US EditionNetflix Should Pick Up ‘The Wheel Of Time’ After Amazon Cancels Its Best Live-Action Fantasy Show
- Amazon cancelled The Wheel of Time, a big-budget Robert Jordan fantasy series, after three seasons ended on Prime Video.
- Despite achieving a position within Nielsen's Top 10 rankings for close to 20 weeks, the show was ultimately canceled following prolonged discussions and concerns over its financial viability.
- Showrunner Rafe Judkins expressed commitment to finishing the story and praised the cast and crew, while fans gathered over 130,000 signatures to save the show.
- Brandon Sanderson, who completed the original book series, called the cancellation a shame given the show's improved quality and dedicated fanbase.
- Judkins remains hopeful another network might continue the series, but noted current TV trends toward shorter seasons and quicker streaming growth challenge long-form storytelling.
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While The Wheel of Time seems dead after Amazon canceled the show following the conclusion of Season 3, its showrunner has pointed to The Expanse in expressing hope it could be saved.The Wheel of Time is an adaptation of the much-loved fantasy book series by Robert Jordan, with a cast led by Rosamund Pike. After a shaky first two seasons that had fans of the books in uproar over controversial changes from the source material, Season 3 appeared t…
"Wheel of Time" Showrunner Talks Cancellation
While TV series get cancelled all the time, one of the sadder ones of late was Amazon Prime Video’s fantasy epic “The Wheel of Time”. The news broke on May 23rd that the series had been cancelled, despite the third season having garnered critical acclaim with a 97% on RT and 77/100 on MC, making it the best-reviewed fantasy-style series on air in recent years. Ratings wise it slipped slightly – the first two seasons were on the Nielsen Top 10 ch…
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