Status: Cancelled
Aired: 2018-19, 2 Seasons Totaling 20 Episodes
Series Premiere: June 6, 2018
Network: YouTube
Starring: Maddie Hasson, Sarah Desjardins, Enuka Okuma, Craig Arnold
Series Website: www.youtube.com/
Description: When Cleo’s boyfriend, Thomas, decides to sell Henry’s car, Henry enlists the help of high school basketball star, Clay Boone, to steal it back. But when Henry experiences inexplicable seizures, things quickly escalate beyond her control. YouTube.com
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Why Was It Cancelled? This series arrived on YouTube in Summer 2018 with little fanfare. That was early in the streaming services attempt to ramp up its scripted programming, though, and it received a second season renewal despite not building up much of an audience (in part due to the lack of promotion). Season 2 debuted in Fall 2019, but YouTube had already started backing away from scripted programming at that point, shifting its focus to lower-cost comedies. Showrunner Lauren LeFranc announced on Twitter that Impulse had been cancelled by YouTube and that efforts to shop it around were unsuccessful. The show did develop a devoted fanbase and they may still be able to rally in an attempt to convince another venue to pick it up for a third season (it worked for Lucifer and The Expanse).
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