18-Episode Netflix Western Canceled After Major Viewership Decline
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Netflix has decided to end one of its Texas-set romantic dramas after
two seasons. The streamer opted against a third season, closing the
book on the series at 18 episodes.
Netflix just canceled Ransom Canyon after Season 2
Netflix made the call about six weeks after Ransom Canyon Season 2
dropped on July 23. The romantic drama, based on Jodi Thomas' novels,
had been on shaky ground for a while. Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly
led the cast.
Season 1 pulled in decent numbers, but not enough to make the show a
sure thing. Netflix renewed it more than two months after the
premiere, though with a shorter eight-episode order instead of ten.
The renewal also came with a creative reset that reshuffled the
supporting cast.
Deadline insiders claim Season 2 landed better creatively. Viewers,
however, didn't show up in the same numbers. The new episodes drew
4.1 million views in their first week, a 43% drop from the 7.2 million
that the 2025 premiere week brought in. Season 1 briefly returned to
Netflix's weekly Top 10, but the next one lasted just three weeks on
the chart, one week less than its predecessor.
Netflix weighs cost against performance when deciding on renewals.
With big-name leads and a sizable budget, the Season 2 numbers simply
didn't justify another round. Several other sophomore Netflix shows
have survived similar or worse drops and still got to third seasons.
Running Point fell 43%, The Four Seasons dropped 63%, The Gentlemen
slid 45%, Avatar: The Last Airbender declined 59%, and A Good Girl's
Guide To Murder plummeted 76%. Netflix also recently renewed Tires,
My Life With the Walter Boys, Free Bert and Big Mistakes.
Ransom Canyon centered on Staten Kirkland (Duhamel) and Quinn O'Grady
(Kelly), childhood friends whose romance never quite lined up.
Season 2 tested them again when Quinn got briefly engaged to another
man. By the finale, the two were together and on solid ground, a
gentler ending than Season 1's breakup. The closer avoided any
shocking cliffhangers, which gives fans some closure.
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