Nothing lasts forever and, in the case of TV series, most don’t even make it to a second season. Today, it was revealed that Amazon had cancelled the Forever TV show after one season of eight episodes.
A surreal dark comedy, Forever stars Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen, Catherine Keener, Noah Robbins, Kym Whitley, Sharon Omi, Julia Ormond, Obba Babatundé, Peter Weller, Charles Emmett, and Cooper J. Friedman. The story follows June (Rudolph) and Oscar (Armisen), a couple who have been married for 12 years. When the sameness of their lives gets to June, she suggests they take a ski trip, which changes everything and lands them in completely unfamiliar territory.
Amazon gave Forever a straight-to-series order in September 2017. The first (and only) season was released in September of 2018 and received a 94% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
It’s unclear why Amazon decided not to order a second season of the series but the streaming service rarely releases any viewership data unless a series has performed much better than expected. Amazon has been quiet about this show since it debuted.
What do you think? Did you watch the Forever TV show? Would you have watched a second season? Should it have been cancelled?
Why???? is Amazon cancelling this wry, innovative, down to earth, yet heavenly, brilliantly acted series? WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MISTAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Was really looking forward to what was coming next. Ended too early.
Felt fine where it ended. I always thought of it as a limited series anyway. Not every show needs multiple reasons.
I always felt this worked better as a limited series anyway. I didn’t even want a 2nd season. Where would you go from there? Honestly it ended perfectly.
We were intrigued by the season and were looking forward to season 2! Please continue.
I really liked this show and don’t understand why Amazon did not go for a second season. Craig is right, Amazon and others need to temper their expectations on number of viewers due to the number of viewing options we all have these days.
‘Forever ‘ has sublime qualities that build layer on layer with each episode. It confronts (and even generates) a variety of questions and could lead beyond fascinating to being exciting. Clearly it’s not populist and is not a mass-market series – but there are still plenty of viewers who are now hooked on this series and want more. Amazon, please look beyond the viewing figures, think again and move us to Season 2 please?
I’m sorry, but these TV stations and streaming services need to wake up to the reality that there is a glut on the market at this point in time so no show is going to perform the way that you want it to. Maybe once they realise that they will be smarter before cancelling.
We are quite disappointed to hear that Forever has been cancelled. We were so looking forward to the second season.
I really enjoyed it!!! You are right…difficult to “invest” in newer shows as they get cancelled.
I have been waiting for it! I tell you it’s makes me not want to invest in new shows. They always cancel them.
I loved this show.
This was awesome, sorry it isn’t coming back. Maya Rudolph is one of the funniest people alive. They were so cute together on screen.
I just finished watching the last episode of Season 1. Loved it! Was quite disappointed that there is no Season 2. I would have watched another season in a second. Please give us another season. Great cast, original storyline. Please return!
I loved this show! Such a different concept, would have loved another season!
Same!