Fans React To ‘The Idol’ Cancellation: ‘Are We Really Surprised?’
etcanada.comFollowing the news that HBO cancelled “The Idol” after one season, social media is sounding off on the end of the controversial show.
While most fans of cancelled shows typically rally to help save it, “The Idol” viewers and those who haven’t even seen HBO’s latest drama celebrated as they’d hoped the show would get cancelled since the day it premiered. READ MORE: ‘The Idol’ Actress Jane Adams Slams Feminists Suggesting Unsafe Set: ‘Go F–k Yourself’ Following the Sam Levinson and Abel Tesfaye-created show’s June 4 premiere date, episode 2 saw an astronomical dip in viewership, as per Variety, in which it dropped by almost 12 per cent from 913,000 viewers who tuned in to watch the pilot episode to only 800,000 people who watched the second episode.
On Rotten Tomatoes, “The Idol” has a low average critics’ score of 19 percent and an average audience score of 41 percent. Since its start, many questioned how HBO went from producing big hits like “Succession” and “The Last of Us” to an anticipated drama immediately turned controversial.
Fans were shocked by the product, including Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd’s cringe-worthy performances, and hoped it would flop.
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