Apple TV+’s Constellation Cancelled After One Season
Apple TV’s Constellation has been grounded after one season.
The psychological sci-fi thriller, which premiered on Feb. 21 and spanned eight episodes, has been cancelled, sources tell TVLine, and won’t see a Season 2.
Deadline first reported on the series’ snuffing.
Created/written by Peter Harness (Wallander, The War of the Worlds), Constellation starred Noomi Rapace (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) as Jo Ericsson, an astronaut for the European Space Agency who returns to Earth after a disastrous mission, only to to discover that pieces of her life seem… different.
The cast also boasted Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul) as Henry, a physicist who has a member of Jo’s ESA team conducting research at the International Space Station; James D’Arcy (Agent Carter) as Jo’s husband Magnus; Rosie and Davina Coleman (The Larkins) as Jo and Magnus’ daughter Alice; plus William Catlett (Black Lightning), Julian Looman (The Mallorca Files) and Barbara Sukowa (The Swarm).
Though Constellation ended with a good amount of closure, there was fodder for a second season, given the finale’s shocking final image, the ongoing odysseys of Banks’ character(s), astronaut Paul’s latest reality-swap, and an email that Roscosmos boss Irene Lysenko had sent out to other space travelers, seeking data on their mental health.
“Obviously we’re very happy to get to the end of the first season, but there’s a long way to go with these characters,” showrunner Harness said during the Constellation panel at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. “I think there’s a bigger story to tell about space, about the history of this, and I think these characters have got a long way to go. [Jo and Paul] have only just landed back on Earth, and life is very long for these characters.”
TVLine readers gave the eight-episode season an average grade of “A-.”
But it’s good.
Would like to know what were their reasons to cancel this show tbh.
Suspect it didn’t get people pulling through the whole season. I know a few people who dropped it after a couple of eps.
I would have watched another season but it did seem fairly complete.
Not surprised . . . the show was confusing and frustrating to watch. I made it thru all the episodes hoping to get a full explanation (which did not come) but I would not watch a second season. Especially after the “jump the shark” ending of the season! Coming from an alternate universe is one thing but a dead body suddenly coming back to life while sporting a fatal wound? C’mon!!
same here
Oh that sucks it was awesome :(
I watched it but it was a bit of a mess plot wise. A third cabin? She got the CAL with only minutes left to get it but then later said she had never seen it before and her timeline it was a plant lab? Squandered promise i say.
Not surprised to be honest if people had same experience as us.
Apple are usually very good with renewing their Sci-fi shows, better than most outlets even. I can only assume the viewer data for the show was awful. They literally renew anything Sci-fi which shows signs of life.
Hmmm… Why is it that unique/new, sophisticated, deep shows that you actually have to pay attention to and THINK about always seem to get the axe well before their time? (Take Netflix’s “The OA” for instance. Still not over that cancellation… LOL)
Has the public, and associated show money people become so inattentive and dumbed down that all they can tolerate are bland, repetitive breakfast cereal for shows? So disappointing…
I, like @Gonzalo would like to know what led to their decision. (Outside of a short 8 episode first season not making it into the Neillson Streaming Top 10 in only a few short weeks?…) Production budget, maybe? It certainly is/was a beautiful aesthetic with well crafted SFX (expensive) and editing. Yet, so is 3 Body Problem (tough competition for Constellation, that!) another new concept (new meaning all three versions, mind you) and interesting show that’s a good ‘think piece.’
Still, seems a shame the show’s been left on the cutting room floor when it was an interesting & relatively new concept, innovative story, and a worthy mind trip intellectual show that got off to an (albeit slow) decent start.
My wife likes shows that are mostly background for multi-tasking, so maybe that’s why it missed. Perhaps some marketing for ‘thinker’ shows would help them stay alive better, so people didn’t go in uninformed/knew what to expect…