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You: Season Two; Greg Berlanti Begged Lifetime Not to Cancel the Series

by Jessica Pena, March 14, 2019

You TV show on Lifetime and Netflix

Photo: Lifetime.

Why did Lifetime cancel You? Recently, executive producer Greg Berlanti revealed how he tried to prevent the TV show’s cancellation, Variety reports.

The drama series, which has been acquired by Netflix and renewed for a second season, stars Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg, a bookstore manager who becomes violently obsessed with a young woman. The cast also includes Elizabeth Lail, Shay Mitchell, Zach Cherry, and Ambyr Childers.

During a recent conference, Berlanti revealed he begged Lifetime to give You another shot:

We pitched it and sold it to Showtime of all places, but…once they read the script, they were really cool about saying, ‘You can take it somewhere else. [Lifetime] wanted to make it, and we shot it, and because of their launch cycle it sat in the can for a while for two-and-a-half years. Then they finally started to release it, and it didn’t do very well.”

And despite the show’s initial low ratings, Berlanti said he kept advocating for You until Netflix eventually picked it up for a second season:

You go into offices and sound like a crazy person: ‘I still think it’s going to work, I still think it’s going to work – maybe one more episode, maybe if people have a chance to see five more episodes.”

Netflix has not yet announced a premiere date for season two of You, but it is expected to debut sometime later this year.

What do you think? Have you seen You? Will you watch season two?

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I am so angry they took ‘You’ off of Lifetime. I watched the first season and thoroughly enjoyed it, I anxiously waited for season 2. It NEVER came, I knew a season 2 was coming out because I read about it in a magazine. Forgot about it because it was set on my DVR so it would automatically record. Anyway the other day I was pissed when I heard my fiance’s brother talking about it being on Netflix, WTF! I don’t have Netflix… I’m so aggravated!!

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February 22, 2020 12:24 pm
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I loved it and am anxiously awaiting its return.

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November 25, 2019 9:11 pm
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I love the series!! So tired of getting Hooke and then bam gone! So sick of the crappy reality shows and cops and doctors and dang super natural everything!

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October 21, 2019 6:10 pm
Natalie
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YES! I AM WAITING TO WATCH IT! I mean come on. This is a GREAT show w/GREAT Actors. It’s SO annoying to get hooked on a new show and then NEVER to see it again. What’s the point even?

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August 4, 2019 2:42 pm
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I loved it. I couldn’t stop watching. I stayed up all night to finish it. I had to know what happened to the first gf. Then the end!!!! I need season 2!!!!!

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March 16, 2019 6:49 pm
Sue Canada
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OMG,….I watched every episode,and Loved it !!! I hated for the season to end,..and cannot wait for season 2 !!! WHY ISN’T IT PROMOTED MORE…???? It is so,so good,,,and Creepy !!

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March 14, 2019 10:16 pm
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“You” was one of the worst series I ever watched when it started on Lifetime. I quit watching after the 3rd episode!

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