“Merciless Intentions‘” lengthy highway to TV has ended relatively cruelly.

Selection has realized solely that the “Merciless Intentions” TV collection at Amazon Prime Video has been canceled after only one season. The collection initially debuted on the streamer in November 2024. The present served as a TV replace to the 1999 movie of the identical title, which was itself primarily based on the traditional novel “Harmful Liaisons.”

A TV present primarily based on the movie was arrange at IMDB TV (a.okay.a Freevee) in 2021 earlier than being formally ordered at Prime Video in late 2023.

The Amazon collection starred Sarah Catherine Hook, Zac Burgess, Savannah Lee Smith, Sara Silva, John Harlan Kim, Khobe Clarke, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Brooke Lena Johnson.

Sara Goodman and Phoebe Fisher served as co-showrunners, writers, and govt producers. Neal H. Moritz and Pavun Shetty of Unique Movie additionally govt produced together with Roger Kumble. Moritz produced the unique movie, which was written and directed by Kumble. Bruce Mellon together with Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi of Iervolino & Bacardi Leisure had been producers. The collection was produced by Sony Photos Tv, Amazon MGM Studios, and Unique Movie.

Per the official description, the present “follows the elite college students of Manchester Faculty, a Washington, D.C.-adjacent college, the place status means every little thing, fraternities and sororities are the gold customary, and two ruthless step-siblings, Caroline Merteuil (Hook) and Lucien Belmont (Burgess), will do something to remain on prime of the cutthroat social hierarchy. After a brutal hazing incident threatens all the Greek Life system, they’ll do no matter is important to protect their energy and status – even when meaning seducing Annie Grover (Smith), the daughter of the Vice President of america. Hearts might be damaged, loyalties might be examined, and secrets and techniques might be revealed on this modern-day royal courtroom that’s Manchester Faculty.”

Amazon doesn’t usually launch viewership info concerning their reveals, so it’s tough to gauge precisely how many individuals tuned in to “Merciless Intentions.” Nevertheless, the collection didn’t make an look on the Nielsen Prime 10 Streaming charts and likewise failed to seek out a lot love with critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the collection held a 24% crucial approval score with 10 evaluations counted.

Previous to this model of the present, NBC ordered a pilot for a followup to the movie in 2016 with Sarah Michelle Gellar, one of many movie’s unique stars, hooked up to reprise her position as Kathryn Merteuil. Nevertheless, it in the end didn’t make it to collection. Previous to that, Fox’s tried a “Merciless Intentions” prequel collection, which was canceled earlier than making it to air. Three episodes of that present had been finally assembled to change into the direct-to-video movie “Merciless Intentions 2” in 2001. In 2004, Sony Photos produced a second direct-to-video sequel, “Merciless Intentions 3.”