DEAD BOY DETECTIVES Sent To The Afterlife As Netflix Cancels Critically-Acclaimed DC Series After One Season

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES Sent To The Afterlife As Netflix Cancels Critically-Acclaimed DC Series After One Season

The Dead Boy Detectives have been taken off the case, with Netflix deciding not to renew the DC Comics-based supernatural mystery series for a second season...

By MarkCassidy - Aug 31, 2024 06:08 AM EST
Filed Under: The Sandman
Source: Via FearHQ

The Dead Boy Detectives have been sent to the afterlife prematurely.

Despite positive reviews (92% on Rotten Tomatoes) and strong viewership (at least initially), Variety reports that Netflix's supernatural mystery series has been cancelled after just a single season.

The show - which is set in the same universe as The Sandman - got off to a strong start, managing to stay in the Netflix Top 10 English TV charts for three weeks after its release. It racked-up just 3.1 million views in its first three days of availability (Netflix defines a view as total series runtime divided by total hours viewed) before climbing to 4.7 million. It then dropped to just 1.8 million views in week three before falling off the Top 10 chart.

Created by Neil Gaiman, the undead duo were first introduced in the pages of The Sandman before going on to appear in the likes of The Books of Magic, Children's Crusade, Doom Patrol, and more. The story focuses on Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine, a pair of murdered school boys who decide not to enter the afterlife in order to stay on earth and investigate crimes involving the supernatural.

The news was met with a lot of disappointment from fans of the show, who have been taking to Twitter to express their frustration.

The official logline for the show reads: “Do you have a pesky ghost haunting you? Has a demon stolen your core memories? You may want to ring the Dead Boy Detectives. Meet Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri), ‘the brains’ and ‘the brawn’ behind the Dead Boy Detectives agency. Teenagers born decades apart who find each other only in death, Edwin and Charles are best friends and ghosts… who solve mysteries. They will do anything to stick together – including escaping evil witches, Hell and Death herself. With the help of a clairvoyant named Crystal (Kassius Nelson) and her friend Niko (Yuyu Kitamura), they are able to crack some of the mortal realm’s most mystifying paranormal cases.”

Rowland and Paine actually appeared in the third season of Doom Patrol, but were played by different actors (Sebastian Croft and Ty Tennant).

Dead Boy Detectives is part of The Sandman universe and based on the beloved comic series from Neil Gaiman. Steve Yockey (The Flight Attendant, Supernatural) and Beth Schwartz (Sweet Tooth, Arrow) serve as co-showrunners, with Greg Berlanti (Riverdale, You), Jeremy Carver (Supernatural), and Sarah Schechter (Riverdale, You) as executive producers.

The series also stars Jennifer Lyon, Briana Cuoco, Lukas Gage, David Iacono, and Ruth Connell.

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MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 8/31/2024, 6:59 AM
Enjoyable show. Not surprised it was canned though.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/31/2024, 7:00 AM
Netflix cancelling a show…

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Kidding aside , it’s unfortunate since I had heard a lot of good things about the show that made me want to check it out (also it being set in the same continuity as The Sandman tv series interested me aswell) but sadly I haven’t been able to & probably won’t now.

From the clips I had watched though , it looked fun!!.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 8/31/2024, 7:10 AM
Oh no....now cancel Sandman pls
Forthas
Forthas - 8/31/2024, 7:11 AM
Way to go James Gunn!
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/31/2024, 7:15 AM
It was OK, nothing special.
Batmangina
Batmangina - 8/31/2024, 7:38 AM
Goddamn review bombers again.
thedrudo
thedrudo - 8/31/2024, 8:23 AM
@Batmangina - Huh?
BillyBatson1000
BillyBatson1000 - 8/31/2024, 7:40 AM
I tried to watch this, but it was all over the place tonally. The humour seemed forced and often undermined the horror elements. So many ideas just not landing. A darker version would have been better.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/31/2024, 7:41 AM
I have never seen the show (didn't even know about it) but it's DC and I give that brand a chance any day of the week.

Does this show still have its 1st season on Netflix (it's a long weekend and I'm single and .... well single. Except, eventually you date a girl who lights up your life, you think she's perfect....and then you get to month 3.
you can't wait to be alone for a long time:
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I diverge...info anyone?
kider2
kider2 - 8/31/2024, 11:57 AM
@lazlodaytona - ye its still on Netflix. Its a Sandman spin-off and one of the Sandman characters appears in it but its pretty much self-contained. Its good although a little slow at times.
Mobrex
Mobrex - 8/31/2024, 8:08 AM
This was my favorite show. Absolutely bada$$ in every way.
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 8/31/2024, 8:25 AM
Oh well. didn’t watch a single second of it *shrugs*
r1g0r
r1g0r - 8/31/2024, 9:07 AM
this was nowhere as interesting as the intro we had on doom patrol or the commercials.

a shame, but i believe that these things should be made by people with a PERSONAL passion for the subject matter.
BabyLasagna
BabyLasagna - 8/31/2024, 9:52 AM
Damn, I really enjoyed the show :(
Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 8/31/2024, 9:54 AM
Just now hearing about it's existence 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 9/1/2024, 4:34 AM
@Izaizaiza - That Netflix marketing arm is something else, huh?
Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 9/1/2024, 9:47 AM
@ObserverIO - Really top notch!
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 8/31/2024, 10:04 AM
It’s a shame. Really fun series
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 8/31/2024, 10:04 AM
Hopefully they’ll show up in Sandman.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 8/31/2024, 10:14 AM
Well that sucks! I really enjoyed that series.
ReverseFlasher
ReverseFlasher - 8/31/2024, 12:11 PM
I really enjoyed the series, very sad to see it didnt get renewed
bobevanz
bobevanz - 8/31/2024, 12:57 PM
They did a great job advertising the show, so good that I only heard of it today
bobevanz
bobevanz - 8/31/2024, 12:58 PM
Bring on the Hardly Boys
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 8/31/2024, 1:15 PM
Had no idea this came out
grif
grif - 8/31/2024, 2:45 PM
honestly never heard of it


Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 8/31/2024, 4:27 PM
Never knew this was out.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 8/31/2024, 4:59 PM

I really like Sandman a lot, so I wanted to like this.

But I didn't. I gave it up after 2 episodes. Great idea. Dopey juvenile lame execution.

Tpo81
Tpo81 - 9/1/2024, 1:30 AM
I wasn't planning on living this series but I enjoyed tf out of it. Was really hoping it was gonna be show I enjoyed for at least 3/4 seasons. Bad promotion of it honestly. Reading these comments seeing all the folks who didn't know about annoys me. Nothing gets past me cuz I have no life lol. But it's a shame if you haven't seen it I suggest you go give it a try. It's fun and worth the look. Who knows maybe those viewership will..
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 9/1/2024, 4:40 AM
I hadn't gotten around to Season 1 yet. It was on my list.

I love Sandman, but I can't seem to get excited for the Netflix Sandman universe. They dropped the ball on execution imo. The writing, casting etc are all solid, but the production and directorial styles (or lack thereof) are disappointing.

And yet the Aubible version of Sandman is the most exciting comic book adaptation. I'm more excited about Audible's The Sandman Act IV than any Marvel or DC cbm. Go figure.

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