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Prime Video Cancels YA Drama Motorheads After One Season

Producers are shopping the show to new platforms with Amazon's permission.

Overview

  • The cancellation was reported Aug. 30, and producers have begun conversations with potential new homes, according to Deadline.
  • The series delivered high viewer completion and a 95% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes alongside a 78% critics score, yet overall viewing hours trailed top renewals.
  • Motorheads did not appear on Nielsen’s weekly Top 10; Luminate ranked it for five weeks, peaking at No. 19 with 3.29 million hours for the week of May 23, while FlixPatrol showed an early No. 1 on Prime Video globally.
  • Amazon TV chief Vernon Sanders had recently highlighted strong completion rates, and TheWrap noted the show was once considered promising enough to open a Season 2 writers’ room.
  • It is unusual for an internally produced Amazon MGM Studios original to be shopped post-cancellation; the 10-episode season premiered May 20 starring Michael Cimino, Melissa Collazo, Ryan Phillippe and Nathalie Kelley.