‘First Kill’ Canceled at Netflix; Won’t Be Returning for Season 2
One of the first big in 2022 for Netflix is First Kill, a new teen drama series who sees vampires in love with vampire hunters. First Kill will definitely set the second season, but will not return for season 2 and has been canceled after the first season. Arriving on June 3, 2022, a new series from V.E. Schwab saw Juliette and Calliope falling in love, very disappointing and surprising everyone around them.
Among the players for the series including Iman Lewis as Calliope Burns, Sarah Catherine Hook as Juliette Fairmont, Elizabeth Mitchell as Margot Fairmont, and Gracie Dzienny as Elinor Fairmont.m Reviews for this series shared criticism and audience. In Rottentenomatoes, this event has 52% with criticism but 93% so far with the audience. While at IMDB, this series records with 6.2. It should be noted that this event has gathered big followers and vocals on social media. Variety’s Caroline Framke may be the loudest in this series, saying “For all the first jobs, Kill enters to ensure it touches all the right notes, this series feels more like an extraordinary valley version than what is tried than a useful story.”
Has Netflix renewed First Kill for a season 2?
Official Renewal Status: Canceled on August 2, 2022 On August 2, the deadline announced that the show would not return for the second season, citing performance issues (more about this in one second). As a record of the deadline: “According to the source, the series, which does not have a permanent power from most of Netflix’s hit, still does not meet the threshold to see and complete the episode.”
The creator of the event was brought to Instagram to overcome the cancellation, saying “The day I learned that my first TV project was picked up throughout the season, was one of the best days in my life. But that does not mean this – that day was canceled – was the worst. Because the lack of the second season does not delete the first. That happened, I had to see a group of great writers turning the utas, having to see a group of very talented actors to turn on my character. I know firsthand, that the story has never expired, that they are waiting for new readers, new viewers, to find it, and I am very happy that the first murder will be there, for those who are looking for. I am proud of the players and crew for turning on it with a lot of talent and mountains, and thank million and millions of viewers who watch and fight for and like the show. Thank you.”
In addition, Iman Lewis shared a photo with Sarah Catherine with the title: “Forever Your Calliette”. In the end, the cancellation fell on the series performance and, in particular, how well the performance in weeks 2, 3, and 4. things -don’t look too promising.
How well did First Kill perform on Netflix?
In the first three days on Netflix globally, the event took 30.34 million hours to place it number 7 for that week. It was against fierce competition in the first week that competed with alive summer (also hoping to get the second season) and strange things to dominate the headlines and viewers.
In week 2, the event scored 48.77 million hours seen, representing a 61% increase in viewers but it happened on the 3rd week when the show saw a decline of 62% of watching hours. It was not displayed for the fourth week, meaning that it was supervised less than 15.02 million hours that week. In total, First Kill scored 97.66 million hours seen on Netflix globally between June 5 and June 26.
| Week Period | Hours Viewed(M) | Rank | Week in Top 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 5th, 2022 to June 12th, 2022 | 30,340,000 | 7 | 1 |
| June 12th, 2022 to June 19th, 2022 | 48,770,000 (+61%) | 3 | 2 |
| June 19th, 2022 to June 26th, 2022 | 18,550,000 (-62%) | 9 | 3 |
We can compare the debut of the first three days of the first kill with other events to see how it piled up. If we compare with the Heartstopper (which is dropped with an episode with a lower Runtime, it should be noted), the show only manages 14.55 million display. Digital I, a SVOD data company based in the UK, has provided exclusive data on the percentage of the completion of the event. Their data revealed that everyone who started the show, more than 40% of people managed to complete it.
Representatives for digital that I said to us, “Historically, under 50% almost always leads to cancellation.” Another comparison is from The Cold, Sci-Fi/Fantasy-Esque performances with the same makeup. It reached 24.72m hours in the first 3 days of service. The show has not been updated for season 2, but it should be noted that he sees a 64% decline in viewers from the 2nd week to 3.
Data from Parrot Analytics (published through Thewrap) shows the interest of the event on week 2 jumped 90% and placed the series right behind Ms. Marvel and in front of Gaslit in terms of demand. We can also see the top 10 raw data from Flixpatrol which collects the top 10 daily from all over the world and apply points to the show depending on its position. They noted that this show was still increasingly popular and on June 15 was the third most popular title on Netflix globally behind Stranger Things and Peaky Blinders.
The global map below shows you where this show is carried out most mostly in Eastern Europe. On the left side of the image below, you can see the number of points collected in the top 10 and a sharp decline after several weeks. Google trends can also give us some insights about how well the series piled up in terms of demand in search. We have compared shows with several other debut shows in 2022 including from Cold, Heartstopper and Viking: Valhalla. As you can see, this event has made a simple start and has exceeded cold but is likely to come under Viking: Valhalla’s request (updated to season 3) and far from Heartstopper (which was updated for two additional seasons).
