☆‘Fantasy Island’ Canceled After Two Seasons on Fox

The tip for the sequence comes a day after its second-season finale aired.
Created and run by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain, Fantasy Island is a sequel to and replace of the 1977-84 ABC sequence that starred Ricardo Montalban. Roselyn Sánchez stars as Elena Roarke, a descendant of Montalban’s character who runs a resort that provides to meet its company’ desires and wishes. Kiara Barnes and John Gabriel Rodriquez additionally star.

The sequence, a co-production of Sony Photos Tv and Fox Leisure, premiered in summer time 2021 and drew a comparatively modest viewers — although giant sufficient that, mixed with the present’s comparatively low price in comparison with different hour-long dramas, earned it a second season. Season two averaged 2.74 million viewers and a 0.27 ranking amongst adults 18-49 after seven days (not together with streaming).

“We have been very happy with Fantasy Island’s enjoyable and escapist inventive, which we had hoped would achieve sturdy traction amongst viewers,” Fox mentioned in a press release. “Sony Photos Tv is a crucial associate of ours, and we sit up for persevering with to work with them on Accused, Alert: Lacking Individuals Unit, [new drama] Doc and the upcoming animated sequence Common Fundamental Guys/Hoagie Bros. We’d additionally wish to thank Fantasy Island’s forged, led by Roselyn Sánchez, Kiara Barnes and John Gabriel Rodriquez, crew and government producers Liz Craft, Sarah Fain and Anne Clements for his or her partnership on the sequence.”

Fantasy Island joins Monarch, The Resident, 911 (which is transferring to ABC) and Name Me Kat in leaving Fox this season. Preserve observe of all broadcast cancellations, renewals and new sequence orders with THR’s community scorecard.