Historical romance My Lady Jane has been cancelled by Amazon Prime Video after just one season.
The historical television series follows the life of Lady Jane Grey, who unexpectedly finds herself crowned queen overnight and becomes the target of criminals who want her throne and her head.
The big-budget series, starring Emily Bader, 27, as Lady Jane, is based on a series of young adult novels by Gemma Burgess.
However, those hoping to see a resolution to Lady Jane’s story will be disappointed as Amazon has decided not to renew the show for a second season.
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Amazon Prime Video has cancelled historical romance My Lady Jane after just one season
The historical television series follows the life of Lady Jane Grey, who unexpectedly finds herself crowned queen overnight and becomes the target of criminals who want her throne and her head.
Even though the show was “killed” after just one season, it was well received by fans and The Guardian He described it as ‘banana-cheerful’ while Forbes called the show “one of the best shows of 2024.”
However, the series failed to bring Prime Video the viewership numbers it had hoped for, failing to enter Nielsen’s Top 10 streaming charts.
Amazon Prime Video shared the news on Saturday and viewers took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to express their disappointment.
One viewer fumed: “Amazon is going to cancel My Lady Jane? They hate fun, fantasy, they hate historical romance with an emphasis on drama, they hate enemies to lovers where one of them is literally a horse, they hate nonsense!”; “I can’t stop thinking about My Lady Jane being cancelled, this is my worst fear coming true.”
‘RIP My Lady Jane, you will always be in my heart.’; ‘DID THEY CANCELLATE MY LADY JANE???? I immediately got angry because how come you’re not going to renew camp romance perfection?’
The show thrilled viewers with its enemies-to-lovers dynamic between Jane and Guilford, with many fans praising their on-screen chemistry and romance.
However, the couple’s aggressive flirting eventually ended with a passionate sex scene in which Jane lost her virginity to Guilford.
The news of the show’s “abatement” leaves the characters’ stories on a frustrating cliffhanger, with series narrator Oliver Chris previously boastfully announcing that “the story isn’t over yet.”
The big-budget series, starring 27-year-old Emily Bader as the protagonist Lady Jane, is based on a series of young adult novels by Gemma Burgess.
However, those hoping to see a resolution to Lady Jane’s story will be disappointed as Amazon has decided not to renew the show for a second season.
However, it seems that the narrator spoke too soon, as Lady Jane only reigned for one season.
My Lady Jane is inspired by the New York Times bestselling book by American author Cynthia Hand.
Speaking to Publishers Weekly, Cynthia said: “I wanted to write a novel about Lady Jane Grey, a strong-willed, book-loving teenager in 16th-century England.”
‘She had the misfortune of becoming queen, but only for nine days and then her head was cut off.’
“I always liked studying the story of Jane Grey in history, except for the ending. So I thought, ‘Hey, I’m a writer. I can give her a different ending.'”
The series failed to bring Prime Video the viewership numbers it had hoped for, failing to enter Nielsen’s Top 10 streaming shows charts.
Ahead of its premiere, fans also seemed to have Bridgerton on their minds when they enthused: “Another costume show that’s actually a swashbuckling sex comedy. I’m here for it.”
Someone else commented on X: ‘Oh enemies to lovers, you will always be loved by me.’; ‘: ‘I just saw a picture of a new series coming to Prime at the end of June and I’m SITTING DOWN.’; ‘I saw the trailer for ‘My Lady Jane’ last night and completely lost my mind.’
According to What’s On Netflix, the latest episodes of Bridgerton garnered a staggering 45.1 million views in just four days of its global release on Netflix.
Meanwhile, My Lady Jane ranked #99 as the most popular show online and was also ranked #5 as the most popular TV show on Amazon according to Television Stats.