Will There Be A Second Season Of ‘Kaos’? The Numbers Behind The Cancelation

Kaos could have an adoring legion of followers, but it surely wasn’t sufficient to save lots of the darkish comedy collection from cancelation. After only one season, the present, which premiered on Aug. 29, 2024, has already met its finish, regardless of spending a number of weeks in a number of High 10 rankings in a number of international locations.

The present’s formidable try and retell Greek mythology in a modern-day setting gained many individuals over and obtained nice critiques, however in the long run (as I’ll quickly element), the viewership numbers weren’t there to ensure a second and third season just like the present’s creator, Charlie Covell, meant.

The collection starred Jeff Goldblum as a paranoid, insecure Zeus, who stands on the middle of an influence battle between the gods and humanity—an effort spearheaded by Prometheus and a gaggle of people together with Eurydice, Ariadne, and Caeneus. Regardless of its dynamite solid that included the likes of Janet McTeer, Cliff Curtis, David Thewlis and Aurora Perrineau, the present didn’t safe a second season, leaving followers upset.

The cancelation was first revealed in a now-deleted Instagram submit by Perrineau, who performed Eurydice, confirming the present’s destiny to her followers. You possibly can learn the complete submit over on What’s On Netflix, however right here’s a small choice:

“For one of many first occasions in my life, I’ve discovered myself actually proud. I’m, after all, pleased with everybody’s work and the care they gave to this challenge, as a result of, let me let you know, they left the whole lot on the ground. However I’ve additionally discovered myself pleased with me, and that’s one thing I’ve struggled with. After I received solid, I couldn’t imagine that somebody SAW me. A lady who’s not solely a minority but in addition a survivor of SA — and also you’re telling me that somebody thinks I might be one of many leads of a present, have company, my very own mission, and be fascinating sufficient to be the love curiosity to not just one wonderful human however two? I used to be worthy of that? Every part that occurred from that time ahead actually modified my perspective.”

When somebody within the feedback part of her submit requested if the present was canceled, Perrineau signaled that it was. Then, earlier this morning, Selection confirmed the present’s cancelation.

Kaos was initially envisioned as a three-season arc by Covell, who defined in an interview that the primary season’s finale arrange a number of potential storylines for future installments, together with the weakening of Zeus’s energy and the rise of Prometheus as a brand new chief. Covell expressed optimism that the primary season, regardless of not ending on a cliffhanger, would depart sufficient room for development because the present would proceed to develop its characters and story.

As is all the time the case with these cult-obsessed reveals, the continuation of Kaos relied upon its viewership numbers (What’s On Netflix goes into nice element about this, by the best way). Whereas Kaos’ first 4 weeks on the worldwide High 10 charts was promising, its efficiency was finally inconsistent and didn’t show the sustained development Netflix expects from its multiple-season reveals.

In its debut week, Kaos ranked #3 on Netflix’s English-language TV chart, accruing 22.8 million hours considered, which translated to about 3.4 million views. The second week was finest for the present, with it pulling in 39;.2 million hours considered, aka 5.9 million views—a 72% improve from the earlier week.

From there, nevertheless, it was a sluggish and inevitable decline, with the numbers dropping by 43% within the third week to 22.4 million hours considered (3.4 million views), then reducing additional within the fourth and remaining week with 14.5 million hours considered (2.2 million views). Kaos amassed roughly 98.9 million hours considered, or 14.9 million whole views.

Whereas a gradual decline is predicted of most reveals, this form of drop-off lined up with different latest reveals that received canceled by Netflix. The streaming service’s renewal selections are based on viewership in these first 28 days. Exhibits must not solely usher in a big viewers, however they need to additionally retain that viewers to develop. And, per the drop within the present’s second week, Kaos failed to realize this. After its second week peak, the drop in viewership urged that engagement was shortly waning.

Moreover, Netflix reclassified “Kaos Season 1” to simply “Kaos,” signaling a shift its standing to a restricted collection. Previously, this has sometimes indicated (as we noticed on this case) that Netflix not views the present as a long-term funding.

In comparison with different latest Netflix reveals that have been renewed, similar to Supacell, The Gents and My Life with the Walter Boys, Kaos constantly ranked decrease and had much less consistency within the weeks following its debut. In the meantime, reveals that have been canceled, like Useless Boy Detectives and Obliterated, confirmed the same sample to Kaos by way of early decline in viewership and failure to take care of momentum.