The Idol has been a kind of collection that appeal to dangerous press and worse evaluations and but garner a large viewership. Now, a New York Publish report claims that HBO has canceled The Idol and there can be no second season. A present getting only one season just isn’t one thing new, but when it’s canceled simply two episodes in, particularly when the present stars Lily Rose Depp and The Weekend, it’s a bit bizarre. What makes the waters even muddier is that HBO has denied the claims saying,
It’s being misreported {that a} resolution on a second season of The Idol has been decided. It has not, and we stay up for sharing the subsequent episode with you Sunday evening.
— HBO PR (@HBOPR) June 15, 2023
Nonetheless, in keeping with one other supply, The Idol was by no means alleged to be a protracted operating present. It’s extra of the one and completed form. What’s it about? Right here’s a brief synopsis of The Idol.
After having a nervous breakdown that induced the cancellation of her final tour, an aspiring pop star begins a sophisticated relationship with a self-help guru and the top of a up to date cult.
The Idol debuted on the Cannes Movie Competition to scathing evaluations. Actually, readers of TVLine gave the present a ‘D’ Grade. Even earlier than the launch of the collection the Rolling Stone Journal threw it into deep controversy alleging the creation of “sexual torture porn”. Though one of many producers and lead actors, The Weekend refuted these claims, the controversies didn’t actually go away the present alone. One might say that the adverse publicity form of saved the present from tanking utterly because it garnered over 900,000 viewers on the primary episode and 800,000 on the second.