Netflix cancels a promising series before the first episode even airs

news culture Netflix cancels a promising series before the first episode even airs

Published on 10/26/2022 at 11:39 am

This is a promising series that we’ll probably never see… Netflix simply made the decision to cancel it even before the first episode aired!

We’ll never see this dark comedy

It was to be an animated crime comedy, starring actresses Nicole Byer (Big team) and Lauren Lapkus (Orange is the new black). According to American media, it even had the potential to prove particularly promising. your name : Evil Crimes

. But we’ll probably never see her again The Netflix streaming platform has quietly decided to cancel itbefore the start of its broadcast…

Netflix cancels a promising series before the first episode even airs

Netflix: The ax falls again!

Now looking for a new distribution platform, the series Evil Crimes was therefore canceled in the middle of production. Intended for an adult audience, this dark comedy was supposed to tell us about the journey of two female FBI agents investigating macabre crimes while juggling between their friendships and their respective professional aspirations. This cancellation follows the departure of Mike Moon, Netflix’s head of adult animation, who has now been replaced by Billy Wee (former senior vice president of comedy and animation at HBO Max).

This obviously isn’t the first time Netflix has ended production on a seminal series. We think in particular grendel

first kill, Bone (based on the comics by Jeff Smith), wings of fire (by Ava DuVernay) or the sequel to Bright and of course daredevil. The observation for the team of the series is no less bitter Evil Crimes who has already had the opportunity to truly share his enthusiasm for this dark comedy like no other. Produced by Nicole Silverberg (Full frontal with Samanta Bee), Greg Daniels and Mike Judge, The Bad Crimes series was announced last January and was set to have 10 episodes

but the words of his Maker ring painful now…

Making Bad Crimes with Greg and Mike (of Bandera Entertainment) who are the very reason I dreamed of one day writing for TV was such a surreal and amazing experience. We all feel that working with Netflix – which not only enables, but nurtures, my craziest and most violent comedy fantasies – is a dream come true. Also, I work with Erica Hayes and an amazing team of writers who make this series unique and special. – Nicole Silverberg, Creator and Producer of Evil Crimes in January, before its cancellation

Note that the trailer above is not from Bad Crimes, but from the Dahmer series, which is also available on Netflix and has been the subject of recent controversy.