When Does Obliterated Season 2 Come Out? Is It Renewed?

What is Obliterated about?

Obliterated is an action-comedy about a special forces team in Las Vegas that spends half the show drunk and the other half trying to stop a terrorist attack. It exists in a specific sweet spot: action sequences with real stakes alongside the kind of comedy that treats a hangover as a legitimate plot complication. If you like your spy stories loose and your characters messy, there's something appealing about a show willing to let its heroes be incompetent between firefights.

The tone is closest to a buddy comedy that stumbled into a thriller. Directors Hayden Schlossberg, Jon Hurwitz, and Josh Heald (best known for the Cobra Kai series) lean into the contrast between the show's slick action and its genuinely juvenile humor. When the comedy works, it's because the cast commits fully to the chaos. Shelley Hennig and Nick Zano have a rapport that keeps the romantic subplot from feeling like a distraction, and the supporting ensemble rounds out the team with distinct personalities rather than archetypal filler. The show doesn't take itself seriously enough to stumble over its own premise.

Critics and audiences gave it mixed reviews. The 6.8 score on IMDb reflects viewers who either found the balance between action and comedy refreshing or thought the show couldn't decide what it wanted to be. Most negative reviews centered on the comedy aging poorly within a few episodes, and the action never escalating enough to compensate. The show arrived with little fanfare and vanished just as quickly, which suggests Netflix audiences found other things to watch.

It's a show caught between tones in a way that works only sometimes. The immediate cancellation after one season feels less like creative failure and more like a product that couldn't find its audience among the infinite scroll of options. On a traditional network with a smaller choice set, Obliterated might have found people willing to meet it halfway.

Created by Hayden Schlossberg, Jon Hurwitz, Josh Heald

Is Obliterated renewed or cancelled?

Why was Obliterated cancelled?

Obliterated arrived on Netflix in late November 2023 with a premise built on broad appeal: a comedy-action show about a special forces unit trying to prevent a nuclear catastrophe. The show had energy and a cast that included Will Forte and Craig Robinson, names with real comedic pedigree. But all eight episodes landed at once on Thanksgiving week, a traditionally weak period for streaming consumption, and the show failed to gain traction. A 6.8 rating on IMDb suggests it landed somewhere between watchable and forgettable for most of the people who tried it.

Netflix's decision to cancel the show after one season reflects the brutal math of streaming economics. The platform measures success not by traditional ratings but by hours viewed and subscriber retention, and shows that don't demonstrate strong enough engagement within their first few weeks rarely survive long enough to build an audience. Without the kind of cultural conversation or sustained viewership that justifies continued production costs, there's little incentive to renew. Obliterated had neither: it dropped quietly into the holiday noise and never became must-see television.

The show's timing and the competitive glut on Netflix's own slate didn't help its chances either. Comedy-action hybrids are crowded territory on the platform, and a new show with mixed critical reception needs immediate momentum to stick around. Obliterated didn't have it, and Netflix moved on.

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