Netflix cancels what couldve been the next Virgin River even though the
series had more views than Ransom Canyon

Date:
Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:31:58 +0000

Description:
This popular Netflix show was hailed by critics as perfect summer nonsense
but that didnt save it from being canceled.

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The reformed Oasis band are currently touring, and singing to Sally about how it's unwise to put your heart in the hands of a rock'n'roll band. Maybe they should write a sequel to warn her of something equally heartbreaking: getting too involved with season one of any streaming show. That's right: yet another promising streaming series has bitten the dust after just one season.

This week's casualty is The Waterfront on Netflix, which was getting decent viewing numbers but left many critics cold although not at The Guardian ,
who described it as " Dawson's Creek for grown-ups" and "perfect summer nonsense". We thought it had the potential to be a new Virgin River , but
just two months after it debuted on Netflix the show has been canned. Why The Waterfront is getting washed away

As Variety reports, initial numbers were impressive: "The series spent over a week atop the streamers Top 10 before being overtaken after the premiere by the juggernaut Squid Game, which debuted its third season less than two weeks after."

Unfortunately Variety's prediction that the show had "set itself up to be yet another one of [Scream creator Kevin Williamsons] long-running fan-favorite shows and Williamson's own plans for a second season proved optimistic.

There's no official explanation for the cancellation but it's going to be the usual culprit: numbers. Not just the number of people streaming the show, but how much they streamed and how quickly they streamed it. It looks like from Netflix's perspective at least, The Waterfront simply didn't deliver. You may also like 3 Body Problem season 2 is underway as star reveals first days of filming: The stuff they've got planned out is pretty epic Netflixs new streaming recommendation tool is about to make my astrology-obsessed friends unbearable Emily in Paris season 5: everything we know so far about the hit Netflix shows return



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/streaming/netflix/netflix-cancels-what-couldve-been- the-next-virgin-river-even-though-the-series-had-more-views-than-ransom-canyon


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