- Many TV shows are cancelled after a lackluster first season, despite the potential for improvement and growth over time.
- The expectation for immediate success in the entertainment industry has led to the premature cancellation of promising projects.
- Some successful TV series have overcome a weak first season to become beloved and critically acclaimed in later seasons.
Now more so than ever, there is a quite ridiculous amount of impatience in the world of both movies and TV. If a franchise or a series doesn’t hit the ground running immediately, chances are it will be cancelled without even a second thought.
It almost feels as though cutting losses and moving onto the next project in line is the expectation here, as TV shows are regularly cancelled after a less-than-stellar first season, before they were even given a fighting chance.
But the thing is, series often take time to truly find their audience and their market. They will evolve and become better as time goes on, and if a sub-par first season is the price that has to be paid, then isn’t it worth the risk to pay it? The expectation for perfection straight away has culled what could have been great projects before they had the chance to be great.
There are plenty of examples, before such trigger happy cancellations became the norm, of how a bad first season could still be built on and turned into something special. Just imagine if any of these ten had been axed before hitting their stride.
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