“Kaos” canceled by Netflix after one season

Netflix has decided not to return to Mount Olympus, canceling its series Kaos after just one season.

The decision comes about six weeks after the black comedy, based on Greek and Roman mythology and created by Charlie Covell (The end of the damn world), made his debut on the streamer. Kaos appeared in the top 10 of the Netflix charts for English-language series in each of its first four weeks, reaching third place in the week of September 2–8. It earned 14.9 million views (measured by total watch time divided by run time) in those weeks, a mediocre number by the streamer's standards.

In the United States, the show had 3.34 million views as of September 8, according to Nielsen streaming ratings (viewing totals for subsequent weeks are not yet available).

Kaos puts Greek and Roman mythology in a present-day setting. The series stars Jeff Goldblum as Zeus, who has chained fellow god Prometheus (Stephen Dillane) to a cliff as punishment for interfering with Zeus' rule. Prometheus then seeks to overthrow Zeus with the help of three humans, Eurydice (Aurora Perrineau), Ariadne (Leila Farzad), and Caeneus (Misia Butler). The cast also includes Janet McTeer, Cliff Curtis, David Thewlis, Rakie Ayola, Killian Scott, Nabhaan Rizwan, Debi Mazar, Mat Fraser, Stanley Townsend, Billie Piper and Suzy Eddie Izzard.

In an Instagram post, Perrineau said of the cancellation that “this hurts,” but praised her castmates and the show's creative team. “Everyone was brilliant and unique. Every performance surprised and excited me,” he wrote. “I can't believe I have to do this with all of you. We've made something strange, dark, hilarious, deranged and utterly tragic, something entirely human.”

Covell served as executive producer Kaos with Chris Fry, Georgi Banks-Davies, Jane Featherstone, John Woodward, Nina Lederman and Tanya Seghatchian.

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