{"id":43573,"date":"2016-05-13T11:21:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T18:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/?p=43573"},"modified":"2019-02-28T14:16:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T22:16:09","slug":"galavant-agent-carter-canceled-abc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/galavant-agent-carter-canceled-abc\/","title":{"rendered":"Why ABC’s Agent Carter and Galavant Cancellations Are Particularly Painful"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was the day every TV fan dreads: the day of cancellations.<\/p>\n

Over the past couple of weeks, networks have announced which shows they’re renewing and canceling, but yesterday was particularly brutal, both for the sheer number of shows that were axed, but also because of which<\/em> shows won’t be returning.<\/p>\n

Specifically, I’m talking about ABC’s Agent Carter<\/em><\/a> and Galavant.<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s not surprising ABC decided not to renew these two midseason shows – neither delivered great ratings, despite fantastic critical success (especially in the case of Galavant<\/em>) and enthusiastic fans. Said fans are already starting petitions and movements to get the shows picked up to a streaming service (Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon, mainly) or kickstart a movie.<\/p>\n

This is nothing new; many shows have been axed too early within these parameters. Just look at Pushing Daisies,<\/em> a show I grieve pretty much on the regular, or Firefly<\/em> (which did end up getting a movie).<\/p>\n

As a fan of both recently cut shows, I’m not shocked, but it doesn’t ease the blow at all. Midseason shows are easier to take risks on, require less money, and in the case of these two shows, occupy a very specific space that is lacking on network television.<\/p>\n

Agent Carter<\/em><\/strong>, a creation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), was not always the strongest show. It could lag from pacing issues and inconsistent writing, but it had an absolute gem in Hayley Atwell’s Peggy Carter. It was unlike anything in the MCU and with such a wonderful female lead, it was a show that meant a lot of different things to different people.<\/p>\n

It spoke to an important subset of the larger Marvel and superhero audience, and should be praised for that. It only ever deserved good things and here’s hoping its important groundwork has helped pave the way for a stronger female presence in the superhero media landscape.<\/p>\n

Galavant<\/em><\/strong> was a harder pill for me to swallow yesterday, even if the mere existence of a second season was a miracle in and of itself. Really, all you need to do is watch the opening number from Season 2 to see why this is true, and also why its cancellation is so gutting:<\/p>\n