Everything’s Gonna Be Okay Cancelled at Freeform After 2 Seasons
Everything will not be OK for Everything’s Gonna Be Okay, unfortunately: Freeform has cancelled the Josh Thomas-led comedy after two seasons.
Thomas confirmed the news himself via tweet on Tuesday: “We’ve decided Season 2 of Everything’s Gonna Be Okay will be the last.” He added that “Freeform has been a dream to work with — so cool and open and sincerely progressive. I’m so grateful we got a platform to make this show. I love them, and they are obsessed with me. I hope we get another chance to work together.”
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Everything’s Gonna Be Okay starred Thomas (who also created the series) as a twentysomething Australian who visits America and is left to look after his two teen half-sisters after his father becomes terminally ill. (Thomas previously created and starred in Please Like Me, which aired on the defunct cable network Pivot.) Debuting in January 2020, Everything’s Gonna Be Okay was renewed for a second season that May. Season 2 premiered in April; the cancellation caps the show’s run at a total of 20 episodes.
Thomas added in a later tweet that he’s “working on a project at the moment (to be announced) and have a bunch of shows I’m getting my hustle on and will be out pitching. I’m pretty jazzed about them but will miss this show for sure.”
Nnnnooooo!!! I loved this show!
This is why you don’t watch shows on Freeform (aka ABC Family).
Aww. This was such a quirky, bizarre show, with characters unlike any other I’ve seen on TV – so I’m not happy, but I’ll celebrate the 2 seasons we were lucky enough to get. Bye squeaky-voiced Nicholas and ever-patient Alex and …
Everything’s not awesome
Everything’s not cool
I am so depressed
Everything’s not awesome
Whoa, I think I finally get Radiohead
Bro, you should check out Elliot Smith
What’s the point? There’s no hope
Awesomeness was a pipedream
Aye, my spirits be at the bottom of the sea
Love’s not real, I just wanna eat carbs
Pass the ice cream
I am not a thing you can just use
To fill emotional voids with
Cancellation, that’s the Freeform/ABC Family standard! Us anyone really surprised at this point? If you’re looking to star in a two season series, you have to make sure it airs on this network. Very ironic that a culturally progressive network is still home to Pat Robertson and the 700 Club.
I almost think they keep 700 Club on their network just so they can run the snarky disclaimer before every episode.
It’s been reported time and time again that The 700 Club has a loophole-proof contract that it will always air on the network that can trace its roots to the CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network) Satellite Service. CBN became The Family Channel which became Fox Family which became ABC Family which today is Freeform. If Disney cannot find a way out of the contract stipulation that is this old and has gone through this many changings-of-gaurd, it must be a very well-written stipulation.
I think it’s more telling about The 700 Club that Robertson would allow the show to air on forward-thinking progressive Freeform. He knows A) he’ll never get as strong of a deal as his current one B) Few other network would air his drivel (unless under force like Freeform)
Every time, when they had to save a show after cancellation, the creator always says they are not returning and not brought over to any other network or cable, making it a failure, which is used commonly.
Shoukd’ve called the show “Everything’s Cancelled At Freeform”
If you’re watching Motherland right now, I wouldn’t get attached to it.
Such a bummer!
Would’ve loved to see Nicholas deal with his diagnosis. Loved Drea’s family and would’ve liked more of Alex’s family. I think season 2 was stronger than season 1
I loved the first season. I found it to be so fresh, interesting, and full of endearing, wonderful characters.
But the second season, meh. I stopped watching after a couple episodes. Something changed. I don’t know if the limitations of filming during COVID lockdowns just amplified the limitations of the show or its storytelling, but the first few eps of the second season were severely lacking.
I very much am looking forward to John Thomas’ future projects. I recommend fans check out his work previous to this show. He’s obviously very talented and has great stories to tell.
I will definitely miss this show. Everything Josh Thomas does is great. Please Like Me is on Hulu if anyone hasn’t seen it. It’s so so so good.
I’m amazing that such a niche, special, well done show even got a chance to air on something other than a streaming service in the first place. It never really fit with the image that Freeform was selling in my opinion and I was grateful to get even a second season. Josh Thomas created Please Like Me for an Australian (I think) broadcaster and it aired all but its last season here in the States on Spike with the final season airing on Hulu. I hope Thomas gets a deal with a streamer (Apple seems like a good fit.). Maybe NBC could give him a home where he’d be appreciated, but I think his best chance is a streaming service, and I really want to see more from him.
I’m still bitter about the cancellation of the “Party of Five” remake. Miss those characters all these months later. Sorry to everyone who enjoyed “Everything’s Gonna Be Okay.”
Ditto on Party of Five! I really enjoyed that show and wish they’d given it a chance by giving it a name of its own and not turned everyone off with IP (however irrelevant).
That Thomas dude is one humble guy.
Shame. Such a great show and an amazing Australian talent.