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The Good Place wasn't cancelled to my knowledge, but it wasn't a Netflix produced show anyway, so I'm not sure it's relevant.

dragonwriter 6y ago
> The Good Place wasn't cancelled to my knowledge Yes, it was. > but it wasn't a Netflix produced show anyway Which is orthogonal to the point of raising it as an example of how a cancelled show can end in a satisfying way.
- notafraudster 6y ago
  If by cancelled you mean "ended", then it was cancelled. But the reporting at the time by the network and the creatives was that they decided in advance of writing and filming the fourth season that it would be the final season (and that the approximate length and arc of the entire show was worked out years prior to be around 50 episodes), and so the ending was written deliberately as a series finale, thus making it not an example of what the upthread people are talking about.
- gamblor956 6y ago
  As the other commenter pointed out, The Good Place, like Schitt's Creek, had planned arcs that naturally concluded. Many broadcast shows that are constantly on the bubble write their season finales to double as series finales in case they don't get renewed, see for example within just the past 2 seasons: Brooklyn 99 (cancelled but renewed by different network), Fresh off the Boat, Lucifer, Single Parents, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Lethal Weapon, Star, The Orville (cancelled by Fox, picked up by Hulu, cancelled by Hulu but given final season pickup).
  - ghaff 6y ago
    Makes sense. I had read that The Good Place was canceled which actually surprised me a bit as the finale seemed like a pretty natural ending. Of course, that's not to say that the showrunner would have turned down a longer run but the whole show is one of the better things I've watched of late and felt just about the right length.
- cableshaft 6y ago
  The Good Place completely wraps up its story at the end of the 4th season. There's nowhere else to go there. It's very satisfying. It's not an incomplete show like, the Santa Clarita Diet, for example (which I'm still mad at Netflix for cancelling, it was just getting really good and ended on a cliffhanger). If The Good Place was 'cancelled' (which I'm pretty sure it wasn't), they were at least told in advance of the 4th season and were given the full season to finish its story.

dragonwriter 6y ago

> The Good Place wasn't cancelled to my knowledge Yes, it was. > but it wasn't a Netflix produced show anyway Which is orthogonal to the point of raising it as an example of how a cancelled show can end in a satisfying way.

notafraudster 6y ago
If by cancelled you mean "ended", then it was cancelled. But the reporting at the time by the network and the creatives was that they decided in advance of writing and filming the fourth season that it would be the final season (and that the approximate length and arc of the entire show was worked out years prior to be around 50 episodes), and so the ending was written deliberately as a series finale, thus making it not an example of what the upthread people are talking about.
gamblor956 6y ago
As the other commenter pointed out, The Good Place, like Schitt's Creek, had planned arcs that naturally concluded. Many broadcast shows that are constantly on the bubble write their season finales to double as series finales in case they don't get renewed, see for example within just the past 2 seasons: Brooklyn 99 (cancelled but renewed by different network), Fresh off the Boat, Lucifer, Single Parents, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Lethal Weapon, Star, The Orville (cancelled by Fox, picked up by Hulu, cancelled by Hulu but given final season pickup).
- ghaff 6y ago
  Makes sense. I had read that The Good Place was canceled which actually surprised me a bit as the finale seemed like a pretty natural ending. Of course, that's not to say that the showrunner would have turned down a longer run but the whole show is one of the better things I've watched of late and felt just about the right length.
cableshaft 6y ago
The Good Place completely wraps up its story at the end of the 4th season. There's nowhere else to go there. It's very satisfying. It's not an incomplete show like, the Santa Clarita Diet, for example (which I'm still mad at Netflix for cancelling, it was just getting really good and ended on a cliffhanger). If The Good Place was 'cancelled' (which I'm pretty sure it wasn't), they were at least told in advance of the 4th season and were given the full season to finish its story.