WGN's Underground Cancelled

[Ziggiy]

WGN America is officially out of the high-end original scripted series business. As expected, the cable network today cancelled acclaimed drama Underground after two seasons. It follows the recent cancellation of fellow drama Outsiders as WGN America is changing its programming course, while its parent Tribune is preparing for its acquisition by Sinclair.


https://www.google.com/amp/deadline...d-wgn-america-after-2-seasons-1202104502/amp/


BET and OWN already passed on picking it up (big surprise right)

 

[phillycavsfan]

Hulu might pick it up.

 

[jay211]

I think Hulu will pick it up. They are steering more towards critically acclaimed programming.

 

[Don Mack]

I started tuning out once I saw they changed the tone of the series in Season 2 to make the main character a slavery superhero taking bullets while pregnant and killing bad guys at the same time. The Harriet Tubman speech was the nail in the coffin for me

 

[brother walt]

wtf gotdamn cacs

stolen from rivers

• brother walt
• May 30, 2017
• #cacdance

 

[phillycavsfan]

BTW I seriously doubt BET could afford a show like Underground and its cast. I don't blame them for passing.

 

[ORDER_66]

netflix, hulu or amazon these little garbage networks never want to cut the fukking check...

 

[Ziggiy]

netflix, hulu or amazon these little garbage networks never want to cut the fukking check...

Yea apparently they can't go to Netflix because they already have a streaming deal in place with Hulu. So it's pretty much Hulu or bust at this point because nobody wants to pay the price tag for a slavery show that actually shows the slaves freeing THEMSELVES and not being helped every single step of the way by White Jesus

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[Tical]

I'm surprised a show on WGN was getting made for 5M an episode. That's more than the first season of True Detective (and that was after a bidding war). Granted that was in 2014 but still.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

Never saw an episode cause I didn't know where to stream it, but I heard nothing but good things.

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

WGN fukking up big time. My girl and I did some Extra work on The Outsiders...was hoping they'd do a 3rd season so we could get in on that shyt.

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

WGN apparently now would rather do reruns and less expensive originals. Basically sounds like they want to be like what TBS was before they changed their content strategy

 

[Mic-Nificent]

netflix, hulu or amazon these little garbage networks never want to cut the fukking check...

They can't afford it.

 

[StraxStrax]

I'm not that shocked, this forum is literally the only place I've seen talk about the show.