Why Legacies Was Canceled (Where The Vampire Diaries Series Went Wrong)

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After months of speculation, it's officially been confirmed that Legacies is being canceled after season 4. CW's decision to cancel Vampire Diaries spinoff Legacies wasn't entirely a surprise to the faithful audience who have watched the show since season 1. What is more surprising is that Legacies was the last show on the bubble to get the ax by the CW.

Legacies, which first premiered in 2018, was conceived as a spinoff of The Originals, which itself was a spinoff of The Vampire Diaries. It followed Hope Mikaelson (Danielle Rose Russell), the daughter of Klaus Mikaelson (Joseph Morgan), and her adventures at the Salvatore School. As the title of the show indicates, it was all meant to revolve around the legacy Hope has to live up to as the daughter of Klaus Mikaelson after his death and the world's only Tribrid.

Related: Legacies Season 4 Apparently Forgot Hope Is The Tribrid

But despite a smart premise, Legacies never quite lived up to the standards set by its predecessors. With the allowance that the COVID-19 pandemic made the writing and production of every show a lot harder and more inconsistent, Legacies floundered in the past few seasons, leading to cast members like Kaylee Bryant (Josie) exiting the show and the CW pulling the plug. Here's why Legacies was canceled and what went wrong.

Legacies seemed to understand that Hope was its central character, but beyond that, it didn't seem sure of much else. Legacies season 1 was a much campier tone clearly aimed at a younger demographic than the previous two Vampire Diaries universe shows. The monster-of-the-week setup found Legacies' Salvatore School students battling a new monster each episode, monsters that were often downright cheesy at times. Legacies never seemed