Why Did HBO Cancel Togetherness? After two wonderful seasons of Togetherness the show comes to an end after the season finale in two weeks!!!
Find out why HBO pulled the plug on Togetherness on the flip…
CelebNMusic247.com is a little bummed by the news that HBO has decided to cancel the series Togetherness, the family dramedy series created by Jay & Mark Duplass and Steve Zissis.
Normally, HBO does a bang up job selecting original series that usually last a long time, sometimes the cable network just has to pull the plug for practical show business reasons.
Why did HBO Decide To Cancel Togetherness?
HBO announced the end of the impending end of the series, HBO released this statement via Deadline:
“Although we have decided not to proceed with another season of Togetherness, we look forward to continuing our strong creative collaboration with the talented Jay and Mark Duplass.”
The Duplass brothers, the film making duo behind such films as Jeff Who Lives at Home and Cyrus, have an overall deal at HBO, where they also have the animated comedy series Animals on the air after already being picked up for two seasons. So that’s why the cable network wanted to make it clear that their relationship is still going well.
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For those who don’t know, Togetherness followed the trials and tribulations of a married man (Mark Duplass), his best friend (Steve Zissis), his wife (Melanie Lynskey) and her sister (Amanda Peet) as they worked their way through middle age life in Los Angeles. It was simple but never boring, well-acted, with some great writing and true-to-life drama. It’s better than any sitcom on network television and deserves so much more time on the air.
It’s not clear if there’s any chance of a place like Netflix or Hulu rescuing Togetherness, but as a fan of the show that would be wonderful to see. It doesn’t quite have the cult following of resurrected shows such as Community, but anything is possible in today’s TV landscape.
Mark tweeted this statement:
Togetherness series finale airs on April 10th, hopefully it has a decent ending so we’re not left hanging.
We understand that Mark Duplass and Steve Zissis are the writers/creators of the show, but these two guys as the leads were a bit boring. If that had anything to do with the decision of its cancellation, we get it. Melanie Lynskey and Amanda Peet kept us tuned in.
Thoughts?
