17 Beloved TV Shows That Ended in 2017

We lost a lot of TV shows in 2017.  Some were long-running fan favorites like Bones and The Vampire Diaries and others — like Difficult People and The Leftovers — were taken from us too soon.

Check out our list of beloved TV shows that ended in 2017, in no particular order.

 1. 2 Broke Girls

2 Broke Girls was a riches to rags story that started in 2011. For six seasons, former rich girl Caroline and street-smart waitress Max worked to pay their bills and get their cupcake shop open. The show closed out with a movie about Caroline’s life and no money in their cupcake fund.

2. Bates Motel

Bates Motel ended after five seasons, making it the longest-running original scripted drama on A&E.  The show, a prequel, and reimagining of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, was a hit with both fans and critics, earning a Vera Farmiga an Emmy Award nomination and a Saturn Award for Best Actress.

3. Grimm

Back in 2011, we were introduced to Nick Burkhardt as he learned about his family history and became a grimm. Luckily, Nick had some help from both wesen and humans.

Over the course of six seasons, we watched Nick battle various supernatural creatures, protect his family and friends, and endure devastating losses. Grimm gifted us with wonderful characters and thoughtful storylines and mysteries. We’ll miss this supernatural crime solving team.

4. Playing House

If you didn’t watch Playing House on USA, you are the reason we cannot have nice things. Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair created and starred in a series that not only brought the laughs but the feels, every single week. It started out with St. Clair’s Emma moving home to help her newly single best friend Maggie through her pregnancy and both realistically and hilariously showed how far best friends will go for one another.

As sad as it is that the show will not be returning, at least it went out on a high note. Season Three revolved around Maggie’s efforts to help Emma through breast cancer, and the show had never been funnier or more poignant.

5. Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing, starring Tim Allen as a family man and employee at a sporting goods store, ended amid controversy. The sitcom had performed solidly on Friday nights for several years and was canceled despite strong ratings.

Although the network said the decision to pull the show was based on the network’s plan to stop airing comedies on Fridays, Allen said on Jimmy Kimmel Live that he believed the show was pulled because he is a Republican. Viewers tried to save the show with a petition on Change.org but were unsuccessful.

6. The Leftovers

The Leftovers tackled the end of the world in a way that was surprisingly normal. There were no zombies or plagues.  People just disappeared and everyone left had to figure out how to carry on. The drama was a critical success to the end, winning a TCA for actress Carrie Coon and earning a nomination for Program of The Year.

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