Time to pour one out for Suits LA. Via Deadline, we’ve learned that NBC has canceled the high-profile legal drama after just one season on the air. The series was a spin-off of the beloved USA Network series Suits, and featured former Arrow star Stephen Amell in a lead role as Ted Black. The show garnered decent viewership for its premiere episode. However, the series from Aaron Korsh, who created the original Suits, never gained much viewership. Suits LA landed at just around a million viewers a week and we guess that’s what led to it getting canceled. The show aired on Sunday nights, which is a competitive time.
The original Suits series was a huge draw on the USA Network, and ran from 2011-2019, for nine whole seasons. After it ended, the original Suits received a huge resurgence on Netflix. There, it found a whole new audience, becoming a big hit for the streaming giant. This prompted NBC to give the new version a try. However, what is huge on basic cable and streaming does not always translate to a regular network audience. And ultimately, the now-canceled Suits LA failed to get the Sunday night linear TV crowd to give it a chance. This is despite original Suits cast members like Gabriel Macht, Rick Hoffman, and David Costabile returning to their roles for several episodes.
The network did its best to increase viewership. They even went as far as staging a “Thursday night Suits LA takeover” with a three-hour marathon of repeats. But that didn’t do enough to get a new audience to check it out. Of course, if Suits LA finds eventual viewership on Netflix or another streamer, it might have a future down the line, even given its currently canceled state. It just probably won’t be a future on NBC. Suits LA also starred Scott Davis, Josh McDermitt, Bryan Greenberg, Troy Winbush, Rachelle Goulding, Azita Ghanizada, Maggie Grace, and Alice Lee.
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