The day after word broke of «First Kill’s» cancellation on Netflix, the trailer for another mundane Netflix dating series was released.
A Netflix representative called First Kill showrunner Felicia D. Henderson to give her the bad news over the phone. Her 8-episode Netflix series, a teen vampire drama that seemed from the outside to have attracted a hardcore fanbase, wouldn’t be getting a second season.
Notwithstanding the series having cracked the Netflix Top 10 global chart — quite a feat right out of the gate — the rep from the streamer went on to explain that the reason for the cancellation, per our sister publication The Wrap, was that “the completion rate wasn’t high enough.”
As we noted in an earlier post, this news predictably sent fans into an uproar. The #CancelNetflix hashtag exploded on Twitter with renewed fury. Fans of First Kill juxtaposed its cancellation alongside a garbage movie like 365 Days getting not one but two sequels from the streamer.
In truth, Netflix can seem increasingly merciless and a little arbitrary these days when it comes to its swinging of the cancellation ax.
