Netflix is not proceeding with more installments of That ’90s Show. The news was confirmed on Instagram by star Kurtwood Smith. The cancellation comes a little over a month after Part 3 of the That 70s Show sequel was released Aug.
22. That translates to a two-season run as Netflix releases multi-cam comedies in Parts (aka half-seasons) after their initial run. The 10-episode first season of That ’90s Show (aka Part 1), which featured appearances by several That ’70s Show stars, including Topher Grace, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Wilmer Valderrama, was followed by a Season 2 renewal for 16 episodes, split into two parts, Part 2 and 3.
The writing was pretty much on the wall after Part 2 debuted June 27, only cracking the Netflix Top 10 once, in its first full week of release, with 1.8 views. The streamer then moved up the premiere of Part 3 by almost two months, from Oct.
24 to Aug. 22. The eight episodes did not chart, meaning that they drew under 1.
9M in Part 3’s opening weekend, under 1.6M in its first full week and under 1.4M in its second week.
That ’90s Show ‘s short run extends Netflix’s — and other streamers that have tried the format — struggles with multi-camera comedies. Only a couple of series, Fuller House, The Ranch and The Upshaws , which is headed into its final season, have had meaningful lifespans. That ’90s Show followed the formula of Fuller House, bringing back a popular multi-cam sitcom by picking up the story decades later with so.
