Spring TV Shake-Up: Every Show Canceled in April and May 2026

Hope you weren’t getting too attached to your favorite shows—because late April and early May 2026 have been a bloodbath for TV renewals. Networks and streaming studios have been making some ruthless decisions as they lock down their schedules for the 2026-2027 season. Superheroes, military clowns, medical prodigies, and action agents—it seems no genre was safe once the cancellation emails started flying.

If you’re wondering who didn’t make the cut, or why those specific shows suddenly vanished from your watchlist, let’s go through the biggest casualties (and a couple of “let’s finish this up” renewals for old favorites):

Who Got Canceled (and Why)?

• Gen V (Prime Video): Prime Video officially pulled the plug on Gen V after just two seasons. The show—a spin-off of The Boys—debuted in September 2023 and wrapped season two in 2025, but by April 24, 2026, it was toast. Even so, The Boys universe (the VCU, if you want to sound like an exec) isn’t done with these characters. According to showrunners Eric Kripke and Evan Goldberg:
  'We’re committed to continuing the Gen V characters’ stories in The Boys season five and other VCU projects. You’ll see them again.'
  Basically, the supers aren’t getting their own school show, but you’ll see them pop up elsewhere.
• Going Dutch (Fox): Fox axed Denis Leary’s comedy Going Dutch after two seasons, just days after its second season wrapped (May 4, 2026). Not exactly a shocker if you follow network sitcoms—Fox has a history of yanking shows that don’t absolutely crush in Nielsen-land. This was about making room for whatever Fox thinks is next year’s breakout hit.
• Brilliant Minds (NBC): This medical drama starring Zachary Quinto just couldn’t find its pulse. NBC yanked it May 3, 2026 after it sank to the lowest ratings for any drama on the network this year. (Ouch.) They actually shoved it out of the primetime lineup back in February, then tried stuffing The Voice reruns in its place. You saw this one coming.
• Stumble (NBC): Kind of a head scratcher here—Stumble was a cheerleader mockumentary led by Jenn Lyon. Critics liked it (82% on Rotten Tomatoes), and audiences actually loved it (96%). But those streaming numbers apparently didn’t transfer into an actual TV audience that NBC could use to sell ads. After one season, it’s out.
• The Night Agent (Netflix): Not a “canceled” as much as a “let’s bring this train into the station.” Netflix said The Night Agent is wrapping up with its fourth season— which is filming right now and should drop in 2027. Creator Shawn Ryan always intended a proper ending for Peter Sutherland’s path from low-level agent to main character who’s survived three seasons of chaos.
• Son of a Critch (CBC): Mark Critch himself confirmed the news: Season five will be the last. The team is finishing up a 12-episode sendoff in St. John’s, Newfoundland (wraps mid-June), and the show recently landed a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Comedy Series. Honestly, not a bad note to end on.
• Elsewhere in the April Bloodbath: The Copenhagen Test, From, and Wizards Beyond Waverly Place all got shutdown notices or news their next season is the final one earlier in April. If you care about those, you probably saw it coming—none of them was exactly headline news by this point.

Final Thoughts (and a Little Rant)

It’s always a weird mix this time of year: sometimes great shows get axed before their time, sometimes a show no one’s heard of miraculously survives, and sometimes obvious duds finally get tossed out. The only constant is change—and studios clearing deck chairs for next year’s crop of possible winners. So, if you were holding out hope for more superhero mayhem, military punchlines, or heart-tugging medical monologues from these specific shows, you’re out of luck until someone greenlights the reboot in 2032. TV marches on.