Why Was Truth Seekers Canceled? Here’s What We Know
Here’s what we know about the cancelation of “Truth Seekers.”
What is Truth Seekers?
“Truth Seekers” is a supernatural comedy series about a team of amateur paranormal investigators. It was brought to life by Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nat Saunders, and James Serafinowicz. It was one of the first projects to come from Pegg and Frost’s Stolen Picture production company. It stars Frost as Gus, Pegg as Dave, Samson Kayo as Elton, Malcolm McDowell as Richard, Emma D’Arcy as Astrid, and Susan Wokoma as Helen.
Here is the synopsis for “Truth Seekers.”
Truth Seekers is a supernatural comedy series about a team of part-time paranormal investigators who team up to uncover and film ghost sightings across the UK, sharing their adventures on an online channel for all to see. However, as they stake out haunted churches, underground bunkers and abandoned hospitals with their array of homemade ghost-detecting gizmos, their supernatural experiences grow more frequent, more terrifying and even deadly, as they begin to uncover a conspiracy that could bring about Armageddon for the entire human race.
Here is the synopsis for “Truth Seekers.”
Truth Seekers is a supernatural comedy series about a team of part-time paranormal investigators who team up to uncover and film ghost sightings across the UK, sharing their adventures on an online channel for all to see. However, as they stake out haunted churches, underground bunkers and abandoned hospitals with their array of homemade ghost-detecting gizmos, their supernatural experiences grow more frequent, more terrifying and even deadly, as they begin to uncover a conspiracy that could bring about Armageddon for the entire human race.
Here’s what he had to say in a since-deleted video at the time:
“Get ready to be rocked with some bad news. ‘Truth Seekers’ will not be returning for a second season. ‘Truth Seekers’ has not been renewed, which is a massive kick in the willy for me. We really put our all into this, our heart and soul and blood in some cases — so to not come back is really sad for us. It’s a shame.”
People Generally Liked Truth Seekers, So Why Cancel It?
Streaming services have a complicated system to determine what makes a show worth keeping around or not. But it all comes down to whether or not the money spent brings in enough subscriber value to justify its existence. Given that the show wasn’t at all a critical flop, we’re left to conclude that it, unfortunately, didn’t have a big enough audience. Sadly, sometimes, it really is that simple. There is, however, a silver lining here.
While promoting “Truth Seekers,” Simon Pegg revealed to LADBible that he and Nick Frost are indeed planning to make another movie with Edgar Wright again. It’s just a matter of getting the timing right.
So, if we must extract a positive from this, it frees up both Pegg and Frost a bit to potentially focus on this future collaboration with Wright. Whatever it may be.
“I’ll definitely do another film with Edgar – we’re gonna do another film at some point. I mean, that’s not a question, really. It’s just that the question is when we can marshal our respective diaries and get the time to write a movie together.”
