The streamer has reversed its previous renewal.
August 18, 2023
It is being reported that Amazon's Prime Video has cancelled The Peripheral after one season. The move walks back the renewal that was given to the sci-fi drama six months ago. Word is that the decision came about due to the ongoing writers and actors strikes, which are now into their fourth and second months respectively.
Based on the 2014 book of the same name by William Gibson, The Peripheral follows Flynne Fisher, a smart and ambitious young woman living in the rural American South. She works at a 3D printing shop and plays VR games for rich people to earn extra money. One night she dons a headset and finds herself in futuristic London. It's a sleek and mysterious world, but it's not like any game she's played before. Flynne soon realizes this virtual reality experience is actually very real. 70 years in the future, somebody in London has found a way to open a door to Flynne's world. As Flynne searches to find the person who connected their worlds, her presence sets dangerous forces into motion that are intent on destroying Flynne and her family in her own world.
JJ
09/18/23 at 11:29am
Nooooo Say it ain't so. I found this series to be very engaging and it kept me hooked till the end. I couldn't wait to see what would happen next.
Steve
08/23/23 at 07:28am
It's a pity. It was both a time travel and alternate world story, and both were handled very well. It also had a great cast. I did think it sagged towards the end of the first season, though. And while it didn't resolve the storyline, it left things in a place where you could see the ending.
Supposedly it was already on the bubble before the Hollywood strikes. Given that the future for streaming is now about counting pennies, I can see why Amazon took the excuse of the strikes to cancel the series.
elbae
08/22/23 at 03:48am
Well, that's a bummer. It was a unique and interesting series. Too bad its cancelled. However, pay your writers and your actors, Hollywood, jeez!
Pat
08/21/23 at 10:47am
This show cost 175 million to make. League of their own was also expensive. This show was great though. I wish they had cancelled rings of power season three instead. Season two i s already filmed. Season four of snowpiercer is filmed and not released. Perhaps amazon should show it.
Scandinavia
08/21/23 at 08:27am
Well, I was going to make a witty remark about cancelling my Prime subscription....but I already did that when they cancelled A League of Their Own.... and Warrior Nun... and... and...
Dawn
08/20/23 at 07:08pm
You have got to be kidding me! I was so excited it was renewed. Way to pull the rug out Amazon!
jim beam
08/20/23 at 01:37am
get used to it the end of tv.
Bigdog587
08/19/23 at 06:26pm
Time to read the books I guess...
Bernie
08/19/23 at 05:49pm
Really disappointing. Okay, so the writers and actors strikes means they gotta push the production of season 2,back a ways... I get that. Why on God's Earth does it require a complete cancelation??? That reasoning makes absolutely no sense. Lots of shows have had production of their next season postponed because of the strikes, but they aren't all getting canceled.
Sandwich
08/19/23 at 12:53pm
It was good for 6 episodes then sucked hard the last 2. The 2 episodes with the hit man were actually fantastic.. then they killed him.
It's the fucking Westworld guy pulling the same convoluted shit. He's so enthralled by trying to prevent users from figuring out plot points that he makes the stories unwatchable.
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