{"id":223122,"date":"2026-02-16T04:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/netflix-boss-talks-boots-cancelation-if-department-of-war-had-anything-to-do-with-it\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T04:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:19:11","slug":"netflix-boss-talks-boots-cancelation-if-department-of-war-had-anything-to-do-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/netflix-boss-talks-boots-cancelation-if-department-of-war-had-anything-to-do-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Boss Talks \u2018Boots\u2019 Cancelation &#038; If Department of War Had Anything to Do With It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/ted-sarandos\/\" title=\"Ted Sarandos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ted Sarandos<\/strong><\/a> is addressing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/15\/boots-season-2-update-revealed-netflix-cancels-military-drama-after-1-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the cancelation of <em>Boots<\/em><\/a>, despite the show having good viewership numbers and ratings. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/netflix\/\" title=\"Netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Netflix<\/strong><\/a> co-CEO spoke out recently about the news, and even commented on speculation that the queer military drama was axed due to the complaints by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/donald-trump\/\" title=\"Donald Trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Trump<\/strong><\/a> administration\u2019s Department of War. <\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2181881\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d <strong>Ted<\/strong> told <em>Variety<\/em>\u2018s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DUgJjxhj5U5\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DUgJjxhj5U5\/&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marc Malkin<\/a><\/strong> at the DGA Awards on if the DOW was a reason for the decision. \u201cThese are all business decisions based on audience relative to the cost of the show. Do the people who push play watch it till the end? Do they give it a couple of thumbs up? Does it keep growing? All of those things. That decision is made every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cThe beauty of why people get upset when you cancel a show is because they love them. That\u2019s the best part about our business, it\u2019s that people really love the product. And it\u2019s heartbreaking to cancel any show, ever, particularly a show that <strong>Norman Lear<\/strong> brought to me. It was his last show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Previously, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/15\/boots-season-2-update-revealed-netflix-cancels-military-drama-after-1-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it was said<\/a> that <em>Boots<\/em> being canceled was not a \u201cstraight-forward cancellation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you missed it, see how series star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/miles-heizer\/\" title=\"Miles Heizer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Miles Heizer<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/16\/miles-heizer-speaks-out-after-boots-is-canceled-after-one-season-by-netflix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reacted to the news <\/a>the show would not continue. <\/p>\n<p><em>Boots<\/em> fan-favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/max-parker\/\" title=\"Max Parker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Max Parker<\/strong><\/a> was just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/21\/max-parker-lands-next-big-role-after-boots-was-canceled-by-netflix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently announced to be cast<\/a> in a new TV show!<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/02\/15\/netflix-boss-talks-boots-cancelation-if-department-of-war-had-anything-to-do-with-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ted Sarandos is addressing the cancelation of Boots, despite the show having good viewership numbers and ratings. The Netflix co-CEO spoke out recently about the news, and even commented on speculation that the queer military drama was axed due to the complaints by the Trump administration\u2019s Department of War. Keep reading to find out more\u2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-223122","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}