No Season 2 for the reimagined drama.
September 23, 2022
Word is out that Queer As Folk has been cancelled by Peacock after just one season. Creator Stephen Dunn broke the news on Instragram Friday evening, less than four months after the drama released its eight-episode freshman run.
"It's a rare gift in these times, and in this country, to be able to make a show as fearless and unapologetic as Queer As Folk," wrote Dunn. "This experience changed our lives forever and we're so grateful to have found this incredible new family. But today we received the disappointing news that we're not getting a second season. We know how much it's meant to the fans and while we're heartbroken we won't get to make more episodes, we wanna thank everyone for watching and falling in love with Brodie, Mingus, Ruthie, Noah, Shar, Julian, Daddius, Bussey, Marvin, Judy and Brenda."
A reimagining of the groundbreaking 1999 British series of the same name, the hour-long series follows a diverse group of friends in New Orleans who have their lives transformed by a tragedy that occurs in their community. The show received a positive reception from critics.
Vendetta
09/25/22 at 04:53am
Sam it didn't get canceled for being woke.it got canceled because not enough people watched it.its really that simple.
Sam
09/25/22 at 03:08am
None of you people even know what woke means. Bunch of white alt-right losers using slang they have no clue about. Woke means to stay aware and cautious. It was used by black people as a warning to stay aware of their surroundings and to not be ignorant of history, racism, and anti-blackness in the system. But again, a bunch of white people without a clue start stealing, appropriating, and using something, deflecting from its true meaning and usage. Now "woke:" is y'alls new n-word. Your new fearmonger term. Y'all love taking something positive and making it a bad thing like caring about the treatment of other people. When people do that, you now call them social justice warriors. Something is wrong with y'all.
Sam
09/25/22 at 03:02am
Some idiot is going to comment and be like, "It got canceled cause it's woke. It's so gay. All the queer people!!!" Forgetting that this is a reboot of a show that lasted for 5 years, 5 seasons back in 1999 to 2005. Idiots. But bigots ain't smart and they talk about stuff they have no knowledge of.
Steve S.
09/25/22 at 01:27am
You are correct John for dumping on the stupendous stupidity: "Woke is ... adding messages that preach marxist or leftist agendas of society as a stereotype of evil." Woke is what many of our leaders are trying to do to our military. Turn a killing machine into a pansy factory. Woke is being unable or refusing to define what a woman is. Woke is not recognizing what woke is.
John
09/24/22 at 11:43pm
Sam, its the point that theyre curating the reviews now so whos to say theyre not ignoring the negative reviews. Yes I know there is the verified and all audience sections but I would like to see the score with all the unverified as well. As for bots, well obviously I wouldnt want those counted but I dont think theres a way to tell the difference unless a lot come from the same IP address.
Pat, "And having gay characters is not woke , it is adding messages that preach marxist or leftist agendas of society as a stereotype of evil."
Youre correct, just having gay characters is not wokeness, especially on a show called Queer as Folk. However you say woke is preaching Marxist and leftist views as evil, Thats the opposite of woke. Woke is preaching those as utopian and good and a typical family unit and heterosexuality as being inherently extremist and evil and wrong. Woke is preaching that all whites are racist and blacks are all victims. Marxism sees things in terms of oppressor/oppressed. Men/women, White/black, hetero/homosexual, "Cis"/trans, etc.
Pat
09/24/22 at 06:22pm
Well the original series was great. Because it was straightforward storytelling and 1999 was far more homophobic then on tv then now so it was groundbreaking and needed. And it never demonized all straight men like a woke show
would. Now, it is like what was the purpose to reboot it? And on a streaming service. So rather doomed. And having gay characters is not woke , it is adding messages that preach marxist or leftist agendas of society as a stereotype of evil. So this show , if not woke may have been decent. Just doomed.
Cal
09/24/22 at 12:46pm
They really had no choice but to cancel it after the entire cast got monkeypox.
whatwhatwhaaat?
09/24/22 at 11:26am
To this day, I still think the movie Gladiator was absolute garbage. Historically bereft, pompous, hollywood claptrap garbage. Can I post my review somewhere?
And I am sure New Orleans didn't need any more tragedies. JumboTron season one of this QaF during the next hurricane.
Sam
09/24/22 at 10:36am
John first you say that the audience score could be all bots, but then you go and blast rotten tomatoes for trying to combat fake scores. Just because they verify their audience scores doesn't mean they only take the good ones.
Just so you know, you can still see all audience reviews on rotten tomatoes. They have a "verified audience" section and an "all audience section".
And your example of The Woman King is terrible. It's clearly being review bombed on rotten tomatoes as well as metacritic. Tons of 0 star ratings by people who have clearly not seen the movie.
But by your logic you'd be okay with the rotten tomatoes user score reflecting all those fake reviews?
Judas
09/24/22 at 09:05am
Go Woke, Go Broke. Next!
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