Why was runaways cancelled

This could be, as the outlet stated, down to declining viewership for all of Marvel's streaming series. Viewership trends that were "headed in the wrong direction" for the superhero series on Netflix — followed by the rapid-fire cancelations of every single Marvel-Netflix show save for the ensemble series The Defenders , which was probably never going to get a second season even in the best of circumstances — may have pushed more casual viewers away from Runaways , possibly because they feared the show would soon suffer the same fate as Daredevil and the like.

Additionally, it isn't as though Runaways wasn't interesting or exciting. Impressive reviews and a loyal fanbase prove the opposite, but the "diverging strategies" that Netflix and Hulu implemented with their respective Marvel properties may have been the downfall of the combined collection of superhero shows — Marvel's Runaways included. Despite the show's low ratings, Hulu still renewed Runaways for a third season, though it seems the streamer may have ordered those final 10 episodes with the knowledge that they'd be the last ones people would ever watch.

On that note, it's been clear for quite some time now that Marvel Television is experiencing major shake-ups. In an apparent effort to consolidate its various properties and bring them to one place, Marvel previously cleared house at Netflix by pulling the plug on Daredevil, Iron Fist, Luke Cage , Jessica Jones , and The Punisher.

With those shows done at Netflix, fans would surely have to turn elsewhere to get their superhero series fix — and where better to look than the massive streamer that will be home to a ton of Marvel shows? It's not out of the realm of reality. So bringing Runaways back and getting it this far has been an enormous thrill and such an honor.

I will always root for this team. The Runaways have always been teenagers. But in this issue, you see all the ways they've moved forward over the last 37 issues. They're ready to start breaking their patterns.

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