Renewals and Cancellations: 'Presumed Innocent,' 'Loot,' 'Deadloch,' 'Acapulco,' 'The Terror'

By Dustin Rowles | TV | July 19, 2024 |

By Dustin Rowles | TV | July 19, 2024 |

Presumed Innocent has gone from limited series to full-blown drama sensation, becoming the most-watched drama in Apple TV+ history. And you know what? It deserves it. Naturally, the suits at Apple TV+ have decided to slap a “drama series” label on it and greenlight another season.

I’m here for it. Scott Turow penned a sequel novel they can mine, though I gotta say, David E. Kelley’s adaptation is outshining the source material so far. But here’s the kicker: why did they announce the renewal before revealing the killer’s identity? Sure, it could still be Jake Gyllenhaal’s Rusty Sabich, only to have him escape conviction. But let’s be real, that’d make for one hell of an unsympathetic lead in season two. Whatever. The odds of Rusty being the killer are slim. My money’s still on that shifty bastard, Nico Della Guardia.

In other Apple TV+ news, they’ve decided to renew Maya Rudolph’s Loot for a third season. And thank god for that, because unlike some so-called “comedies” (The Bear), Loot actually delivers on the laughs.

Related: listen up, Apple TV+: It’s time to renew Acapulco, capisce? You guys are the kings of heartwarming comedies (Trying, Shrinking, Ted Lasso), and Acapulco fits right in with that crowd. It’s like those shows’s more family-friendly cousin. Hell, outside of Abbott, it might just be the best family comedy out there. So come on, Apple, give us a season four.

In a shocking move, Deadloch has been resurrected for a second season over a year after it first graced Prime Video. It’s fan-fucking-tastic, and if you know, you know. Word of mouth has been doing the heavy lifting, slowly but surely building an audience over the past year. I only gave it a shot because Nate, Tori, and Dan wouldn’t shut up about it. Turns out, they were right (don’t tell them I said that). It’s got great characters, a big heart, and it’s funny. If you haven’t watched it yet, what are you even doing with your life?

Speaking of shows rising from the dead, AMC’s The Terror is making a comeback after a five-year hiatus (let’s all agree to forget that disappointing second season). They’re calling this one The Terror: Devil In Silver, and they’ve nabbed Dan Stevens to lead the charge. Even better? It’s being penned by Chris Cantwell, the mind behind AMC’s criminally underappreciated Halt and Catch Fire. He’s teaming up with Victor LaValle, whose novel is the basis for this season.

Per the press release, “Stevens will play Pepper, a working-class moving man who, through a combination of bad luck and a bad temper, finds himself wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital - an institution filled with the people society would rather forget. There, he must contend with patients who work against him, doctors who harbor grim secrets, and perhaps even the very Devil himself. As Pepper navigates a hellscape where nothing is as it seems, he finds that the only path to freedom is to face down the entity which thrives on the suffering within New Hyde’s walls - but doing so may prove that the worst demons of all live inside him.” Karyn Kusama (Jennifer’s Body) is set to direct the first two episodes.

Oh, and Halo got the ax after two seasons on Paramount+. Did anyone actually watch that? Anyone?