Why Was ‘Spider-Noir’ Cancelled After Just One Season?

Nicolas Cage’s first TV role as Ben Reilly in Spider-Noir has ended on a disappointing note, with the series being cancelled after one season. Why was it axed?

Spider-Man has had a stellar year so far, not least with the MCU’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day breaking billions at the global box office. Earlier this year also saw the arrival of Prime Video’s Spider-Noir, a live-action Spider-Verse spinoff series following Nicolas Cage’s New York City detective Ben ‘The Spider’ Reilly. The series was excellent, noir-action and one of the most highly-praised comic book projects of recent years — currently boasting a fantastic 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Despite its brilliant ratings, Spider-Noir was ultimately cancelled in September 2026, and fans are rightfully angry about this. The show was poised to last for multiple seasons, with Cage being inspired to tackle a TV role after watching shows like Breaking Bad, allowing for long-term character development. So for the question you’ve all been asking: Why did Prime Video decide to cancel Spider-Noir? The answer, naturally, comes down to funding and budget. This was an expensive show to make, and according to the streamer, the viewership was not enough to offset the cost. The viewership was decent too, with it becoming #2 on Nielsen’s U.S Top 10 for original series during its first week and garnering a reported 2.6 billion viewership minutes in its opening 6 weeks. However, it failed to have enough staying power, seeing a sharp decrease in interest after several weeks.

According to a report from Deadline, it failed to sustain long enough in Prime Video’s rankings, such as other shows like Off Campus, Reacher and Ride Or Die.

According to Spider-Noir showrunner Oren Uziel, there was a lot of expectation and hope that Spider-Noir could kick off a whole era of shows and projects about Spidey variants. “I’m focused on Spider-Noir, but I know there are others in the works,” he told SFX Magazine back around the time of the show’s release. Naturally, Uziel remained coy on what the projects entailed, but he was hyped about seeing them come into fruition.  “I’ve talked a bit to the people working on them and I think they are very exciting. They’re following a little bit of that same formula [as Spider-Noir], that same idea of taking a genre and elevating it by putting a Spider-variant into it. It opens up a whole new world, and it’s just an extremely exciting opportunity,” he added.

Whether any of these projects ultimately get made, or if they get passed on, remains to be seen. If one thing is for certain, Spider-Noir isn’t coming back. At least the debut season is more than good enough to be watched as a brilliant standalone series. If you haven’t already checked it out, the entire series is streaming on Prime Video.