“One of Us Lies” and “Vampire Academy” have been canceled at Peacock

EXCLUSIVE: A few YA drama series end at Peacock.

The NBCU streamer has been canceled One of us is lying and Vampire Academy.

One of us is lying ran for two seasons, while Vampire Academy, directed by Julie Plec, ended after one.

Deadline claims that Peacock executives were creatively happy with both shows, but they just couldn’t find the audience needed to justify more seasons.

One of us is lying, based on the novel by Karen M. McManus, launched in October 2021 and was the first Peacock pilot to go into the series. Earlier this year, it was renewed for a second season, which will air in October 2022.

Vampire Academy went live in May 2021 and premiered in September 2022.

Both shows are from Universal Studio Group.

One of us is lying, from UCP, follows what happens when five high school students go to prison and only four get out alive. Everyone is a suspect and everyone has something to hide.

Annalisa Cochrane (Addy), Chibuikem Uche (Cooper), Marianly Tejada (Bronwyn), Cooper van Grootel (Nate), Barrett Carnahan (Jake), Mark McKenna (Simon), Melissa Collazo (Maeve) and Jessica McLeod (Janae) play the leading roles.

The first season resolved the mystery of Simon’s death, and the second season picks up after the season one finale of McManus’ follow-up novel One of Us Is Next, set a year later.

Erica Saleh, who adapted the novel and wrote the pilot script for the series, took over as showrunner for the second season, replacing Elite co-creator Darío Madrona, who will remain as an executive producer on the series. The series is also produced by John Sacchi and Matt Groesch of 5 More Minutes Productions, who developed the pilot with Saleh, Jan Oxenberg, Molly Nussbaum and Bill Johnson.

The show will air exclusively for Netflix in a number of international markets, including the UK, India, South Korea, Brazil and Japan.

UCP is exploring other options to continue the series.

Vampire Academy is written by Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre and is based on the book series by Richelle Mead.

Written by MacIntyre, Vampire Academy In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship extends beyond their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter vampire royalty. This series-ready and sexy drama combines the elegance of aristocratic romance with the supernatural tension of the vampire genre.

The cast includes Sisi Stringer, Daniela Nieves, Kieron Moore, Andre Dae Kim, J. August Richards, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Mia Mckenna-Bruce, Rhian Blundell, Jonetta Kaiser and Andrew Liner.

Plec and MacIntyre are executive producers of the Peacock series along with Emily Cummins, Don Murphy, Susan Montford, Deepak Nayar and Jillian DeFrehn. Bille Woodruff directs the pilot. Other directors of the series are Plec, Luis Prieto, Jesse Warn, Erica Dunton and Geoff Shotz.

Vampire Academyis produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. It also did well internationally, selling in over 100 territories around the world. Likewise, the studio is exploring other options to continue the show.

The cancellations come as no big surprise and come as the streamer moves into its next phase of development.

Pou has a hot month to start Straw boy Things have apparently been going well for the network and Rian Johnson’s case of the weekly mystery series Poker face with Natasha Lyonne. It also launched the wonderfully weird series Paul T Goldman.

Plec is already developing her next project at Peacock. she and she Vampire Academyco-executive producer Adam Starks baron a mystery drama series set in a small, quaint Georgia town, to the streamer after the NBCU streamer won the project in a contest.

The streamer also recently ordered a contemporary horror thriller based on Robert McCammon nailby author Ian McCulloch (yellowstone ), James Wan of Atomic Monster (summon it Universe) and UCP, has other upcoming titles like Based on a true story with Kaley Cuoco and Mrs. Davisby Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez.