Axed: Shining Vale
Upcoming S2 finale will serve as the last for Courteney Cox series.
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Shining Vale has been axed by Starz despite co-creator Jeff Astrof having begun writing on a third season.
The series, created by Astrof and Sharon Horgan, centres on a family that moves to a small town into a haunted house — with writer Pat (Courteney Cox) beginning to see ghosts.
The series also stars Greg Kinnear, Judith Light, Merrin Dungey and Mira Sorvino.
A S2 finale will serve as its last episode, unless a new home is found.
“What an absolute joy I had working on this show. Not a single bad day. Please watch the STARZ (turns out limited) series Shining Vale by 12/31,” he wrote on social media.
Astrof told Variety, “Given all the real heart-breaking news going on in the world right now, it would be inappropriate for me to say I’m heartbroken about Starz not picking up Shining Vale for a Season 3. However, I have no problem saying I am crushed and deeply saddened by the news. For the actors, it has been a year since we wrapped, but I have been working on writing Season 3 up until I heard the news last week.”
He added, “Okay, maybe I am heartbroken — dammit! Of course, I’m hoping another streamer picks the show up as we still have lots of story to tell — and Season 3 has already been partially written. In any case, I am beyond grateful to have been able to tell the saga of the Phelps for the past two seasons.”
Shining Vale is currently screening in Australia on Showcase / Binge.
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I’m not surprised. The show was always unhinged in S1, but it was fun and made some sort of sense… S2 blew all that out of the water and became a complete and utter mess. Frenetic pacing, uneven character motivations/dialogue, incoherent storylines and generally unlikable characters, it has been an absolute chore to sit through. Will go down as one of my biggest disappointments of 2023.