The First Lady has officially left office.
Showtime is not moving ahead with a second season of the anthology series, EW has confirmed. The drama chronicled the lives of the infamous former first ladies Michelle Obama (played by Viola Davis), Betty Ford (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson).
Created by Aaron Cooley, the series also featured Kiefer Sutherland, O-T Fagbenle, Aaron Eckhart, Dakota Fanning, and more.
“Showtime can confirm that the anthology series The First Lady will not be moving forward with another season,” a spokesperson for the network said in a statement to EW.
“We would like to applaud the artistry and commitment of our showrunner Cathy Schulman, director Susanne Bier, their fellow executive producers, our amazing cast, led by executive producer Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson, and our studio partner Lionsgate for their dedicated work in telling the unique stories of three remarkable leaders.”
Schulman and Bier had previously said during a TCA panel that they were exploring ideas for future seasons that could center on Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Hillary Clinton, Melania Trump, Dolly Madison, Edith Wilson, Martha Washington, or Rosalynn Carter.
At the time, Anderson said, “I think the hope is that there’s going to be future seasons so they’ll have the opportunity to have more First Ladies represented.
So maybe not just four but maybe 104.”
News of the series’ cancelation comes after tepid reviews from critics, with EW’s own Kristen Baldwin calling the show “a woeful waste of three wonderful actresses.”
The First Lady wrapped up its 10-episode run in June.
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WHAT SHOW??? Never heard of it. Don’t think I missed much.
YEAH ! Michael Philips doesn’t need a Show of it’s own. Great Good News !!
They shouldn’t let any racist have any TV time haha
Canceling what show, no one has ever heard of it, but it sure couldn’t of been to good, to cancel after the first season, I mean she is awful boring, like her husband,it’s all all about me,me,me, and they hate white people. They think their going to buy another election, we’ll see about that, I think the american people are about fed up with these radical,liberal,socialist,marxist,dumbocrap commies. End is near.
Incredible nonsense
They just throw tons of money on the WOKE-FOLK gangsters and it comes back to bite them in the ass! “Michael”, the fist lady drag queen of welfare! Good riddance!
Shame on you
I enjoyed the show. Found it to be factual with minimal literary license.
Thought all the actresses did an outstanding job.
What’s the big deal that attracts interest to Michelle Obama? The fact that she was married to the first, mixed race president? The fact that the liberal media swooned over her? What has she actually accomplished to deserve such notoriety? Only in America can a black, oppressed woman, become rich, living in a country she hates and whose goal is to fundamentally transform America into a nation we won’t recognize. I think most Americans have canceled her, years ago.
Ohhhhh what a wet dream for them.
show was full of lies,I will not watch it again.