Unhealthy information for followers of Amazon Prime Video’s “Motorheads” because the streamer has determined to not transfer ahead with a second season of the present. The YA sequence premiered on Prime Video again in Might and has remained within the streamer’s prime 10 most-watched exhibits ever since. Even so, the brass determined it wasn’t well worth the squeeze, so the sequence is becoming a member of the likes of “Paper Ladies” as Amazon exhibits that have been canceled after one season. However why, precisely, was it canceled? And is there any hope for the long run?
“Motorheads” is ready in a once-thriving rust-belt city that is now trying to find a glimmer of hope, with the bigger story specializing in a bunch of outsiders who kind an unlikely friendship over a mutual love of road racing, all of the whereas navigating the hierarchy and guidelines of highschool. Based on Deadline, the 10-episode first season would be the just one produced for Prime Video.
John A. Norris (“All American”) created the sequence along with serving as its showrunner. The solid contains Ryan Phillippe (“Merciless Intentions”), Nathalie Kelley (“Dynasty”), Michael Cimino (“Love, Victor”), Melissa Collazo (“Freaky”), Uriah Shelton (“Lady Meets World”), Nicolas Cantu (“Cranium Island”), Drake Rodger (“The Winchesters”), Josh Macqueen (“Important Others”), Mia Healey (“The Wilds”), Matt Lanter (“90210”), Audrey Gerthoffer (“Social gathering of 5”), and Johnna Dias-Watson (“Wednesday”).
As for the choice to cancel the present? “Motorheads” by no means made Nielsen’s weekly High 10 streaming rankings, regardless of charting particularly on Prime Video. The very fact of the matter is that streaming companies have been canceling TV sequence early in recent times, because the financial realities of the enterprise have come extra into focus. Therefore, this present did not make the reduce for a second season, a minimum of primarily based on no matter metrics Amazon makes use of to find out such issues. The excellent news is that followers of the sequence can maintain out hope that it’ll stay on elsewhere.
Motorheads could discover a new dwelling past Amazon
Once more, “Motorheads” is much from the primary Prime Video sequence to be canceled in brief order, however it’s one which gave the impression to be doing properly with subscribers. To not point out that it additionally fared fairly properly with critics and audiences alike. It holds a 78% critic ranking on Rotten Tomatoes, nevertheless it additionally boasts a terrific 95% viewers rating.
That is exactly why, with permission from Amazon, the present’s producers want to see if they will discover a new streaming service or community prepared to make “Motorheads” season 2. Government producer Jason Seagraves confirmed to Deadline that the present’s creatives are, certainly, presently seeing if they will discover a new dwelling for the sequence. Here is what he needed to say about it:
“We got down to make a present with no agenda and a number of coronary heart, to offer households one thing they will watch collectively. Whereas Johnny and I are upset ‘Motorheads’ will not be persevering with at Prime Video, we could not be extra pleased with what the group created. Regardless of going into launch with impossibly low viewers consciousness, our passionate and vocal fan base led the cost and made the sequence unimaginable to disregard. Their enthusiasm has energized us and we’re optimistic we’ll discover a dwelling that believes in and helps the present.”
Each firm within the streaming recreation has their very own equation for what works and what would not. Regardless of robust opinions and an viewers that caught with the present, “Motorheads” did not work for Prime Video’s enterprise mannequin, it appears. However that does not imply it would not work some other place. For the second, it is not clear who may be , however there are alternatives.
Netflix has saved various exhibits from being canceled over time, however additionally it is being a bit extra selective nowadays, as is the remainder of Hollywood. We have additionally seen exhibits go from community TV to streaming, corresponding to “The Mindy Challenge,” which went from Fox to Hulu. Who is aware of? Possibly this one may go the opposite means round, making the leap from Prime Video to a community hungry for YA programming corresponding to Freeform? Possibly even MTV? Below the fitting circumstances, the present may nonetheless proceed on. We will see what occurs within the coming weeks/months.
“Motorheads” is streaming now on Prime Video.
