A few months ago we learned that FX cancelled the series adaptation of the post-apocalyptic comic Y: The Last Man. The creator and showrunner Eliza Clark attempted to find a new home for the series so that they could continue it, but no other network or streaming service wanted to pick it up, so the series is officially dead.
The series was adapted from Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerrara’s comic book of the same name, and it follows the survivors of a cataclysmic event that kills every animal on Earth with a Y chromosome except for one cisgender man (Ben Schnetzer) and his monkey.
I’m not really surprised that the series didn’t get picked up. I didn’t think the first season was very good and apparently neither did any of the other networks or streaming services. Clark shared on Twitter:
“For those of you who have been asking me: we tried really hard to get another platform to pick up season 2 of Y. But sadly, it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen. It is always incredibly difficult to move a show, and in recent years, it has only gotten harder.”
She went on to talk about her scrapped plans for season 2 saying, “I’ve always been pretty good at managing my expectations in a fickle business. But I will say that this one hit me pretty hard. We had a lot more stories to tell, & a kick-ass pitch for s2, that included new twists on some of the best stories from the book (astronauts anyone?).”
In the comic series, there are two other cisgender men aboard the International Space Station who survived. When talking about her feelings on the show, Clark said, “While it doesn’t end the way we would have ended the series, I still think there are complete stories told, and performances that are pretty fucking brave and exciting.”
The series main cast also included Diane Lane, Ashley Romans, Olivia Thirlby, Juliana Canfield, Elliot Fletcher, Marin Ireland, Amber Tamblyn, and Diana Bang.
All 10 episodes of Y: The Last Man are currently streaming on Hulu if you haven’t watched it already and you’re curious.