A one-season sci-fi series has been cancelled byApple TV+despite its promising cliffhanger ending. For the past couple of months, there have been relatively few major renewals and cancellations. But with the year rushing to a close, streamers have also been in a sprint to announce some last-minute decisions.
Apple TV+ Has Cancelled Sunny After One Season
The Series Hailed From A24
Sunnywon’t be coming back for season 2, with Apple TV+ officially cancelling the sci-fi mystery. Co-produced by A24 and created by Katie Robbins, the Japan-set series is based on Colin O’Sullivan’sThe Dark Manualnovel. The story focuses on Suzie (Rashida Jones), who has her life turned upside down when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash.TheSunnycastalso includes Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura, Judy Ongg, YOU, annie the clumsy, and Jun Kunimura. It’s executive produced by Robbins, via Babka Pictures, along with A24, Jones, and director Lucy Tcherniak.
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TVLineconfirmedSunny’s cancellation, despite a cliffhanger ending that hinted there was more to the story. Without veering too much into spoiler territory, Suzie gets paired with a domestic robot. After a rough start, they bond and work together to try and figure out what really happened to Suzie’s husband.The ending ofSunnyseason 1suggests that there’s a lot that won’t be explored and the questions around what happened to Suzie’s husband in particular aren’t resolved.
What This Ending Means For Sunny
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Perhaps a hint of the show’s fate could be gleaned in the reaction to the season overall. Based on 61 reviews, it still rates strongly with critics, having a relatively large sample size of reviews for a TV show. However,the audience rating has slipped to 66%. It could be a sign that, despite the intriguing premise and a game performance from Jones,Sunnywasn’t able to build on the potential it demonstrated at the start of its now single-season run.
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For a relatively newer streaming series, which has only relied on its originals, without a library of licensed movies and series,Apple TV+ does have a few marquee dramas.For All MankindandThe Morning Showare both returning for new seasons, their fifth and fourth, respectively, while the spy dramedySlow Horsesis renewed up to season 6. The platform also paved the roadmap for the dystopian Rebecca Ferguson seriesSilo, announcing that it would end with season 4.
The numbers have to be taken in context since the streamer releases relatively fewer shows compared to Netflix and so much of what they release qualifies as limited series that tell a complete story without needing to return for season 2.
That raises the question of how many shows Apple TV+ renewed this year versus how many it cancelled. Setting aside the star-driven limited series, such asLady in the LakeandDisclaimer,the streamer has renewed 17 shows so far in 2024. They vary from comedies like the Maya Rudolph-ledLootandAcapulcoto sci-fi titles such asInvasionand crime dramas such as Jennifer Garner’sThe Last Thing He Told Meand Idris Elba’sHijack. The list of shows cancelled in 2024, with only a few days to go, is significantly smaller.
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Apple TV+ has cancelled six of its shows in 2024. They includeSunny,Time Bandits,Still Up,The Big Door Prize,Schmigadoon!, andConstellation. The numbers have to be taken in context since the streamer releases relatively fewer shows compared to Netflix and so much of what they release qualifies as limited series that tell a complete story without needing to return for season 2. But it still maintains the reputation of allowing its originals the room to conclude on their own terms, which does make the decision aroundSunnya lot more noteworthy.
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Suzie, an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, grapples with the mysterious disappearance of her husband and son in a plane crash. Given a domestic robot named Sunny by her husband’s company, Suzie initially resents Sunny but soon they form a unique bond. Together, they uncover the dark truth behind her family’s disappearance, becoming entangled in a dangerous and hidden world.
