This received’t assist his way of thinking… Fortunate Hank has been canceled after one season.
AMC has axed the Bob Odenkirk drama sequence, which premiered earlier this yr.
The sequence, which is an adaptation of Richard Russo’s novel Straight Man, noticed Breaking Dangerous and Higher Name Saul star Odenkirk play William Henry Devereaux, Jr., the unlikely chairman of the English division in a badly underfunded faculty within the Pennsylvania rust belt, who’s someplace between midlife disaster and full-blown meltdown.
The eight-part sequence premiered in March and got here from Sony Footage’ Tv TriStar TV and Mark Johnson’s Gran Through. Aaron Zelman and Paul Lieberstein tailored the ebook and served as co-showrunners. The duo exec produced alongside Odenkirk, director Peter Farrelly, Richard Russo, Naomi Odenkirk and Marc Provissiero.
It’s been a tricky twelve months, programming extensive, for AMC Networks, which initially of the yr axed a swathe of recent content material together with Demascus, Invitation to a Bonfire and second seasons of Pantheon, Moonhaven and 61st Avenue, whereas Julianne Moore sequence Mary & George moved to Starz.
On the 2024 docket, it has The Strolling Lifeless: The Ones Who Reside, Parish, starring Giancarlo Esposito, Orphan Black: Echoes, starring Krysten Ritter and a second season of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire in addition to Clive Owen-fronted Monsieur Spade.
“We’re happy with Fortunate Hank and grateful for the work of everybody who introduced this distinctive, playful and deeply human present to viewers, from the gifted artistic workforce to our companions at Sony and, after all, Bob, Mireille and your entire forged and crew. Sadly, we aren’t capable of proceed with a second season, however we’re glad these eight episodes exist on AMC+ and can proceed to seek out new followers – or be seen once more by viewers who come again to spend extra time with Hank, Lily and the entertaining forged of characters at Railton School,” stated an AMC Networks spokesman.
