The Idol Has Been Cancelled at HBO After Five 1t4s1i Episode-Long First Season

One of its stars Da'Vine Joy Randolph previously claimed that there were plans for a second season of The Idol. 4y5b19

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Ali Pardiwala | Updated: 29 August 2023 11:26 IST

The Idol Has Been Cancelled at HBO After Five-Episode-Long First Season

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Abel 'The Weeknd' Tesfaye and Lily-Rose Depp in a still from The Idol

Highlights

The Idol season 1 originally had 6 episodes under Amy Seimetz’s direction
It was poorly received for its overtly graphic scenes, poor direction
HBO stopped revealing viewer metrics after the first 2 episodes

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claimed later that it was a communication error. When rumours about the cancellation of a second season began making rounds in June, HBO's PR team stepped in to say that a decision had not been made.

“Da'Vine Joy Randolph claimed in an interview that The Idol was always planned to have a second season and that HBO was ‘happy' with how it turned out. Despite her comments, HBO stopped showing viewer data after the first two episodes.

The premiere drew 913,000 views across HBO cable and overtly graphic sexual scenes and the lack of direction.

Dialogue from the show was heavily memed on the internet, specifically, the dirty talk uttered by The Weeknd, who played the cult leader Tedros who invaded pop star Jocelyn's (Lily-Rose Depp) life. Back in March, a Rolling Stone report touched upon The Idol's on-set turmoil, where its original director Amy Seimetz (Upstream Color) exited the project when 80 percent of the work was done. The focus was meant to be on the struggles and exploitation of a rising pop star in Los Angeles, before Levinson came on board and overwrote most of Seimetz's work to glorify the toxic relationship between Depp and Tesfaye's characters. He also ended up directing all episodes. It was also revealed that co-creator Tesfaye/ The Weeknd felt like the show was originally leaning ‘too much into a female perspective.'

All five episodes of The Idol are now available to stream on JioCinema in India, and Max wherever available.

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The Idol 4x16e

Genre Drama
Cast
Lily-Rose Depp, Abel Tesfaye, Suzanna Son, Jennie Ruby Jane, Troye Sivan, Moses Sumney, Jane Adams, Dan Levy, Eli Roth, Rachel Sennott, Hari Nef, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Mike Dean, Ramsey, Hank Azaria
Director
Sam Levinson
Producer
Joe Epstein, Reza Fahim, Aaron L. Gilbert, Ashley Levinson, Sam Levinson, Kevin Turen, The Weeknd, Sara E. White

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