“Dead Boy Detectives” has been canceled by Netflix. The series aired its only season on the streamer on April 25.

Thus ends the show’s winding path to the screen. It originally received a pilot order from Max in 2021, then a series order from that streamer in 2022 before being sold to Netflix in 2023. At the time, it was reported that the sale came because the show, which is based on characters created for DC by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner, did not fit in with the new direction for Max-DC content being led by James Gunn and Peter Safran.

On Netflix, it was part of the “Sandman” universe, as the Dead Boy Detectives were first introduced in an issue of “The Sandman” comic book. Netflix is currently airing “The Sandman” TV series, with a second season on the way.

George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri played the title roles of the dead boys, who became friends in the afterlife and worked together to solve supernatural mysteries. The cast also included Kassius Nelson, Yuyu Kitamura, Jenn Lyon, Briana Cuoco, David Iacono, Lukas Gage and Ruth Connell.