After only one season of the fantasy horror series Vampire Academy, Peacock canceled the show due to its low viewership count. Based on Richelle Mead’s novel series sporting the same name, the TV series searched for a new streaming platform after the sudden cancellation, and we have the results.
Co-creator Marguerite McIntyre, who partnered with Julie Plec, both of whom you may know from the hit supernatural drama The Vampire Diaries, delivered the bad news on Twitter. She started by saying that she “doesn’t have good news” and confirmed no other streaming service was willing to pick the show up. Read the transcription by TVLine below:
I don’t have good news. I don’t see any avenue forward. I feel like now is the time to say I’m sorry about that, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. We went a little silent because there wasn’t a lot we could say. We pitched our hearts out, and we tried, and we took it as far as we could.
It’s a beautiful show; these are beautiful books, these are beautiful characters. They’ll come back in the world. We cared more than anything that the book fans love what we did, and you guys did, and it meant the world. We thank you. You made it a hit for us. Whatever else happened, it was a hit because you loved it and supported it.
I have been wanting to say this for a very long time. Again, thank you for all your love for the show. Thanks for the incredible support. Thanks for you sticking with us through a lot of thin lately. – Marguerite MacIntyre
You can also watch the video below in the tweet posted by the show creator on Twitter:
The series, a reboot of the 2014 film of the same name, only took inspiration from the characters, plot, and themes and made something unique. Fairly positive reviews from several critics almost guaranteed Peacock renewing the show for a second season but alas.
The trend of canceling TV shows after just one season is not one we’re unfamiliar with as an audience. Netflix, Peacock, Hulu, Paramount, and HBO Max all have done it, and honestly? Netflix is the only streaming service that offers entire seasons at once, suitable for a binge, and thus might still give accurate viewer stats.
But the other platforms, as Peacock did with Vampire Academy, release weekly episodes, which is not how audiences prefer to consume content nowadays. We believe in a late-night session or all-day weekend full of fictional and real-life on-screen entertainment, right? Thus, the weekly statistics might not show the actual worth of a show!
What do you make of this disappointing news and the disheartening trend? Let me know in the comments below!
About Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy is an American fantasy horror television series based on the novels series of the same name by Richelle Mead. Adapted for Peacock by Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre, the series is produced by Universal Television.
The show revolves around Rose Hathaway, a guardian-in-training Dhampir, and Lissa Dragomir, a Moroi princess. The series follows their lives and adventures at the St Vladimir’s Academy, a boarding school.
It stars Sisi Stringer, Daniela Nieves, Kieron Moore, and André Dae Kim alongside an ensemble cast.
Source: TvLine
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