Top 25 TV Shows That Only Lasted One Season

23. The Society

Children inherit the Earth or at least their town, and immediately prove that adults don’t have a monopoly on cruelty. ‘The Society’ was a slow-burn descent into chaos and power grabs. And just when things got interesting... it was gone. Blame the pandemic, or blame fate. Either way, we were robbed.

18. I Am Not Okay With This

Telekinetic teen angst collides with grief, guilt, and growing up in this Netflix series cut in its prime. ‘I Am Not Okay With This’ was ‘Carrie’ for a new generation. And just like Sydney, the show exploded. Too soon. Too loud. But oh, how it stuck to the walls.

17. The Night Of

A quiet horror. A slow unravelling. Riz Ahmed’s transformation from naive college kid to hollow-eyed prisoner was one of TV’s most haunting character arcs. There was never meant to be more. There didn’t need to be. It was perfect and harrowing as is.

16. Godless

In a dusty New Mexico town where women rule and justice rides a slow horse, ‘Godless’ gave the Western one last gun-blazing stand. Violent, poetic, and anchored by performances that howled like coyotes at dusk. This is the West as reckoning, not myth.

15. Station Eleven

What if the end of the world didn’t destroy us, but made us beautiful? ‘Station Eleven’ dared to find hope amid collapse, following broken survivors clinging to art and memory. It didn’t sugarcoat. But after one season, there was only silence.

14. Watchmen

This is a miracle of adaptation. Damon Lindelof took an “unfilmable” graphic novel and delivered a furious, timely sequel drenched in racial reckoning and existential dread. Regina King wore the mask and tore down every lie it hid. Nothing ever ends. Except this.

13. Maid

Maid didn’t scream, it whispered. And those whispers certainly cut deep. A raw, intimate portrait of survival against systems built to break you. Margaret Qualley’s eyes did the work of a thousand monologues. A single season was enough to shatter and save you.

12. Midnight Mass

Mike Flanagan strikes again! ‘Midnight Mass’ was a sermon soaked in blood, guilt, and grace. A vampire tale where the monster wore a cassock and quoted Scripture. Each episode was a parable. Each death, a communion. Once seen, never forgotten.

11. Normal People

Delicate and utterly devastating. ‘Normal People’ told a love story so ordinary it became extraordinary. Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal shared more with glances than most shows shout with monologues. It wasn’t about whether they’d stay together. It was about why we need to love, even when it breaks us.

10. I May Destroy You

Michaela Coel practically exorcised a trauma and offered it to the world, unpolished and unafraid in this show. ‘I May Destroy You’ is brutal, brilliant, and redemptive. It’s everything art should be and everything TV rarely is.

9. Freaks and Geeks

The year is 1980. You don’t fit in. And the world is a meat grinder for feelings. ‘Freaks and Geeks’ captured teen life in all its awkward, painful glory. Judd Apatow and Paul Feig gave us an ensemble that would launch stars and a show that never aged.

8. The Get Down

This is a Baz Luhrmann fever dream. A hip-hop origin myth, a series so bold and vibrant it couldn’t not burn out fast. ‘The Get Down’ was pure creative chaos, bursting with music, soul, and swagger. It danced, it dazzled, and then it was gone.

7. Mare of Easttown

A murder mystery with a soul. Kate Winslet’s Mare wasn’t a hero, she was real—tired, angry, and trying. The accents were thick, the drama thicker. It might look like a whodunit, but ‘Mare of Easttown’ was always about why. And how we survive.

6. The Queen’s Gambit

Chess was never this intoxicating. Anya Taylor-Joy turned Beth Harmon into a cold, calculating comet streaking through a male-dominated sky. Addiction, genius, and ambition spun into seven riveting episodes. A checkmate in one season.

5. Sharp Objects

Darkness coils under Southern charm in this thriller. Amy Adams is hypnotic as a woman unraveling in a town that thrives on secrets. With haunting cinematography and a twist that guts you, ‘Sharp Objects’ is prestige TV’s blackest mirror.

2. Band of Brothers

Courage. Brotherhood. Sacrifice. This was war, stripped of glamour, soaked in blood and frost. Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks crafted a 10-part epic that honored the men of Easy Company with unflinching reverence. It doesn’t need more seasons. It stands.

1. Chernobyl

The disaster we all knew, yet never truly understood. ‘Chernobyl’ turned history into horror, bureaucrats into monsters, and truth into salvation. Every frame drips with dread. Every moment echoes forever. This is definitely a masterpiece of terror and truth. One season, one tragedy. Endless resonance.