Apple TV Plus just cancelled the hit show Swagger despite its 96% Rotten Tomatoes rating
The series' creator says “what an amazing adventure” as the high-school basketball drama fails to make it to a third season
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Despite great reviews,Apple TV Plushas decided not to renewSwaggerafter its second season. The show, created by Reggie Rock Bythewood and made by the team fromFriday Night Lights, followed a basketball prodigy trying to overcome the odds and made for gripping TV. It has an average Rotten Tomatoes critic score of 93% and an audience rating of 96%. But presumably the viewing numbers weren’t enough, andAppleTV Plus has decided to cancel it.
Posting on Instagram post, seen byDeadline, Bythewood said: “What an amazing adventure. In our two seasons, we have launched careers, disrupted genre, brought forth humanity through our characters, told stories we care deeply about, revolutionized the way to shoot basketball and had fun. That’s a blessing… Apple, while you are not ordering a season three, I made the show I wanted to make. Thank you for that.”
Why it’s a shame to see Swagger cancelled
Swaggerwasn’t like some of thebest Apple TV Plus shows. AsThe Hollywood Reporternotes, the show featured some really innovative filming – even putting a camera operator on rollerblades to capture the action – and while season two wasn’t quite as intense as the first season, it still won lots of positive reviews.
Colliderpraised the wider context of the show, saying: “Season two ofSwaggermakes it absolutely clear that some messages must keep getting repeated, and some points will always have to be made. Black and POC’s victories and accomplishments need to be celebrated and normalized every single time and never taken for granted.” It also noted that the show still worked if you were only there for the basketball.
Although it’s a shame there won’t be moreSwagger, the good news is that the end of season two doesn’t leave you hanging. As Collider wrote, somewhat presciently, “even if the series isn’t renewed for season three – the finale could wrap up the series all on its own – the message has been heard loud and clear.”
The first two seasons ofSwaggerare still available to stream onApple TV Plus.
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