“Worst day of my life”: Fans react to Netflix cancelling Everything Now
Everything Now has been cancelled, according to one of the series’ writers, Dylan Brady. The Mary & George star, who wrote the sixth episode of the British teen series, revealed the heartbreaking news during his recent interview with Film Updates. “We had some great ideas, but we are at the mercy of the algorithm, I’m afraid.
It’s really difficult because historically, TV has worked in one way, which is a slow, consistent growth over several seasons as opposed to this kind of mentality we see now, where it’s like, ‘If it doesn’t get 16 million views in the first 28 days, it’s not worth anyone’s while,” he explained.
Brady went on to say that the aforementioned method was “really disheartening” before adding that viewers are less likely to watch new shows due to the looming possibility of it being cancelled. “I hope that landscape will change, and I hope we can stop treating art and television as a commodity that’s at the mercy of an algorithm because an algorithm isn’t people… when they’re given the space to grow, they can turn into really wonderful things,” The Diplomat said.
Lastly, Brady confirmed to the news outlet that a handful of episodes, including one that he specifically worked on, were already written for season two before the show was axed.
