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The tale of Mark and Eleanor has been cut short. Showtime has cancelled Let the Right One In so viewers won’t see a second season. The show’s 10-episode first season concluded last month.
A psychological horror drama series, the Let the Right One In TV show was inspired by the Swedish novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist and the film of the same name. It stars Demián Bichir, Anika Noni Rose, Madison Taylor Baez, Grace Gummer, Ian Foreman, Jacob Buster, Nick Stahl, and Kevin Carroll. The story revolves around Mark Kane (Bichir) and his daughter Eleanor (Baez). Their lives were changed forever when, 10 years ago, she was turned into a vampire. Locked in at age 12, perhaps forever, Eleanor lives a closed-in life and is able to go out only at night. Meanwhile, her father does his best to provide her with the human blood she needs to stay alive. Now, they’ve returned home to New York City after a decade away, desperate to find a cure.
Based on the numbers we have, the low-rated first season of Let the Right One In averaged a 0.02 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 81,000 viewers in the live+same day ratings (including DVR playback through 3:00 AM).
The cancellation news comes as it was announced that Showtime’s linear and streaming platforms would be rebranded. The linear channel will be named “Paramount+ with Showtime”, while the channel’s streaming content will be pulled into the Paramount+ service.
As part of that move, Paramount CEO Bob Bakish announced that the company “will divert investment away from areas that are underperforming and that account for less than 10% of our views. We have already begun conversations with our production partners about what content makes sense moving forward and which shows have franchise potential.”
The channel released the following statement, confirming the cancellation: “Showtime can confirm that Let the Right One In will not move forward with a second season. We are extremely proud of this series and of the outstanding work by Demián Bichir, Madison Taylor Baez, Anika Noni Rose, our showrunner Andrew Hinderaker and his fellow executive producers, and the entire cast and crew. We would like to thank all of them and our partners at Tomorrow Studios, and we wish everyone the best going forward.”
American Gigolo was also cancelled today. The new series Three Women has been shelved and will be shopped to other outlets.
What do you think? Have you watched the Let the Right One In TV series on Showtime? Are you glad to hear that this series has been renewed for a second season?
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How disappointing! It takes me ages to find something worth while watching, now it’s cancelled
Soooo disappointed! It had such a good storyline…..and the actors were amazing! It even seemed to get better as it went along. Someone needs to pick it up!
it was the best series of 2022, can`t believe they cancelled it 🙁
Come on showtime what’s up? Let the right one in is a very good show and I’m very disappointed with this decision.
Completely disappointed in their decision to cancel a great series! Cannot believe it was underperforming!!!!!! Really disappointed
It is a great show; I can’t believe they canceled this show was the reason why I signed with show time. Incredible one of my favors shows balance in the first season
Yup…..just cancelled Showtime, as this show was my favorite.
Very disappointed as well. We was looking forward to a second season of Let the right one in.
This makes me very sad. I was excited for a second season. I’m actually shocked it got cancelled. Wish there was a petition or something.
This is so not right let the right one in needs to have a second season their needs to be a petition put in place demanding a second season I’ll be the first one to sign it!!!
I am very un happy that the show time series ” let the right on in was abruptly canceled. I foundcit to watch fairly late after it was released and it was pulled off showctime before I could even see the last episode. I hope another net work could pick it up. I think they could be very sucessful. Very dissappointed.
I can’t understand how this show was cancelled? My kids and I loved it.
So angry. So disappointed. It ended on such a cliffhanger as well
Whats the point of even watching shows when you’re just going to cancel them all. The big TV bosses just care about money .. not the viewers .. its so painfully obvious.
I loved this show and so did my 4 children. We are all disappointed this show is not returning. I think it is so wrong to cancel a show, especially after the way it ended. PLEASE reconsider a Season 2. This was 1 of my top 5 shows. Our hearts are forever broken over this news
I am extremely disappointed to hear that Let the Right One In has not been renewed. Why? It was so good. I am so tired of getting invested in a series and having it be cancelled. THIS is why people are not watching. I have talked to several people who absolutely will not even start watching a series until it has at least 3 or more seasons out because of these frequent cancellations. Unfortunately, I think I will be joining them. No longer do I wish to watch something that has no clear ending. I hate it.
Sure leave us hanging up in the air with the ending. So sick of the crap you guys pull. bah humbug1!!!!!!
Can’t Paramount+ pick Let the Right One In up for a second season?