Daredevil: Born Again Was Disney+'s Most Streamed Original In 2026 — But It's Still Been Cancelled

Daredevil: Born Again Was Disney+'s Most Streamed Original In 2026 — But It's Still Been Cancelled

Daredevil: Born Again will end with Season 3, but new data suggests low viewership isn't to blame. So, why is Marvel Studios pulling the plug on its most-watched Disney+ original of 2026?

By JoshWilding - Oct 29, 2026 06:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Daredevil

Daredevil: Born Again fans were recently dealt a harsh blow when the news broke that Season 3 will be the show's last. Netflix's Daredevil ended after three seasons, and uncertainty remains about what the future now holds for the Man Without Fear. 

The hope is that Marvel Studios will finally take note of audience demand and pair Daredevil with Spider-Man in the web-slinger's next movie. Kevin Feige appears to be a fan of Matt Murdock, at least, having featured Charlie Cox in Spider-Man: No Way Home, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, and Echo before his solo series launched.

Given the glowing reviews for Seasons 1 and 2 of Daredevil: Born Again, there have been many questions about why the plug is being pulled. Ultimately, it may be as simple as a Season 4 not fitting into Marvel Studios' plans for a fresh start after 2027's Avengers: Secret Wars. 

However, it seems safe to say that the reason isn't necessarily low viewership. 

According to data shared by Luminate, Daredevil: Born Again was the most-streamed Disney+ original series in the first half of 2026. So, why the cancellation? The show's budget may have been an issue, and if Disney+ viewership for original TV shows is generally on the decline, the MCU TV series may still have struggled to justify the costs of continuing beyond Season 3. 

We recently spoke to Deborah Ann Woll about Daredevil: Born Again's conclusion and asked whether she was surprised to see the series end with its next batch of episodes.

"It wasn’t super surprising to me, no," she said, echoing recent comments from Charlie Cox. "I don’t know about hopes moving forward. I mean, obviously, in my mind, she’s a full person with a full life, and her life will continue. She’s going to continue to fight injustice, and whether they choose to include any of that is up to people far above my pay grade."

Daredevil: Born Again Season 3's cast includes Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Vincent D’Onofrio as Wilson Fisk/Kingpin, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Wilson Bethel as Bullseye, Nikki M. James as Kirsten McDuffie, Margarita Levieva as Heather Glenn, Clark Johnson as Cherry, and Matthew Lillard as Mr. Charles.

Krysten Ritter, meanwhile, will return as Jessica Jones, alongside Mike Colter as Luke Cage, Finn Jones as Danny Rand/Iron Fist, and Elodie Yung as Elektra Natchios.

The series is expected to return to Disney+ next March, so stay tuned for updates as we have them.

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FireGunn
FireGunn - 10/29/2026, 6:22 AM
No one gives a shit about this show. The worst episode in the Netflix series is more coherent than the best episode of Born Again.

Reboot the MCU and DCU
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 10/29/2026, 6:31 AM
Moving forward thru SW , this is the right move. They get to pick and choose what stays and in what way. They get to separate the wheat from the chafe as well as free up room for D+ programming . If it were me I'd start fresh completely, as Cox was the only one who was great and he's aging out. The others mostly had their moments but time moves on. I still can't believe they brought back Finn
MarvelousMarty
MarvelousMarty - 10/29/2026, 6:51 AM
The Cycle was much better then Born Again so it'll all work out fine.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 10/29/2026, 7:07 AM
Idk if that is really a very impressive achievement given D+ to my knowledge doesn’t have that many “originals” to begin with , especially ones that started or had new seasons earlier this year…

However good to hear regardless and shows that there is still atleast a fair amount of interest in the character of Daredevil & his world from audiences/fans thus I hope this leads to him making an appearance in the movies whether it be in the next Spider Man film or having his own movie but we’ll see.

Anyway , I thought BA S1 was a solid reintroduction to this iteration of DD but S2 was better so can’t wait for season 3…

Hopefully that is received well and does decent atleast so we can get spinoffs of the other Defenders aswell such as a Jessica Jones and/or Heroes for Hire special presentation/series!!.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 10/29/2026, 7:34 AM

I think the Netflix show was great and better than the MCU show, but I still think The MCU version was very good too.

Spider-Man, Daredevil, and Kingpin never hitting the MCU big screen together just blows.

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