Peacock has canceled its reboot of Queer As Folk after one season.
The show premiered in its entirety on June 9. It followed a group of LGBTQ friends in New Orleans putting their lives back together after a tragedy at a queer bar.
Queer As Folk was inspired by the original UK TV show created by Russell T Davies. The British version was later remade by Showtime in the US. However, the 2022 version featured a new cast of characters and aimed to showcase a more diverse range of experiences. Showrunner Stephen Dunn created and oversaw the latest version.
Dunn took to Instagram to announce the show’s cancelation.
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He said, “It’s a rare gift in these times, and in this country, to be able to make a show as fearless and unapologetic as ‘Queer As Folk’. This experience changed our lives forever and we’re so grateful to have found this incredible new family. But today we received the disappointing news that we’re not getting a second season.
“We know how much it’s meant to the fans and while we’re heartbroken we won’t get to make more episodes, we wanna thank everyone for watching and falling in love with Brodie, Mingus, Ruthie, Noah, Shar, Julian, Daddius, Bussey, Marvin, Judy and Brenda. We’re so grateful for the chance to honor our community and are so proud of this show.”
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Jaclyn Moore, who was one of the executive producers alongside Dunn, posted her sadness on Twitter.
Very sad to say goodbye to Queer as Folk. I love these people so much and am so proud of the stories we got to tell. 💜 pic.twitter.com/AUxuzB7Lif
— Jaclyn Moore (@JaclynPMoore) September 24, 2022
“Keep supporting queer content y’all”
On his Instagram, actor Johnny Silbilly, who played Noah, said, “I will miss you Noah 💔 Thank you to the cast & crew of #QueerAsFolk for showing up to tell stories that celebrated queerness.”
He went on to thank, “every person who watched, wrote messages, and stopped me irl [in real life] to say the show meant something to them. I’ll have this family forever & while it hurts now, I will always be so proud of what we accomplished. Keep supporting queer content y’all. It’s not promised 💕”
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He also posted a montage of behind-the-scenes clips to his TikTok.
@johnnysibilly01 To my #QueerAsFolk ♬ the winner takes it all – november ultra
Jesse James Keitel, who played Ruthie, posted an image of a broken heart on her Instagram.
Fellow actor Devin Way, who played Brodie, said on Instagram, “I will never grow tired of saying that I love this show and these people! The way QAF was made with so much joy, intentionality and love. Woo!! Will forever be grateful to @notstephendunn @jaclynpmoore and all the people @peacocktv who let me be a part of it! Excited for the day they tell us we get to do it all over again. 😍❤️”
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Deek62
It deserved to be cancelled. It was boring. It wasn’t nearly as good as the original.
Harley
Agreed. I saw one episode and it was like….NO.
RickfromAlba
I too saw 2 episodes and didn’t like it.Liked the English original and one from “Pittsburgh”. New sexual types but boring and uninteresting
Neoprene
That’s what happens when wokesters take the reigns of anything. It can be nothing other than pretentious and cliched.
Cam
I love it when the right wing troll exposes it’s other screenames by using Fox News lingo.
LumpyPillows
Cam back at his insults. Grow up.
Neoprene
Cammy’s a one trick pony who rides in the short trailer.
BTW, Cammy. Where ya been? Had a touch of the Monkeypox? There have been numerous Ellen stories you haven’t posted your same old same old comments to.
Cam
@Neopreme, sweetie, if you’re going to pretend you aren’t the same old right wing troll under a different name you may want to switch up your word usage.
@LumpyPillows I LOVE it when you can’t resist bringing in your other screenames to defend yourself
As aways, your troll game is sad and weak.
Neoprene
Cammy – Show us an example of this “word usage” sweetie, and get some treatment for paranoia, dear.
Kangol2
@Neoprene, it’s “reins,” not “reigns.” And you essentially canceled yourself by invoking “wokeness.” It’s tired, play a new accordion tune!
DarkZephyr
I fully expected someone like you to come along and attack “wokeness” simply because a show that features trans characters was canceled. If you had your way, only people you personally approved of would be allowed to tell their stories. You’re just like the homophobes who have dogged gays and lesbians for countless decades.
LumpyPillows
Cam uses his other paranoia that I am someone else. This is me. This is my only name. As my stalker, you should know that by now.
Vince
I didn’t feel I could relate to the characters and not much in the way of plot lines other then sex. Funny I liked the original and the last one but this one was just meh.
