‘Copenhagen Test’ canceled after one season at Peacock (EXCLUSIVE)

Peacock has canceled “The Copenhagen Test” after just one season Variety only learned.

The spy thriller series, led by Simu Liu, canceled all eight episodes of its one and only season on December 27, 2025.

“The Copenhangen Test” was received mostly positively by critics, with the show achieving a critical approval rating of 71% on Rotten Tomatoes. However, it failed to find a wide audience. According to Nielsen data, the show had 373 million minutes watched during the week of December 29. 4, enough to earn the No. 10 spot on the Nielsen top 10 streaming originals chart. In the following weeks it failed to reach the top 10.

The logline for the show states that it followed “first-generation Chinese-American intelligence analyst Alexander Hale (Liu) who realizes his brain has been hacked, giving the perpetrators access to everything he sees and hears. Caught between his shadowy agency and the unknown hackers, he must perform 24/7 to find out who is responsible and prove where his loyalties lie.”

Along with Liu, the series starred Melissa Barrera, Sinclair Daniel, Brian D’Arcy James, Mark O’Brien and Kathleen Chalfant.

Thomas Brandon created the series and served as writer, executive producer and co-showrunner. Jennifer Yale also served as writer, executive producer and co-showrunner. Liu executive producer and lead actor. James Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett produced alongside Mark Winemaker and Jet Wilkinson via Atomic Monster. Wilkinson directed the first two episodes of the series. UCP was the studio.