New ‘Queer As Folk’ Is Canceled by Peacock After One Season
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The reimagined Queer As Folk series that premiered to much fanfare on NBC’s Peacock streaming network in May has been canceled. Executive Producer and showrunner Stephen Dunn made the announcement on Instagram late Friday night.
“It’s a rare gift in these times, and in this country, to be able to make a show as fearless and unapologetic as ‘Queer as Folk. This experience changed our lives forever and we’re so grateful to have found this incredible new family. But today we received the disappointing news that we’re not getting a second season. We know how much it’s meant to the fans and while we’re heartbroken we won’t get to make more episodes, we wanna thank everyone for watching and falling in love with Brodie, Mingus, Ruthie, Noah, Shar, Julian, Daddius, Bussey, Marvin, Judy and Brenda. We’re so grateful for the chance to honor our community and are so proud of this show. #QueerAsFamily✨.”
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Dunn grew up a huge fan of Showtime’s American iteration of the series. Russell T Davies created the original British series that ran for two seasons in the early 1990s on the BBC and marked a rare drama that focused exclusively on a group of LGBT friends. The series, inspired by Davies’ own friend group, was remade in the late 1990s by Ron Cowan and Daniel Lipman for Showtime and brought the same groundbreaking LGBT stories to U.S. television. The series ran for multiple seasons and helped pave the way for more inclusive programming featuring queer characters across the spectrum and with shows like Transparent and Pose.
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Peacock’s reimagining followed a group of friends in New Orleans and used a Pulse-like nightclub shooting at a gay bar as a way of exploring how the city’s LGBTQ+ community rebuilds itself. Dunn worked with several Pulse survivors when crafting Queer as Folk, a number of whom also served as consultants on the series.
