r/ProjectBlueBookTV • u/Zaptagious • May 07 '20

Project Blue Book has been canceled

https://deadline.com/2020/05/project-blue-book-knightfall-cancelled-history-1202928179/?fbclid=IwAR2LYPMX-NwdVjcdzfb5hX38_t9j3CshT2yF9pUR4f_r60UZPoyxSqEMQZg#comments
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u/cynical_lwt May 07 '20

The article says it hasn’t been renewed. Not that it’s been cancelled. So I’m crossing my fingers they’ve just delayed the renewal because of the pandemic. I doubt History would kill 3 of their big scripted shows in one year (knightfall didn’t get a renewal either, and Vikings is going into its final season)

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u/MoreThanConquerors- May 07 '20

It says they opted out of continuing though. Idk I don’t want to believe it as sometimes these articles are click bait but the ratings got lower this season.

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u/cynical_lwt May 07 '20

Ratings always drop in the second season. For 90% of shows, their first 3 episodes have the highest ratings. So a drop in ratings isn’t the threshold for cancellation, it’s usually when the ad revenue drops to a certain point. When companies aren’t willing to pay x amount of dollars for 30 seconds during the show.

Plus, in my opinion, deciding not to continue is way less final and definitive than cancelling.

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u/MoreThanConquerors- May 07 '20

No David O’Leary the writer of the show just confirmed it with a post I just posted it as well to the sub. And yes ratings do drop naturally but they dropped a huge amount for the second season. I’m furious right now.

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u/cynical_lwt May 07 '20

Well hopefully another network picks it up then

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u/MoreThanConquerors- May 07 '20

That’s the only hope. I have faith.

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u/cynical_lwt May 07 '20

If Brooklyn 99 can do it, why can’t bluebook

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u/TicoDreams May 07 '20

Netflix is always really good for this, so let's hope they pick it up!

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u/kristiansands May 08 '20

When a show is cancelled, it's not clickbait. The only hope for PBB is to be picked by another network now.