Comments on: Did HBO Cancel ‘Luck’ To Get Out Of A Contentious Production? https://staging2.theplaylist.net/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-20120321/ Sun, 22 May 2016 04:19:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 By: Krishnan https://staging2.theplaylist.net/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-20120321/#comment-120491 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:19:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-253187/#comment-120491 Too bad! I though this was the best show on TV to come along since Breaking Bad. It was awesome. Incredible story and actors. It will be misssed!

]]> By: Chris https://staging2.theplaylist.net/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-20120321/#comment-120492 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:19:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-253187/#comment-120492 I am very sad to see my favorite show end after one season. since Sopranos I have not been so hooked. I was so happy to see a show around horse racing

]]> By: laura https://staging2.theplaylist.net/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-20120321/#comment-120493 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:19:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-253187/#comment-120493 I loved the show, the finale was great! I have horses, they are accident prone and race horses are the worst for it. It's how it is. Work it out big shots, and bring the show back!!!!

]]> By: Orkan https://staging2.theplaylist.net/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-20120321/#comment-120494 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:19:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-253187/#comment-120494 Bring back Luck !!! it was a great and unique serie about horse racing..I think people are not interested in Horse Racing anymore :/// I love the horses..

]]> By: Daniel Brenner https://staging2.theplaylist.net/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-20120321/#comment-120495 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:19:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-253187/#comment-120495 First Deadwood, now Luck. Bring Luck back! The ratings will grow. As for the horses, why not contact the NFL. They use the over-head cable camera which provides fantastic views. Please!!

]]> By: LA2000 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-20120321/#comment-120496 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:19:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-253187/#comment-120496 No one cancels a production the size of "Luck" over the death of a horse. This is Hollywood. Clive Davis's Grammy party marched on with Whitney Houston's dead body upstairs. "Twilight Zone" was finished even after they killed one of the stars. Please. A horse is nothing to these people.

This came down to money. As it always does.

]]> By: Jay https://staging2.theplaylist.net/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-20120321/#comment-120497 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:19:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-253187/#comment-120497 A series simply about David Milch's life would suffice. That is all.

]]> By: rotch https://staging2.theplaylist.net/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-20120321/#comment-120498 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:19:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-253187/#comment-120498 I think this Vulture interview answers must of the questions http://www.vulture.com/2012/03/michael-mann-david-milch-interview-luck-horses-cancellation.html
I mean, it really sounds like the horses were the main thing. Ratings had little to do with it.

]]> By: Max Linder https://staging2.theplaylist.net/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-20120321/#comment-120499 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:19:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-253187/#comment-120499 The show was canceled because every week less and less people watched. I wasn't a show that started off struggling in the ratings (with less than half a million people watching a few weeks it) The ratings just declined and HBO just thought Michael Mann, Dustin Hoffman (who I love but did not fine convincing in the role) and David Milch would be enough, these studios think should wait a few weeks before ordering a second season of a series(or a sequel to a film).

]]> By: J.J. https://staging2.theplaylist.net/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-20120321/#comment-120500 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:19:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-253187/#comment-120500 It seems like the days of HBO allowing a show to air despite low ratings are over. They seem to announce a new project every day and they only have so much air time. It's a shame too. Few people remember "The Wire", the best crime series EVER, struggled ratings wise its entire run but HBO kept it on the air.

]]> By: Christopher Gipson https://staging2.theplaylist.net/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-20120321/#comment-120501 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:19:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-253187/#comment-120501 I was really into this show so I'm sad that it was cancelled. I'm sure lagging ratings had more to do with the cancellation of the show than the welfare of the horses. HBO doesn't care about horses. As far as friction on the set of a series, I'm sure Luck isn't the first or the last for that matter to have creative flare ups.

]]> By: Nik Grape https://staging2.theplaylist.net/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-20120321/#comment-120502 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:19:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-253187/#comment-120502 Well now it just sounds like this show was begging to get canceled, inadvertently or not. I'm no longer surprised as it sounds like it was just "meant to be."

]]> By: tristan eldritch https://staging2.theplaylist.net/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-20120321/#comment-120503 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:19:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/did-hbo-cancel-luck-to-get-out-of-a-contentious-production-253187/#comment-120503 I think it really was the horses – the other factors probably made the decision a lot easier, but I think HBO would have let it roll for a second season, seeing if it caught a second wind through word of mouth from people who'd watched the full season, DVD box-sets, awards, ect. But the bad publicity surrounding the horses, and the fact that, working the way they working, there was no way to guarantee no further fatalities in the future, the show just became completely untenable. Which is a shame, because it was a remarkable confluence of talent gathered together on one project – an amazing ensemble cast. Fair enough, Milch went in there with a baseball bat – but the point to remember is he didn't take a swing.

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