Prime Video Cancels Hit Spy Comedy 'Ride or Die' After One Season
Paramount Television Studios is shopping the well-reviewed series starring Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer to other buyers.
KEY POINTS
- Prime Video canceled 'Ride or Die' after one season despite strong performance.
- The series was the most-watched new U.S. scripted series on Prime in its first 14 days.
- It topped global Prime Video originals charts for three weeks straight.
- The show holds a 96% Rotten Tomatoes critics score.
- Paramount Television Studios is shopping the series to other buyers.
Prime Video has canceled the buddy spy comedy "Ride or Die" after a single season despite strong viewership and critical acclaim. The series, created by Tessa Coates and starring Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer, debuted on July 15 and quickly became the streamer's most-watched new scripted series in the U.S. over its first 14 days.
According to Deadline, the show logged 927,000 views in its first two days and topped Luminate's U.S. minutes-watched chart in its first full week. It also ranked as the No. 1 Prime Video original globally for its first three weeks, outperforming renewed series such as "Elle" and "Off Campus."
“The decision to scrap the show was driven by its demographic, describing its focus on middle-aged women as 'not very desirable for Amazon executives.'”
The series holds a 96% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes. Deadline reports the cancellation took the production team by surprise, and Paramount Television Studios is now actively shopping the series to other platforms.
Metro, citing Deadline, reports that the decision may have been driven by the show's demographic appeal to middle-aged women, a group Amazon executives allegedly consider less desirable for subscriber growth.
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