The Chair, a comedy-drama on Netflix, is the latest programme to be cancelled after only one season.
Sandra Oh, 51, plays Professor Ji-yoon Kim, the first woman of colour to become chair of Pembroke University’s failing English department, as she strives to satisfy the dizzying demands and high expectations.
The series was lauded as the ‘greatest drama’ to hit the streaming giant in recent years after its premiere in August 2021.
However, showrunner Amanda Peet announced earlier this month that the show had been cancelled.
‘We weren’t picked up,’ she said. ‘Sandra and I wish we had been.’
Viewers expressed their disappointment on social media, with one person writing: ‘Is is true that the series “The Chair” starring Sandra Oh is Cancelled/Not renewed? Give it some time to breathe, will ya?!!!!’
Last year, actress Sandra questioned the show’s renewal.
‘No one’s called me, so I’m guessing that’s not happening,’ she told Variety.
‘I would have loved it, because I just thought that there was so much material there to potentially explore.’
Netflix recently received the fury of fans after the actors of 1899 revealed that the hit series will not be renewed for a second season.
Following the news, devastated fans launched a Change.org campaign in a bid to get the science fiction mystery back on television screens once again.
‘1899 was clearly created with multiple seasons in mind,’ reads the description.
‘After the first season, there are a lot of unanswered questions and a big cliffhanger at the end of the last episode. We want a renewal of the show and a proper end to the story.’
It has recently been claimed that Netflix considers programme completion rates rather than how many hours a show was watched.
According to What’s On Netflix, data suggests that a show like Heartstopper, which had fewer and shorter episodes (and therefore a shorter number of viewing hours) had a high completion rate of 73%, while First Kill only managed a 44% rate and Resident Evil 45%, both of which were cancelled after first series’.
The Chair season 1 is available to stream on Netflix.