Jim
I didn’t get through the first episode. I’ve seen the original thought twice and the American version at least once (some episodes twice)
Quite frankly it just tried to hard. It wasn’t about people but characters who weren’t relatable
GlobeTrotter
This is what happens when doctrine takes the place of storytelling. They should have taken a page out of the original British series, whose writers knew how to tell a compelling story, with warts, political incorrectness and all.
Get woke, go broke indeed!
Kangol2
Ugh, here we go with the “woke” crap again. Please, give it a rest!
DarkZephyr
So I gather from the first portion of your post that the writing and storytelling sucked. Then you decided to throw in “Get woke, go broke”.
The term “woke” means “alert” and references being alert to racism and other forms of injustice. Its very cringy when people use it the way you did here.
While I don’t always agree with what you’ve been saying around here these last few years, I always at least thought you were reasonably intelligent and took some effort to think about what you were going to post before you posted it. But now I see you reciting this incredibly asinine expression invented by people who are allergic to diversity and minority representation. You can come off as insensitive at times, but you never struck me as one to say something so dippy before this.
GlobeTrotter
I’m sorry you feel that way, but apparently my opinion is shared by the powers that be at the network as well as the majority of critics and viewers.
Furthermore, going “woke” doesn’t mean simply being alert to racism and other forms of injustice – we’ve been doing that since at least 1964. “Woke” specifically refers to the irrational attachment to a delusional ideology, and is a relatively recent phenomenon firmly rejected by the vast majority of reasonable individuals.
DarkZephyr
“‘Woke’ specifically refers to the irrational attachment to a delusional ideology, and is a relatively recent phenomenon firmly rejected by the vast majority of reasonable individuals.”
No it most definitely does NOT refer to that, nor is it “recent”. It has its origins in the 1930s via African American vernacular English and it specifically referred to being “alert to racial prejudice and discrimination” and more recently it began to be commonly used to include alertness to other forms of discrimination-based social injustice. Surely you agree that discrimination is wrong.
But the particular recentness that you speak of is when bigots decided to appropriate the term as a poorly thought out, incredibly dopey insult. There are some bigoted people who would consider a movie about your life to be “woke” merely because you are a gay man.
As for the “powers that be” and a lot of other people who’ve commented on this show, it seems that crappy writing and gratuitous preaching did the show in, not diversity & LGBT representation.
Look, I agree with you that preachy stories aren’t going to be very popular, but for goodness sake, why gleefully use the language of those who hate us? Its just so dippy and slavish.
Raphael
What did they expect?! There was almost no publicity before being released, even less after it did. Few people knew about it.
LumpyPillows
There is some truth to this.
Mars414
All the publicity in the world wouldn’t have made this show any better. Let’s be honest…it just wasn’t worth watching.
Ajs33308
Watched one episode and wasn’t for me. Also I watched the original, and liked maybe because I was younger and could relate more
bachy
If you want a big LGBT hit in 2022, make it about a gay serial killer. Ryan Murphy knows what he’s doing with Dahmer–Monster.
Unfortunately it shares (yet again) a gay horror story much more repulsive than anything Marjorie Taylor Green could concoct, and will help the GOP flush gay representation down the toilet.
But at least Murphy’s getting richer.
craigbear
The thing I never quite got was why they had to call it “Queer as Folk”, and promote it as a “remake” of Queer as Folk, if it was clearly a completely different story about completely different people. That really just ticked off fans of the original, so a lot of people just never gave it a chance.
Cam
I watched the entire series, but I have to say, while I’m always happy that LGBTQ content gets on air, there just wasn’t any joy in this series. The other versions of QAF gave you things to like about some of the characters, things to hope for, things to root for, etc… This version, everybody was pissed off all the time and I never really understood why any of them were friends since they all seemed to dislike each other.
Not saying there always has to be sunshine and rainbows, but a few funny or cheerful moments would have been nice.
still_onthemark
“This version, everybody was pissed off all the time and I never really understood why any of them were friends since they all seemed to dislike each other.”
Sounds like it was a remake of “Looking”
GlobeTrotter
“..while I’m always happy that LGBTQ content gets on air…”
This is just not the type of LGBTQ content to air, period! It portrays gay people in a very negative light, i.e. as flighty, promiscuous, delusional, hedonistic individuals without substance or soul. They lived in a perfectly queer microcosm, where every marginalized group was perfectly “empowered” and “represented”. Problem is, after they got done crossing all the inclusive t’s and dotting all the politically correct i’s, there was no story worth telling. This left the viewing audience completely unable to identity or sympathize with any of the characters, who were perfectly crafted, not to convey an interesting plot, but to confirm slavish devotion to a political “message”.
LumpyPillows
Funny how dislikable these inclusive characters were. I wonder why?
