2016: Cable Shows Cancelled & Ending

On 1/4/16, NBCUniversal cancelled the syndicated talk show after two seasons.

On 1/5/16, HBO announced the series will conclude with a sixth season. Season five doesn't premiere until February 2016, so there is still about one year until the final season debuts.

On 1/7/16, TNT announced the crime drama would come to a close with season seven. The 13-episode season is expected to air sometime in 2016, likely the summer.

On 1/8/16, SundanceTV announced the upcoming fourth season will be the last. It is expected to air in fall 2016.

On 1/19/16, ABC/Disney Studios announced the syndicated talk show was cancelled. New episodes that were already scheduled will continue through spring. This comes just months after Tyra Banks left the show to focus more on her cosmetics company.

On 1/29/16, MTV cancelled the teen drama after two seasons and 36 episodes. The final episode aired on December 15th, 2015.

On 2/3/16, WGN America announced the first cancellation of one of their few scripted series. The unofficial series finale aired on December 15th, 2015, with a total of 23 episodes.

On 2/16/16, A&E cancelled the series and it seems like it will stick this time. The crime procedural was cancelled after one season on CBS only to be un-cancelled by the network to air as a summer series. After season three, CBS cancelled it again in 2014 only for A&E to save it. Season four debuted in Nov. 2015, but it was clear the network had given up on the series as they aired the final 6 episodes in traditional burn-off fashion. Two episodes aired on January 15th, with the final 4 airing back-to-back on January 22nd. The series had a total of 61 episodes.

On 2/26/16, USA left viewers unsatisfied when they cancelled the series after two seasons. The first season had so-so ratings, but the second saw a huge drop. Placing it on Fridays with zero marketing probably didn't help things. It had a total of 20 episodes, the final one having aired on December 18th, 2015.

On 2/28/16, series creator Shawn Ryan announced the series would not continue. The original plan was to have it be a 10-episode limited series, but Amazon was interested in having it continue. According to Ryan, the plans he had for season 2 were rejected by Amazon so they decided to stick with it remaining a one-and-done series.

On 3/4/16, Rob Corddry announced the current seventh season will be the last. The series began as a web series and was eventually picked up by Adult swim. When the series concludes, it will have amassed a total of 87 episodes.

On 3/4/16, Freeform announced the freshman comedy was officially cancelled. The 10-episode first (and only) season finished airing October 7th, 2015.

On 3/7/16, Amazon announced the upcoming fifth season would be the last. Amazon saved the series after the BBC cancelled it after two poorly-rated seasons. But it's time has apparently run out after three seasons on the online streaming service. The final run is scheduled to debut later in 2016.

On 3/10/16, USA unsurprisingly declared season eight the final run of the series. The last two times the series was renewed, it for two seasons each time; both going down in normal episode count (13 then 8). Upon the joint renewal in 2014 for seasons seven and eight, it was all-but-official the series was going to end. The final season premieres May 18th, 2016. The series will have run for a total of 104 episodes.

On 3/11/16, Freeform announced the series would conclude with the upcoming fifth season. This doesn't come as a big surprise since the ratings have seen better days and the season five renewal saw the series receiving the shortest episode count for a season. The 10-episode season is supposed to start airing in April 2016. The series finale will be a 90-minute special and conclude the 103 episode run.

Update: On March 19th, 2016, it was announced the final season would be pushed back to sometime in 2017.

On 3/25/16, HBO cancelled the series after two seasons. The Duplass brothers will continue to work with HBO, however. The 16th and now final episode will air April 10th, 2016.

On 4/11/16, it was confirmed the upcoming fifth season of the Showtime comedy will be its last. The 7-episode season is expected to air sometime in 2017, which will give the series a total of 41 episodes.

On 5/13/16, MTV cancelled the series after three seasons. The finale aired on May 17th, 2016, with a total of 38 episodes.

On 5/13/16, Freeform cancelled the freshman drama. The weak ratings are likely what factored into the decision. There were a total of 10 episodes, the finale one having aired on March 28th.

On 5/20/16, A&E cancelled the series after one season. The ratings were not that great and critics were very harsh on it. This marks the seventh scripted show A&E has abruptly cancelled in 4 years and the third series to fail in a Bates Motel pairing. There were a total of 10 episodes, the finale one having aired on May 9th, 2016.

On 6/5/16, Hulu cancelled the series after three seasons. A total of 36 episodes were produced.

On 6/16/16, BBC America renewed it for a fifth and final season. The series has been critically acclaimed since debuting in 2013, but the producers are ready to give a satisfying conclusion. The final season is expected to air in 2017.

On 6/20/16, series creator John Logan confirmed the series was over the day after the 2-part finale had aired. With the ratings on a massive decline, fans worried the show would be abruptly cancelled without a fourth season. However, between Vanessa Ives dying and "The End" showing up before the end credits many immediately speculated the season 3 finale was actually a "surprise" series finale. Logan later talked about having planned the series to end that way in advance. And while there were several stories that could have been tackled in another season, Logan stated he had no interest as he felt Vanessa and her portrayer, Evan Green were the muse and focal point of the series. There were a total of 27 episodes.

On 6/22/16, HBO cancelled the series after previously renewing it. The series had fairly low ratings during the first season, but critical acclaim and starpower seems to be what pushed it towards a renewal. However, the creative differences which lead to the departure of series creator (Terence Winter) appears to be what pushed HBO to make the tough call. There were a total of 10 episodes, with the final one having aired on April 17th.

On 6/24/16, Rutledge Wood announced History had cancelled the series after six seasons. The final episode airs June 28th, but BBC Worldwide is searching for a new home for the series.

On 7/8/16, Syfy called off the hunt for good. The series started off with weak ratings and they went down as the series progressed. All 13 episodes were originally slated for the 10pm slot, but was pushed to the 9pm slot for the final 6 episodes. The final episode aired on July 11th.

On 7/11/16, it was announced the IFC series was going to conclude with the season four finale. Marc Maron first made the announcement on his podcast and said it was entirely his decision to end the series. The final episodes will air on July 13th, totalling 49 over the course of the series run.

On 7/20/16, Starz announced the fourth season will be the last. The series has done well in the ratings and with critics, but the life expectancy of most Starz shows is usually very short. The 10-episode season is expected to air in 2017. By the time the series concludes, it will have amassed 38 episodes.

On 8/29/16, Freeform officially announced the series would be ending with the current seventh season. The specific end date had been speculated for years, with some cast members stating it was ending with season seven while others (including the showrunner) saying it was not. However, the end date has been made official with the final 10 episodes scheduled to start airing in April 2017 - four months later than their usual midseason return. The series is based on the young adult novels written by Sara Shepard and became a smash hit when it launched in the summer of 2010 on ABC Family (now Freeform). It quickly became one of the network's highest rated and most popular series to date, and remains so. There were holiday specials and even a short-lived spin-off in 2013, "Ravenswood." The series will reach 160 episodes by the finale, which will also make it the longest-running series on the network.

On 9/1/16, Lifetime fired the maids after four seasons. The series was originally going to air on ABC, but was shuffled over to Lifetime where it became a breakout hit. The ratings have consecutively dropped each season, but they remained steady within each season. The cancellation might also have something to do with Lifetime changing their direction in scripted programming - making it darker and edgier like "UnReal." The season-now-series finale, which aired August 8th, ended on a pretty big cliffhanger that seems likely to never be resolved. The series had a total of 49 episodes and was the first all-Latina lead series on English-speaking television.