Amazon Prime ends 10 TV shows in major cull of hit content

Huge shows like The Summer I Turned Pretty and Cruel Intentions will not be returning to the streamer (Picture: Amazon Prime Video/AP)

Amazon Prime Video is saying goodbye to not one, not two, but 10 long and short-lived shows in a huge shake-up of its content.

There are a variety of reasons this slate of TV shows is coming to an end, whether they have reached their natural conclusion, are a victim of Freevee shutting down or received poor ratings.

The slew of show closures kicked off at the beginning of this year with New York-based comedy Harlem – praised for its portrayal of modern Black womanhood – dropping its third and final season.

The show’s creator Tracy Oliver was forced to ‘scrap’ original plans after finding out it was unlikely to get another renewal and ultimately made sure the characters got a ‘satisfying’, if not premature, ending.

Following hot on its heels with another major show touted as a fan-favourite is The Summer I Turned Pretty, which will release its third and final season in July.

It will not return for a fourth outing.

Harlem was the first to go earlier this year – but it is far from the last (Picture: Amazon Content Services LLC/Emily V Aragones)

The popular young adult romance series is based on a trilogy by Jenny Han, who is also a showrunner on the adaptation. The plot follows the love triangle between our protagonist Belly, and brothers Jeremiah and Conrad ‘over one perfect summer’.

Jenny has always made clear that there would be a season per book so fans have been anticipating the bittersweet end.

Next, although Priyanka Chopra’s spy series Citadel will come back for season two next year, the spin-off shows Honey Bunny and Diana have no such luck.

Prime Video broke the news in April, reassuring fans that the plotlines would instead be incorporated into the main show to make it the ‘most exhilarating’ chapter yet.

So, for any concerned fans, it won’t be the last we see of these storylines despite the cancellations.

Citadel spin-offs Diana and Honey Bunny will be incorporated into season two of the main show (Picture: Amazon MGM Studios/Marco Ghidelli) Another procedural-style drama not returning is Almost Paradise (Picture: Amazon)

Rolling in next, we have Filipino-American drama Almost Paradise which arrived on Amazon for its second season. Unfortunately, it is now collateral damage as Amazon winds down its Freevee service to simplify its streaming.

But for fans hoping to see more of Ex-DEA agent Alex Walker (Christian Kane) there is hope yet after executive producer Dean Devlin told TV Insider that they are ‘looking for a new home’.

‘At some point, Almost Paradise will be back. I just don’t know when,’ he promised.

In another shock turn of events, Amazon Prime’s adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s 2016 sci-fi novel The Power, starring Toni Colette, has been canned.

Despite its popularity, sci-fi series The Power will not return for a second season (Picture: Amazon Prime Video) On the flipside,the axed 90s reboot Cruel Intentions didn’t perform critically well (Picture: Prime Video/Amazon Prime

The show, which follows a world in which teenage girls are suddenly given the power to electrocute people, was quietly put to rest earlier this year after only nine episodes.

Elsewhere, Amazon’s 90s reboot of Cruel Intentions proved to be not quite the success they were hoping for.

The revival, starring Sarah Catherine Hook and Zac Burgess, failed to make a splash with viewership or critical reviews, petering out into an almost inevitable axe.

Finally, we have a trio of ill-fated comedies.

First up is The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh, following the antics of an immigrant family and starring British comedian Sindhu Vee and Lost’s Naveen Andrews.

Unfortunately, the Freevee shuffle-up which has hit many of the smaller shows much harder meant this hasn’t been given the second series order.

In much the same vein, the sitcom Clean Slate, which featured late TV star Norman Lear in his final project, will also not be returning.

Laverne Cox’s Clean Slate joins a number of shows that got axed thanks to Freevee’s closure (Picture: Amazon Content Services)

The show, starring Laverne Cox, follows an Alabama car wash owner rebuilding their relationship with their adult trans daughter.

In a statement, Laverene as well as co-creators George Wallace and Dan Ewen said it was a ‘labour of love’ and a ‘seven-year effort’ that ‘was gone in a puff of server exhaust.’

And finally, we have The Sticky – a six-episode heist comedy series guest starring Jamie Lee Curtis.

The intriguing Canadian series was based on a true crime story of a real-life 2012 heist where more than $18 million worth of maple syrup was stolen from Quebec’s national reserves.

But for every cancellation, there is also plenty of new and returning content. This year certified Prime Video hit Clarkson’s Farm will be coming back for another round.

There is also the adaptation of the bestselling novel We Were Liars to look forward to in June. And who can forget the second season of delightful period drama Maxton Hall set to come out at the end of this year.

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