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Netflix Axes Hit ‘The Boroughs’; Duffer Brothers Jump to Paramount

6/26/2026

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Netflix canceled “The Boroughs” after one U.S. season.
Matt and Ross Duffer’s series earned a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score and reached Netflix’s #1 Top 10.
Nielsen moved the show from #2 to #1, surpassing Amazon’s “Spider-Noir”.
The brothers, now at Paramount, produce a $10 million-per-episode series costing $80 million total and have a film slated for Nov. 3 2028.

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Story summary

Netflix canceled “The Boroughs” after one U.S. season.
Matt and Ross Duffer’s series earned a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score and reached Netflix’s #1 Top 10.
Nielsen moved the show from #2 to #1, surpassing Amazon’s “Spider-Noir”.
The brothers, now at Paramount, produce a $10 million-per-episode series costing $80 million total and have a film slated for Nov. 3 2028.