By The newspaper
After investing millions of dollars in production and advertising, and after a tremendous rain of negative reviews, HBO finally announced the inevitable: the cancellation of the series ‘The Idol’.
Page Six shared the information from a press release from the television network, in which it reports that it decided not to continue with a second season of the controversial musical drama.
“The Idol was one of the most provocative original shows on HBO and we are pleased with the strong response from the audience.”
“After much thought and consideration, HBO, as well as the creators and producers, have decided not to move forward with a second season. We are grateful to the creators, cast and crew for their incredible work,” an HBO spokesperson said.
Co-created by Sam Levinson (responsible for the hit ‘Euphoria’), Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and Reza Fahim, ‘The Idol’ follows Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp), a young pop star struggling to relaunch her career after a mental collapse that ended his last musical tour.
In the process she meets a nightclub owner, Tedros (Tesfaye), whose sinister past threatens to completely destroy the singer, who gradually sinks into a void of perversion and chaos.
‘The Idol’, which premiered on June 4, recorded good audience numbers at its premiere, but as the weeks passed and its only five episodes, the euphoria of the show dissipated.
Controversy surrounding it stemmed from allegedly weak scripts, an excess of nudity and sex scenes, a “very poor performance” by Tesfaye and last-minute dialogue rewrites.
It was even classified as a series “hostile to feminism” for the treatment of the main character and the people around her.
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