{"id":775984,"date":"2026-09-19T17:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/775984\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T17:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:16:13","slug":"netflix-cancels-beloved-romantic-drama-after-5-seasons-but-orders-new-series-from-showrunners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/775984\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix cancels beloved romantic drama after 5 seasons \u2014 but orders new series from showrunners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sweet Magnolias<\/a> has been canceled by Netflix<\/a> after five seasons.<\/p>\n

Developed by Sheryl J. Anderson and based on the novels of the same name by Sherryl Woods, the series starred JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Brooke Elliott and Heather Headley as three friends born and raised in a small southern town \u201cwhere everybody knows everybody and everybody knows everybody\u2019s business,\u201d according to an official description.<\/p>\n

However, the news is bittersweet for fans of the romantic drama, as Deadline<\/a> reports that the streamer has ordered a new drama from Anderson and Swisher titled Ladies of the House.<\/p>\n

The new series is loosely based on Lauren Edmondson\u2019s 2021 novel that puts a modern spin on Jane Austen\u2019s classic Sense and Sensibility.<\/p>\n

The logline reads, \u201cWhen the charismatic owner of a winery dies unexpectedly, his wife and two adult daughters must battle through their issues with each other in order to confront challenges with the business, their extended family, and the men in their lives. Good friends and good wine will aid in the journey to hang on to the winery, but what matters most is that they find a way to hang on to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BrookeBrooke Elliott as Dana Sue Sullivan, JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Maddie Townsend and Heather Headley as Helen Decatur in ‘Sweet Magnolias’ (Courtesy of Netflix)\"JustinJustin Bruening (left) plays Cal Maddox in ‘Sweet Magnolias’ (Courtesy of Netflix)<\/p>\n

Despite the positive news, fans of Sweet Magnolias expressed their disappointment on social media, noting that several plotlines will remain unresolved.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just needed one more season to really wrap up the storylines!!! Just one more,\u201d one fan begged on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cNetflix cancelling Sweet Magnolias after 5 seasons like we didn\u2019t just spend years getting attached to these people,\u201d wrote another<\/p>\n

\u201cNetflix sees a loyal audience and cancels it. the algorithm sees a man watching one documentary about sharks and builds him a shrine. make it make sense,\u201d complained a third.<\/p>\n

\u201cRIP to one of Netflix\u2019s strongest weapons against moms getting anything productive done at night,\u201d a fourth joked.<\/p>\n

Sweet Magnolias debuted in 2020 during the first wave of Covid lockdowns, which helped it become an unlikely comfort-watch hit for Netflix.<\/p>\n

The show\u2019s writers marked the end of the era on Instagram with a statement shared on the show\u2019s Instagram page.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll grand adventures must eventually end. And here, dear friends, is where ours goes. Sweet Magnolias is now complete with five seasons streaming on Netflix,\u201d they wrote before thanking the cast, crew, producers, Netflix and fans.<\/p>\n

In a separate statement, Anderson said she was \u201cthrilled to be embarking on this new adventure with JoAnna and Netflix.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Jo shared the novel with me, I immediately saw the foundation for a series centered on three women grappling with the complexities of family, friendship, and romance \u2014 the kind of stories Jo and I most enjoy telling. I cannot wait to share the Richardson women and their world with Netflix\u2019s global audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swisher added: \u201cFrom the moment I read Lauren Edmondson\u2019s Ladies of the House, I fell completely in love with Daisy, Cricket and Wallis: their relationships, their messiness, their strength, and most of all, their heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am beyond excited to continue to tell meaningful, female-driven stories alongside the incredible Sheryl J. Anderson, and to bring this to life through our production company Rolling Clover and with our wonderful partners at Black Label. Netflix has been my creative home for the past seven years, and I couldn\u2019t imagine a better place, or a better team, to tell this story.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sweet Magnolias joins a slew of canceled Netflix shows this year<\/a>, including neo-Western Ransom Canyon, sci-fi series The Boroughs, Western drama The Abandons, The Vince Staples Show, and Japan\u2019s Alice in Borderland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-775984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}