Netflix has axed Baz Luhrmann’s expensive musical drama The Get Down after one season.
It also announced it would air a new stand-up comedy special from Ellen DeGeneres, her first stand-up special since 2003’s Emmy-nominated Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now.
It didn’t do too badly in the unofficial 2016 US streaming ratings, better than some more well known series.
True, but Netflix often doesn’t care about how many people are watching a particular series.
The analytics Netflix cares about are how many people subscribe exclusively for a show. A series can be more popular than others, but might not be attracting new audiences or enough of a drawcard to retain existing subscribers who are considering cancellation.
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There’s your reason.
Netflix has axed futuristic drama Sense8 after two seasons. Deadline notes that because of the big-budget show’s lengthy pre-production, production and post-production — the season 2 debut came almost two years after the series premiere — the options on the cast had expired, and Netflix had let them lapse. But as season 2 episodes were edited this past US winter, Netflix reached out to the core actors and negotiated new contracts to make them available for a potential third season. That was not meant to be.
More Netflix shows to be axed
Interesting to read that they are only breaking even at this stage and borrow money to produce programs.
Netflix has renewed Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt for a fourth season.
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It’s a miracle 
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So Netflix isn’t the promised land of content renewals people thought it would be?
Must be hard when they have little in the way of output deals
Disney is the only big drawcard. I’m hoping that some of the Fox stuff isn’t removed either. Arrested Development seasons 1-3 being removed before the new season would suck.
New comedy
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I love that trailer… looking forward to it.
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I was watching the movie War Dogs today, when I spotted a familiar face in the background of a scene set in Albania
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11 August premier
I saw that film in cinemas and didn’t even notice. WTF.
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Star Trek: Discovery launches on Netflix here on September 25 (same day as the US), with new episode uploaded every Monday. The first 8 episodes will run from September 25 to November 6 and the last seven available from January 2018.
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It was a blink and you’ll miss it moment. I googled it the other day and I think Fitzy and Wippa (or their staff) had noticed it when they saw it at the cinema and got Fergo on to chat about it.
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Tony Danza Makes His Return to Series Television in New Netflix Series THE GOOD COP
– 10 episode series from the creator of “Monk” –
Netflix, the world’s leading internet TV network, is bringing Tony Danza back to series television for viewers around the world in The Good Cop, a new 10-episode, one-hour dramedy series.
In The Good Cop, Danza plays Tony Sr., a disgraced, former NYPD officer who never followed the rules. He lives with his son, Tony Jr., an earnest, obsessively honest NYPD detective who makes a point of always following the rules. This “odd couple” become unofficial partners as Tony Sr. offers his overly-cautious son blunt, street-wise advice on everything from handling suspects to handling women.
Andy Breckman, the creator of Monk, will serve as showrunner and executive producer, with Randy Zisk (Bones, Monk), and Howard Klein (The Office, The Mindy Project) also serving as executive producers. Zisk will also direct the first episode. Tony Danza is a producer on The Good Cop. The series is inspired by a format from Israeli production company YES, who will also serve as executive producers. The Good Cop is a Netflix original production.
“We’re excited to bring viewers the return of Tony Danza, one of television’s most beloved icons,” said Cindy Holland, Vice President, Original Content for Netflix. “The Good Cop is a funny, charming procedural series that we think our members will love.”
Said Breckman, “Many cop shows feature dark and provocative material: psycho-sexual killers, twisted, grim, flawed detectives. Many address the most controversial issues of the day. I watch a lot of them. God bless 'em all. But the show I want to produce is playful, family-friendly, and a celebration of old-fashioned puzzle-solving.”
Tony Danza became a household name while co-starring in the classic sitcom Taxi, which ran from 1978-1983. Danza then cemented his place in TV history with his starring role in Who’s the Boss, which ran from 1984-1992 and was a global phenomenon. The show went on to be one of the biggest successes in syndication history.
Danza most recently starred in the critically acclaimed Broadway musical comedy “Honeymoon in Vegas,” for which he received rave reviews, with The New York Times calling his performance “A career high… sly genius” and drawing comparisons to Frank Sinatra. Danza also recently co-starred on the big screen in the indie hit Don Jon, in which he played Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s father and received critical acclaim. Among his past successes, Tony has starred on Broadway in the The Producers, A View from the Bridge, and opposite Kevin Spacey in The Iceman Cometh, and starred in beloved films such as Angels in the Outfield, She’s Out of Control, and Hollywood Knights.
Tony lives in New York, where he has a special real life connection to the NYPD as a member of the board of directors for the NYPD Police Athletic League and is an active champion of their Teen Acting Program.