Netflix Cancels Michelle Wolf and Joel McHale’s Shows
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The axe fell on two of Netflix’s newest comedy shows over the weekend, as The Break with Michelle Wolf and The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale were both cancelled on Friday. Both shows premiered earlier in 2018 on a weekly schedule, which is unusual for Netflix. McHale’s show received a six-episode second season order which premiered in July, and which went with Netflix’s standard one-day binge release, but apparently that didn’t help drive more viewers to the show. Although Netflix doesn’t release official viewership stats, sources tell Deadline that both shows suffered from low viewership totals, which isn’t really a surprise, since, well, that’s why TV shows get cancelled.