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Netflix’s Ozark alternative present has been canceled after season 1. The crime drama sequence starring Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, and Julia Garner ran for 4 seasons from 2017-2022 and remains to be thought-about to be one among Netflix’s most binge-worthy exhibits.
Since Ozark led to 2022, Netflix and followers of the present have been looking for a brand new unique sequence that could possibly be a worthy successor. Whereas no true alternative emerged in 2023 or 2024, a brand new present launched on the streaming platform in 2025 appeared prefer it is perhaps the reply, though it has now been delivered to a untimely finish.
Netflix Cancels The Waterfront
Picture made by Yeider Chacon
The Waterfront has now been canceled. The Netflix crime drama was helmed by Scream creator Kevin Williamson and got here to the streaming platform on June 19. The Waterfront’s forged included Holt McCallany as Harlan Buckley, Jake Weary as Cane Buckley, Melissa Benoist as Bree Buckley, Mario Bello as Belle Buckley, and Topher Grace as Grady.
Vital and basic viewers opinions for The Waterfront have been blended, with a 68% Tomatometer rating and 66% Popcornmeter rating. Nevertheless, the sequence was a streaming hit and spent 5 weeks in Netflix’s world High 10 chart for an English-language present, together with three consecutive weeks within the prime spot, and 11.6 million views after its first full week of being launched.
Deadline now studies that Netflix has determined to not transfer ahead with season 2. Williamson has reportedly already knowledgeable the forged and crew of Netflix’s resolution.
Our Take On The Waterfront’s Cancellation
Topher Grace pointing a gun in The Waterfront
The Waterfront has now turn into yet one more Netflix present canceled too quickly after solely a single season. From purely a enterprise standpoint, Netflix’s resolution to not renew is considerably stunning given the present’s streaming success. Many exhibits, together with some they’ve renewed, haven’t spent 5 weeks within the High 10, not to mention three straight weeks on the prime.
Different exhibits that debuted in 2025 on Netflix, together with Pulse and The Residence, didn’t spend as many weeks within the High 10 and have been by no means on the prime of the checklist, which made their respective cancellations much less stunning. Nevertheless, Ransom Canyon solely had 4 weeks within the High 10 and peaked on the second spot, but it did get a second season.
After Netflix’s irritating resolution, The Waterfront’s burning questions concerning the Buckley household and their legal empire have been left unanswered. Netflix may also have to discover a new Ozark alternative because it has lower this one brief prematurely.
The Waterfront
6/10
Launch Date
June 19, 2025
Community
Netflix
Administrators
Jann Turner, Liz Friedlander, Marcos Siega
