First Kill Showrunner Opens Up About Netflix Show's Sudden Cancellation

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First Kill showrunner Felicia D. Henderson speaks out about the show’s sudden cancellation. First Kill starred Sarah Catherine Hook as a teenage vampire named Juliette. Determined to establish herself in her vampire family, Juliette intends to make her first kill. She sets a new girl in town, Calliope (Imani Lewis), as her main target. When Juliette makes the shocking discovery that Calliope is a vampire slayer, however, Juliette finds that this kill may be far more complicated than she originally planned.

First Kill premiered on Netflix on June 10, 2022 with an eight-episode season 1, and it initially found ratings success, gaining over 100 million streams in its first four weeks. Earlier this week, however, the creative team received the disappointing news that First Kill was cancelled after just one season. The main reason cited was the failure to gain the viewership numbers expected of the show. Though it had an initially successful run, First Kill did not maintain the numbers it needed for Netflix to feel confident renewing the show. Thus, any plans to revive the rocky relationship between Juliette and Calliope were abruptly squashed.

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Now, Henderson addresses her feelings about the sudden cancellation of the show. According to the Daily Beast, she blames the marketing campaign for First Kill not gaining the broad viewership it deserved. The “art for the initial marketing” for First Kill included a poster with both Calliope and Juliette as the latter bares her fangs and Calliope looks upward. While Henderson found this poster “beautiful,” she was surprised that the marketing campaign did not go on to reveal other intriguing elements in First