Amazon Prime Video has canceled “ Countdown ” and “ Butterfly ” after one season each.
The two freshman dramas, headlined by Jensen Ackles and Daniel Dae Kim respectively, aired earlier this year and are produced by Amazon MGM Studios.
Both “Countdown” and “Butterfly” appeared on Nielsen’s top 10 streaming originals chart.
Created by Derek Haas, “Countdown” followed an LAPD detective who is recruited to an undercover task force to track down the murderer of a Department of Homeland Security officer. The search for the killer reveals a dark conspiracy, sparking a race against the clock to save Los Angeles.
Variety chief TV critic Aramide Tinubu was not a fan of the series, calling it “monotonous” and a “snooze fest.”
“Not one individual on the force is truly compelling or distinct