HULU has canceled a fan favorite TV show after just three seasons.
The streaming service has announced the current third season will be its last.
The well-received comedy The Great has been canceled, according to Deadline.
And fans on X – the platform formerly known as Twitter – were crushed.
Screams of “No!” “Boo!” and “Wow” filled reaction posts.
The Hulu series starred Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult in a comedy about the life of Catherine the Great.
It received positive reviews and was nominated for various awards and accommodations.
The Great also won an Emmy for Outstanding Period Costumes in 2022.
Season 3 came out in May, and focused on Catherine and Nicholas working on their marriage.
DISENCHANTED
One of Hulu’s biggest competitors, Netflix, has been on a slashing spree of late – having just recently killed off another long-running comedy.
Earlier this month, the streaming service revealed that the Matt Groening-created animated comedy series Disenchantment will drop its final season September 1.
Matt, 69, is the creator of two other well-known animated properties, Futurama and the longest running American primetime television series in history, The Simpsons.
Disenchatment follows the “misadventures of a hard-drinking princess, her feisty elf companion, and her personal demon.”
A description of the final 10 episodes read: “We watched Bean grow, from reluctant Princess to defiant rebel, and now, come Part 5, her journey will finally come to an epic finale – feat. the ultimate confrontation against Queen Dagmar, her evil mother.”
It continued: “Part 5 will be Disenchantment’s final, yet biggest Season. To save Dreamland from Queen Dagmar’s wrath, Princess Bean must vanquish her mother and outrun a prophecy that foretells she will kill the one she loves… Every decision. Every victory. Every loss… it’s all led to this. So saddle up, and drink up. Bean’s final misadventure will be the greatest one of all.”
In 2017, Disenchantment received a 20-episode order at Netflix with two batches of 10 episodes being released as part of the first season, as reported by Variety.
The voice cast includes Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson, Bad Trip’s Eric Andre, Comedian of the Year’s Nat Faxon, and many other household names.
NOT SO SWEET
Netflix also recently canceled the popular fantasy drama Sweet Tooth less than a week after the new season dropped on the platform.
But, it is bringing the show back for one final season.
The upcoming third season of Sweet Tooth will be its last, Deadline reported.
Filming for the third season has already wrapped in New Zealand, even though Season 2 just dropped on Netflix last week.
Season 2 gained 48.3million hours of watch time during the first four days of its release, despite its cancellation.
“Season 3 is an Arctic story with exciting new adventures and what we hope will be a satisfying conclusion to this epic tale. Gus is going to see a side of the world and humanity that he didn’t see in Season 1 or 2,” creator, showrunner, and executive producer Jim Mickle told the outlet.
The series stars Stefania LaVie Owen as Bear, Naledi Murray as Wendy, Marlon Williams as Johnny Abbot, Christopher Sean Cooper Jr. as Teddy, Yonas Kibreab as Finn, and James Brolin as the narrator.
As the show comes to an end, some cast members are getting promoted to regulars – Rosalind Chao (Zhang) and Amy Seimetz (Birdie).
The last season will also welcome Cara Gee (The Expanse) and newcomer Avazhan Dalabayeva (Nuka) as regulars.
Sweet Tooth is based on the DC comic books by Jeff Lemire and follows Gus, who is part-deer, part-boy and leaves his home to find the world destroyed by a tragedy.
