Hulu stops the music on High Fidelity after only one season

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Well, this one stings! I was really hoping for another season after being impressed by its first run but Hulu has decided to cancel their series High Fidelity after only one season on the streamer.

Starring and executive produced by Zoë Kravitz, the series was a reimagining of Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel and the 2000 John Cusack movie of the same name. Per "Deadline", the cast and crew were notified yesterday ahead of the announcement, and apparently canceling the show was not an easy choice. The decision came after lengthy deliberations because the show has been well received by critics and is headlined by a big star with a massive following in Kravitz. The series also had internal support at Hulu, whose brass took extra time to mull over a potential renewal, with sibling ABC Signature extending the options on the cast by a month to accommodate that. In the end, the decision was made to not renew the series and the chances of the show finding a new home are said to be a long shot.

High Fidelity was one of two series based on movies to launch on Hulu this year after being originally developed at Disney+. The other, Love, Victor, is looking promising for a second season according to "Deadline." On the show, Kravitz played Rob, a record store owner in the rapidly gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights who revisits past relationships through music and pop culture, while trying to get over her one true love. The series also stars Da’Vine Joy Randolph, David H. Holmes, Jake Lacy, and Kingsley Ben-Adir.

I actually started watching this show as soon as quarantine started and was really looking forward to another season because the writing was fresh and the ensemble cast was really fun to watch. Curious what the decision to cancel the series ultimately came down to. 

Were YOU watching High Fidelity? Sad to see it go?