Netflix cancels 'Santa Clarita Diet' after popular third season

Netflix cancels 'Santa Clarita Diet' subsequently popular third season

Netflix has a worrying tendency of cancelling shows afterward three seasons

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Netlfix'south dark comedy serial Santa Clarita Diet is the latest to exist cancelled past the streaming giant.

The cancellation of the series, which starred Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant, comes almost a month later on the March 29th release of the shows third season. Further, it follows a worrying trend of third-season cancellations.

The show garnered a devoted following, with the third season scoring 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

"The world had never known a 'zom-com' until Santa Clarita Nutrition, and we're indebted to creator Victor Fresco for bringing this idea to Netflix," the streaming giant said in a statement to Deadline. "To their countless credit, the incredible Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant were totally game, with an uncanny knack for one-act that brought Sheila and Joel Hammond to vibrant life, even though one of them was undead."

Every bit for the trend of 3rd-season cancellations, Deadline reports that some stem from shows becoming too expensive. Reportedly, Netflix structures many of its deals with a 'cost-plus' model, offering to pay upfront for a show's production costs plus a premium of 30 per centum or more of the costs. This includes bonuses later each season that get progressively bigger.

These payments are relatively modest later a first season, go a flake bigger in the second flavor and reportedly escalate after flavor iii equally Netflix pays off the prove's back-end.

This could be one reason why shows like Santa Clarita Diet joined other season iii cancellations like I Day At A Time, Travellers, Love, Bloodline, Hemlock Grove and Marvel'due south Daredevil.

Source: Deadline