It seems that as Warner’s cancellation fever with HBO Max passes, it is spreading to another of the majors. specifically to paramountwith the excuse of the integration of the main competitor of HBO: showtime. The premium chain has announced the cancellation of three series: ‘American Gigolo’, ‘Let the Right One In’ and ‘Three Women’.
In the case of the latter, it is striking because the drama starring Shailene Woodley and Betty Gilpin it had finished filming and was already considered complete. According to Deadline, its producers have rushed to sell the series to other networks/platforms for broadcast. The other two series we have seen each season 1 (although they have not been released in Spain).
Is triple cancellation comes in a context of changes and the restructuring of Showtime’s services, HBO’s main competition in the premium cable television market, in the new platform and services scheme of Paramount, the channel’s parent company.
Ch-ch-changes
Among those changes is the integration of Showtime and its VOD platform into Paramount+ and a renaming of the linear chain, which will be renamed Paramount+ with Showtime. This, yes, also entails a few drops in the catalog.
And it is that, in addition to being cancelled, both ‘American Gigolo’ and ‘Let the Right One In’ will be removed from the streaming platform. They will not be the only ones, since we will also have the casualties of ‘American Rust’, ‘Wakefield’, ‘Becoming God in Florida’ and ‘Kidding’. Series that, although they could be seen on Movistar Plus+ at the time, are currently in streaming limbo except in the case of the one starring Jeff Daniels.
While this is in the US market, It would be necessary to see how this affects the global distribution. Especially in Europe and Spain with the imminent landing (supposed to be this coming February) of SkyShowtime. Platform that, by the way, has rescued the European series purged by HBO Max.