CLEANING HOUSE

Fox Cancels Hit TV Show After Four Seasons Following Death of Star

Lead actor Adan Canto died of appendix cancer shortly before the premiere of the crime drama’s third season.

The Cleaning Lady has been canceled after four seasons, following the death of lead star Adan Canto. The actor died of appendix cancer in Jan. 2024 at the age of 42, shortly before the Season 3 premiere. His passing forced a massive pivot from the show’s original storyline, in which Canto’s character, mobster Arman Morales, recruits Cambodian-Filipino surgeon Thony (played by Daredevil star Élodie Yung) as a crime scene cleaner, after her U.S. visa expires. Fox pulled the plug on the series—which first aired in 2022—after it suffered steadily declining ratings, dropping from around 3 million viewers in its early seasons to just 1 million by the fourth, according to The U.S. Sun. However, Season 4 actually saw an uptick from Season 3, with every episode except one attracting more than 1 million viewers, TV Insider reported. With the show now off the air, fans are understandably frustrated by the story’s unresolved threads—especially a new romantic relationship involving Thony that never got to fully develop. “I’m so upset!!,” a fan wrote on X. “#Thecleaninglady did so well rebounding after the tragic death of Adan Canto. There was still so much story left to tell. Such a shame.”

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