One of Amazon’s most-watched shows is hanging up the phone after just one season.
On Call, the police procedural from Tim Walsh, Law & Order creator Dick Wolf, and his son Elliot Wolf, was unexpectedly cancelled after talks with Amazon Prime Video and the production team fell through.
It’s a shocking development from Prime Video, as the series hit #1 on the streamer as it aired in January and sports a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes from audience reviews.
According to Deadline, renewal was looking likely just a few weeks ago. Amazon approached the show’s producers at Wolf Entertainment about a two-season renewal, but the company also asked the creative team to reduce the series’ premium—a sum of money that goes to producers, actors, the studio and anyone who profits from the series.
Amazon apparently argued that the streamer was losing money on the series, due to On Call being
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