Status: Cancelled
Aired: 2020, One Season Totaling 10 Episodes
Series Premiere: August 16, 2020
Network: HBO
Starring: Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Jonathan Majors, Aunjanue Ellis, Abbey Lee, Jada Harris
Series Website: www.hbo.com/lovecraft-country
Description: Based on Matt Ruff’s novel of the same name, Lovecraft Country follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he meets up with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father (Michael Kenneth Williams). This begins a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the terrifying monsters that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback. HBO.com
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Why Was It Cancelled? While the same-day ratings for this show were not great, it performed very well in digital and delayed which the premium cable networks pay more attention to. It was designed as a limited series, but creator Misha Green had ideas for a second season (more on that at this link). But HBO decided to end this one after a single season despite critical acclaim and a fair amount of attention during awards season.
2019-20 Season Ratings Results:
| Air Date | Airings | Live+SD Rtg | StD Avg | Tot Vwrs (M) | Status |
| 8/16/20 | 1 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.8 | Renewal Possible |
| 8/23/20 | 2 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.9 | Renewal Possible |
| 8/30/20 | 3 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.7 | Renewal Possible |
| 9/6/20 | 4 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.6 | Renewal Possible |
| 9/13/20 | 5 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.7 | Renewal Possible |
| 9/20/20 | 6 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.7 | Renewal Possible |
| 9/27/20 | 7 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.8 | Renewal Possible |
| 10/4/20 | 8 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.6 | Renewal Possible |
| 10/11/20 | 9 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.7 | Renewal Possible |
| 10/18/20 | 10 | 0.25 | 0.19 | 0.9 | Renewal Possible |
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