Reading between the lines, however, it appears there's more to Three Pines' cancellation than meets the eye. Amazon rarely releases official viewing figures for its original movies and TV shows, only doing so when an in-house project performs extremely well (see The Rings of Power season 1's debut (opens in new tab) as proof of that).

We can't know for sure if that was the case. The holidays represented the perfect time to catch up on some of the best TV shows of 2022, too, for those viewers who missed top-tier series earlier in the year. But, with the above shows – not to mention the debut of eagerly anticipated films, such as Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, around the Christmas period – competing for viewers' attentions, Three Pines seems to have been outfought by its rivals. The arrival of the 2022 Christmas holiday season might have given Three Pines a timely viewership boost. Over on HBO Max, His Dark Materials season 3 took its fair share of the global audience share, while Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan season 3, which also debuted on Prime Video in December, will also have eaten into Three Pines' viewing figures. On Netflix, The Witcher: Blood Origin and Emily in Paris season 3 also arrived in December, while smash-hit series Wednesday continued to dominate the streaming charts. The series initially debuted on Prime Video in early December, which pitted it against a number of big hitters on rival streamers. It's also possible, though, that Three Pines was released at the wrong time. That's as good a reason as any to explain why it won't be back for a second installment. Maybe a TV program cost too much to make, meaning there aren't funds to bring it back for another season – and a potentially more expensive one at that.īased on di Girolamo's Instagram post, Three Pines season 2 wasn't greenlit because its three major production companies couldn't come to an agreement over its development. Maybe a series didn't perform well enough, from a viewership perspective, to justify renewing it. There are many reasons why a studio might decide to cancel a show. Three Pines was arguably released at the wrong time (Image credit: Laurent Guerin/Amazon Studios)

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