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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?
Loved this series, would love to see another season, we need to see at least one more season
Please renew, the show is amazing.
Loved the show would love to see a second season
The show was very enjoyable! Why do these platforms reel us in then cancel without “closure”?!
We really enjoyed the show and need to know what happens next! Great acting, great show! Please give us more!
Yes, we want to see more.
I loved it. Am do disappointed that there will not be a second season.
I would like to see a second season of Kindred
I really can’t stand when Y’all put out good. Shows. An then boom canceled it was just getting good there definitely needs an second season an so on if y’all gone keep canceling shows just make it into a movie or something because I done like this cancellations please
There is still an interest in Kindred! Google the petition on change.org to sign it.
I’m so upset! Season one was great!! I want to see what happens next…I hope another outlet picks this series up.
I just recently heard about this show and binged all episodes in 1 sitting. It’s a shame they canceled it the way they did. It’s not over. They brought back Manifest to finish the story, bring Kindred back please. These networks never give shows a chance and it’s a shame.
Very disappointed that the series was cancelled
Please fund a place for this show! It’s so good and we’re not done with the story.
The series did a nice job of envisioning butler’s novel but it’s not done we need another season! It’s a good show.