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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?
we at least need to know that Kevin returned to modern times and Dana.
I am so disappointed that Kindred was canceled. Season 1 left us with such a cliffhanger, I need to know what will happen to Kevin. Please bring it back!
I just watched kindred and I cannot believe that it was cancelled! Sci-fi & history were so powerful. Bring it back!
I cannot believe Kindred w Amy and Adam has been canceled. Maybe producers should get viewers opinions before doing things like that!!!! I love that show and looked forward to it every week. Hopefully Amy and Adam will grace us with their presence on a dif channel.
I’m so let down that kindred is cancelled !!! I love sci-fi and this was such an awesome show.
We need more kindred. Bummed out right now.
I loved the show and I am so wanting another season of Kindred
I loved the show! I read the book, so I was excited and very pleased with the actors and the way the story follows the book. I hope the series is picked up
Please bring Kindred back. I don’t understand why would you cancel. I watched the last four episodes in one day and I want more.
Loved Kindred!! Such a great, wonderful adaptation of the book. Please bring it back!! Seriously, everything about it is great.
Bring Kindred backed. Enjoy the series tremendously
I just started watching kindred today on Hulu. I started watching it and was unable to stop I finished the entire thing in one day! Please bring it back you guys cannot leave us hanging like that.
Kindred is one of the best series ever! Please bring it back. I was so disappointed that it was cancelled. It kept me glued to the tv. This show needs to be seen.
Love love love this series!! Please bring out back so we can see how the whole novel plays out. I have never been on the edge of my seat so much.
I would really like to see the rest of the novel played out. I hope some other outlet picks it up, it was a very good show. Maybe they need more advertising? They left off on a pretty good cliffhanger, please bring the rest of the show back!!!!