Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is shutting down. Deadline reports BBC America has cancelled the TV show after two seasons.
Loosely based on the Douglas Adams novels, the sci-fi comedy centers on Dirk Gently (Samuel Barnett), an eccentric time-traveling “holistic detective” and his reluctant sidekick, washed up rocker Todd Brotzman (Elijah Wood). The cast also includes Jade Eshete, Hannah Marks, Mpho Koaho, Fiona Dourif, Dustin Milligan, and John Hannah.
The cancellation of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is not that surprising given the show’s low ratings. Season two, which just wrapped, averaged a .07 rating in the 18-49 demo and only 248,000 viewers.
From BBC America:
We are beyond proud of this brilliant original series and so appreciative of the outstanding team behind it including Max Landis, Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, and many many others. It was a privilege to work with this talented and passionate group of writers, producers and actors on these two seasons of Dirk. Thanks also to the passionate fans who embraced this fantastically novel world.”
What do you think? Are you a fan of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency? Are you disappointed it’s been cancelled?
I enjoyed the series so much!!! So disappointed it’s not continuing it was fun clever silly quirky and I loved the characters and the acting— super sad about this rotten turn of events >sniff<
I just found this great show and now it’s gone…sad
Too bad. A truly unique and quirky show — always entertaining. Fiona Dorif (daughter of Brad) was hilarious. I hope her character is given her own series.
Bummer! A welcome diversion from reality while holding true to the weirdness and humor of Douglas Adams. The audience was always going to be small, but they’re loyal.
crap, it was on of the most refreshing show i saw recently. it was silly and clever at the same time, i would have hoped for more crazyness to come.
So dissapinting that series has cancelled. I wish they will understand that’s total underestimating of great idea.
I’m a fan!
I’m sorry to see it go. I liked the ensemble very much and looked forward to watching the quirky show every week. I’m a bit disappointed in public imagination.
This is depressing news. DGHDA was a one-of-a-kind gem, a truly original and wonderfully imaginative show. It was fun to spend an hour each week with the characters, who were surprisingly relatable despite their respective uniquenesses (for lack of a better word). Top-notch casting and acting, too. It seemed like the actors were having a blast and had the creative freedom to bring their distinctive characters to life. They had great chemistry together, and the dialogue/banter was smart and well-written. The story was zany yet felt real in the world constructed by the writers. The writing never felt contrived or… Read more »
Overwhelmingly sad to hear this news. When I read the show premise I wasn’t at all interested. Then one day with nothing else to watch, I watched a random episode. I ended up watching all of the other episodes over the next week and eagerly awaited the new airings. I suspect the show may just have a slow burn. I hope it will be picked up by another network/provider.
We LOVE DGHDA! I hope that it gets saved. We only stumbled across it. I believe that most of the issue is that it was not well advertised.
Exactly! I never saw ANY advertisment for it. I just happened to look up Elijah Wood, wanted to see what he has been up to, and saw DGHDA and decided to give it a try, I watched the first season all in one day, I LOVED it. Sad to see it has been cancelled.
Hey guys. Dirk Gently won’t play on BBC America anymore, but AMC is still on board and Netflix is waiting to have season 2 to give an answer. Dirk Gently can be saved.
I completely hope so!!! So many possibilities! So many more interesting connections to be made! Ken, Bart what will happen to them? Farah and Tod, well, , and Dirk super awesome detecting to be done!!! Love them want more of them
My husband and I both watch this show. It is our favorite and we think it is the best show of this season. I can’t express how sad and disappointed we are to hear this news. I hope they change their minds.
this was one of the best shows on television, sorry to see it go