Neoprene
The LGBTQIA2S+++ community is anything but funny or cheerful these days, Cammy. You’re exhibit A. Now catch us up on the dirty doings of ELLEN, wouldya please, Cammy!
Cam
@Neoprene
Delicious. The right wing troll is still so obsessed with me it can’t even post a repose to a topic. I’m thinking of adding on another wing to the house I already have in your mind.
Your troll game is sad and weak.
Neoprene
Cammy – Obsession, you mean like of right wing trolls and troll games? LOL. Look in the mirror, dear, if that’s not too traumatic a thing to do.
humble charlie
a series based on ellen and her tribulations, i would watch with baited breath. call it “creeps as queers”.
bigrawtop
You nailed it, Cam. The lead character, Brodie, was a dropout and had no ambition. Brian was successful and confident. That’s just one example.
The casting was okay (not perfect), but at least queer. The story had a long way to go.
GentlemanCaller
The original British version was practically perfect. The first American remake was great for three seasons, and then fell into the same trap as this third effort set for itself from the start: it jettisoned joy and humor and relatable characters and opted instead for topical preaching and performative issue-awareness instead of plot and character. Much as I love LGBT content, this one doomed itself from the start: folks may be queer, but folks don’t want to be whined and hectored at.
ShiningSex
Because you didn’t have the original cast that EVERYONE WANTED. Bye!
Terrycloth
The first American version was the best..the second Carson turned me off..then the third with Jonathan I found him.annoying and couldn’t stomach it stopped watching.i hope that’s it under the Queer as folk.banner..make a 90 minute stand alone film without the QAF title
lou lou de la falaise
I didn’t give it a chance, didn’t want to revisit PULSE.
bigdog62
This was a dreadful mess, every gay man was portrayed as a alcoholic, drug addict, or a sex addict….and then we all wonder why we have relationship issues, etc, the original wasnt near as bad at portraying gay people in such a negative light….
LumpyPillows
Reminds me of the nightmare that the revival of Tales of the City was and it even included the original cast. Trying not to offend anyone becomes the story and it is really painful to watch.
Give me an evil trans woman in over-the-top fashion and killer makeup and I will probably watch it. That’s a story. But that would offend the woke who would be aghast at a trans character being evil… Groan. You people are so tiring.
Ironically, your wokeness is what kills the story and defeats your own goal of inclusion. But you don’t get it – you refuse to think you might not be 100% right and refuse to wonder why other people are pushing back. You have to decide anyone who disagrees is evil…it is the only way to not have to think about the complicated facts and reality. Lazy when it comes down to it.
Cam
And again, the same old right wing troll can’t post without attacking trans people or “Wokeness”.
I mean, you’ve been doing this for YEARS and you STILL can’t even troll subtly. I know the RNC has bigger worries but I figured they could afford better trolls than you. LOL
LumpyPillows
Ah, cam, I am not right wing. I am not a republican. You’ve stalked me enough to know that, but you persist. I bet, knowing trolls like you, that I have donated way more money to democrats and volunteered for way more LGBT causes than you ever have. Because I know exactly who you are based on your ugliness.
I do not wait for people to post to pounce, like a troll, that would be you. I put forward thoughts. You may agree or disagree, but the personal insults are what is very wrong with you and the jerks on the left that undermine the rest of us. You’re toxic. Either address the ideas I put forward or go away. Attacking people is ugly. The troll shoe really fits you.
[email protected]
The show showed only a stereotype of gays: shoppers and clubbers with mincing manners.
I am a 40 year old, 240 pound rugby player who, like all of us, has been gay since birth.
The show had nothing to do with my world. It will not be missed.
Mars414
Exactly! Hopefully someone casts a show with guys like you mixed in!
Winsocki
One Episode told me this was not a QAF ( more like queer as joke )….. Not interested in this totally new concept of non interesting characters who not remotely hold a candle to original Brit or American version. This reboot attracted the wrong audience or apparently hardly anyone. Probably a generation thang and more trans oriented than the average bear.
inbama
I never believed Brian was a top for a minute.
Neoprene
LOL!
CBHaynes
You knew that was going to happen! KNEW!
And I thought Sex and the City show was dreadful, that reboot now looks like perfection next to this garbage. As long as these shows (and movies) go on to be the PC police — no one is going to watch.
JRamonMc
Guess I’ll be the lone voice of descent on this one. Saw the original American version (2000) and this follow up reboot and enjoyed them both. Although I couldn’t relate to the generational characters, I found it fascinating watching a new interpretation and following the characters struggles following a tragic event. Kudos to the writers for making it relevant for 2022.
