STREAMING giant Netflix has left fans fuming after cancelling two brand new shows and putting a third on “indefinite pause”.
Netflix fans have sparked outrage over the “crazy” decision to ditch fresh favourites so soon.
Medical pot‑boiler Pulse was secretly pronounced dead[/caption]
Comedy whodunnit The Residence was also shown the door[/caption]
The streaming giant has pulled the plug on three big-budget series featuring A-list talent – leaving fans stunned as the shows are binned after just one season.
Medical pot‑boiler Pulse, led by Willa Fitzgerald and Colin Woodell, was secretly pronounced dead more than a month ago – with the cast already hunting new gigs.
It arrived last in a stampede of five newbie hospital shows.
While rivals Doc, Brilliant Minds, The Pitt and Watson were renewing scripts, Pulse landed on the very day Noah Wyle’s smash‑hit The Pitt dropped its penultimate episode – and viewers barely noticed.
Plus, a heavy sexual‑harassment storyline hardly screamed “escapist telly” for viewers seeking cosy soap thrills.
Comedy whodunnit The Residence – boasting Uzo Aduba, Giancarlo Esposito and Randall Park – was also shown the door.
It hit the platform just seven days after coming‑of‑age juggernaut Adolescence exploded, hogging every Top 10 spot and stealing social media thunder.
Netflix forked out for a jaw‑dropping White House replica spread over seven sound stages – 200 working doors, 10 miles of moulding, 144,000 lbs of flooring – but the lavish set couldn’t save it from the budget crunch.
Even the Shondaland badge (the team behind Bridgerton) and Aduba’s award‑winning sleuth Cordelia Cupp couldn’t guarantee a second case file.
Now, Netflix has quietly pulled the plug on Liz Feldman’s crime drama No Good Deed, despite it being pitched as a multi-season anthology in the style of The White Lotus.
The first season failed to set the world alight, and now plans for a second outing have been shelved – with insiders claiming the series is “unlikely” to return in its current form.
Feldman, best known for Netflix hit Dead to Me, had hoped to bring back O-T Fagbenle and Teyonah Parris – whose characters, Dennis and Carla, were set up for a juicy new mystery involving a billionaire father-in-law.
But, with the pair’s contracts still hanging in limbo and no green light in sight, it looks like No Good Deed won’t be getting a second shot – unless Feldman comes back with a fresh concept to revive the series.
Fans are fuming on X – formerly Twitter – over the shock cull, with one writing: “Dang. All 3 shows were decent and should’ve got renewed. I’m hoping for No Good Deed, that show was the best out of the 3.”
Another said: “WTH Netflix The Residence deserves several seasons! You thought you could do this quietly so we wouldn’t be mad didn’t you, but it was popular and I so well… no everybody mad!!”
A third penned: “Boycott Netflix!”
Despite the axe, the shows did rack up solid early numbers and managed to make the global Top 10.
The Residence peaked at No.2 on Netflix’s global Top 10 with 8.8 million views.
While Pulse wasn’t far behind – hitting No.3 with 8.5 million views.
And No Good Deed also spent four weeks in the Top 10 – but with smaller audiences, peaking at No. 3 with 6 million views.
But even those figures weren’t enough to save them – especially with the likes of the romantic hit Ransom Canyon (9.4 million) and nowhere near the viral might of Adolescence (141.2 million).
Glitzy casts and mega sets couldn’t stop Netflix from cutting them loose.
In the streamer’s high‑stakes game of renewals, even A‑listers can be a single-series wonder.
It’s a brutal game in the land of streaming – and even millions of views don’t guarantee a second shot.
Netflix has quietly pulled the plug on Liz Feldman’s crime drama No Good Deed[/caption]
