Netflix Cancels The 1996 Set Series EVERYTHING SUCKS! The Cast and Producers React
I guess audiences just aren't into the 90s as much as Netflix thought. After only one season, the streaming service canceled the 90s set series Everything Sucks! and I'm kinda bummed out by that. I actually enjoyed the show and thought it was entertaining.
The series was created by Ben York Jones and Michael Mohan and the show followed two groups of high school misfits from the A/V club and a Drama club who join forces to make a movie in 1996 Oregon. There were also a few coming-of-age subplots involving the growing pains of being a young teenager in high school.
THR explained that the show "made waves within the LGBT community but struggled to cut through to mass appeal despite a small group of loyal and vocal supporters. The series was particularly praised for its lesbian representation as it followed young Kate Messner's (Peyton Kennedy) coming-out process."
It was a really well-made and thoughtful series that brought back memories of my own time in high school. Unfortunately, Season 1 ended with a cliffhanger and now we'll never know what happens to these characters in the future.
The series also stared Jahi Winston, Patch Darragh, Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako, Sydney Sweeney, Elijah Stevenson, Quinn Liebling, and Rio Mangini. If you watched the series, are you sad to hear that it got canceled?
Here are a few reactions from the cast and producers:
If you ❤️ KATE & EMALINE & LUKE & MCQUAID & TYLER & OLIVER, pls go to these #Netflix accounts and reply #RenewEverythingSucks on every single post! @netflix @Netflix_CA @NetflixUK @NetflixES @NetflixANZ @NetflixIT @NetflixBrasil @NetflixSA @NetflixNL @NetflixKR @NetflixFR et al
— Peyton Kennedy (@peyton_kennedy) March 30, 2018
Had the “What Up With That” song from SNL stuck in my head for three days. This is a coping mechanism. Hurts but works.
— Ben York Jones (@benyorkjones) March 28, 2018
It’s frustrating, but perhaps appropriate, that a show about a bunch of underdogs finds itself an underdog. If you root for those characters, and this show, please let everyone know: #RenewEverythingSucks
— Michael Mohan (@michaelmohan) March 30, 2018
PREACH!!!!! https://t.co/mvrKfflyWP
— Jahi Di'Allo Winston (@jahidiallo) March 30, 2018