TV Show Cancellations 2020: Every Series Canceled This May

It’s no longer uncommon for TV shows and segments to either end or get terminated. The fact that the online streaming service is currently in demand now more than ever, still doesn’t cross out the inevitability of some television series having to get the axe.

Eventually, a certain fan’s favorite TV series will always reach its endpoint no matter how good or tolerable it may be. One also cannot avoid how their well-loved shows will be ending—even if it is in the oddest or snarkiest of ways. And just imagining how a show that one loves to binge on suddenly get canceled, actually stings.

As such a thought is indeed difficult to accept, people should definitely face the truth that no show or television segment in the world will be ever be kept safe from the extreme highs of renewals to the manic lows of cancellations.

Meanwhile, the month of May has already laid out its fair share of postponed TV shows. So here’s a list of what has been canceled so far, serving as a fair guide for those out there who are still hinged on whether or not their favorite sitcom or series is still up for another season.

1. "Tommy" (CBS)

The police crime drama first aired on Feb. 6 and had closed its doors for a follow-up on May 7. The series’ plot revolved around Abigail “Tommy” Thomas, played by Edie Falco, and became the first female Chief of Police for the LAPD. The show is Falco’s return to TV after long stints on two of her premium cable hits, “The Sopranos” and “Nurse Jackie.” The actress, who is a six-time Emmy nominee, was also known to portray a defense attorney in the first season of the true crime anthology series “Law & Order True Crime.”

2. "Broke" (CBS)

The sitcom created by Alex Herschlag first premiered on April 2. This lighthearted series following a single mom played by former NCIS star Pauley Perette, lets her estranged sister, brother-in-law and assistant move in after they lost their fortune. Apparently, the show was abruptly cancelled after one season.

3. "Carol’s Second Act" (CBS)

The medical sitcom stars Patricia Heaton, who portrays a woman who, after raising her two children, decides to retire from teaching and embarks on her unique second act: becoming a doctor even in her 50s. It’s not entirely surprising that the series was immediately cut short after only one season as the show wasn’t entirely well received. Heaton’s doctor series first premiered on Sept. 26 last year.

4. "Man With A Plan" (CBS)

“Friends” alum Matt LeBlanc stars in this family led sitcom, taking on a larger parenting role after his wife tires of being a stay-at-home mom after 13 years and decides to pursue a more outside-of-the-home workforce. A family themed comedy show may definitely be a stellar mix, but this sitcom fell quite short and didn’t exactly live up to that expectation. The show was canceled a little less than a month right before the season finale.

5. "Project Blue Book" (History Channel)

Reportedly based on a true UFO story from The New York Times, the show follows a brilliant but underestimated college professor recruited by the U.S. Air Force tasked as the forefront of a special operation called Project Blue Book. The show debuted early January last year, with established stars such as “Game of Thrones” alum Aidan Gillen starring as the college professor. And though the first season was able to amass a strong set of avid viewers, the follow-up segment failed to pull through, forcing the network to cut it off entirely.

6. "Knightfall" (History Channel)

The two-season historical fiction drama apparently closed its doors in early May. Filmed in the Czech Republic and Croatia, the series poses a medieval-set plot that followed the Middle Ages’ most powerful and wealthy military order, the Knights Templar, and also recounts its success, fall, persecution and suppression in 1307. Following almost a full year after the second season ended, the historical TV show was officially let go.