NBC cancels 'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist,' winner of USA TODAY's Save Our Shows poll, after two seasons

Despite one other high displaying in USA TODAY’s Save Our Shows ballot, the music has stopped for “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.”

NBC Wednesday canceled the dramedy, which facilities on a lady who hears others’ ideas by means of choreographed songs, after two seasons. There had been rumors that “Zoey” may transfer to Peacock, NBC guardian Comcast’s streaming service, however that's not occurring, both.

“Zoey’s” topped Save Our Shows for the second yr in a row, with 52% of voters wanting it to return for an additional season, whereas simply 13% favored its cancellation. That follows a first-place end within the 2020 ballot, wherein two-thirds of respondents voted for a second season.

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The first season centered on Zoey’s household and work life, and ended with the dying of her father (Peter Gallagher) from a neurological illness. Season 2 closed final month with a bang, as somebody apart from Zoey (Jane Levy) heard a coronary heart tune. In the finale, when Max (Skylar Astin) and Zoey disclose their emotions for one another, Max hears Zoey sing, lastly leveling the enjoying discipline after her earlier benefit of with the ability to know his ideas.

In an interview with USA TODAY for the season finale, sequence creator Austin Winsberg stated he wrote the episode with the expectation the present would proceed.

“My goal for this episode was to try to give some closure on some things we had built up and satisfy arcs we’ve created throughout the season, but also to pave the road and set the stage for things moving forward,” he stated. “Nobody at NBC at the time when I wrote this episode said ‘Don’t do this,’ or ‘Don’t do that,’ so I just did it all with the expectation and the hope that we were going to continue.”

No resolution has been introduced concerning the destiny of two different NBC sequence additionally thought of “on the bubble” between renewal and cancellation: “Manifest” and “Good Girls.”

Contributing: Gary Levin; Hannah Yasharoff

This article initially appeared on USA TODAY: NBC cancels ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,’ a Save Our Shows winner