In a report about J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production company, The Hollywood Reporter‘s Lesley Goldberg lets slip the news that Apple TV+’s first canceled series is “Little Voice.”
A love letter to the diverse musicality of New York, “Little Voice” explored the universal journey of finding your authentic voice in your early 20s. Sara Bareilles (“Waitress”) provided original music for this series.
Produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. J.J. Abrams (“Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” “Star Trek,” “Lost”), Sara Bareilles, Jessie Nelson (“I Am Sam,” “Stepmom,” “Corrina, Corrina”) and Ben Stephenson (“Westworld”) were executive producers.
Lesley Goldberg for The Hollywood Reporter:
Bad Robot also exec produced Apple’s Little Voice, which sources tell THR has been canceled after one season.
MacDailyNews Take: A dubious distinction, but hardly shocking. This is “TV,” so there will be many more cancelations to come and they will greatly outnumber the blockbuster hits.
Too bad. It was a great series.
They failed to support this very sweet and unique series. Biggest mistake was making this as a half hour instead of an hour. 45-50 minutes would have allowed for deeper story telling, character development and a greater understanding of the musical process…and more music! Too bad , good effort.
I guess Apple can’t make every show a hit. The question now that the first cancellation has been made is what will be the hit/miss ratio in a year and compared with Apple’s streaming peers.
I liked it. But that doesn’t mean that every TV show must go beyond one season. Some shows are great for running 10 years, some others should have stopped earlier, eg. “How I Met Your Mother” should and could have been told in 3 seasons without missing anything.