CBC and Netflix co-production Anne with an E has been cancelled after three seasons.
The show, which won seven awards at the Canadian Screen Awards earlier this year, has run its course after the conclusion of its third season.
The news comes from the Instagram account of the show’s Canadian creator Moira Walley-Beckett, but it was foreshadowed in early October when the CBC cut ties with Netflix.
Walley-Beckett made a name for herself writing and producing Breaking Bad before she began adapting Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic Canadian series Anne of Green Gables for modern audiences.
The Netflix/CBC show took a gritter look at life on Prince Edward Island in the late 19th century while also offering stunning scenes that showcased Canada in a high-quality way. Personally, I was a huge fan of the show and will be joining many other Canadians on Twitter with #Renew Anne with an E and #Renew AWAE hashtags.
You can watch all three seasons of the show on the CBC Gem app right now, or wait until they hit Netflix on January 3rd.
This is one of a few shows that Netflix was co-producing with the Candian broadcaster. Anne With an E being cancelled, this doesn’t leave a lot of hope for the remaining shows like Northern Rescue and Alias Grace.
In regards to CBC backing out if its deal with Netflix, the broadcaster’s CEO Cathrine Tait told the Content Canada podcast that she saw the deal with the streaming service as more of a way to bolster Netflix instead of creating more opportunities and growing the Canadian media industry.
As noted by the Financial Post, this is a significant shift from when Tait told media that the cost-saving partnership was the future of the CBC.
Source: Moira Walley-Beckett, Financial Post
