The Idol: HBO’s sulphurous series finally won’t have a season 2

The Idol: HBO’s sulphurous series finally won’t have a season 2



Completed for The idol

Coming to HBO (available with Warner Pass in France) June 4, the latest creation by Sam Levison it will be talked about for several weeks. Even before its release, The idol was accused of”Torture pornBut in the end, indeed, the show turned out to be less shocking than we might have heard.

Gifted Lily Rose Depp as a psychologically distressed pop star who meets a manipulative man embodied by The weekend, The idol it’s not necessarily a great achievement, but it seems to have been misinterpreted – see our analysis of the series.

The Idol ©HBO
The Idol ©HBO

That said, feedback on The idol they were quite negative. And it seemed unlikely that a season 2 would see the light of day. This is confirmed today via Expiration which announces it the series is canceled after one season. According to the American media, the hearings of the first season were quite good and could be compared to those of The White Lotus AND Euphoria. A week after the release of episode 1 of The idolthis would have recorded 3.6 million viewsexceeding 3 million The White Lotus (2021) and 3.3 millionEuphoria (2019).

Only HBO obviously didn’t rely solely on these figures in making its decision. And see so many bad reviews from the press and the public, it’s not that surprising to learn that the show comes to a halt after one season. Which isn’t necessarily problematic. The end of The idol offer a certain conclusion.

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