Hello fellow Archivists, welcome back to Small Screen. We have a quick video here for you about why Archive 81 season 2 was canceled. If you're a regular here, then you know we keep in close contact with our sources at Marvel, DC, Netflix, Amazon and others to bring you the inside details of what's going on with your favorite movies and television shows. So when we heard that Archive 81 season 2 was canceled, we had to do some digging, especially since we just released a video last month about season 2 of Archive 81 being renewed. And boy, did we get some good info on what happened? We're going to get right into it now, so if you could like, subscribe and quack that notification bell. That would be great. Right, our source that we contacted has a very high up position in the production of Archive 81. Here's what we asked, and here's the answers we got back. Would you maybe explain what happened? Why didn't Netflix renew season 2? There were a lot of issues, mostly numbers based. It was so close to getting renewed. We were days away from going into pre-production. Scripts had been written and were being worked on. In the end, it all came down to numbers, both money and views on Netflix. Season 2's budget was a sticking point, and people at Netflix felt the show didn't bring in enough new viewers. The show did well and considering it was made on a tight budget, it did really well. But Netflix has what we like to call cutoff points, as far as views are concerned. We just didn't make it into the renewed bracket. We're pretty thrown by the whole thing because it was a great show to work on and had so much potential. This is a shame, as the source is indeed correct. The show had so much potential. The extra salt in the wound here is that they were merely days away from going into pre-production. So it looks like they were indeed ready to go ahead with Archive 81 season 2. However, like most cases at Netflix, they crunched the numbers and felt it wasn't viable. Their cutoff point, as the source stated, is a well-known factor over at Netflix. We then asked about the future of Archive 81. Could the show ever be brought back to life? Would another network want to pick it up? As it stands, no. Archive 81 is dead as a dodo. Given the deals that were signed, it's highly unlikely that another network would want to pick it up. Netflix is the only real platform that saves shows and they decided to kill ours. What's next for the Archive 81 team? Honestly, we don't know yet. We would love to work together again, but we'd have to find the right project. It's still very fresh and we're just processing things right now. Thank you for your interest in the show. It means a lot to us. Thank you to our source for the info on why Archive 81 season 2 was canceled. It's nice to get some clarification on what happened in season 2 and why they stopped the crew for moving into pre-production. What are your thoughts on Netflix's move here? Do you think Archive 81 should have been renewed for season 2? Let us know in the comments and we do read all of them. And as always, if you enjoyed this video, please like, subscribe and crack that notification bell. We put a lot of work into these videos and it really helps us get the word out. Plus, it's free. Thanks for watching and we'll see you next time.