Suits L.A. Canceled After Just 1 Season: What Went Wrong?

Stephen Amell’s tenure as the lead of “Suits LA” is wrapping up after just one season. As a secondary spin-off inspired by the original “Suits,” Amell’s show centered around the escapades of entertainment lawyer Ted Black and his Los Angeles law firm, Black Lane. The new series was born out of an extraordinary rise in viewership for “Suits” on streaming platforms in 2023. Launched in February of this year, it featured guest appearances from several original cast members, such as Gabriel Macht, who portrayed Harvey Specter.

According to Deadline, NBC has formally ended Suits LA after only one season. Despite a strong interest in the series due to the original show’s streaming comeback, the viewership numbers for the program have consistently remained slightly above 1 million on linear TV in Live+Same Day. This cancellation comes as NBC also decides to cancel other shows such as The Irrational, Found, Night Court, and Lopez vs Lopez.

What This News Means For The Suits Franchise

The Franchise’s First Spinoff Also Failed To Attract Viewers

In 2023, Suits, the original series, amassed an unprecedented 57.7 billion minutes of streaming viewership, four years following its conclusion. This recent update might be disheartening for fans eager for more of showrunner Aaron Korsh’s signature high-stakes legal drama. Interestingly, this isn’t the first time a spinoff from the franchise has struggled to replicate the original series’ widespread appeal; 2019’s Pearson was also cancelled after airing only one season.

The new show Korsh and NBC produced, “Suits LA”, appeared to have put in a lot of effort to connect with the original by inviting actors Macht, Hoffman, and Costabile from “Suits” back to play their old roles. However, the low viewership numbers indicate that the spinoff didn’t quite manage to regain the same level of broad appeal as the original. Consequently, it seems “Suits LA” is destined to follow in the footsteps of “Pearson” as another attempt to cash in on the popularity of the original that failed, despite its efforts to bring back many cherished characters.

Our Take On Suits LA’s Cancellation

Most Of The Franchise’s Newest Fans Are Used To A Streaming Model

Originally airing on USA Network for nine seasons, Suits had its fair share of loyal fans. However, it saw a significant surge in viewership during its resurgence on streaming platforms, reaching a wider audience than before. This reintroduction to Pearson Specter Litt’s world may have played a crucial role in the show’s revival in 2023. One of the key factors could be that viewers now have access to a vast library of 134 episodes, a luxury that is becoming increasingly scarce in today’s streaming television landscape.

Given how modern franchise audiences are used to consuming full seasons at once, it’s possible that the weekly broadcast model of Suits LA was destined for failure from the start. It’s an open question whether Suits LA could have thrived as a new streaming series, offering viewers the option to watch the entire season upon its release, but with the show now canceled, we may never know for sure.

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2025-05-10 09:12