"Cruel Intentions" Canceled after One Season

See - Sada Elbalad

11-03-2025

'Cruel Intentions" long journey to TV has ended rather brutally.
The 'Cruel Intentions' TV series at Amazon Prime Video has been canceled after just one season.
The series originally debuted on the streamer in November 2024. It served as a TV update to the 1999 film of the same name, which was itself based on the classic novel 'Dangerous Liaisons.'
A TV show based on the movie was set up at IMDB TV (a.k.a Freevee) in 2021 before being formally ordered at Prime Video in late 2023.
The Amazon series starred Sarah Catherine Hook, Zac Burgess, Savannah Lee Smith, Sara Silva, John Harlan Kim, Khobe Clarke, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Brooke Lena Johnson.
Sara Goodman and Phoebe Fisher served as co-showrunners, writers, and executive producers.
Neal H. Moritz and Pavun Shetty of Original Film also executive produced along with Roger Kumble.
Moritz produced the original film, which was written and directed by Kumble.
Bruce Mellon along with Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi of Iervolino & Bacardi Entertainment were producers.
The series was produced by Sony Pictures Television, Amazon MGM Studios, and Original Film.
Per the official description, the show 'follows the elite students of Manchester College, a Washington, D.C.-adjacent university, where reputation means everything, fraternities and sororities are the gold standard, and two ruthless step-siblings, Caroline Merteuil (Hook) and Lucien Belmont (Burgess), will do anything to stay on top of the cutthroat social hierarchy. After a brutal hazing incident threatens the entire Greek Life system, they'll do whatever is necessary to preserve their power and reputation – even if that means seducing Annie Grover (Smith), the daughter of the Vice President of the United States. Hearts will be broken, loyalties will be tested, and secrets will be revealed in this modern-day royal court that is Manchester College.'
Amazon does not typically release viewership information regarding their shows, so it is difficult to gauge exactly how many people tuned in to 'Cruel Intentions.'
However, the series failed to make an appearance on the Nielsen Top 10 Streaming charts and also failed to find much love with critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the series held a 24% critical approval rating with 10 reviews counted.
Prior to this version of the show, NBC ordered a pilot for a followup to the movie in 2016 with Sarah Michelle Gellar, one of the movie's original stars, attached to reprise her role as Kathryn Merteuil. However, it ultimately didn't make it to series.
Prior to that, Fox's attempted a 'Cruel Intentions' prequel series, which was canceled before making it to air. Three episodes of that show were eventually assembled to become the direct-to-video movie 'Cruel Intentions 2' in 2001.
In 2004, Sony Pictures produced a second direct-to-video sequel, 'Cruel Intentions 3.'