Why was ‘Suits’ cancelled?
nme.comSuits has surged in popularity in recent months after the show was made available on Netflix.Created by Aaron Korsh, the legal drama follows the exploits of Mike Ross (Patrick J.
Adams) and Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) at a fictional corporate law firm in New York City. Other cast members include Rick Hoffman as junior partner Louis Marlowe Litt and Meghan Markle as attorney Rachel Zane.The show, which originally aired on USA Network, ran for nine seasons between 2011 and 2019.
A spin-off centred on the character Jessica Pearson (Gina Torres) was cancelled after one season in October 2019.In an interview with Deadline from 2019, show creator Aaron Korsh explained they originally planned for nine seasons – which became a fitting length for the show following the unexpected departures of Meghan Markle and Patrick J.
Adams in season seven.“During the course of season seven, as they were negotiating the cast’s contracts for two years, an unforeseen thing happened,” Korsh said. “You can never know that one of your stars is going to marry the Prince of England, and Patrick decided not to return, so we had a choice whether to keep going after season seven.“We decided that the original plan was 16-episode season eight and a 10-episode season nine, let’s see if we can do that.
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