Fans upset over Netflix cancelling teen drama ‘Grand Army’

The nine-episode first season of the teen drama Grand Army made its Netflix debut in October 2020. The series, created by Katie Cappiello, was loosely based on her 2013 work Slut: The Play.

As per an exclusive report on Variety, Netflix has apparently cancelled the series after just one season. The show received mostly positive reviews upon its release with a critical rating of 71% on Rotten Tomatoes and 7.6 stars on IMDb. Although Netflix has not released an official statement that explains the reason behind Grand Army's cancellation, it’s speculated that even though the show had good ratings, the view counts were simply not high enough to justify the show's budget.

Many fans were shocked to hear that the Netflix teen series will come to an end after just one season. They took to social media to share their disappointment in the show’s cancellation. “GRAND ARMY CANCELLED? STOP PLAYING WHY. (sic)” asked a user, while another stated, “@ HULU, AMAZON, HBO MAX IVE NEVER SAID ANYTHING BAD ABOUT YOU AND I LOVE YOU… HAVE U HEARD OF GRAND ARMY OR THE SOCIETY.”

The Grand Army followed five high school students at the largest public high school in Brooklyn as they take on a chaotic world and struggle with sexual, racial and economic politics and fight to succeed, survive, break free and seize the future.

The Grand Army featured Odessa A’zion as Joey Del Marco, Odley Jean as Dominique Pierre, Amir Bageria as Siddhartha Pakam, Maliq Johnson as Jayson Jackson, Amalia Yoo as Leila Kwan Zimmer, Alphonso Romero Jones II as John Ellis, Brittany Adebumola as Tamika Jones, and Crystal Sha’re Nelson as Tor Sampson. In addition to having created the series, Capiello also served as an executive producer for the series. Joshua Donen, Beau Willimon, Jordan Tappis, Nicolette Donen, and Elizabeth Kling acted as co-producers of the series.