Subject: [NEWS] "Etoile" canceled after one season (despite originally given two)



'Etoile'ÿCanceled After One Season at Amazon Prime Video,
Despite Two-Season Order
---------------------------------------------------------
The first bow of "Etoile" is also its last. Prime Video has
canceled the ballet series from "Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, despite
the streamer initially greenlighting the production with a
two-season commitment.

The final pirouette comes roughly six weeks after the series
first debuted in late April and earned generally positive
notices from critics. All eight episodes were dropped
simultaneously on Prime Video. That binge-release model of
premiering all episodes at once has become a bit of a rarity
for Amazon's original programming.

"Etoile," which starred Luke Kirby and Charlotte Gainsbourg
as ballet company directors teaming to save each other's
storied institutions, was ordered to series in 2023, about
one month before the series finale of Sherman-Palladino and
Palladino's "Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" premiered on Amazon's
streamer. "Maisel" was also initially picked up for two
seasons back in 2017, though that commitment came after a
pilot was produced.

The ballet series was greenlit by the prior administration at
Amazon MGM Studios, headed by Jennifer Salke. Salke stepped
down from her role after seven years back in March, one month
before "Etoile" premiered.

In an April interview with Variety previewing the series,
Sherman-Palladino and Palladino were tentative about the
prospect of Season 2, despite the streamer's initial commitment,
saying that more episodes were "pending."

Sherman-Palladino and Palladino served as writers, directors and
executive producers on "Etoile," with Dhana Rivera Gilbert also
executive producing and Scott Ellis co-executive producing. It
was a product of Sherman-Palladino and Palladino's overall deal
at Amazon Studios, which the pair signed in 2019.



<https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/etoile-canceled-amazon-ballet-1236421858/>






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Subject: Re: [NEWS] "Etoile" canceled after one season (despite originally
given two)

On 6/6/25 6:32 PM, Your Name wrote:

ÿÿ 'Etoile'ÿCanceled After One Season at Amazon Prime Video,
ÿÿ Despite Two-Season Order
ÿÿ ---------------------------------------------------------
ÿÿ The first bow of "Etoile" is also its last. Prime Video has
ÿÿ canceled the ballet series from "Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
ÿÿ creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, despite
ÿÿ the streamer initially greenlighting the production with a
ÿÿ two-season commitment.

ÿÿ The final pirouette comes roughly six weeks after the series
ÿÿ first debuted in late April and earned generally positive
ÿÿ notices from critics. All eight episodes were dropped
ÿÿ simultaneously on Prime Video. That binge-release model of
ÿÿ premiering all episodes at once has become a bit of a rarity
ÿÿ for Amazon's original programming.

Yikes. And this right after "The Wheel of Time's" cancellation just the
other day.

I think Prime Video is going to be getting out of all programming that's
not peak "Dad TV" (e.g. Reacher, The Boys, Cross). They haven't done
well outside of Dad TV, and it really feels like they are drastically
rolling back their original programming budgets in the last few months.



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