Willowwas cancelled this week, ending theDisney Plusreboot of the original movie after just eight episodes. During its brief stint, it got an 86 percent Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but 66 percent audience score – this is probably what led to its cancellation. It’s well-known that there’s a line below which views cannot drop if a show is to keep being made, but there are a number of other reasons a show might get cancelled. There’s no way to know for sure why exactly it was canned, but all these reasons boil down to one root thing: money.
I get it, TV is a money-making business. If something doesn’t make enough profit, it gets cut, and that’s the end of it unless the show finds another home. That’s also unlikely if the ratings weren’t already good, though good shows get cancelled prematurely all the time. I’m personally still upset about the cutting of 1899, the show by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, who made the time-bending, mind-melting Netflix show Dark. The first season got off to a rough start, but after seeing the intricately made Dark, I was convinced they’d find a way to tie everything together – Netflix didn’t give them the chance.
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Streaming services are ruthless when it comes to axing series that aren’t performing up to par, regardless of how successful they are artistically. Sense8, the well-loved series by the Wachowskis, was cancelled after two seasons because of its large budget. The animated show Tuca and Bertie was cancelled after just one season, as was First Kill. Altered Carbon didn’t make it to the end of its run, nor did GLOW, The Midnight Gospel, Julia and the Phantoms, Titans, or Doom Patrol, or Warrior Nun.
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