Friday, October 10, 2025

Prime Video Cancels 'Butterfly' and 'Countdown'

Prime Video has today decided to cancel its original drama series Butterfly and Countdown. Both dramas aired their first and only seasons this summer.






Butterfly starred Daniel Dae Kim, Reina Hardesty, Louis Landau, Piper Perabo, Kim Ji-hoon, Park Hae-soo, Kim Tae-hee, Charles Parnell, Sean Dulake and Nayoon Kim.

Ken Woodruff and Steph Cha co-created the drama based on the graphic novel by Arash Amel. The co-creators and author executive produced with Kim, John Cheng, Stephen Christy, Ross Richie, and Kitao Sakurai. Amazon MGM Studios, Boom! Studios and 3AD produced.

All six episodes of the drama were released on August 13, 2025.

Countdown starred Jensen Ackles, Jessica Camacho, Violett Beane, Elliot Knight, Uli Latukefu, and Eric Dane.

Derek Haas created the drama. He executive produced with Ackles and Danneel Ackles. Amazon MGM Studios, Derek Haas Productions and Chaos Machine produced.

The 13-episode first season was released weekly - starting on June 25 and ending on September 3, 2025.