{"id":723418,"date":"2026-06-24T15:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T15:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/723418\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T15:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T15:52:17","slug":"ponies-co-creator-reacts-to-shows-cancellation-after-one-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/723418\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Ponies’ Co-Creator Reacts To Show’s Cancellation After One Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s not like anything else on television,\u201d Ponies<\/a> co-creator\/executive producer David Iserson<\/a> said about the 1970s espionage comedy-drama starring Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson, which has been canceled by Peacock after one season<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn a heartfelt note to fans on Instagram<\/a>, Iserson, who co-created Ponies with Susanna Fogel, recalled the show\u2019s seven-year journey to the screen. <\/p>\n

\n\tHe is proud of the accomplishment: \u201cWhat we made surpassed all of my hopes and dreams for a television show,\u201d he said, calling Ponies \u201ca great show made by great people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSet in the Soviet Union circa 1977, Ponies follows Moscow U.S. Embassy secretaries Bea (Clarke) and Twila (Richardson) who become CIA operatives.<\/p>\n

\n\tIserson also touched on Ponies\u2018 modest viewership, which ultimately led to its demise despite strong critical acclaim. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis is a bold, surprising, stylish television show. Everything beyond that \u2013 ratings, algorithms, all of it \u2013 is out of my control. I am very lucky to have made something I love,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you watched the show, I am grateful. Please tell others. Not because it helps us, but because I think they will like it too. If you\u2019ve never heard of Ponies, check it out. It\u2019s not like anything else on television.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIserson gave fans a glimmer of hope. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGoodbye to Bea and Twila for now,\u201d he wrote, adding, \u201cI hope we all get to visit them again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThere is no information about Ponies\u2018 producer, Peacock<\/a> sibling Universal Television, shopping the series to other platforms. That is always a possibility \u2014 albeit a very slim one.<\/p>\n

\n\tIserson also touched upon what some have pointed to after news of the cancellation: Ponies is a series with two female leads, which remains a rarity in television. He encouraged his colleagues to keep at it.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTo other writers and creators: I still believe that trying to make the kind of thing that is hard to make in this business \u2013 for us, a period show with two female leads and an unusual tone \u2013 is worth it,\u201d Iserson said. \u201cRegardless of how the journey ends, chasing the improbable rather than the likely is still worthwhile.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIserson ended his post in the spirit of the show, sending hugs to fans in Russian. <\/p>\n