Amazon is doing some spring cleaning—and the cancellations are stacking up.
Clean Slate, the comedy series starring George Wallace and Laverne Cox, has officially been canceled at Prime Video after one season. The show quietly premiered in February and just as quietly disappeared, despite the fact that it holds historic weight as the final completed project from TV icon Norman Lear before his passing in 2023.
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Co-created by Wallace, Cox, and Dan Ewen, Clean Slate told the story of Harry Slate (Wallace), an old-school Alabama car wash owner whose estranged child, Desiree (Cox), returns home after 17 years—not as the son he remembered, but as a proud trans woman ready to claim space in her hometown and in their fractured relationship. The show leaned into family dynamics, identity, and second chances, all told through a heartfelt comedy lens.
And while its premise was timely and its lead characters refreshingly complex, the series didn’t get the push it deserved. For a show that centered LGBTQ+ identity—especially a Black trans woman navigating love, family, and the South—it felt like Amazon barely whispered about it. There were no major rollouts, no bold campaigns, no real energy behind it. It’s hard not to wonder if that lack of visibility, paired with lingering industry discomfort around centering trans narratives, played a role in its quiet start and end.
The cast also featured Telma Hopkins, D.K. Uzoukwu, Jay Wilkison, Philip Garcia, and Norah Murphy. Cox and Wallace executive produced the show alongside Lear, Brent Miller, and Simran Baidwan. It was produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios.
Clean Slate had all the makings of something important. A trans lead played by a trans actress. A legendary executive producer. A fresh take on family reconciliation in the South. But in the end, it never stood a real chance without proper support.
And Clean Slate isn’t the only project Prime Video is letting go.
Amazon is also shelving Citadel: Diana and Citadel: Honey Bunny—two international offshoots of its ambitious (and expensive) Citadel franchise. Both spin-offs launched last year (Diana in December, Honey Bunny in September) and while they performed fairly well in their respective regions (Italy and India), they failed to catch fire globally.
Amazon confirmed the decision, stating: “While these successful and widely enjoyed international chapters will not continue as individual series, Season 2 of Citadel will be our most exhilarating yet.”
Translation? They’re folding those characters and plotlines into the main storyline, with Season 2 of Citadel set to premiere globally in Q2 2026.
If you’ve been following this franchise, you already know it’s been a rocky ride. Multiple showrunner swaps, extensive reshoots, and a ballooned budget reportedly north of $200 million made headlines during Season 1. Still, Citadel managed to become Prime Video’s fourth-most-watched original series globally after 24 days. Not bad—but probably not the billion-dollar breakout Amazon was aiming for.
Season 2 picks up one month after Season 1 ended, with spies Mason (Richard Madden), Nadia (Priyanka Chopra Jonas), and Orlick (Stanley Tucci) pulled out of hiding to face a new threat. A Brazilian billionaire with ties to Manticore is now in play, and the team is forced to join forces with an unconventional new crew of operatives.
Production is wrapping on the sophomore season now, which is expected to drop roughly three years after Season 1 first premiered in April 2023.
And while Citadel lives on, its world will be a little smaller moving forward. Plans for additional spinoffs—like the rumored Mexico installment—have been put on pause. Notably, all of this news follows the exit of Amazon MGM Studios chief Jennifer Salke, the creative mind who championed the Citadel universe from the jump.
So, to recap: Clean Slate—gone. Honey Bunny and Diana—folded. The main Citadel series? Still breathing, but now carrying the weight of an entire franchise on its back.
Welcome to the business of TV in 2025. One minute you’re greenlit. The next, you’re ghosted.