Aubrey Plaza Reveals Amazon Prime Canceled Animated Series “Kevin” After One Season

TL;DR

• Aubrey Plaza announced on Instagram that Amazon Prime Video will not renew Kevin for a second season.
• All eight episodes of the adult animated comedy debuted on Prime Video on April 20, 2026 — including in the UK — just two months before the cancellation.
• Plaza drew parallels to early Parks & Recreation, warning that “the machines” risk strangling creative risk-taking in modern TV.
• Production studio Titmouse and Evil Hag Productions may yet shop the property to other networks or streamers.

Aubrey Plaza has confirmed that Amazon Prime Video axed her adult animated comedy Kevin after just one season, calling the decision “very disappointing” only two months after all eight episodes dropped worldwide.

The cancellation lands as a fresh signal of how unforgiving the streaming landscape has become for quirky, boundary-pushing animation — even when backed by a star-studded voice cast and a prestige platform. For UK viewers who found the series on Prime Video from its April 20 debut, the news arrives with no warning and no resolution.

“Amazon Prime is not picking up Kevin for another season. Very disappointing since we were just getting going. I want to say thank you to all the fans that watched our show and all of the incredible cast and crew that worked so hard to make this dream come alive,”

said Aubrey Plaza, in an Instagram post that confirmed the cancellation on June 21, 2026.

What Is Kevin?

The series follows a neurotic, pampered housecat named Kevin — voiced by Jason Schwartzman — who moves into a Queens pet rescue after his human owners unexpectedly break up.

Co-created by Plaza and showrunner Joe Wengert, the show is loosely inspired by a real-life split the pair experienced and the actual cat caught in the middle.

The voice cast includes Whoopi Goldberg as Cupcake, John Waters as Armando, Amy Sedaris as Brandi, and Aparna Nancherla as Judy, with guest turns from Patti LuPone, Quinta Brunson, and Tig Notaro.

UK Streaming: Still Available on Prime Video

British fans can still stream all eight episodes of Kevin on Amazon Prime Video in the UK, where the series launched simultaneously with the global rollout on April 20, 2026, across more than 240 countries and territories.

A Prime Video subscription in the UK currently starts at £8.99 per month, with the series rated for mature audiences. The Guardian’s critic Sarah Dempster gave the show a single star in her review — though cult followings have a habit of forming in precisely the corners critical consensus ignores.

Plaza Invokes Parks & Rec and Warns on AI

Plaza’s Instagram post took aim at the broader climate of the industry, drawing a pointed comparison to her breakthrough role.

“I remember on the early days of Parks & Rec when we all thought we would be cancelled because our ratings weren’t great… But we had some special humans over at NBC that believed in the show and let us grow and let audiences fall in love with our characters. I was hoping for this for Kevin but sadly we are living in a different time in our industry. I hope the machines won’t ruin everything. Maybe Kevin will find a new owner someday,”

Plaza said.

The reference to “machines” was widely read as a critique of algorithm-driven commissioning decisions at major streamers — a theme that has grown louder across Hollywood in recent years.

Production Team May Shop Kevin Elsewhere

The series was produced by Titmouse, Evil Hag Productions, and Amazon MGM Studios, with Plaza also serving as executive producer alongside Dan Murphy, Chris Prynoski, Ben Kalina, Shannon Prynoski, and Antonio Canobbio.

Industry sources suggest Evil Hag Productions and Titmouse may look to find a new home for Kevin at an alternative network or independent streaming service, where a built-in audience is already waiting.

Amazon has so far declined to comment publicly on the cancellation or any possibility of the show moving to another platform.

What Critics Said

Variety‘s Alison Herman described the series as blending “gleefully raunchy with the sweetly sincere,” comparing its specific New York sensibility to a feline version of Broad City.

The Hollywood Reporter’s Angie Han called it “an amiable hangout comedy, with a feline twist” — warm praise that ultimately wasn’t enough to secure a second season from Amazon’s decision-makers.

This article was human-curated and verified for accuracy by Chloe Jones after an initial AI-assisted draft.