Netflix cancels Duffer Brothers’ sci-fi series ‘The Boroughs’ after S1
Key takeaways
- According to sources, one of the ideas floated was to film Seasons 2 and 3 back-to-back.
- Similar to Stranger Things with seniors, The Boroughs tallied a modest 5.6M views in its opening weekend.
- Netflix considers Something Very Bad is Going to Happen a limited series;
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize In the most lamenting update, Netflix made its fans sad as it has decided not to proceed with the second season of the sci-fi TV series executive-produced by Stranger Things creators The Duffer Brothers.
The news came as somewhat of a surprise. According to reports given by Deadline, there are talks about renewing the series starring Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Denis O’Hare, Clarke Peters, and Bill Pullman, and a Season 2 writers’ room has been opened, a standard practice for many high-profile series. According to sources, one of the ideas floated was to film Seasons 2 and 3 back-to-back. But that was before The Boroughs, created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, debuted to strong reviews but soft ratings last month.
Similar to Stranger Things with seniors, The Boroughs tallied a modest 5.6M views in its opening weekend. Given the series was following on the heels of the behemoth final season of Stranger Things, expectations were that another sci-fi series from the Duffers would come out of the gate stronger. In its first full week, The Boroughs ballooned to 9.5M views, but then quickly sank to 3.7M views the next week, signaling that long-tail growth is unlikely.