Any number of reasons can contribute to the decision to cancel a television series. Unfortunately, it happens quite frequently in today’s streaming era. Now it’s been officially announced that Max has made the decision to cancel a beloved series from their catalogue after a mere two seasons on the platform.
As shared in a new report, the cancelation of this beloved Max series “was confirmed Saturday at the PGA’s Produced By conference in Los Angeles. This was revealed by Variety while the development of the series which became quite “an elaborate production”.
The outlet notes that Max original programming chief Sarah Aubrey discussed the decision to have the show axed after two seasons:
“Aubrey characterized the decision to end after Season 2, which bowed in February, as something that was planned as a storytelling arc to allow the writers to build toward a clear end point.”
Additionally, creator and executive producer J.T. Rogers “also characterized it as a mutual decision to support the storytelling.”
The series, which was none other than Tokyo Vice, appears to have always had a two season arc in mind. This plan was confirmed in an additional statement from Rogers who seemed quite happy with the decision:
“To know you’d have the two-season arc was really wonderful,” he revealed.
Fortunately, it doesn’t look like the absolute end for Tokyo Vice. In fact, Rogers and director and executive producer Alan Poul both shared their desire to produce more content in the future:
“Over the last five years Max has made sure we got to tell our story,” the statement reads. “They have supported us through thick and thin. Not only did they give us these two seasons, they said yes when we asked to end season one with a series of cliffhangers, and they said yes when we asked for two extra episodes so we could land the plane in the way J.T. had always envisioned.
“We’re grateful not only to Max, but to our partners Fifth Season, who sold the show around the world, and made it a global success story. They were in the trenches with us always, guaranteeing that we could make the show we wanted to make. The response from both the press and from fans, in particular to Season 2, has been overwhelming. It’s been thrilling to find out how deeply viewers have engaged with our characters, and to hear how they are clamoring for more.
“We know there is more story to tell. Of course we’ll see what the future holds, but we are indeed grateful to have been able to share this story on Max until now.”
Hopefully fans feel satisfied with the two seasons received, and it seems very possible that more stories will be told in the years to come. Stay tuned to ScreenGeek for any additional television news as we have it. For now, series fans can still view the two seasons of Tokyo Vice that are currently available on Max.