Y: The Last Man looks dead for good after canceled Hulu show fails to find new home

Y: The Final Homo looks dead for good after canceled Hulu show fails to find new home

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Information technology looks like we've definitely seen the last of Y: The Last Man, as the prove's executive producer has confirmed that efforts to find a new domicile for the serial have failed.

The FX on Hulu testify premiered in September 2021, simply earlier information technology could even stop its starting time run of 10 episodes it was confirmed that information technology wouldn't be returning for season 2. However, at the fourth dimension, the creative team was optimistic that a new home could be plant for the show, urging fans to exist vocal if they wanted to come across more episodes.

Unfortunately, the "#YLivesOn" campaign never gained much traction, likely because the bear witness had a pretty modest viewership to telephone call upon in the first place, and producer/showrunner Eliza Clark has now confirmed Y The Last Man won't be returning to our screens.

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Clark took to Twitter to update fans of the show, posting: "Nosotros tried really difficult to get another platform to option up Flavor ii of Y. But sadly, information technology doesn't look like it's going to happen. It is ever incredibly hard to move a evidence, and in recent years, information technology has only gotten harder."

She also thanked viewers for existence supportive of the testify during its initial run and throughout its quest to find a new domicile. She ended her postal service encouraging people to rewatch the first flavour, and tell "friends to watch information technology." Withal, because the lukewarm response the evidence generated from both critics and viewers, we're not sure that'south communication nosotros'd echo.

Y: The Final Man was an accommodation of a series of post-apocalyptic comic books written by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra. The serial took identify after a mysterious cataclysmic issue simultaneously killed every mammal with a Y chromosome except for one man, Yorick Brownish (Ben Schnetzer), and his pet monkey Ampers. The bandage included Diane Lane, Amber Tamblyn, Ashley Romans, Olivia Thirlby and Marin Ireland.

It'south quite ironic that the show'due south lifespan was then brusk, considering getting it to the small screen took such a long time. The show was in development hell for over a decade, with the projection taking on various forms over the years (a movie starring Shia LeBeouf was a possibility at one point). In 2015, FX began working on information technology equally a TV project and eventually moved it over to exist an FX on Hulu exclusive.

It should exist noted that Y: The Terminal Man failing to find a new home was inappreciably unexpected. While it's non unheard of for canceled network shows to be revived on streaming platforms — meet Netflix saving NBC's Manifest as a recent example — a prove canceled on streaming being saved by another streamer/network is almost unheard of. Once FX pulled the plug, it always looked similar the evidence's fate was sealed.

The list of canceled TV shows or series ending in 2022 is already growing just a few weeks into the twelvemonth. I Know What You lot Did Last Summer has been canceled over at Amazon Prime Video while Netflix confirmed that the super-sized 4th season of Ozark volition be its swansong. On the plus side, we do know that there are plenty of great renewed TV shows or series returning in 2022 — including the likes of Emily In Paris and The Boys.

Rory is a staff writer at Tom's Guide based in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. He covers a wide range of topics including tech news, deals, gaming, streaming and more than. When he'due south not writing hot takes on the latest gaming hardware and streaming shows, he can be establish watching a borderline unhealthy amount of movies and being thoroughly disappointed by his terrible football team.