The Mist TV series cancelled after one season
David Farnor | On 30, Sep 2017
The Mist TV series has been cancelled after one season.
Based on the story by Stephen King, the 10-episode drama centres around a small town family that is torn apart by a brutal crime. As they deal with the fallout, an eerie mist rolls in, suddenly cutting them off from the rest of the world, and in some cases, each other. Family, friends and adversaries become strange bedfellows, battling the mysterious mist and its threats, fighting to maintain morality and sanity as the rules of society break down.
The show was developed for television by Christian Torpe and produced by TWC-Dimension Television, with the cast including Morgan Spector, Alyssa Sutherland, Gus Birney, Danica Curcic, Okezie Morro, Luke Cosgrove, Darren Pettie, Russell Posner, Dan Butler, Isiah Washington, Jr. and Frances Conroy. Torpe exec produced the project alongside Segel, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein and David Glasse.
Spike ordered the show to series in 2016, before it premiered this summer – at which point Netflix jumped on board to snap up the international rights. Even with the support of the streaming giant, though, the series was not successful enough in the US to make an impact, with a 0.14 rating among adults 14 to 49 leaving Spike to officially axe the programme.
“It’s stupid as all hell and unintentionally funny, but, like the titular mist, there’s something grimly fascinating in there that won’t let you go,” we wrote in our review of the first season.