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My Lady Jane will not return for a second season. Prime Video has cancelled the historical fiction series after eight episodes. The entire first season was released by the streamer on June 27th.
The series is a radical retelling of English royal history. In this version, King Henry VIII’s son Edward does not die of tuberculosis, Lady Jane Grey is not beheaded, and neither is her rascal husband Guildford. At the center of the series is the brilliant and headstrong Jane (Emily Bader), who is shocked to be crowned queen overnight and finds herself the target of nefarious villains coming for the crown (and her head).
The rest of the cast includes Edward Bluemel, Jordan Peters, Dominic Cooper, Anna Chancellor, Rob Brydon, Jim Broadbent, Henry Ashton, Isabella Brownson, Robyn Betteridge, Kate O’Flynn, Abbie Hern, Máiréad Tyers, Joe Klocek, and Michael Workeye.
Gemma Burgess, the series’ showrunner and creator, was hopeful for a second season, but according to Deadline, My Lady Jane’s viewership was just not there.
The following was stated about the show’s cancellation:
The news is not entirely surprising. Creatively, My Lady Jane has done well. Despite taking a very big swing with a premise that crosses genres that don’t normally co-exist — historical romance, fantasy, adventure and comedy — it has been among the best reviewed new series this year. But it didn’t find a broad enough audience, never landing on Nielsen’s Top 10 weekly streaming rankings for originals.
What do you think? Did you watch My Lady Jane on Prime Video? Were you hoping for a second season?
Once again, a show cancelled after a last episode ending on a cliffhanger. And this happens often when the show is too brilliant for Nielsen and consorts. It’s so pathetic to try to satisfy “broad enough audience” instead of raising the level of viewers with a show which “has been among the best reviewed new series this year”. Sad world.
It was very well done with attention to every detail of the era it reflected. Sad to see it did not earn a second season.
I really enjoyed it, shame there won’t be a second season.