M.O.D.O.K. Has Been Canceled By Hulu After Just One Season, Likely Ending Marvel Television Era For Good

M.O.D.O.K. Has Been Canceled By Hulu After Just One Season, Likely Ending Marvel Television Era For Good

Marvel Television, the outfit behind everything from Daredevil to Inhumans, is no more, and another nail has been put in its coffin with the news that Hulu has pulled the plug on its M.O.D.O.K. series.

By JoshWilding - May 14, 2022 09:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel
Source: Deadline

Marvel Television was a completely separate entity to Marvel Studios, and when the latter was tasked with taking charge of the MCU's small screen storytelling for Disney+, the Jeph Loeb-led studio was quickly shuttered. Now, we're seeing certain characters and actors plucked from those TV shows (seemingly minus any baggage from past stories) as well as the end of any series left from that era.

Helstrom, for example, was completed when the focus turned to Disney+ instead of ABC and Netflix, but ended up being a major critical flop that was barely seen by anyone. Why? Well, it was mostly marketed without any "Marvel" branding and was instead pushed as just another Hulu original. 

Hit-Monkey and M.O.D.O.K. received similarly muted marketing campaigns, and it's clear Marvel Studios doesn't want these Marvel Television shows to be mistaken for what they're doing in the MCU (and after so many flops and disappointments from Loeb's outfit, we're not exactly shocked).

Now, another of these shows has bitten the dust as word comes down from Deadline that M.O.D.O.K., starring Patton Oswalt as the title character, has been cancelled after just one season. This comes after animated shows like Howard the Duck and Tigra & Dazzler were also scrapped, while we expect Hit-Monkey to be next (there had once been ambitious plans for a Defenders-style crossover).

This isn't really surprising, and an announcement was expected. Rumour has it Marvel Studios has its own plans for M.O.D.O.K. in Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, while Oswalt has been cast in the MCU as Pip the Troll, making his debut in Eternals' post-credits scene as an ally of Harry Styles' Eros. 

Are you disappointed to be saying goodbye to M.O.D.O.K.

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kRAVENkIaw
kRAVENkIaw - 5/14/2022, 9:03 AM
And nothing of value was lost.
Origame
Origame - 5/14/2022, 11:47 AM
@kRAVENkIaw - hit monkeys actually pretty good though.
Manmarvel
Manmarvel - 5/14/2022, 12:25 PM
@Origame - hopping hit monkey gets renewed actually.
Origame
Origame - 5/14/2022, 12:42 PM
@Manmarvel - I doubt it'll happen. Unfortunately it didn't do so well due to terrible advertising that made it look like a poor man's archer. I'd recommend it to anyone though.
Manmarvel
Manmarvel - 5/14/2022, 1:59 PM
@Origame - lol I recommend it to everyone and say "if you like Archer, you'll love this" This was terribly advertised I thought it was dead until about a week before it came out.
Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 5/14/2022, 9:26 PM
@Manmarvel - With Marvel TV being phased out I highly doubt Hit Monkey will get a 2nd season.
rebellion
rebellion - 5/14/2022, 9:07 AM
good.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 5/14/2022, 9:15 AM
This show was actually good if anyone saw it. Better than most recent cartoons of Marvel
Razorface1
Razorface1 - 5/14/2022, 9:25 AM
@mastakilla39 - I mean, not exactly a high bar...
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 5/14/2022, 10:44 AM
@mastakilla39 - That's because the "Loeb-era" of Marvel animation was absolutely awful, not for MODOK itself being particularly great.
JohnCastillo
JohnCastillo - 5/14/2022, 12:57 PM
@mastakilla39 - I saw the first three episodes and sorry but I found them absolutely awful.. nothing made me even chuckle let alone laugh. Terrible jokes, uninteresting story. But that’s just my opinion I wouldn’t know whether it got any better or not cause I couldn’t be asked to finish it.
TheMandalorian
TheMandalorian - 5/14/2022, 9:29 AM
It wasn’t a bad show… but it also wasn’t a good one 😅
WWEsucks
WWEsucks - 5/14/2022, 9:40 AM
Oh, but... Hit-Monkey is quite a good show.

Lokiwasright
Lokiwasright - 5/14/2022, 7:50 PM
@WWEsucks - there's a hit monkey show? 😂
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/14/2022, 9:41 AM
Hit Monkey slaps. I put it on in the background. But it’s time for this era to pass.
SpaceParanoids
SpaceParanoids - 5/14/2022, 9:42 AM
That doesn’t surprise me. I actually forgot that was even a thing.
Matrixyzx
Matrixyzx - 5/14/2022, 9:52 AM
it's prob to make way and room for the Original X___ MEN animated reboot.
VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 5/14/2022, 9:53 AM
@iamTheBatmanha - I hope so.
VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 5/14/2022, 9:53 AM
Kyos
Kyos - 5/14/2022, 9:57 AM
I liked Hit-Monkey. I even liked Helstrom. Never watched M.O.D.O.K. beyond the first episode, but a friend of mine really enjoyed the whole season.
PapaSpank54
PapaSpank54 - 5/14/2022, 10:16 AM
This and Hit-Monkey would have been beloved if they dropped in like 2012 imo.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 5/14/2022, 10:31 AM
It sucked.
Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 5/14/2022, 10:39 AM
Not surprised tbh. Marvel Entertainments TV division has been phased out and Modok was just the last of its life support.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 5/14/2022, 10:40 AM
It was terrible! Patton Oswalt is trash, he got lucky with Disney picking him for the rat. Other than that he just isn't funny 🤷‍♂️
Reginator
Reginator - 5/14/2022, 5:41 PM
@bobevanz - 100% on that
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