Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The Morpho machine is shutting down. Apple TV+ has canceled “The Big Door Prize” after two seasons, Variety has confirmed.
The series, from Skydance Television and CJ ENM/Studio Dragon, ended its Season 2 run on June 12. “The Big Door Prize” comes from writer David West Read (“Schitt’s Creek”) and is based on the M.O.
Walsh novel of the same name. The whimsical series earned solid nods in Season 1, which aired in spring 2023 and starred Chris O’Dowd, Gabrielle Dennis, Josh Segarra, Ally Maki, Djouliet Amara, Sammy Fourlas, Crystal Fox and Damon Gupton.
The series centers on the residents of Deerfield, a small town that is upended when a mysterious machine appears in the general store, promising to reveal each resident’s true life potential.
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