Sunday, 28 February 2016 10:45
Category: Streaming TV News
Written by Rick Ellis

Amazon's 'Mad Dogs' Won't Get A Second Season

Amazon has opted not to order a second season of its original series "Mad Dogs," according to executive producer Shawn Ryan. Ryan made the announcement via Twitter Sunday morning:

1) Wanted to report that a decision was made not to make any more episodes of Mad Dogs.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016

2) We were lucky to be one the best reviewed dramas on Amazon, if not the best. A lot of critics got what we were going for, so thanks.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016

3) Some Amazon employees told me that Mad Dogs, after only four weeks, already had better streaming stats than many other Amazon shows.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016

4) So, thanks to the viewers for finding, embracing and binging the show. It’s been a blast to read your joy and shock on Twitter.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016

5) That said, Mad Dogs was originally intended to be a closed 10 episode limited series.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016

6) Many critics pointed out that this wasn’t the kind of concept destined for an extended multi-season run, and that’s right.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016

7) But in order to get Season 1 made Amazon wanted to know that future seasons might be possible.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016

8) Cris Cole and I said we thought there could be but we should have that conversation on if and how after the season was over.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016

9) We had that conversation on Thursday with Roy Price and company. Cris and I laid out a story for Season 2 we believed in.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016

10) Ultimately, Amazon didn’t want to make that story and we didn’t want to make the kind of story they wanted us to make, so…
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016

11) It made more sense to declare victory after ten episodes, which was our original plan all along anyway.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016

12) Mad Dogs is extremely important to Cris and I and we can’t do the show any other way than to follow Cris’ vision.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016

13) Ultimately, I think it’s better to leave it there, pure and unsullied, than to do a watered down version of the show.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016

14) I’m so proud of our 10 eps and how they turned out, despite the many obstacles in our way.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016

15) Want to acknowledge Ben Chaplin, Michael Imperioli, Romany Malco and Steve Zahn. What talent and chemistry!
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016

16) Want to thank all our writers, directors and especially our ridiculously hard working Puerto Rican crew.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016

17) Especially want to thank Cris Cole who was a terrific collaborator. He stuck to his vision, morals and beliefs throughout.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016

18) If you haven’t checked out Mad Dogs yet, I hope you will. It’s the full, complete crazy story we set out to tell over three years ago.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) February 28, 2016