Amazon have renewed virtual time travel series The Peripheral for a second season, saying pretty much nothing else on that point.

Finally pushed out of the airlock, however, is HBO's Avenue 5. Deadline reported the series probably finished in May last year well ahead of its season two screening.

HBO:

Going to space with Armando Iannucci has been an incredible journey,” an HBO spokesperson said in a statement. “While we will not be moving forward with a third season of Avenue 5, we look forward to many more adventures together.”

It is interesting to see The Peripheral get another season.

We found it broadly well made but full of irreconcilable stupidities and stopped watching a few episodes in.

Since blogging our complaints we've learned that most of those are actually discrepancies from the book on which the series is based.

Amazon could be earning themselves a bad reputation on that score.

Avenue 5 is streaming now on Binge.

The Peripheral is streaming now on Prime Video.

[ Main Image: The Peripheral - T'Nia Miller. Credit: Prime Video via IMDb.com. ]

References

Nemetz, Dave (February 10, 2023). Avenue 5 Cancelled at HBO. TVLine.

Rice, Lynette (February 9, 2023). ‘The Peripheral’ Renewed For Second Season By Prime Video. Deadline.