The Netflix series The Waterfront has been canceled after one season.
The crime drama series starred Holt McCallany, Maria Bello, Jake Weary, and Melissa Benoist and followed the “flawed Buckley family as their attempts to retain control of their crumbling North Carolina fishing empire drive them to increasingly dangerous means to keep themselves afloat.”
Deadline reports the series creator Kevin Williamson has “told the cast about the streamer’s decision, and crew members also have been informed that there would be no Season 2.”
The decision appears to be a surprise.
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The outlet reports that The Waterfront seemed to be a strong contender for a second season thanks to “solid” viewership, including five weeks in Netflix’s Top 10 for English-language shows on the global chart. The show also performed better than the series Ransom Canyon, which was recently renewed for a second season.
Deadline notes that Netflix will often taken a show’s “completion rate” into consideration. This is the rate of people who have finished all episodes of the show after starting a season. While sources said the rate for The Waterfront was “good,” Netflix reportedly “didn’t feel that the viewership and the completion rate were high enough to secure a renewal.”
Completion rates are not made public, so we only have been able to see the overall viewership numbers to gauge the success of the show.
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