Month: December 2018

When you’re a streaming giant like Netflix, you make a lot of TV shows. Of course, when you make a bunch, that means you are eventually going to have to cancel some to make room for the new ones. For Netflix in 2018, that meant 14 different shows went down swinging.

Of course, there’s the higher profile cancellations, like a number of the series Netflix made with Marvel. Beyond those, though, there’s a surprising number of shows you might have missed along the way that were canceled after a single season. What’s more, there are some heavy hitters that became breakout hits on the streaming service and sadly had to say goodbye this year.

So as we look forward to 2019 and what will surely be hundreds of new TV shows and original movies from Netflix, let’s take a moment to reflect on the series, good and bad, that we’re saying goodbye to. Whether it’s a show like Lady Dynamite or the carbon copy of The Soup that Netflix called The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale, pay your respects to the shows we list.

This is Netflix, though. They’ll never really be lost. Instead, they’ll be buried somewhere in the algorithm for you to find again one day and relive the glory.

Lady Dynamite

Number of seasons: 2
Canceled in January 2018

Disjointed

Number of seasons: 1
Canceled in February 2018

Everything Sucks!

Number of seasons: 1
Canceled in April 2018

Seven Seconds

Number of seasons: 1
Canceled in April 2018

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Number of seasons: 4
Canceled in May 2018
(Final season premieres in 2019)

The Break With Michelle Wolf

Number of seasons: 1
Canceled in August 2018

The Joel McHale Show With Joel McHale

Number of seasons: 1
Canceled in August 2018

Marvel’s Iron Fist

Number of seasons: 2
Canceled in October 2018

Orange Is the New Black

Number of seasons: 7
Canceled in October 2018
(Final season expected to premiere in 2019)

All About the Washingtons

Number of seasons: 1
Canceled in October 2018

Marvel’s Luke Cage

Number of seasons: 2
Canceled in October 2018

American Vandal

Number of seasons: 2
Canceled in October 2018

Marvel’s Daredevil

Number of seasons: 3
Canceled in November 2018

The Good Cop

Number of seasons: 1
Canceled in November 2018

Fortnite appears to be ringing in the new year for anyone who happens to be in the game when the ball drops. A video captured from a streamer in New Zealand–where 2019 came earlier than many other territories–shows the festivities as they occurred, and we’re likely to see the same across other time zones as well.

Streamer Rocky posted the video, which includes a giant spinning disco ball, some fireworks, and “2019” appearing in its own fireworks in the sky. You can actually hear the participants realize what’s happening as the video goes on, and one remarks that it’s “3 AM.” So the event is location-based, but it may or may not happen at exactly midnight for you.

Fortnite has become known for hosting special in-world events that can only be witnessed if you happen to be in the game at the exact time it all goes down. Usually these are reserved for big events during seasonal transitions or when building the meta-story about what will happen next. For weeks Kevin the cube slowly lumbered toward Loot Lake, for example, but only players in-game when it touched down got to see it flop over the edge and melt.

Currently Fortnite is in Season 7, offering a bevy of new cosmetics for those who complete the Battle Pass. You can check out our challenge guide for tips on how to complete the various tasks and earn your stars. Meanwhile, Epic is fending off legal challenges from the most unexpected of places: various celebrities and viral video stars suing over the use of their dances.

Xbox Live Gold subscribers can now get their first free games of 2019. That’s because two of January’s Games with Gold are now available on Xbox Live. Better yet, the games in question were well-received–which isn’t always the case for these freebies–so you’ll probably want to give them a shot if you haven’t tried them yet.

The Xbox One game is Celeste, a side-scrolling platformer about a young woman trying to make her way to the top of a mountain. The many obstacles in your way are challenging to overcome, but thanks to a forgiving checkpoint system, you never lose too much progress when you die. In our Celeste review, Oscar Dayus wrote, “Parts of Celeste are challenging to play–in both its gameplay difficulty and its subject matter–but it is a memorable experience worth seeing through.” Celeste is free throughout the whole month of January.

The new year’s first free Xbox 360 game (also playable on Xbox One via backwards compatibility) is Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. This isometric action game from 2010 has you and an optional co-op partner solve environmental puzzles and defeat enemies in the Mayan jungle. It’s free to download until January 15.

One of December’s Games with Gold, the Xbox One puzzle/platformer Never Alone, is also still available for free until January 15. Then, starting January 16, you’ll be able to grab the Xbox One racing game WRC 6 FIA World Rally Championship and the Xbox 360 open-world shooter Far Cry 2.

Games With Gold January 2019

Xbox One

• Celeste (Jan. 1-31)
• WRC 6 FIA World Rally Championship (Jan. 16-Feb. 15)
• Never Alone (Dec. 16 – Jan. 15)

Xbox 360

• Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (Jan. 1-15)
• Far Cry 2 (Jan. 16-31)