CBS Axes a Slew of Series in Sweeping Prime-Time Shake-Up
Another casualty in 2026’s TV bloodbath: Netflix has axed Boots just two months after its premiere, shelving the Greg Cope White–inspired drama about Cameron (Miles Heizer) and Ray (Liam Oh) entering the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1990s.
If it feels like every time you get into a new show this year it vanishes, you are not imagining it. 2026 has been rough. Streamers and networks are clearing shelves, and even buzzier titles are getting cut down fast.
Netflix pulls the plug on Boots after a quick rise
Netflix canceled Boots just two months after it debuted, which is a quick turnaround for a show that actually found an audience. Based on Greg Cope White's memoir, the series followed Cameron (Miles Heizer), who enlists in the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1990s with his best friend Ray (Liam Oh) at the height of the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' era. Cameron has to hide who he is while gutting it out through boot camp alongside Slovacek (Kieron Moore), Hicks (Angus O'Brien), Nash (Dominic Goodman), John (Blake Burt), Cody (Brandon Tyler Moore) and Ochoa (Johnathan Nieves).
The twist here: before getting axed, Boots doubled its weekly viewership and climbed to No. 2 on Netflix's TV chart. So yes, Netflix cut ties with a show that was growing.
Prime Video shutters Hotel Costiera after one season
Another early exit: Prime Video canceled Hotel Costiera, which premiered in September 2025. The drama starred Jesse Williams as Daniel, a former Marine working as a fixer at a swanky Italian hotel who also has a side mission to track down the owner's missing daughter. It was sleek, scenic, and apparently a lot of work to make.
'I lost 13 pounds shooting this show and I was eating pasta and bread all the time,' Williams told Us Weekly back when it launched.
He chalked the weight drop up to exhaustion and the difference in ingredients overseas, and he talked about diving into the culture: he picked up enough Italian to carry most of a conversation, and said Rome won him over while Naples absolutely stole his heart. He even had those 'am I a local now?' moments in restaurants where people recognized him, then did a double take when he answered them in Italian. Warm welcome, short life for the show.
Everything canceled so far (2026–2027 )
- Apple TV+: Palm Royale — canceled after season 2
- Apple TV+: The Last Frontier — canceled after season 1
- CBS: DMV — canceled after season 1
- CBS: Watson — canceled after season 2
- Disney+: Holes — reboot canceled
- Food Network: The Kitchen — canceled after season 36
- FX: English Teacher — canceled after season 2
- Hallmark: The Way Home — canceled after season 4
- HGTV: Rehab Addict — canceled after season 9
- MTV: Ridiculousness — canceled after season 48 (yes, forty-eight)
- NBC: Deal or No Deal Island — canceled after season 2
- NBC: Yes, Chef — canceled after season 1
- Netflix: Boots — canceled after season 1
- Netflix: Too Much — canceled after season 1
- Paramount+: NCIS: Tony & Ziva — canceled after season 1
- Prime Video: Hotel Costiera — canceled after season 1
- Starz: BMF — canceled after season 4
Some of these are expected churn. Others sting. And a few are just odd — Netflix letting a No. 2 show go, a reality staple like Ridiculousness finally stopping at season 48, and Food Network sunsetting The Kitchen at 36 seasons. Either way, plan your binges accordingly.