Tiny Chef is hanging up his apron.
Nickelodeon’s The Tiny Chef Show has been canceled after three years, with the titular pint-sized puppet receiving the news in a heartrending video shared on YouTube June 24.
“Canceled? What do you mean canceled?” Tiny Chef (voiced by Matt Hutchinson) gasped, after learning about the cancellation through a phone call. “But I have ideas that’ll blow your minds.”
Wiping away tears from his eyes, he told the voice at the other end, “I understand. I love you too.”
During its run on Nickelodeon, The Tiny Chef Show earned a Children’s and Family Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Preschool Animated Program. It featured many cameos from their celebrity fans, including Kristen Bell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Tamera Mowry and Danny Trejo.
According to the makers of the stop-motion comedy series, which initially began as clips on Instagram before debuting on Nickelodeon in 2022, the cancellation was “very unexpected.”
“We want to thank @nickelodeon for giving Chef two blamazing seasons and all the besties he made there,” they shared in the video’s description. “Chef wouldn’t want anyone to blame his friends over there, he’s just deeply sad he doesn’t get to continue hosting a show he adores.”
However, the team behind Tiny Chef said that they’re currently working on ways to “keep Chef on social media.”
They added, “Please let cheffy know how much he means to you in the comments he’s really feelin this one.”
Needless to say, fans didn’t hold back their emotions, especially after seeing Tiny Chef cry.
“I’ve been crying for the last 20 minutes,” one YouTuber wrote in the comments section. “The world needs Cheffy now more than ever.”
Meanwhile, a second user called Tiny Chef’s goodbye video “legitimately one of the saddest things ever animated.”
“Every line in this is a gut punch but honestly what broke me was the ‘but… we won an emmy,'” a third commenter wrote. “The delivery, the feeling that knowing you succeeded beyond what you thought you could and still not being enough.”
Keep reading to see what other TV shows got canceled this year.
Renewed: The Buccaneers
The Apple TV+ drama inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s final novel will return for season three.
Renewed: Lioness
The Paramount+ thriller starring Zoe Saldana and Nicole Kidman was renewed for a third season, according to multiple outlets.
Canceled: The Ultimatum: Queer Love
The Netflix dating reality show won’t be back for season three, Varity reported in October.
Canceled: Mid-Century Modern
The Hulu comedy inspired by The Golden Girls won’t be returning for a second season.
Renewed: The Morning Show
The Apple TV+ drama, starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, will be back for season five.
Canceled: Catfish
The MTV series will end with season nine.
“After 12 years,” host Nev Schulman said as he sat next to Max Joseph in a Sept. 22 Instagram video, “300 episodes and just a lot of traveling around this incredible country, Catfish has officially been cancelled. Sorry.”
Renewed: Hunting Wives
After the May Cobb novel adaptation became a smash hit on Netflix when it was added to the platform in summer of 2025, the streamer confirmed it had picked up the series as an original for season two.
Renewed: Foundation
The apocalyptic sci-fi drama will be back for season four.
Renewed: Overcompensating
The Prime Video comedy will head back to school for season two.
Renewed: Berlin ER
Apple TV+ renewed the German-language drama for a second season.
Renewed: The Paper
Stop the presses: The Office spinoff will be back for season two on Peacock.
Ending: Bel-Air
Peacock’s reimagined drama will debut it’s fourth and final season Nov. 24.
Renewed: Password
Get ready for more outrageous clues, wild guesses and comedic moments as Keke Palmer returns as host alongside wordplay master Jimmy Fallon for season three.
Renewed: The Institute
The horror series was for season two, which should come as no surprise given that The Institute ranks as the best premiere ever on MGM+.
Renewed: America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys
Season three will follow the 2025-2026 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad from start to finish—kicking off at auditions and training camp and continuing all the way through the NFL season.
Renewed: Solo Traveling
Tracee Ellis Ross‘ Roku Channel travel series will continue jet-setting to fabulous destinations with season two.
Renewed: American Ninja Warrior
The intense NBC competition series will continue to make jaws drop when more contestants compete for the $250,000 price on the upcoming 18th season.
Ending: And Just Like That…
Series creator Michael Patrick King revealed the Sex And The City spin-off starring Sarah Jessica Parker will end after the current third season in a two-part finale.
“And just like that…the ongoing storytelling of the Sex and the City universe is coming to an end,” Michael said in an Aug 1 Instagram post. “While I was writing the last episode of And Just Like That…season 3, it became clear to me that this might be a wonderful place to stop.”
“SJP and I held off announcing the news until now because we didn’t want the word ‘final’ to overshadow the fun of watching the season,” he added. “It’s with great gratitude we thank all the viewers who have let these characters into their homes and their hearts over these many years.”
Renewed: Untamed
Netflix’s new series set in Yellowstone National Park and starring Eric Bana scored a season two renewal, according to Variety.
Renewed: Pluribus
The new series, in which the most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness, was renewed by Apple TV+ even before its season one premiere.
Renewed: Days of Our Lives
The long-running Peacock soap opera will return with more drama for seasons 62 and 63.
Renewed: Stick
Owen Wilson‘s Apple TV+ comedy scored a season two pickup.
Renewed: Top Chef
Bravo’s culinary competition will return for season 23 set in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Renewed: Wednesday
The Jenna Ortega-starring Addams Family spinoff will return to Netflix for a third season.
Canceled: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
CBS announced they would shutter the late night franchise, with its last episode airing in May 2026.
Renewed: King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch
The Netflix reality series will return for season three.
Renewed: The Ultimatum: Marry or Move on
The Netflix reality series was renewed for season four.
Renewed: Murderbot
Apple TV+ announced a season two renewal for its acclaimed comedic thriller Murderbot starring Alexander Skarsgård.
Renewed: The Flip Off
The HGTV competition series will be back for season two.
Canceled: The Flipping El Moussas
Tarek and Heather Rae El Moussa‘s HGTV renovation show won’t be returning for more home makeovers.
