What To Know
- Prime Video has canceled the adult animated comedy Kevin after just one season.
- Aubrey Plaza announced the cancellation on Instagram.
- The series followed a cat named Kevin navigating life in a pet rescue.
Kevin is in need of adoption again. Prime Video has canceled the adult animated comedy after just one season, which started streaming only two months ago.
Aubrey Plaza, one of the show’s co-creators and voice actors, announced the cancellation via Instagram on Saturday. “Amazon Prime is not picking up Kevin for another season. Very disappointing since we were just getting going. I want to say thank you to all the fans that watched our show and all of the incredible cast and crew that worked so hard to make this dream come alive…”
Plaza recalled that the ratings for the first season of Parks and Recreation “weren’t great” and she and her colleagues on that show thought they’d be canceled. “But we had some special humans over at NBC [who] believed in the show and let us grow and let audiences fall in love with our characters,” she wrote, adding that she hoped Kevin would be allowed to grow, too.
“Sadly we are living in a different time in our industry,” she lamented. “I hope the machines won’t ruin everything. Maybe Kevin will find a new owner someday. Love you all very much. Meow.”
Kevin, which Plaza created alongside Joe Wengert, followed the titular cat, voiced by Jason Schwartzman, who responds to his humans’ break-up by moving into a local pet rescue in Astoria, Queens, where a chaotic band of misfit animals help him figure out what he really wants out of life, according to the show’s logline.
Amy Sedaris, Aparna Nancherla, Gil Ozeri, John Waters, and Whoopi Goldberg filled out the regular voice cast of Kevin, which started streaming on April 20. The guest cast, meanwhile, included Addison Rae, Cary Elwes, Charles Melton, Debby Ryan, Eugene Cordero, Jim O’Heir, Joe Locke, Nicole Byer, Patti LuPone, Quinta Brunson, and Tig Notaro.