Why Was Boots Cancelled? Everything We Know

Netflix’s Ted Sarandos says Trump admin had nothing to do with Boots getting canceled

Netflix had a surprise hit last fall with the eight-episode series Boots, a queer coming of age story that starred Miles Heizer as a kid who enlists in the marines straight out of high school in the pre Don’t Ask Don’t Tell 90s. It was a true story adapted from the memoir The Pink Marine by Greg Cope White, and also happened to be the last project executive produced by TV icon Norman Lear. I inhaled the series over one weekend, and I was not alo…

Why Was Boots Cancelled? Everything We Know

For a show that spent four weeks in Netflix‘s Top 10 (via Deadline) and earned a 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes from both critics and viewers, the cancellation of Boots felt like a gut punch. The queer military drama drew 9.4 million views in its first full week after its debut, doubling its numbers from launch week alone (Via Deadline). The series was also the late, legendary producer Norman Lear’s final project, which made this hurt even more. L…