“Space Forces” has been canceled on Netflix

Netflix is ​​falling apart cosmic power.

The streaming giant canceled the Steve Carell comedy Office Developer Greg Daniels after two critical seasons.

The news comes after Netflix tried to creatively relaunch a lavish comedy in its second season, moving production from Los Angeles to Vancouver in a bid to cut the budget. Along with Daniel, a co-showrunner was also added, with the hope that the series would creatively improve Karel and Daniels. Office He did on his release.

But that was not the case and reviews for the second season remained weak.

Inspired by former President Trump’s order to establish the Sixth Military Branch of the Space Force, cosmic power Created by Karel and his ex Office Daniels, a participant in the program. Filmed live on the series in January 2019, cosmic power It set a talent pay record at the time, as Kerell’s deal on the series exceeded $1 million per episode when it included a fee for co-production, executive producer, and actor.

with Office One of Netflix’s previously rated TV series. Sources say it often garnered more viewers than some of its originals. Streamer, after hearing that Karel was ready to return to normal television, continued aggressively. cosmic power. The show was not for sale anywhere. Office He left Netflix at Peacock last year.

The 10-episode sitcom kicked off May 29 with high expectations as it reunited Karel and Daniels for the first time since Megahit. Office. Critics were unsympathetic, and the series, on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, had a rating of 38% in its first season. THR Notable television critic Daniel Feinberg called the series “Bumpy Run” in his review. However, viewers were kinder (75% on RT). THR Television critic Angie Hahn called the second season “better than the first, but still not as good”.

Netflix, which also canceled original scripts earlier this week raising dion s Very smartStay in Business with Daniel in Animated Comedies bad crimes s blown kittens. Both series are from the animation company Daniels and ‘king of fingers’Mike Judge was recently formed.

Netflix’s scripted originals rarely make it to three or four seasons because a streamer that doesn’t release traditional viewer data looks at analytics based on their budget and overall internal metrics. cosmic power It was an expensive show that, despite its creative heritage and big star, failed to find much appeal.

Streamer is reassessing its costs after losing 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of the year. It was the loss of the first Netflix subscriber in a decade. The company’s marketing department was fired earlier this week. More cuts are expected, both in terms of programming and staffing, as the company seeks to improve its approach to better reassure Wall Street investors.