Do We REALLY Need Another Vampire Diaries Spinoff After Legacies?
After a four-season run, the CW fantasy drama Legacies has ended, and in its wake, there are lingering doubts about whether another spinoff of The Vampire Diaries is necessary. The cancelation of the supernatural drama brought the Vampire Diaries franchise, which has been running on CW in some form since 2009, to an end. Although Legacies could not match the longevity of its parent show, The Vampire Diaries, which ran for eight seasons, Legacies season 4 currently holds a solid 83% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Legacies is the third show and second spinoff in the Vampire Diaries franchise, coming after the flagship show and its first spinoff, The Originals. The show follows a 17-year-old descendant of a vampire, werewolf, and witch bloodline, the Tribrid Hope Mikaelson, through her stay at the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young and Gifted, otherwise known as the Salvatore School. Its not-so-surprising cancellation, which came with a slew of other cancellations, is rumored to have links to the network’s alleged sale, but also due to the fact its ratings had been steadily dropping. But, in true Vampire Diaries fashion, nothing stays dead for long, and by all indications, there are plans to expand the franchise. After CW announced its cancellation in May 2022, the show’s executive producer, Julie Plec, revealed that there would be more to come.
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The question, though, is whether or not another Vampire Diaries spinoff show is really needed. While most were unsurprised by the Legacies cancelation announcement, a smaller but vocal group took to Twitter to vent their frustrations with the hashtag #SaveLegacies. Their passion shows that
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