15 good Netflix shows in danger of being cancelled in 2020

15. 1983

Number of Seasons: 1

What It’s About: 1983 is an imaginative show that takes a point in history, in this case, a terrorist attack in Poland in 1983, and imagines an alternate reality of what could have happened 20 years later. In this reality, the Cold War never ended and Poland is still under Communist rule.

The show was produced and filmed on location in Poland, and it saw distribution in several languages, including Russian. The idea that the world would be such a different place if things had been different in that moment makes 1983 a compelling drama that has gained quite a following.

Why It Could Be Cancelled: 1983‘s first season debuted in 2018 and the show went through all of 2019 without a whisper of renewal news. The show has developed a following, and it pairs nicely for anyone who followed HBO’s Cold War hit Chernobyl, but producing shows set in the past might be too much of a challenge given the constraints of filming abroad.

On the flip side, 1983 has a very important message that speaks to a global audience, and that kind of support might help it in the long run.