Historical romance My Lady Jane has been axed by Amazon Prime Video after only one series.
The history TV series follows the life of Lady Jane Grey who unexpectedly finds herself crowned queen overnight and becomes the target of criminals who want her throne and head.
The big-budget series, which stars Emily Bader, 27, as the titular Lady Jane, is based on a series of young adult novels by Gemma Burgess.
However, those hoping to see a resolution to Lady Jane’s story will be left feeling disappointed as Amazon has chosen not to renew the show for a second series.
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Historical romance My Lady Jane has been ‘axed’ by Amazon Prime Video after only one series
The history TV series follows the life of Lady Jane Grey who unexpectedly finds herself crowned queen overnight and becomes the target of criminals who want her throne and head
Even though the show has been ‘axed’ after just one series, it was well received by fans and The Guardian described it as ‘joyously bananas’ while Forbes called the show ‘one of the best shows of 2024.’
However, the series failed to give Prime Video the viewing figures they had hoped for as it was unable to break into Neilsen’s Top 10 streaming charts.
Amazon Prime Video shared the news on Saturday, and viewers took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to express their disappointment.
One viewer raged: ‘Amazon cancelling My Lady Jane?? They just hate fun, whimsy, hate historical romance w an emphasis on the dram, hate enemies to lovers where one of them is a literal horse, hate silliness!!!’; ‘I can’t stop thinking about My Lady Jane being cancelled, this is my worst fear come true.’
‘RIP My Lady Jane, you’ll forever be in my heart.’; ‘THEY CANCELLED MY LADY JANE???? Immediately fuming because what do you mean you’re not renewing camp romance perfection??’
The show thrilled viewers with its enemies to lovers dynamic between Jane and Guilford, with many fans praising their onscreen chemistry and romance.
The pair’s aggressive flirting finally ended, however, with a steamy sex scene in which Jane lost her virginity to Guilford.
News of the show’s ‘axing’ leaves the character’s storylines lingering on a frustrating cliffhanger as the series narrator Oliver Chris previously presumptuously announced the ‘story is not over yet’.
The big-budget series, which stars Emily Bader, 27, as the titular Lady Jane, is based on a series of young adult novels by Gemma Burgess
However, those hoping to see a resolution to Lady Jane’s story will be left feeling disappointed as Amazon has chosen not to renew the show for a second series
However, it appears the narrator spoke too soon as Lady Jane only reigned for one season.
My Lady Jane is inspired by the New York Times bestselling book by US author Cynthia Hand.
Speaking to Publishers Weekly, Cynthia said: ‘I wanted to write a novel about Lady Jane Grey, who was a strong-willed, bookish teenage girl in 16th-century England.’
‘She had the misfortune to become Queen, but only for nine days and then had her head chopped off.’
‘I always loved studying Jane Grey’s story in history except for the ending. So, I thought,”Hey, I’m a writer. I can give her a different ending”.’
The series failed to give Prime Video the viewing figures they had hoped for as it was unable to break into Neilsen’s Top 10 streaming charts
Ahead of its release, fans also seemed to have Bridgerton in mind when they enthused: ‘Another true costume series that’s actually a raunchy sex comedy. I am so here for it.’
Someone else commented on X: ‘Oh enemies to lovers you will always be loved by me.’; ‘: ‘Just saw a pic of a new series that will be coming to Prime at the end of June and I’m SEATED.’; ‘I saw the ‘My Lady Jane’ trailer last night and absolutely lost my mind over it.’
According to What’s On Netflix, the latest episodes of Bridgerton pulled in a shocking 45.1M views within just four days of going global on Netflix.
Meanwhile, My Lady Jane ranked as the #99 most popular show online and also was the #5 most popular TV show on Amazon according to Television Stats.
