro as his daughter Emma, who discovers her father’s secret life only to reveal her own. Created by Nick Santora, the series mixes undercover missions with family revelations as the pair juggle agency directives and personal fallout while trying to keep a step ahead of international adversaries.

Across its run the show assembled a team dynamic around Luke and Emma that included roles for Milan Carter, Fortune Feimster, Travis Van Winkle, and others. Season one launched in May 2023 and set the tone with globe trotting operations, office politics, and training sequences that pushed the duo toward trust and transparency. Season two continued the father daughter partnership with bigger operations and escalating stakes before the streamer confirmed the end of the line this month.

‘Goosebumps’ (2023–2025)

Disney Plus ended ‘Goosebumps’ on August 7, 2025 after two seasons, while studio partner Sony Pictures Television began exploring ways to continue the brand elsewhere. Based on R. L. Stine’s best selling books, the series brought a modern YA spin to classic scares with a format designed to welcome new viewers while nodding to readers who grew up with the original paperbacks. The first season followed five high schoolers unraveling a haunting tied to the mysterious death of a local teen in the 1990s and starred Justin Long and Rachael Harris alongside an ensemble of young actors.

Season two shifted stories with a fresh cast and settings in keeping with the anthology approach, building standalone arcs that pulled from different corners of the book series. The production came from Sony Pictures Television and Scholastic Entertainment, and episodes remixed familiar elements such as Slappy, masks, and cursed objects with new mythology for streaming. With the cancellation in place, the rights holder is pursuing new directions for ‘Goosebumps’ beyond Disney Plus.

‘Dexter: Original Sin’ (2024–2025)

Paramount Plus scrapped ‘Dexter: Original Sin’ on August 22, 2025 even after the prequel had previously been set up for a second season in April. Set years before the events of ‘Dexter’, the series tracks Dexter Morgan in Miami as he begins to understand his compulsions and learns the code from his adoptive father Harry Morgan that channels his urges toward a deadly vigilante mission. Patrick Gibson plays Dexter, Christian Slater portrays Harry, and Molly Brown appears as Debra Morgan, with the story focusing on early forensics training, first investigations, and the rules that govern Dexter’s double life.

The prequel ties back to the larger franchise that includes ‘Dexter’ and ‘Dexter: New Blood’ and revisits familiar institutions such as Miami Metro while introducing new mentors, classmates, and potential adversaries from Dexter’s formative years. The first season established the groundwork for how Dexter’s methods and cover stories developed and set up conflicts that would have paid off in later chapters before the service confirmed the cancellation in August 2025.

‘The Waterfront’ (2025)

Netflix canceled ‘The Waterfront’ on August 25, 2025 after one season. The crime drama comes from Kevin Williamson, the creator of ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and a writer behind ‘Scream’, and it centers on a coastal community where law enforcement and civic leaders collide with organized crime and long buried secrets. The series is produced through Williamson’s Outerbanks Entertainment banner and brings his signature mix of tense investigation, shifting loyalties, and sharply drawn characters to a contemporary setting.

Over its debut season the show follows detectives, dockworkers, and political figures whose lives intersect around the city’s harbor operations and the illicit networks that feed off them. Episodes weave together case of the week threads with serialized arcs about power and corruption in a town that depends on the water for its livelihood. With the streamer’s decision in August 2025, the single season now stands as a closed chapter in Williamson’s television catalog.

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