Ratings flop ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ CANCELLED by Showtime, but fans wants more ‘black sci-fi’

The sci-fi series ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth,’ developed by Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman for Showtime is said to be based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis and is the sequel to the 1976 film starring David Bowie. The series has an average rating from the review aggregator sites like Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic and a good audience rating.

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However, the series will not return with a second season, the Hollywood Reporter has reported. Apparently, the sci-fi series’ showrunners, Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet, had originally planned the drama as a closed, limited series, but changed their approach halfway through the first season, but it looks like they have returned to their original plans for the series. Sources also confirmed that the executive producers…