"Santa Clarita Diet" canceled by Netflix after three seasons

The Netflix Santa Clarita Diet Black comedy series will not take place for the fourth season, as the streaming giant has decided to cancel the series starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant. The news comes almost a month after the release of the third season of the series on March 29.

Santa Clarita Diet is the last Netflix series canceled after three seasons. After Deadline looked at the trend, fans of the series launched a #SaveSantaClaritaDiet Twitter campaign, reunited for a renewal of Season 4. As with the recently canceled TV series One Day At A Time of Netflix, after three seasons also , the cancellation of Santa Clarita Diet comes after a very good season, which was marked 100% by Rotten Tomatoes.

The starred Barrymore-Olyphant had also developed a dedicated audience and, although Netflix does not publish evaluation data, its third season appeared in various top 10 binge / streaming rankings last month.

The Santa Clarita Diet, created by TV veteran Victor Fresco, succeeded the wives of agencies Sheila (Barrymore) and Joel (Olyphant) Hammond, who led a vaguely dissatisfied life in the suburbs of Santa Clarita with their teenage daughter Abby (Liv Hewson), until Sheila's arrival. through a dramatic change that put their lives on the path of death and destruction – but in a good way. Skyler Gisondo is the Hammonds' neighbor, Eric.

Fresco, who served as a showrunner, produced with Barrymore through its Flower Films banner, Olyphant, Aaron Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment, Tracy Katsky of KatCo and Chris Miller and Ember Truesdell of Flower Films. Nancy Juvonen of Flower Films was a producer. Netflix was the studio.

"The world had never known a zom-com before the Santa Clarita diet, and we owe it to Victor Fresco to bring this idea to Netflix," said the Internet. "To their infinite credit, the incredible Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant were totally crazy, with a strange talent for the comedy that brought Sheila and Joel Hammond to a vibrant life, even though one of the best of them. they were living dead. We thank Victor, Drew and Timothy, along with other executive producers, Tracy Katsky, Aaron Kaplan, Chris Miller and Ember Truesdell, as well as great actors including Liv Hewson and Skyler Gisondo, and the team for three hilarious seasons for Netflix members. discover for years to come. "

The executive producers of the Santa Clarita regime also issued a statement. In their films, the creators Fresco and Katsky, who played a key role in the development of the series, thanked the cast and (for the most part) (Netflix) the duo evoked the black humor of the series with a momentum at the cancellation of the series, revealing that they received the call today at noon.

Like our audience, we were all about Sheila and Joel. Their relationship, in the face of incredible adversity, was a source of inspiration for writing and watching. Generally, they were funny, which is important in a comedy. Working with Drew and Tim, with the immense talent of Liv and Skyler, was a joy and a unique experience in life.