Netflix axes Everything Sucks
David Farnor | On 06, Apr 2018
Netflix has cancelled Everything Sucks after one season.
The 10-episode coming-of-age comedy follows two groups of high school misfits: an A/V club and a Drama club, who collide in 1996 Oregon.
The show is created by Ben York Jones (Like Crazy, Newness) and Michael Mohan (Save the Date, Pink Grapefruit) and stars Peyton Kennedy (American Fable, The Captive) and Jahi Winston (The New Edition Story) as students Kate Messner and Luke O’Neil, with Patch Darragh (Sully, Boardwalk Empire) and Claudine Nako (Grimm) as their respective parents.
“Despite being a comedy drama that isn’t particularly comedic or dramatic, Everything Sucks! does turn out to be sweet and touching,” we wrote in our review, “largely thanks to the performances of its child and adult leads. If only its supporting characters were more fleshed out and original, it would make for more enjoyable, memorable viewing.”
While the programme was set to ring bells of nostalgia for everyone of a certain age, though, Netflix apparently wasn’t feeling the 90s love. After its premiere in February, the streaming giant has already decided not to renew the series for a second semester.
EP Jeff Pinkner said in a statement: “We’re super proud of the show we made – and very proud that it found an audience of very passionate fans, for many of whom it became an important personal touchstone: either reflecting their current life, or an echo of their own teenage years. We are grateful to Netflix for the opportunity, but are very disheartened we won’t be continuing to tell these stories.”
The decision follows the recent cancellation of Chuck Lorre’s pot comedy Disjointed, as the streaming service increasingly finds itself balancing the books between continuing existing originals and funding new projects.
New trailer drops for Netflix’s Everything Sucks!
7th February 2018
You can’t fast forward high school. That’s the lesson Netflix is teaching us with its new original series, Everything Sucks!, which rewinds us back to the days of going to class 20 years ago.
The 10-episode comedy follows two groups of high school misfits: an A/V club and a Drama club, who collide in 1996 Oregon. The show stars Peyton Kennedy (American Fable, The Captive) and Jahi Winston (The New Edition Story) as students Kate Messner and Luke O’Neil, with Patch Darragh (Sully, Boardwalk Empire) and Claudine Nako (Grimm) as their respective parents.
The show is created by Ben York Jones (Like Crazy, Newness) and Michael Mohan (Save the Date, Pink Grapefruit) and, judging by the new trailer that’s just dropped, will be ringing nostalgic bells for 90s teens across the US and UK. Everything Sucks! premieres on 16th February. Here’s the new video:
Everything Sucks: Netflix 90s series set for February release
17th January 2018
Remember when your clothes and your backpack were your Facebook wall? Netflix does, and it’s taking us back to freshman year 1996 this February for new series Everything Sucks!.
The quirky coming-of-age comedy will follow two groups of high school misfits: an A/V club and a Drama club, who collide in 1996 Oregon. The show stars Peyton Kennedy (American Fable, The Captive) and Jahi Winston (The New Edition Story) as students Kate Messner and Luke O’Neil, with Patch Darragh (Sully, Boardwalk Empire) and Claudine Nako (Grimm) as their respective parents. It also features Sydney Sweeney (“Emaline”), Elijah Stevenson (“Oliver”), Quinn Liebling (“Tyler”) and Rio Mangini (“McQuaid”).
The 10-episode, half-hour dramedy is created by Ben York Jones (Like Crazy, Newness) and Michael Mohan (Save the Date, Pink Grapefruit), who will both serve as executive producers.
Promising to relive the fashion, music, and attitudes of the mid-90s in a way that’s heartfelt, the show’s February release date was announced in a new teaser video, which gives us a taste of that nostalgic time – one of analogue TV and VHS tapes.
Everything Sucks! premieres on Friday 16th February. Here’s the new video:
Everything Sucks: Netflix heads back to the 90s for new series
28th June 2017
Netflix is taking us all back to the 1990s with its latest original series, Everything Sucks.
The streaming giant has already proven that nostalgia is powerful thing, with the 80s-set Stranger Things becoming one of the site’s biggest hits of 2016 last summer, not to mention its growing stable of revived classic US sitcoms, such as Fuller House and One Step at a Time. Now, though, Netflix is turning to the best decade of them all: the 90s.
“We’re looking forward to spending some time back in the ‘90s,” says Cindy Holland, Vice President, Original Content for Netflix. “Whether you were in A/V, drama, sports or band, we think everyone will find something to relate to in this coming of age story about the one thing that sucks above everything else — high school.”
The quirky, funny coming-of-age series will follow two groups of high school misfits: an A/V club and a Drama club, who collide in 1996 Oregon. The show stars Peyton Kennedy (American Fable, The Captive) and Jahi Winston (The New Edition Story) as students Kate Messner and Luke O’Neil, with Patch Darragh (Sully, Boardwalk Empire) and Claudine Nako (Grimm) as their respective parents. It also features Sydney Sweeney (“Emaline”), Elijah Stevenson (“Oliver”), Quinn Liebling (“Tyler”) and Rio Mangini (“McQuaid”).
The 10-episode, half-hour dramedy is created by Ben York Jones (Like Crazy, Newness) and Michael Mohan (Save the Date, Pink Grapefruit), who will both serve as executive producers. Mohan will also serve as director for the bulk of the series, with Ry Russo-Young directing episodes as well. Jeff Pinkner (Lost, Fringe), Scott Rosenberg (October Road, Life on Mars), Josh Appelbaum (Alias, October Road) and André Nemec (Alias, October Road) from Midnight Radio will also serve as executive producers.
“Some of our favorite shows of all time — The Wonder Years, Happy Days, That 70s Show, Freaks and Geeks — looked back at bygone eras with 20 years of hindsight,” say Jones and Mohan. “We think this is a great time to take a look back at high school and relive the fashion, music, and attitudes of the mid-’90’s the way we remember it. Not sensationalized, not watered down; but desperate, heartfelt, awkward, and exciting.”
Everything Sucks! will premiere in 2018. It follows Netflix’s commissioning of its first teen sitcom, Alexa & Katie, which will star Saved by the Bell’s Kelly Kapowski.