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Variety reported that the Dead Boy Detectives TV show, a spinoff of the Sandman series on Netflix, and based on writings of the disgraced Neil Gaiman, has been cancelled after barely one season:

“Dead Boy Detectives” has been canceled at Netflix. The series aired its one and only season at the streamer on April 25.

Thus ends the show’s twisty path to the screen. It originally got a pilot order at Max in 2021 and then a series order at that streamer in 2022 before it was sold to Netflix in 2023. It was reported at the time that the sale took place because the show, which is based on characters created for DC by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner, did not fit with the new direction for Max-DC content being spearheaded by James Gunn and Peter Safran.

At Netflix, it was a part of the “Sandman” universe, as the Dead Boy Detectives were first introduced in an issue of “The Sandman” comic book. Netflix currently airs “The Sandman” TV series, with a second season on the way.

Unsurprisingly, no questions even remotely asked whether the sexual assault accusations made against Gaiman had anything to do with the cancellation. What if it lost audience as a result of the scandal? Well I'm not sorry this series is going down, and Netflix is reason enough to stay away. Besides, if it's based on dark themes far more than brighter ones like comedy, that should be telling what's wrong with these programs.

Radio Times notes, interestingly enough, that:

The show had somewhat lukewarm reviews and a distinctly YA feel that could have turned off some older viewers, but those who did come to love the show will be gutted to see yet another Netflix series with major unresolved plot threads.

"Young Adult" storytelling is one of the wokest-plagued genres in the literary scene today, and even DC's production line was victimized by its propaganda angles. And it's honestly no use crying over spilt milk. It's only a TV show, just like all sorts of movies and comics also are. It remains to be seen how much longer the Sandman live action series will last, and there's really no point to caring, now that Gaiman's already been revealed to be a real life baddie. I'm sure there's plenty of TV shows that were cancelled before any plotlines could be resolved. If it really matters, I'm sure they could be resolved in fanfiction writings, plain and simple. But the whole notion TV shows like these should be such a big deal is silly and trivial, and the day will come when Gaiman's Sandman won't be seen as such a big deal any longer.

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