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There won’t be a second season of the Kindred TV show, at least on Hulu. The sci-fi drama series was produced by FX and was released as an exclusive on the streaming service. All eight episodes dropped on December 13th.
Created by showrunner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, the Kindred TV series is based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Octavia Butler. The show stars Mallori Johnson, Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, and David Alexander Kaplan.
Set in 2016, a young Black woman and aspiring writer named Dana James (Johnson) has just moved to Los Angeles in order to be close to her Aunt Denise (Eisa Davis), her only remaining family member. As Dana begins to settle into her new home, she finds herself being pulled back and forth in time, emerging at a 19th-century plantation in the Antebellum South. She finds herself having to confront secrets she never knew ran through her blood.
Kindred generated a 59% approval rating based on critics’ reviews while 88% of the Rotten Tomatoes audience gave it a thumbs up. In the end, viewership was likely not strong enough to warrant FX ordering a second season.
THR reports that Jacobs-Jenkins is expected to shop Kindred to other outlets since he envisioned a three or four-season run for the show. The first season covered about a third of the Butler novel’s material.
What do you think? Have you watched the Kindred TV series? Are you disappointed by the cancellation? Would you like to see a second season produced for another outlet?
No!!!! There needs to be a season 2!
Kindred is fantastic. Bring it back
How can they do that to us!!!! Bring back Kindred!!!!
Bring back Kindred!!!!!!!
There should have been a season 2, it was good show.
How can this series NOT get picked up by another outlet!!!!
It’s different! intriguing, suspenseful with a bit of history.
I am sooo upset! I cannot even believe there will no be more! Seriously? How could this happen? Phenomenal series!
I am disappointed! I just binged watched it and pissed because there is NOT a season two. This is absolutely ridiculous not to continue this series! This show must continue!
Kindred is a wonderful show and to leave us with wondering minds Is baffling please bring the show back pleaseee
Please someone pick this show up!!! We need to know what happens to Kevin
Thank you!!! Bc I cried when Kevin was left behind!!! And to also know that Olivia was able to come back!! I hope and pray they bring the show back
Talk about ending an episode right when there are all kinds of intriguing questions, waiting to see what happens next, and then finding out it’s cancelled. It’s like a cruel joke. It’s one of the best dramas I’ve seen this decade. How insensistive of Hulu or FX to cancel this in the middle of a drama. I purchased the audible of the book and stayed up all night just to hear what happened.
Kindred had me watching the whole season in one night! I guess I got read the book in order to see if Kevin got back.
My husband and I just love the show and think it’s very well written
We are Very very disappointed when we went to see when season two was coming on That they are canceling it I think this is a huge mistake not enough people have seen it. And I so want to see what happens please reconsider someone else or FX to bring it back thank you very much sincerely Karrie
I purchased hulu because of “Kindred”. I enjoyed this show and would have continued to watch it. Very good storyline and acting.
At this point, I’m legitimately afraid to start watching a new show, because almost every damn show I like gets canceled. And I never find these shows through advertising. Streaming services invest heavily in shows I have no interest in (and basically try to force some on me), but it’s like amazing ones like this are hidden and buried. I actually found Kindred while googling a different show. I tried to avoid watching season 1, but the premise was too intriguing.
@Dana, I feel the same way. I watch something and then there is never a new season. Ridiculous!