The most implausible cancellation is that of Boots, a coming-of-age military dramedy that received 90% scores from both critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes and seemed to be a strong contender to continue with a planned second season. However, the show was canceled by Netflix, with the series’s lack of time in the number one spot cited by some as a possible reason for the show’s future return being scrapped.

According to Netflix’s data, Boots pulled in 30.7 million views between its release on Oct. 9 and the end of 2025. This gives the series a higher viewership than several other shows that were not canceled, and will all be returning for new seasons. These included The Witcher‘s divisive fourth season with 25.4M, The Diplomat with 20.8M, and Season 2 of the comedy series Nobody Wants This, with 30.4M. Boots also drew in more viewers than Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black Season 2 Part 1, and Black Rabbit starring Jason Bateman and Jude Law, both of which debuted on the platform a month earlier.

Another series with data in the new report is The Waterfront, a series that arrived on Netflix with the usual hopes and headlines proclaiming it as the “new Ozark,” which pulled in 19.3M views in the period, to be added to the 21M during its first 11 days on the platform at the end of June, making a total viewership of 40.3M. This makes the series’ cancellation just as much of a head-scratcher as that of Boots.

In the case of both Boots and The Waterfront, it could be speculated that the shows coming from Sony and Universal, respectively, rather than being made by Netflix themselves could have played some part in the decision not to renew depending on the deals in place with the two studios. .