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Mindy Kaling's Scooby-Doo Series ‘Velma’ Has Seemingly Been Canceled By Max

The Mindy Kaling-led Scooby-Doo animated spinoff TV series Velma has apparently been canceled after streaming two seasons on Max.

The show didn't garner great reviews when its first season initially premiered in 2023, and while some of those reactions were undoubtedly in bad faith (something that happened to women-run and women-led series all too often, frankly), there was valid criticism regarding some of the lackluster jokes and stereotypes found in "Velma." With Mindy Kaling herself as the voice of Velma — alongside Constance Wu as Daphne, Sam Richardson as Shaggy, and Glenn Howerton as Fred — you might think that this unapologetically brash spin on "Scooby-Doo" would have been a big hit when it dropped on Max in 2023. The show's Rotten Tomatoes consensus for season 1 says it "doesn't have the first clue for how to turn its clever subversion into engaging fun," and some reviewers just found the entire experience to be incredibly unpleasant, with Autostraddle's Heather Hogan writing, "Every episode is a cringy, eye-rolling slog that doesn't seem to have any idea who its audience is, yet seems to despise them all the same."

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