--- title: Here's Why Fans Are Outraged Netflix Cancelled First Kill description: Netflix cancelled 'First Kill,' its teen drama about a vampire and a monster hunter in an ill-fated romance, and the internet wasn't happy. canonical: https://time.com/6203263/first-kill-cancelled-netflix/ author: Laura Zornosa article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2022-08-03T21:15:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T14:34:55.857Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Here's Why Fans Are Outraged Netflix Cancelled First Kill og:description: Netflix cancelled 'First Kill,' its teen drama about a vampire and a monster hunter in an ill-fated romance, and the internet wasn't happy. og:url: https://time.com/6203263/first-kill-cancelled-netflix/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt278431593c4964b3/698a345286f68ee7746f17ad/FIRSTKILL_103_Unit_05757RC.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: first-kill og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Why Fans Are Outraged Netflix Cancelled First Kill twitter:description: Netflix cancelled 'First Kill,' its teen drama about a vampire and a monster hunter in an ill-fated romance, and the internet wasn't happy. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt278431593c4964b3/698a345286f68ee7746f17ad/FIRSTKILL_103_Unit_05757RC.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Why Fans Are Outraged Netflix Cancelled _First Kill_ > Sponsored content. 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Aug 3, 2022 9:15 PM UTC Netflix has cancelled the supernatural teen drama series _First Kill—_an unabashedly campy show that follows star-crossed lovers Juliette (a teenage vampire) and Calliope (a teenage monster hunter) and fully leans into its _Romeo and Juliet_\-esque extravagance—less than two months since it premiered on June 10\. The cancellation, reported by [_Deadline_](https://deadline.com/2022/08/first-kill-canceled-vampire-drama-no-season-2-netflix-1235083979/) on Tuesday, prompted immediate outcry from fans. _First Kill_, while not a [critical hit](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/first%5Fkill/s01), found a large audience among people who tuned in for a queer vampire storyline that centered Black characters. So why was it cancelled after just one season—and why is the internet up in arms about it? ## **What Netflix has said about** **_First Kill’s_** **cancellation** _Deadline_, citing unnamed sources, reported that Netflix cancelled the fan favorite after one season because it “did not have the staying power of most Netflix hits.” Historically, viewership to cost ratio has driven Netflix’s decisions about cancellation versus renewal. _First Kill_ picked up a sizable fan base: although Netflix doesn’t share many of its metrics, _First Kill_ was in its global [Top 10](https://top10.netflix.com/) TV list for three weeks, racking up 97.66 million hours watched in that time alone. ## **_First Kill_** **fans criticize Netflix for a pattern of cancelling queer-led shows** Fans immediately criticized Netflix for axing _First Kill_, noting that it is far from the first show featuring romantic relationships between women to be cancelled by the streamer. Other titles that have met the same fate include _Everything Sucks_, _I Am Not Okay With This_, _Teenage Bounty Hunters_, _One Day at a Time_, and Sense8. > [](https://twitter.com/slayerangel78/status/1554638959866683394) _First Kill_‘s cancellation led to the hashtag #CancelNetflix, which was trending on Wednesday morning. > [](https://twitter.com/Becca817/status/1554639690480902144) _First Kill_ fans were quick to point to the recent renewal of _Heartstopper_, a British coming-of-age gay rom-com series, also on Netflix. _Heartstopper_, which amassed 53.46 million hours watched while it was on the global Top 10 TV list—almost half that of _First Kill_—was renewed for two more seasons. As one fan [put it](https://twitter.com/KlTKATKAY/status/1554644250683252736), “we’re not comparing _First Kill_ with _Heartstopper_ we’re comparing how Netflix treats mlm-centric shows to how they treat their wlw shows.” ## How _First Kill_‘s creators have responded On Instagram, show creator Victoria Schwab called the day she found out her first TV project would be picked up for a whole season one of the best days of her life. “But that doesn’t mean this—the day it got cancelled—is the worst,” Schwab wrote. “Because the lack of a second season doesn’t erase the first. It happened, I got to see a great group of writers spin the thread, got to see an amazingly talented group of actors bring my characters to life.” Hook and Lewis, for their parts, shared tender tributes to their characters, on Instagram too. “So many of you connecting with Juliette means more to me than words can say,” Hook [wrote](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgx6CpGLsE0/?hl=en). “Thank you to all who loved & supported our special show. Love you forever, Jules.” “Forever honored. Forever grateful,” Lewis [wrote](https://www.instagram.com/p/CgyCtlINoAe/?hl=en). “To know that this show has touched so many of you is all I could ever ask for. 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