In July 2025, Video Prime Minister users have become obsessed with the Jensen Akles crime thriller "Countdown". But the obsession seems to have not held as wide as AKLS and with. He might have been hoping, as Amazon canceled the show just two months later. That decision probably came as a shock to the cast, the crew and the fans, because from the outside, the "countdown" seemed to be a solid hit. Unfortunately, the show's global viewership may not have met the expectations of Prime Video.

Welcoming the creator, executive producer and show -show Derek Hass ("Chicago Fire"), "Countdown" saw AKLS play a laptized detective and former army Ranger Mark Meahum, who is recruited in a secret workforce where he finds himself. The envelope team is tasked with resolving the murder of the Internal Security Officer, but as you can expect, they quickly discover a much wider and more comfortable plot that has races to prevent a major terrorist event. Before launching the show, Akles regarded it as a kind of respect for the action of making films from the past. "That was all I grew up wanting for fun," he said Hollywood reporter. "There were action and savory characters - there were" whether they don't have ", would they do it? Will they save everyone and catch the bad guys? It was a little return and I gravitated to it. "

The premiere video has surely seen success in the catering of fathers' sensibilities that are starving from the whole nation-just look at "Reacher", of which season 3 broke records for rating. The "countdown" seemed to be another hit in that vein, but his quick cancellation revealed that it might have been the success that seemed to the surface.

When the "Countdown" debuted, it seemed a big hit, and as time went on, it seemed to maintain its popularity, staying in the premiere video more than a month after the announcement of the Season 1 final. Flixpatrol), where it sits at number 10 and continues to be listed in other countries around the world. Moreover, the "countdown" is displayed on the Nielsen Top 10 for streaming originals, which is a much more impressive feat, due to the fact that this particular ranking system takes into account the originals in all streaming services. Given all that, you must wonder what prompted the Prime Minister to end this series so early.

Didfing things for the fans, the show ended up at Clifancher when Essica's agent Camacho Amber was forced to run through a rifle, while a sniper trained the rifle on it before the episode was cut in black. Fans were no doubt impatient to see how it was played, but on October 10, 2025, The deadline It has announced that the "countdown" has been canceled along with colleagues Premier Video series "Butterfly". As the exit noted, the decision was a little surprising given the show's obvious success, but claimed that cancellation could have more to do with "total global viewership" than anything else. If it were true, that would mean that while the viewers were quite taken with Jensen Akles' action series, the rest of the world was not so interested. But given the show, it is still being shown in many markets around the world during writing, that explanation also seems to be suspected.

Was something else in play? Maybe. While the reviews themselves were probably not the reason for the cancellation, the "countdown" was not a very critical hit. The play was announced on a weekly schedule, which usually gives a chance to build popularity such as the word for the mouth. But that did not help in the critical response. The Rotten tomatoesThe "countdown" has a 35% critic based on 17 views.

The "countdown" is not the first, and it certainly won't be the last streaming series to give up after originally going well. Netflix's "pulse" suffered a similar fate when it was canceled after one seasonDespite the fact that it seemed to be a hit of launch and Streams are generally more ready for ax shows before than traditional networks. There are various reasons that play in this state of affairs, from followers that do not have to adhere to programming the schedule to economic incentives involved in the streaming business. No doubt, some of it played in the "countdown" to be conserved early, which clearly hit Jensen Akles hard.

The actor posted a video to Instagram in which he thanked the cast and crew, as well as Amazon for the green lighting of the project in the first place. Akles, who looked visibly disappointed with the video (as you can expect), also said the cancellation was a "boom" and that he had "so incredible time" that the series was making. "Sometimes you can start doing your best and check all those boxes," he added, "and in the end it's out of your hands. That's the way it goes into the industry."

"Supernatural" starfish, which once lost the role of Superman in Tom Welling's "Smolville" Before continuing to play Dean Winchester for 15 seasons of "Supervisor", he has already shown his talents in the premiere video playing Ben/Soldier The "boys", which finally gave the spotlight on AKLS that deserved. He will soon lead the upcoming "guys" of Prime Minister "Guys", "Valong", and has an ongoing first -look agreement with "Strimmer" through his chaos machine production company. So it's not like you have to worry too much, even while it was clear to lose the "countdown".

Meanwhile, creator Derek Haas appeared Blues Ensure a quick response to cancellation and update fans on a burning question. "Hey, thanks to the Amazon Premier and a great cast and crew for our countdown season!" He wrote, adding, "it's fun to make it around! (Pssst ... Oliveras lived)."