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Indian Express
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
Suits LA cancelled: Why NBC pulled the plug on latest spinoff after just one season
NBC has axed the upcoming seasons of Suits LA, the spinoff of the popular legal drama Suits that made Meghan Markle a household name. Suits premiered on a local American network in 2011 and, a decade later, found crazy popularity again on Netflix last year, racking up 57 billion minutes of streaming time. This success led the makers to jump on the opportunity to double the cash, but unfortunately, they just couldn't recreate that same magic with the spinoff. The show ended up receiving negative reviews, despite some of the original Suits cast members reprising their roles. Here's what went wrong. The television series created by Aaron Korsh premiered in February 2025. Gabriel Macht, Rick Hoffman, and David Costabile, the original cast members of Suits, returned for a few episodes as fan-favourite characters Harvey Specter, Louis Litt, and Daniel Hardman, alongside new cast members Stephen Amell, Lex Scott Davis, Josh McDermitt, and Bryan Greenberg. Though there was a lot of buzz about bringing the Duchess back to the show, the plan didn't work out. The show followed the life of Ted Black, a former federal prosecutor from New York, and his ambition to run a new legal firm in LA that was struggling to make money. NBC tried hard to bring back the essence of Suits, but even a three-hour Suits: LA marathon couldn't save the show, which kept drowning in low ratings from the very start and only managed to gain some traction in the middle before losing it again. According to Deadline, the viewership barely crossed 1 million on live TV. Even the show didn't perform well on streaming, which wasn't Netflix, and that may have played a role in the show's poor performance. Critics weren't in favour as well. New York Times critic Margaret Lyons called it 'an attempt to turn an unanswerable question into a little money.' Meanwhile, Angie Han from The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Stephen Amell 'flounders in NBC's tonally confused, narratively jumbled legal drama.' Also Read: Always expected show like Suits LA will come with some pressure: Bryan Greenberg Many think the decision to not let the show air on Netflix backfired. According to Yahoo News, the makers wanted the spinoff to stick tightly to NBCUniversal's own streamer, Peacock, which has seen a boost in its subscribers in recent years. The plan was to make Suits: LA a flagship show and draw in more views. As of now, NBC's plan to extend the OTT rights, which are exclusively kept for Peacock, to Netflix has not been confirmed, but there are rumours that it might happen. The cancellation also comes at a time when NBC needs to free up space in its content lineup. The network has reportedly signed a $2.5 billion-per-year deal with NBA, which means next season, a lot of airtime will go to basketball. So they've axed a bunch of shows to make room—Suits: LA, The Irrational, Found, Night Court, and Lopez vs Lopez all got the chop.
Hindustan Times
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Suits LA to The Irrational: 5 shows cancelled by NBC
NBC faced a challenging day with the announcement of cancellations for five of its series, all within a few hours. These moves are largely due to the network's decision to prioritise 180 hours of primetime NBA coverage next season, creating the need to free up space in its schedule. As a result, several shows were sacrificed to make way for the high-demand basketball programming. Also Read: Always expected show like 'Suits LA' will come with some pressure: Bryan Greenberg The spinoff of the popular series Suits was cancelled by the network after just one season and is undeniably the biggest disappointment for the fans among the shows axed. While the pilot episode of the series garnered a good viewership, it significantly dropped in the following episodes. After running for three seasons, the series was brought to an end by NBC. However, its cancellation does not come as a surprise, given that the show was the most vulnerable to being axed. The viewership for the show plummeted after the success of the first season. According to Deadline, there was a push to give the show an abbreviated fourth season, but it did not pass. Also Read: New Beast Games season to feature 7,000 contestants, boosted prize, and jaw-dropping global locations: Report Lopez vs. Lopez, a multi-camera comedy that ran for three seasons, was another casualty of NBC's programming shake-up. The series, which was praised for its personal portrayal of George Lopez's real-life family dynamics, has now been cancelled, leaving Happy's Place as the only surviving multi-cam comedy of the season. The Irrational, a crime drama led by Jesse L. Martin as Alec Mercer, a behavioural science professor tackling high-stakes cases, has been cancelled after two seasons. While the show saw solid ratings in its first season, boosted by the limited competition during the strike period, its success did not carry over long-term. Despite its intriguing premise, the series ultimately couldn't secure a lasting place in NBC's lineup, as reported by Newsweek. Found, suffered the same fate as The Irrational– gained popularity and viewership during the strike period. However, the ratings plummeted once the strike was over and more content was available to watch on TV.
