Netflix Cancels Space Force After 2 Seasons

The final week has been fairly tough for Netflix by way of information; the large streamer has had some excessive profile cancellations and experiences of layoffs. If you’re a fan of Space Force, their sci-fi army comedy sequence, dangerous information: it too has been canceled.

Created by Greg Daniels of The Office and Parks & Recreation fame, the sequence starred Steve Carrell as a army common tasked with creating the titular area drive as the following department of the US Armed Forces. Rather clearly influenced by the Trump administration’s try to make area guardians, the comedy was fairly hit or miss throughout its two seasons. Carrell and the remainder of the forged, that includes Ben Schwartz, Tawny Newsome, and John Malkovich, had been the present’s excessive factors (as they effectively must be), however they had been in a present that wasn’t making the perfect use of their abilities.

Space Force’s cancellation joins fellow canceled sequence Raising Dion and Pretty Smart, and the information comes after Netflix introduced earlier within the week that it’s misplaced 200,000 subscribers, marking their first subscriber loss in a decade. As beforehand acknowledged, the streaming service now plans on slicing again on their multitude of authentic programming, and the animated sequence Boons & Curses was even been canceled in the middle of development. Like with Stranger Things’ upcoming season costing $30 million per episode, it’s stated that Space Force was thought-about to be a pretty pricey present to develop.

Even with the cancellation, Daniels will nonetheless be working with Netflix going ahead. He’ll be serving as an government producer on the animated sequence Bad Crimes and an adaptation of the Exploding Kittens card recreation. Daniels additionally has the sci-fi comedy Upload over at Amazon, which dropped season two again in March. That present has but to be greenlit for a 3rd season, however Daniels appears assured that it’ll, as he revealed to TheWrap that early work on season three has begun.

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