It’s a sad day for fans of the Amazon series Mad Dogs.
In a string so tweets on Sunday, series executive producer Shawn Ryan announced that the buddy drama would not be returning for a second season.
In the tweets, Ryan thanked the cast and crew, thanks the fans for the love and commitment to the series and also answered a few lingering questions about the cancellation. You can see some of them below:
1) Wanted to report that a decision was made not to make any more episodes of Mad Dogs.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016
3) Some Amazon employees told me that Mad Dogs, after only four weeks, already had better streaming stats than many other Amazon shows.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016
4) So, thanks to the viewers for finding, embracing and binging the show. It’s been a blast to read your joy and shock on Twitter.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016
9) We had that conversation on Thursday with Roy Price and company. Cris and I laid out a story for Season 2 we believed in.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016
10) Ultimately, Amazon didn’t want to make that story and we didn’t want to make the kind of story they wanted us to make, so…
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016
The series, which is American adaption of the original British series, starred Michael Imperioli, Billy Zane, Steve Zahn, and Romany Malco.
Amazon released the 10-episode first season on January 21st.
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