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- The great interiorStarring Joel McHale, faced cancellation for depicting millennials as easily offended.
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Critics panned the sitcom’s premise, leading to low ratings and a one-season run before cancellation.
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Millennials’ sensitivity to the series ironically contributed to its lack of renewal for a second season.
One CBS sitcom series focused on millennial culture faced cancellation for the most ironic reason. The net is out The great interior Premiered in October 2016, and in 2017, the show was on the chopping block. The comedy series initially had a time slot leading into Thursday night The Big Bang Theory, But the headliner didn’t live up to its position in the 2016-2017 CBS lineup. As such, the show became another sitcom canceled after one season. Ultimately, the cancellation came down to the premise of the show, which, ironically but perhaps not unintentionally, turned off some of its viewers.
The series starred Joel McHale as Jack Gordon, an adventure reporter who becomes the host of a group of millennial digital specialists after the magazine he works for, Outer Limits, ceases its print edition. Jack is hesitant to adapt to the times, and it is worse for the character because he is surrounded by a group ofmillennials, which he perceives as alienated and stubborn workers. The series has a decent cast, featuring Superbads Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Stephen Fry. Stephen Fry is best known for his role in The British Blackadder Series. He portrays Roland, the founder of “Outer Limits”.
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The Great Insider focused on millennials who are easily offended
the great inn The main premise focused on millennials and how they could be easily offended. The series explored all the different ways that millennials constituted a sensitive cultureMainly through the lens of Jack Gordon, who was quickly frustrated by the young cohort that made up the digital section of the magazine. Joel McHale’s character plays out his frustration, for example, by calling out his coworkers’ fake job titles and an emotional support animal in the series’ pilot. The Community The actor’s delivery subscribes to his comedic style, which is bitterly sarcastic and leaves little room for interpretation as he openly mocks the other characters.
Millennial criticism helped lead to the early cancellation of the Great Indoors
The great interior could not secure renewal for Season 2
finally, The great interior received a lot of criticism for how it depicted millennials as too sensitive. Ironically, millennials being offended by the series (because of the premise that millennials are easily offended) ultimately led to the great inn Cancellation before it could see season 2. The ratings of the series did not keep up. According to deadline, After CBS booted The great interior of his TBBT Headliner time slot, and the series to Monday night, the ratings fell to an all-time low of 3.9 million viewers. The series had its lowest rating with adults aged 18-49 (through Term.)
Ultimately, the series can’t hold its audience, and the premise puts it in a difficult position to do so. In 2016, millennials, born between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s, comprised anyone between their early 20s and late 30s. Some young people are likely to be turned off by the series mocking the state of young people’s lives. Likewise, there is no guarantee that the corner of digital marketing department would appeal to older generations. While the series performed in the network standards, The great interior is a fascinating time capsule of conversations about generational differences in 2016, at least from one perspective.
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