The Onyx Collective comedy series, How to Die Alone, has been canceled by Hulu after just one season.
What’s Happening:
- Deadline reports that How to Die Alone, the comedy series created by and starring Natasha Rothwell, will not be receiving a second season.
- How to Die Alone followed Mel (Rothwell), a broke, fat, Black JFK airport employee who’s never been in love and forgotten how to dream, until an accidental brush with death catapults her on a journey to finally take flight and start living by any means necessary.
- The series received an Independent Spirit Award for ensemble cast in a new scripted series and earned two nominations for the upcoming NAACP Image Awards for outstanding comedy series and outstanding directing for a comedy series.
- Sharing her frank disappointment in the series cancellation, Rothwell said “I am shocked, heartbroken, and frankly, baffled that Onyx has decided not to move forward with a second season of How to Die Alone. This is a tough reality to accept because the show is an undeniable critical, creative, and award-winning success.”
- Rothwell plans to shop the series around to other networks and streaming services.
- The cancellation of How to Die Alone follows the news that Hulu would not be proceeding with its comedy pilot Downforce, starring Eve Hewson and Murray Bartlett.
- Check out our review of How to Die Alone here.
What They’re Saying:
- Natasha Rothwell: “I am shocked, heartbroken, and frankly, baffled that Onyx has decided not to move forward with a second season of How to Die Alone. This is a tough reality to accept because the show is an undeniable critical, creative, and award-winning success.
This show took me eight years to bring to life, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned in that time, it’s resilience. I’m not giving up. My team and I are committed to finding How to Die Alone a new home because stories like this matter.
Now more than ever, television that amplifies previously unheard voices, and that prioritizes hiring and casting decisions that accurately reflect the diversity of the world is essential. Representation isn’t just about visibility—it’s about ensuring that our stories, our existence, and our cultural contributions are not erased.
As Maya Angelou so wisely said, ‘You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.’
We are rising. And we are not done.”
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