It’s Official: Michelle Obama CANCELLED

After just one season a TV show featuring the portrayal of former First Lady Michelle Obama has been cancelled.

Deadline reported that Showtime announced its discontinuation of the series “The First Lady,” which centered around three former first ladies: Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford, and Michelle Obama.

During its one season, the show failed to grab any major Emmy Award nominations either.

In a statement Showtime confirmed the cancellation saying the show “will not be moving forward with another season.”

More details of this report from Breitbart News:

Showtime’s ‘The First Lady,’ Starring Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, Is a One-Term Flop

There will be no second term for Showtime’s The First Lady, which starred Viola Davis as Michelle Obama. The dramatic anthology series has been canceled after just one season following ridicule from viewers and widespread negative reviews.

The series also failed to pick up any major Emmy Award nominations, though it did receive a few nods in technical categories.

Showtime confirmed the cancellation in a statement sent to multiple outlets on Monday, saying the show “will not be moving forward with another season.”

The First Lady focused the wives of the presidents, with the plan to cover three administrations per season. The first season also starred Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt.

The show was the target of widespread negative reviews, with the New Yorker magazine calling it a “bad-wig costume drama” and Time magazine concluding that Davis and Anderson were “egregiously miscast.”

Many viewers also took issue with the Viola Davis’ decision to purse her lips in imitation of Michelle Obama, with some saying the affectation was exaggerated and distracting.

Not surprisingly, it seems that not many people were too impressed with the show.

The now cancelled show failed to connect with its audience and clearly America will not be missing out on anything of substance in light of the show being discontinued.

Sources: TheGatewayPundit, Breitbart News, Deadline

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