Status: Cancelled
Aired: 3 Seasons Totaling 24 Episodes
Series Premiere: November 19, 2021
Network: Prime Video
Starring: Rosamund Pike, Josha Stradowski, Marcus Rutherford, Zoë Robins, Barney Harris
Series Website: www.amazon.com/
Description: Set in an epic fantasy world, The Wheel of Time follows Moiraine (Rosamund Pike), a member of the incredibly powerful all-female organization called the Aes Sedai, as she arrives in the small town of Two Rivers. There, she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young villagers, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn… the one who will either save or destroy humanity. Based on the books by Robert Jordan. Amazon.com
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Why Was It Cancelled? By this show’s third season, the viewership had dropped some from its first year, but not by two much and it consistently placed in the Nielsen Streaming Rankings. It was expensive to produce, though, and Amazon is committed to the even more expensive The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power through its fifth season. The showrunner had previously indicated that he envisioned the series running for around eight seasons, which seemed like a stretch. For now, it will leave fans hanging, but perhaps they can rally and make some noise and convince Amazon to produce a final season or interest another venue in picking it up.
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