Why Was Daredevil Cancelled And Can It Be Revived?

When Daredevil first premiered on Netflix in Spring of 2015, it kicked off what many thought would be a long and fruitful partnership between Disney/Marvel and the streaming service. It was the first of four planned live-action superhero shows which would also include Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, and all four would eventually come together in the team-up series The Defenders. In addition, a Punisher series would spin-off out of Daredevil. The shows all performed well for Netflix and all but Iron Fist received high marks from critics and fans. When the cancellation of that latter series was announced in October 2018 after its second season had been released, the news did not come as a huge surprise because it was the least popular of the four main shows. But then the cancellation of Luke Cage followed only a week later which set off waves, and the axing of Daredevil made it apparent that Netflix was in the midst of a divorce with the Mouse House. The cancellations of both Jessica Jones and The Punisher would both be announced in early 2019.

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