The Reason Why Netflix Cancelled Original Series 'Girlboss'
Netflix has cancelled a few original series over the last year, but there's one that stands out [...]
Girlboss Followed A Formula
On the surface, Girlboss seemed like a safe bet for Netflix. In fact, it shared a lot in common with some of the service's most popular productions.
The series wasn't too extravagant, or over-the-top. Like Master of None and Love, Girlboss focused time and energy into the characters and story of the show. Smart drama was the driving force.
Netflix also had a history of renewing shows just like Girlboss. Despite underwhelming reviews, the streaming service had renewed programs like Flaked, Real Rob, and Fuller House. All-in-all, there have been around 20 low-budget comedies renewed at Netflix ahead of Girlboss.
The new series fit the Netflix formula - and that was precisely the problem.
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As of late, Netflix has been trying to push the envelope when it comes to original content.
CEO Reed Hastings recently told CNBC that the company needed to take more risks with its original programming.
"I'm always trying to push the content team," he said. "We have to take more risks. You have to try more crazy things because we should have a higher cancel rate overall."
Some of the recent projects from the streaming service seem to echo this thought process. 13 Reasons Why has become a controversial hit on social media, while Okja - a film about a giant pig - is one of the sleeper movies of the summer.
Netflix wants to become the source of truly original programs, and Girlboss just wasn't original enough to keep up.
Shows like Girlboss and Sense8 might be cancelled, but Netflix has a massive slate of titles being added in the next month.
Check out the full list of July additions below!
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Avail. 7/1/17
Titanic
The Originals: Season 4
Free Willy
Disney's The Mighty Ducks
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Capo "El amo del tunel": Season 1
El Barco: Season 1
The Truth Is in the Stars
Deep Water: Season 1
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Hostages (Israel): Season 2
Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang
The Invisible Guest (Contratiempo)
Albion: The Enchanted Stallion
Liar's Dice
Offspring: Season 6
Boat Trip
Mixed Signals
Delicatessen
Caramel
Yours Fatefully: Season 1
The Ultimatum: Season 1
Unriddle II
Unriddle
Yes We Can!: Season 1
Spice Up: Season 1
World at Your Feet: Season 1
Emma
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Last Night
Out of Thin Air
Witnesses: Season 2
The Longest Yard
Jackass: Number Two
Punch-Drunk Love
Are We There Yet?
Are We Done Yet?
The Land Before Time
Dad
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
Here Alone
Spawn: The Movie
Code Name: The Cleaner
The Astronaut Farmer
Best in Show
Proof of Life
Matchstick Men
Taking Lives
Police Academy
Avail. 7/2/17
El Chema: Season 1
Avail. 7/3/17
Diamond Cartel
Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story
Update on Netflix's business model
Avail. 7/4/17
The Standups: Season 1--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Avail. 7/5/17
iZombie: Season 3
Avail. 7/6/17
Speech & Debate
The Void
Butter
Avail. 7/7/17
Castlevania: Season 1--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Dawn of the Croods: Season 4--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Degrassi: Next Class: Season 4--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Luna Petunia: Season 2--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
1 Mile to You (Life At These Speeds)
Avail. 7/8/17
Bad Santa 2
Horse Dancer
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Avail. 7/9/17
Lion
Avail. 7/11/17
Gabriel Iglesias Presents The Gentleman Jerry Rocha
Avail. 7/14/17
Friends From College: Season 1--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
To the Bone--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Chasing Coral--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Buddy Thunderstruck: The Maybe Pile--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Avail. 7/15/17
Rake: Season 4
West Coast Customs: Season 4
Avail. 7/17/17
Uncertain Glory
Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness
A Cowgirl's Story
Avail. 7/18/17
Aditi Mittal: Things They Wouldn't Let Me Say--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Ari Shaffir: Double Negative: Collection--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce: Season 3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Avail. 7/20/17
Pretty Little Liars: Season 7B
Avail. 7/21/17
Ozark: Season 1--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Last Chance U: Season 2--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The Worst Witch: Season 1--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Avail. 7/22/17
Railroad Tigers
Avail. 7/24/17
Victor
Avail. 7/25/17
Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Munroe Island
Avail. 7/28/17
The Incredible Jessica James--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Daughters of Destiny: Season 1--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The Adventures of Puss in Boots: Season 5--NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Avail. 7/31/17
After The Reality
Checkpoint
Dark Night
Taking Earth
Being Mary Jane: The Series: Season 4 -- Date TBD
prevnextLeaving In July
Leaving 7/1/2017
Blazing Saddles
American Pie Presents: Band Camp
Flicka 2
9/11: Stories in Fragments
Secrets: The Sphinx
Batman
Working Girl
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
An Unmarried Woman
Hello, Dolly!
MacGyver: Seasons 1 - 7
Ghost Whisperer: Seasons 1 - 5
Futurama: Season 6
Day of the Kamikaze
Mystery Files: Hitler
Mystery Files: Leonardo da Vinci
Nazi Temple of Doom
The Hunt for Bin Laden
The Incredible Bionic Man
History in HD: The Last Bomb
Secrets: A Viking Map?
Secrets: Richard III Revealed
Shuttle Discovery's Last Mission
Titanic's Final Mystery
Samurai Headhunters
America's Secret D-Day Disaster
Black Wings
Blondie's New York
Bombs, Bullets and Fraud
Death Beach
Hip Hop: The Furious Force of Rhymes
American Pie Presents: Beta House
Hugo
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
While You Were Sleeping
Kate & Leopold
El Dorado
Leaving 7/3/17
The Last Samurai
Two Weeks Notice
Leaving 7/6/17
Los Heroes del Norte: Seasons 1 - 2
Leaving 7/11/17
Opposite Field
Leaving 7/12/17
Sleeping Beauty
Adventures of Pepper and Paula
In the Basement
Leaving 7/13/17
Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain
Leaving 7/15/17
Lessons for a Kiss
All That Glitters
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