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On Call will not be returning for a second season on Prime Video. According to Deadline, the streaming service has canceled that police drama after one season of eight episodes.
The series from Wolf Entertainment will be shopped to other outlets, though, so viewers could see it return to the small screen at some point. Peacock is one possible home for the series.
Eriq La Salle, Lori Loughlin, Rich Ting, Troian Bellisario, and Brandon Larracuente star in the series, which follows the police officers of the Long Beach Police Department. The series focuses on a veteran female training officer (Belisario) and her rookie male ride-along (Larracuente).
The following was said about the decision to cancel the series:
“Indeed, Amazon a few weeks ago approached the producers of the show about a two-season renewal, sources said. It was looking good until the offer was accompanied by a request to reduce the premium on the series, I hear. Under the widely used current cost-plus streaming compensation model, the license fee producers get from the platforms covers the cost of the series plus a premium on top, which goes to the project’s profit participants and studio in lieu of backend.
According to sources, Amazon’s argument for the cut was that the company was losing money on the show, also something we hear often, especially on series that are not owned. For Wolf Entertainment and Universal TV, reducing a premium that was not big to begin with was not economically feasible, so the status of On Call at Amazon went from a pending two-season renewal to cancellation within the span of weeks.”
What do you think? Did you watch On Call on Prime Video? Were you hoping for a second season?
Did enjoy the series. Characters were authentic.
I absolutely loved this show! The two main characters Harmon and Diaz were excellent ! It was exciting and believable ! Please bring a season 2 !!
I loved the series on call hope it comes back.
I’ve seen the series. Beautiful and timely. The way it was filmed makes it even more authentic.
Troian Bellisario’s performance was fantastic.
The issues from the first season need to be developed.
There needs to be a sequel, please.
Why cancel on call!!!?? It was a good show. For as many shows as you have to pay now to watch on Prime it’s really sad. They want you to pay for shows like Mary Tyler Moore and Golden Girls etc etc. This is probably the third Dick Wolf show that I have seen that I like that they’ve canceled after one season.