Netflix, Amazon Prime: French series laugh out loud after a series of cancellations

Bad luck for the French series of the major digital platforms.

After

, which will not be entitled to a second season on Amazon Prime, it is the turn of

not to have been renewed by Netflix.

These two cancellations, determined according to criteria deemed difficult to read, refer French creators to the international performance requirement expected by the streaming giants.

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After the euphoria of a big budget launch for

, its creator Fanny Herrero, revealed with the worldwide success of

, did not hide her sadness last week after its non-renewal for a second season.

, ”confided to

the screenwriter who had signed exclusively with the platform to create this series on the stand-up scene.

And to add:

.

The

series , which chronicled the arrival of co-education in a school for boys in the early 1960s, was also canceled by Amazon last fall after only one season.

Amazon Prime Video

Asked by AFP, the platform had stressed the need for a fair ratio between

.

Last year, another French screenplay heavyweight, Marie Roussin, the originator of

for TF1, experienced a similar disappointment with the discontinuation of

, the first 100% French series from Amazon Prime Video on the debut of school coeducation in a high school in the 1960s.

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Despite a return from the platform on

, attesting that the vast majority of spectators had followed the series in full, it was not renewed for lack of having reached the required number of views during the first 28 days. of diffusion, tells AFP Marie Roussin without disclosing exact figures.

A decision all the more difficult to understand that

, with positive feedback on the series from both critics and the public, adds the author, also president of the French guild. screenwriters, the trade union.

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“That a platform or a channel stops a series that does not bring together enough people, it is normal.

But what was frustrating for

Mixte

, ”regrets Marie Roussin.

For the time being, no rebirth in sight for this series, for which Amazon holds the rights, as for

at Netflix.

Asked by AFP about their audience measurements, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+, which will have to decide on the future of their French series

,

or

, did not wish to communicate.

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At Netflix, we say we pay attention to several audience measurements, such as the number of hours spent watching a program or the proportion of subscribers watching it in its entirety, but also to its production cost.

And the more expensive the production, the higher the bar, it is specified.

“

,” journalist Capucine Cousin, author of

.

Although "

", the end of

is part of a long list of original productions interrupted by Netflix each year, mentions the journalist, recalling that the anger of fans of the American series

at the announcement of its stop had not caused the platform to bend.

, she analyzes.

It also remains to reinforce

, according to a burnt-out screenwriter.

. "