Canceled by Netflix, then saved, the Neil Patrick Harris series has finally been abandoned

It’s an imbroglio that just ended. A year after announcing it wanted to save Uncoupled from cancellation, Showtime is backtracking. as revealed The Hollywood ReporterThe American channel is not going to produce and broadcast the 2nd season of the Neil Patrick Harris series.

Co-created by Darren Starr (Sex and the City, Emily in Paris), it follows Michael, a fiftysomething who sees his husband suddenly leave him after 17 years, and who consequently finds himself in a gay singles spot in New York. . After somewhat disappointing audiences but pretty good reviews, Netflix decided to stop here anyway.

So this is yet another bit of bad news for Uncoupled fans, who are seeing their last hopes come to naught. Still according to the American media, this choice can be explained by several reasons. Their first hurdle was the actors’ and writers’ strike that brought Hollywood to a standstill last summer. Many shoots had to be canceled or postponed. Bad luck, the Darren Starr series was one of them.

Meanwhile, Showtime – which is owned by the Paramount Network media group – has been completely revamped, with a change in strategy. In the United States, the channel is now called Paramount+ with Showtime. And unfortunately for Uncoupled, it no longer matched the filmmakers’ wishes.

not the first

If Uncoupled didn’t have a happy ending, other shows canceled by Netflix have been saved by competitors in the past.

We’re thinking in particular of the transgenerational series One Day, which CBS picked up in the US for its pop channel, and more recently Warrior Nun. Even if we know very little about the revival of this fantastic series with Alba Baptista, who should return not for a third season, but for several films…