‘Dead Boy Detectives’ Canceled at Netflix After One Season

Netflix has taken Lifeless Boy Detectives off the case.

The collection, set in the identical fictional universe as The Sandman, gained’t return for a second season. The information comes about 4 months after the present’s eight-episode season premiered on Netflix.

Lifeless Boy Detectives, from Warner Bros. Tv and Berlanti Productions, took a winding street to its Netflix debut. It was initially arrange at Max, which ordered a pilot for the present in 2021 and gave it a collection order a 12 months later. Amid a shakeup at Warner Bros. and DC (the present is predicated on characters from comics by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner), nonetheless, the collection moved to Netflix in February 2023 and at last premiered 14 months later.

The collection, starring George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri because the title characters, earned largely optimistic evaluations; The Hollywood Reporter critic Angie Han mentioned Lifeless Boy Detectives is “by no means lower than entertaining, because of an appealingly quirky lead solid and a cheeky humorousness.”

The present spent three weeks on Netflix’s inside prime 10 for English-language collection, racking up 9.6 million views (the equal of that many full showings of the season) in that point. It ranked amongst Nielsen’s prime 10 authentic streaming collection twice following its premiere.

Steve Yockey (The Flight Attendant) developed the collection at Max and stayed on when Lifeless Boy Detectives switched platforms, serving as co-showrunner together with Beth Schwartz. They government produced with Greg Berlanti, Jeremy Carver, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman and Gaiman.

Selection first reported the information.