TV Article Finding Carter canceled by MTV The MTV series' second season was its last By Ariana Bacle Published on January 29, 2016 07:32PM EST Photo: MTV MTV drama Finding Carter will not be returning for a third season, the network confirmed to EW Friday. Finding Carter first debuted in July 2014 and follows a teenage girl (Kathryn Prescott) who finds out that the person she thinks is her mom actually kidnapped her from her biological mother when she was a baby. WANT MORE EW? Subscribe now to keep up with the latest in movies, television, and music. The show’s 12-episode second season began airing in March 2015, and 12 more episodes were added that May. The second half of season 2 concluded in December.