Jordan Peele’s reboot of “The Twilight Zone” will not be back after his two-season run.
“Jordan Peele, Simon Kinberg and the entire production team really reimagined ‘The Twilight Zone’ for the modern era,” said Julie McNamara, chief programming officer at Paramount Plus. “They maintained the legacy of the classic socially conscious narrative series and led today’s viewers to explore all the new dimensions of thought-provoking and current themes that we hope will resonate with audiences in the years to come.”
This reboot of the anthology series created by Rod Serling featured Peele as a presenter, producer and narrator, with episodes featuring Ike Barinholtz, John Cho, Taissa Farmiga, Ginnifer Goodwin, Kumail Nanjiani, Chris O’Dowd, Seth Rogen, Adam Scott, Jacob Tremblay and Steven Yeun, among others.
Although the first episode of the reboot has raised the level of CBS All Access exclusive viewers to a higher level, according to the streamer, it will not return when CBS All Access is renamed Paramount Plus on March 4. , 3.5-hour presentation of the new streamer, offering teasers of reboots of everything from “Frasier” to “Rugrats”.
Both existing seasons of Peele’s “Twilight Zone” will be available to watch on Paramount Plus.
The series was produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions and Kinberg’s Genre Films, featuring Peele and Kinberg as executive producers along with Win Rosenfeld, Audrey Chon, Glen Morgan, Carol Serling and Rick Berg.
The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news of the cancellation.