The Idol to End One Week Early With a Five 27f2z Episode Run Instead of Six: Here’s Why

A report claims that HBO hasn’t pulled the plug on The Idol, but rather, the show was cut down to five episodes as Sam Levinson took over the reins. 3p1y5b

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Ali Pardiwala | Updated: 27 June 2023 11:06 IST

The Idol to End One Week Early With a Five-Episode Run Instead of Six: Here’s Why

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

Highlights

The Idol episode 5 releases June 3 on JioCinema in India
The Idol originally had six episodes under Amy Seimetz’s direction
It stars Lily-Rose Depp, Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye, and Rachel Sennott

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HBO dropped a preview teaser for its next episode, but the title card mentioned ‘Season Finale' at the end, which is odd considering that the show was initially reported to have six episodes. One would assume that HBO, as a production company, is abruptly pulling the plug on it due to hate-watching and the memes that came out of it, in order to not tarnish its reputation. Rumours claiming that the studio had cancelled the order for a second season didn't help either, although HBO came forward later stating that the new chapter was never confirmed. It now appears as though the information about The Idol's episode count was simply lost in communication.

“The season ended up being five episodes when it was all said and done after Troye Sivan) being abused.

Production on The Idol wasn't easy, thanks to some on-set drama that led to heavy creative changes. Euphoria season 2 — with him allegedly not sending scripts over to HBO executives and department heads.

Levinson does have a strong hold on HBO though, thanks to Cannes Film Festival in May — to poor reception — it was billed as a six-episode season. As the show finally premiered, audiences couldn't help but share clips of The Weeknd's dirty talk in the show and ridicule him for his poor performance as an actor. Levinson also received some criticism for the over-sexualisation depicted in the show.

The Idol episode 5 is out Monday, July 3 at 8:30am in India on 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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