Prime Video Cancels THE WHEEL OF TIME After 3 Seasons
The Wheel of Time The reason for its axing is a financial one, as it is purportedly well-liked creatively by Prime Video executives.
Season 3 dipped in viewership, eventually slipping from the Nielsen's Top 10 Originals chart. The Wheel of Time's Fate Decided
The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills … well, at least according to Prime Video. Epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time has been canceled after three seasons. According to Deadline , the decision comes after 'lengthy deliberations.'
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'He Who Comes With the Dawn,' the show's Season 3 — and now series — finale, aired on Thursday, April 17. It delivered a handful of loose narrative threads, including Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan (Shohreh Aghdashloo) ordering Siuan Sanche's (Sophie Okonedo) execution and deposing the latter as the Amyrlin Seat.
Meanwhile, in Tanchico, Mat Cauthon (Dónal Finn) strikes a potentially hazardous deal with an Eelfinn (Robert Strange), and Liandrin Guirale (Kate Fleetwood) gets away with the cuffs and matching collar needed to capture the Dragon Reborn, aka Rand al'Thor (Josha Stradowski). Nynaeve al'Meara (Zoë Robins) seemingly breaks through the block on her ability to channel the One Power, too.
In the Aiel Waste, the Aiel declare Rand as the true Car'a'carn, while Moiraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike) battles Lanfear (Natasha O'Keeffe) and reels in the aftermath following Siuan's decapitation. Egwene al'Vere (Madeleine Madden) watches in terror in the finale's last moments as Rand struggles to stop channeling, indicating we could've seen a darker turn for the Dragon Reborn in a potential fourth season. Not to mention, the penultimate episode also sees Perrin Aybara (Marcus Rutherford) captured by the White Cloaks — yet another cliffhanger.
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Deadline reports that Prime Video decided to cancel The Wheel of Time for financial reasons, but there's also a viewership component. The adaptation of Robert Jordan's bestselling fantasy novels stayed in Nielsen's Top 10 Originals chart for the first three weeks of Season 3 before dropping out. The show remained on the chart for its previous seasons' entire runs. However, it returned to the Top 10 list the week after the Season 3 finale.
According to Deadline , its performance, viewership-wise, wasn't strong enough to offset its pricey budget. Its contemporary, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power , is currently in pre-production in the UK.
This certainly comes as a shock. Season 3 is the show's best yet, and episode four, 'The Road to the Spear,' might be one of the best episodes of fantasy television out there. It's currently sitting at 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes on the critics side. Perhaps it can find life elsewhere.
All three seasons of The Wheel of Time are streaming on Prime Video.
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