Netflix canceled 1899 after just one season, and fans of the mystery-horror series are demanding to know why.
In a statement posted on Instagram, co-writer Baran bo Odar found out that Netflix decided not to renew 1899, which centers on a group of immigrants who travel on a ship from England to New York, for a second season.
The confirmation comes just 6 weeks after its 1899 launch on the best streaming service on the planet, with the incredible supernatural TV series racking up XNUMX million hours watched since its launch on November XNUMX, XNUMX.
Set in 1899, the series follows a group of passengers aboard a steamship called the Kerberos. On their journey to New York, the Kerberos come across the Prometheus, a ship that mysteriously disappeared months earlier, triggering a surreal and horrifying chain of events.
With the first season of 1899 ending on a cliffhanger, it's understandable that fans aren't happy with Neftlix's resolution to cancel the series. In the hours following bo Odar's statement, fans took to social media and petitioned Netflix executives to reverse their ruling using the hashtag #save1899. Others have resorted to creating a request on Change.org (opens in a new tab), begging Netflix to greenlight two more seasons to fix their outstanding plot threads.
Unfortunately for the zealous 1899 fan base, their pleas may fall on Swedish ears. There have been plenty of Netflix shows canceled in recent years, and the streaming giant has yet to bow down in front of public opinion and back down on a single cancellation.
According to multiple sources, including What's on Netflix (opens in a new tab), Bloomberg (opens in a new tab), and The Daily Beast (opens in a new tab), Netflix uses many metrics to determine whether to renew a stream to over more than one season. It's a complicated process, but in short, if a TV series is financially viable (its "shock value" is greater than its production cost) and is broadcast from start to finish by enough viewers (that is, viewers watch all the episodes of time 1), it is more likely that Netflix will give the green light to more seasons. So it seems that 1899 did not meet one or both of these criteria.
As many of you will already know... 1899 will not be renewed for a second and third season... We are all truly devastated by this fact. This photograph was taken the first night I met these people. You can take the show off but you can't take the family off 🖤 Thank you all for watching x L pic.twitter.com/HMs8PVDQQ82 Jan 2023, XNUMX
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It's not clear if another streamer, like Prime Video, will get the rights to 1899; But even if that happens, we won't know for a while. Talks between bo Odar, co-creator of 1899 Jantje Friera, and interested parties could take weeks, with contracts and other legal forms, such as transferring distribution rights from Netflix to one of its contenders, to be signed already before an official announcement is made. If someone steps in and stops 1899 from sinking, we'll make sure they know about it.
In our opinion, 1899 is one of the best shows on Netflix, and Netflix's German multilingual project made it to our list of the best shows of 1899, making its cancellation all the more disappointing. We hope another transmitter picks it up soon, and if XNUMX holds up, we'll be sure to let you know.
Netflix isn't the only streaming company to annoy subscribers in the past XNUMX months. HBO Max lost several shows from its back catalog as Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) looks to save money on the streamer before its merger with Discovery Plus in XNUMX. Meanwhile, Amazon Studios and WBD also quietly canceled many TV series in XNUMX. You can read which ones have been packed at the beginning of our Prime-Cancelled and HBO-Cancelled Guides.
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