IvanPH
It was too woke. Its main audience are gay men so they should have focused the story on gay men. Not all shows have to be inclusive of trans, non-binary, and whatever sexuality the woke mob has come up with
humble charlie
the show just showed that gays can be just as boring as straights. from wonder years to wonder bread. but i salute their lackluster attempt at something interesting. wokeness can, at times, sandpaper the conflict out of ANY story. “YOU can’t say/show THAT! it makes me UNCOMFORTABLE!”
IanHunter
Just couldn’t step up to be as interesting as the original. I watched one episode and that was enough. I honestly didn’t know it even had a full season.
abfab
Twisted people. You hang out here on a site called QUEERTY calling for the removal of things that are QUEER. There are sites out there for the elites called Gay Lesbian Bi Only. Go there.
UlfRaynor
You’re right abfab… it’s taken awhile, but what’s become glaringly obvious is that there are no gay/lesbian news sites left, they are all “Queer” sites now and are, to their core, virulently homophobic.
Seriously, what kind of gay inclusive news site wouldn’t cover the fact that Gay rights legend & pioneer Fred Sargeant (74), one of the co-founders of the Gay Pride march in NYC and participant in Stonewall riots in 1969, was violently assaulted by trans rights activists at Burlington Pride?
His crime? Pointing out the fact that there were no trans activist or people at the Stonewall Inn the night the riots began.
Queerty isn’t alone in this. The Advocate, Huffpost, Towleroad, LGBTQnation, Out, none of them have reported on this incident.
Subsequently, Fred has decided to come out of retirement and has joined the LGBAlliance to once again fight for gay and lesbian rights and causes. That makes five of the surviving members who originally helped form the Stonewall organization only to now renounce it as actively homophobic and working against gay and lesbian rights.
Kangol2
@UlfRaynor, you’re the second person on here who’s mentioned the Fred Sargeant assault, so I actually went and looked it up. The only non-right wing paper that I could find that wrote it up was the Philadelphia Gay News, which does describe both the provocative signs he was carrying and the assault. I agree with the point that this should be covered. (The description of his signs that I’ve read do not gibe with your version, but that’s for another discussion.)
I disagree with the statement that there are no gay/lesbian news sites left or that that “Queer” sites, including this one, are “virulently homophobic,” since the vast majority of what Queerty focuses on isn’t queerness or queer people, but gay men. They have started to limit comments on articles on trans people (if not nonbinary ones), but most of the articles still do focus on gay men (or bi men, straight curious, etc.).
inbama
@UlfRaynor
You are absolutely correct.
70% of kids with childhood dysphoria would normally grow up to be gays and lesbians. Unfortunately, a huge industry wants to declare them all “trans kids” and put them on the road to become lifelong medical patients. That same industry pours big bucks into former gay rights organizations, media and the ACLU and expects more and more trans patients in return.
That’s some of the reasons for the news blackout.
LumpyPillows
I believe there are real trans people. I also believe there is a definite movement to convince fem gay boys they are trans girls for several nefarious goals. Some hate males. Some love how trans issues have sucked all the air out of the room, putting us on the defensive. They are a small minority in a small minority.
Even worse, how our own people have embraced this nonsensical queer bandwagon….which undermines all of us.
Kangol2
I watched an episode of the new QAF and didn’t find it engaging. I wish that the writers had focused on creating a compelling, well-plotted series starring their diverse cast, and giving the series a new name, but like so much of what comes out of Hollywood it was a remake and that’s where the problems started. There’s talent in the cast so I hope they can find other shows to appear in, and I hope this alerts the show runners than rather than retreads, which will certainly provoke the “anti-woke blah blah” crowd, just come up with new ideas and scenarios set in the world of today, and do a good job with it. Also, please put it on a more accessible streaming service than Peac0ck (come on Queerty!), which I will not be subscribing to for the long haul.
DennisBTR
Truly awful show.
The original (US and UK) versions were good – groundbreaking and they told a story of peoples lives, not some political commentary.
Political commentary is fine in the right setting, but this was supposed to be an entertaining show, not a discourse.
Glad it is gone and hope some other LGBT+ show can take its place.
mala
They had many strikes again them: Too woke; not hot enough (code: not masculine enough); no hot straight men. It was dead on arrival. RuPaul said it best: Gay men do not want to see gay men on film. They want to see gay through the lens of straight men.
GreekKeys
So, “Jaclyn” Moore mounted a personal crusade against David Chappelle. Made millions, wildly successful and his career continues. “Jaclyn” Moore champions Queer As Woke? Cancelled.