No Season 3 for the prequel drama.
June 6, 2023
It is being reported by Deadline that Perry Mason has been cancelled after two seasons. The news comes less than two months after the drama wrapped its eight-episode sophomore run, which again garnered a positive critical reception.
The show debuted in 2020 and gave the cable network its most-watched series premiere in almost two years. While it was promptly renewed for a second season, the show would not return for nearly three years. Unfortunately the ratings for Season 2 slipped significantly enough to not warrant another renewal.
Based on the famed criminal defense lawyer from the novels of the same name, Perry Mason follows his early days as a struggling private investigator in 1931 Los Angeles. After landing the case of the decade involving a kidnapping that goes wrong, Mason's relentless pursuit of the truth reveals a fractured city and a possible road to self-redemption.
Comments (20)
(and has another network ever picked up a HBO cancelled show?)
As the series seemed to be filmed in Los Angeles location (on location, but taking place ~90 years ago) I found it fun to look for evidence of modernity in the scenes. The only thing I can recall seeing which probably didn't exist in 1921 were the ramped curbs at intersections made for wheel-chair usage.
I never watched the old Perry Mason series with Raymond Burr ('57-'66). I was likely too young and more into cartoons; then later, military and spy tv shows back then, but do remember the show being on, probably watched by others in my family. The old theme song was one of the greats.
Back to the recently cancelled series, I liked how the story had historical elements or events in the background and the characters were very well portrayed (also realizing some of the actors were not from the U.S.A.; Perry and Della).
I liked the low episode counts and would prefer being able to binge watch all of them at once, however.
For me, "the jury is out" (see what I did there?) as to whether I keep subscribing to the current "Max" app. I might watch the forthcoming "Avatar 2" movie and S2 of "Peacemaker", but I can also do without both of these.
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