Netflix canceled the vampire drama after one season – Deadline

exclusive: Netflix You won’t catch the second season of kill the firstAnd the Teen vampire drama series produced by Emma Roberts.

Netflix renewal/cancellation decisions are usually limited to offer for cost. kill the firstwhich starred Sarah Catherine Hawke and Emani Lewis, and featured mostly a rising talent and did well based on the top 10 viewing figures on Netflix.

Released June 10kill the first It topped the top 10 live-streamed weekly English language TV series with its first three days of release, and was ranked seventh (No.Weird things title) with 30.3 million hours watched. It peaked at number three in the first full week of release with 48.8 million hours watched, behind only Weird things 4 and meager masks Season six, and spent another week in the top ten before dropping out. The series easily managed to scan 100 million watched hours in its first 28 days of release.

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According to sources, the series, which has not had the staying power for most of Netflix’s viewings, still does not meet the limits of viewing and completing episodes. Launching a successful teen series was a challenge for all operators; HBO Max only canceled Gordita records Amid a decline in original children’s/family programming.

Written by Felicia D. Henderson and bestselling author Victoria “VE” Schwab, kill the first It was based on a short story written by Schwab. In it, when it’s time for teenage vampire Juliet (Hawkeye) to do her first kill so she can take her place among a powerful vampire family, she sets her sights on a new girl in town named Calliope (Louis). But to Juliet’s surprise, Calliope is a vampire hunter, from a family of famous killers. Both find that it will not be easy to kill the other, and unfortunately, it is very easy to fall into it…

The cast also included Elizabeth Mitchell, Open Wise, Jason Robert Moore, Gracie Dazeen, Will Swenson, Philip Mullings Jr., Dominic Goodman and Dylan McNamara.

Henderson, who served as the show’s director, executive produced alongside creator Schwab as well as Roberts and Kara Press through Belletrist Productions.