{"id":3893,"date":"2021-09-02T18:41:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T16:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1337180"},"modified":"2021-09-02T18:51:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T16:51:07","slug":"why-was-good-girls-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/why-was-good-girls-cancelled\/","title":{"rendered":"Why was Good Girls cancelled?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> While the fourth season has just arrived on Netflix for UK fans, Good Girls won&#8217;t be returning for a fifth series. Here&#8217;s why. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 02 September 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n<p>Good Girls, starring Christina Hendricks, came to a premature end this summer when US network NBC announced that it <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/good-girls-cancelled-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">wouldn\u2019t be renewing the crime drama<\/a> for a fifth season.<\/p>\n<p>While the show\u2019s fourth season only recently arrived on <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/netflix\/&quot;\">Netflix<\/a> for fans in the UK, the series release was somewhat dampened by the cancellation news.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/good-girls-season-4-release-date-netflix\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Good Girls<\/a> stars Christina Hendricks, Mae Whitman and Matthew Lillard all mourned the show on social media, with Hendricks writing: \u201cWell, we gave it our all. We really did. Thank you to our amazing fans through the years for all your passion and support.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;instagram-media&quot;\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQjjRDrlaks\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading&quot;\" data-instgrm-version=\"&quot;13&quot;\"><div style=\"padding:16px\"> <a href=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQjjRDrlaks\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <div> <div style=\"background-color:\" \/> <div> <div \/> <div \/><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:\" \/> <div><\/div><div style=\"padding-top:\"> <div> View this post on Instagram<\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:\" \/> <div><div> <div style=\"background-color:\" \/> <div style=\"background-color:\" \/> <div style=\"background-color:\" \/><\/div><div style=\"margin-left:\"> <div \/> <div \/><\/div><div style=\"margin-left:\"> <div \/> <div \/> <div \/><\/div><\/div> <div> <div \/> <div \/><\/div><\/a><p><a href=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQjjRDrlaks\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Christina Hendricks (@actuallychristinahendricks)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><p>So why was Good Girls cancelled? And could it be picked up by another network? Read on for everything you need to know.<\/p>\n<h2>Why was Good Girls cancelled?<\/h2>\n<p>While NBC cancelled Good Girls after its fourth series in June, the network originally planned to end the show with a fifth and final season, according to <a href=\"\/\/tvline.com\/2021\/07\/07\/good-girls-cancellation-why-nbc-season-4\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TVLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[We] very much wanted to bring Good Girls back for one more season to close out the story,\u201d an insider told the publication. \u201cBut unfortunately we were unable to make the financials work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While other sources told the publication that the show\u2019s cancellation came about when negotiations about money and scheduling with star Manny Montana \u201chit a wall\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> has reached out to Manny Montana\u2019s representation for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The show had also suffered from dropping ratings, with series four drawing in an average of 1.5 million viewers in comparison to the first season, which premiered to 5.90 viewers in the US.<\/p> <h2>Will Good Girls be saved by another network?<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s not completely out of the question for Good Girls to make it to season five on another channel after the show\u2019s cancellation by NBC.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, we\u2019ve seen shows like Brooklyn Nine-Nine, One Day at a Time, Nashville, Cougar Town and The Expanse saved from cancellation by other networks, while Netflix has given new life to shows like Designated Survivor, Lucifer, Gilmore Girls and most recently, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/tv-shows-cancelled-fan-campaigns-petitions-lucifer-sanditon\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Manifest after big fan-led campaigns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it doesn\u2019t look as though Netflix will save the day in this instance, with <a href=\"\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/06\/good-girls-canceled-nbc-season-4-wont-be-shopped-elsewhere-1234781742\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Deadline<\/a> reporting that Universal Television isn\u2019t planning on shopping the show elsewhere as it had a co-production\/international distribution deal with Netflix already and that the streamer had already been considered as an option but it didn\u2019t work out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good Girls is available to stream on Netflix. C<span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\"><b>heck out our lists of the <\/b><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/on-demand\/2020-06-01\/best-tv-shows-netflix\/&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\"><b>best series on Netflix<\/b><\/span><\/a><b> and the <\/b><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/on-demand\/2020-06-01\/netflix-best-movies\/&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\"><b>best movies on Netfl<\/b>ix<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<section class=\"&quot;template-article__editor-content\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\"><strong>You can also take a look at our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a> for more to watch.<\/strong><\/span><\/section>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> While the fourth season has just arrived on Netflix for UK fans, Good Girls won&#8217;t be returning for a fifth series. 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