All the Canceled and Renewed TV Shows in December 2023

This holiday season, Old Saint Television wrapped up renewals of some of our favorite television shows and stuffed them in our stockings. In a nice change of pace after a tough year, TV show renewals outpaced cancellations by a considerable margin in December. HBO wrapped up the month with good news for The Gilded Age fans, Apple TV+ renewed fellow period piece The Buccaneers, and Netflix renewed Love Is Blind, Blue Eye Samurai, Squid Game: The Challenge, and My Life With the Walter Boys. Meanwhile, Prime Video reached for more Reacher and Good Omens.

Still, a few of our favorites did get coal. What We Do in the Shadows is going to the permanent afterlife after Season 6, Curb Your Enthusiasm will sign off after its upcoming twelfth season on HBO, Warrior went down swinging on Max, Station 19 is ending after its upcoming seventh season on ABC, and Freeform is ending two of its popular scripted series, Good Trouble and Cruel Summer.

Whether you're looking to celebrate more of your favorites or mourn the loss of something on your regular rotation, we rounded up all the TV shows that were canceled or renewed in December below. 

Last month's renewals and cancellations
Next month's renewals and cancellations

TV show cancellations

• Shining Vale, Starz: The Courteney Cox-led horror comedy has been canceled after two seasons — and, even scarier, will be removed from Starz's streaming service. Per Variety, co-creator Jeff Astrof will shop the show around to other streamers. (Dec. 20, Variety)
• What We Do in the Shadows, FX: Curses! The upcoming sixth season of the vampire comedy will be its last. (Dec. 19, Deadline)
• Warrior, Max: The historical drama about Chinese gangs in San Francisco has thrown its last punch after three seasons. Or has it? The news of the cancellation came with a bit of hope: Netflix will begin streaming the series in February, and if it does well, the streamer could presumably order a fourth season. (Dec. 18, Deadline)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO: The upcoming twelfth season of Larry David's cringey comedy will be its last... probably. You never know with this guy! (Dec. 14, The Hollywood Reporter)
• Hightown, Starz: The Monica Raymund-led crime drama will end with its third season. (Dec. 12, Starz)
• Station 19, ABC: This news isn't very hot: The Grey's Anatomy spin-off will end with Season 7, which is set to premiere March 14. (Dec. 8, Variety)
• Lucky Hank, AMC: The AMC series starring Bob Odenkirk has been canceled after one season. (Dec. 8, Deadline)
• Good Trouble, Freeform: After five seasons, the spin-off of The Fosters will not be returning for more. (Dec. 8, The Hollywood Reporter)
• Cruel Summer, Freeform: The anthology series has been canceled after its second season. (Dec. 8, The Hollywood Reporter)
• Central Park, Apple TV+: Loren Bouchard's animated series is done after three seasons. (Dec. 4, The Hollywood Reporter)
• Riches, Prime Video: The British drama about a wealthy family will not return for a second season. (Dec. 1, Deadline)

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• New Shows and Movies on Prime Video in December
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TV show renewals

• The Gilded Age, HBO: Don't pack up those opera glasses just yet. Julian Fellowes' period piece will be back for a third season of soothingly low-stakes drama. (Dec. 21, HBO)
• My Life with the Walter Boys, Netflix: Jackie has another season of boy-choosing and love triangle tropes ahead of her. The YA drama has been renewed for Season 2. (Dec. 19, The Hollywood Reporter)
• The Buccaneers, Apple TV+: The period drama will be back for a second season. (Dec. 19, Apple TV+)
• Beacon 23, MGM+: Lena Headey and Stephen James' sci-fi thriller will return for a second season. (Dec. 17, MGM+)
• Power Book IV: Force, Starz: The spin-off Power will be back for Season 3. (Dec. 15, Starz)
• Platonic, Apple: Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne's unlikely and unromantic friendship will continue in Season 2. (Dec. 14, Apple TV+)
• Good Omens, Prime Video — FINAL SEASON: The good news is that Good Omens has been renewed for a third season. The bad news is that this season will also be our last with David Tennant's Crowley and Michael Sheen's Aziraphale. (Dec. 14, Variety)
• Love Is Blind, Netflix: The dating show about true love and truer disasters has been given a two-season renewal to bring the series up to seven seasons, with Season 6 premiering on Valentine's Day 2024. (Dec. 12, Netflix)
• Blue Eye Samurai, Netflix: The animated series featuring voice acting from Maya Erskine, George Takei, and Masi Oka returns for a second season following a critically acclaimed debut. (Dec. 12, The Hollywood Reporter)
• Twisted Metal, Peacock: Anthony Mackie's action-comedy based on the video game will return for Season 2. (Dec. 7, Peacock)
• Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, MTV: Hmmm, OK. Season 7 is coming. (Dec. 7, Deadline)
• Harlem, Prime Video: The comedy about female friends in Harlem will be back for Season 3. (Dec. 6, The Hollywood Reporter)
• Squid Game: The Challenge, Netflix: Ahead of the finale for Squid Game: The Challenge Season 1, Netflix renewed the reality series based on Hwang Dong-hyuk's Korean thriller for a second season. And casting opened for those interested in competing for $4.56 million. (Dec. 6, Netflix)
  
• So You Think You Can Dance, Fox: The dance competition show has been renewed for an eighteenth season and will feature a new set of judges. Deadline reported that filming has started. (Dec. 5, Deadline)
• Leverage: Redemption, Prime Video: The crime drama revival is returning for a third season, but it will be changing platforms: Leverage: Redemption will move from Freevee to Prime Video. (Dec. 5, Variety)
• Fionna & Cake, Max: The Adventure Time spin-off will be back for a second season of Gen Z ennui and fantastic adventures. (Dec. 5, HBO)
• Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, HBO: The Daily Show for today's generation has been renewed for three more seasons, taking it through 2026, which isn't quite enough time to sabotage the next New Zealand Bird of the Century vote. (Dec. 5, HBO)
• Foundation, Apple TV+: The epic sci-fi series based on Isaac Asimov's book series will return for a third season. Praise be to Brother Day! (Dec. 5, Apple)
• Reacher, Prime Video: The series was renewed for a third season before the premiere of its second, announced in a video by its very large star, Alan Ritchson. (Dec. 2, Prime Video)
• The Upshaws, Netflix: The Mike Epps-Wanda Sykes family comedy has been renewed for a fourth season. (Dec. 1, Deadline)
• Harry Wild, Acorn TV: Jane Seymour's mystery drama will return for a third season. (Dec. 1, TV Line)