The two hour vinyl opener is said to have cost about 30 million and the first season 100 million.
Why did they cancel vinyl.
It s disappointing but it happens hbo s outgoing head of programming michael lombardo told deadline last month.
Nielsen music reports that vinyl sales for 2017 reached their highest level since 1991 with around 14 million records sold in the united states.
Instead it was unceremoniously canceled wednesday in a surprising reversal of fortune after the premium cable network initially renewed it for a second season in february.
The vinyl cancellation comes two and a half months after news broke that terence winter would not return for the second season due to creative differences scott z.
They expected it to be well exactly what it is.
Record companies also deleted many vinyl titles from production and distribution further undermining the availability of the format and leading to the closure of pressing plants.
Despite a renewal announced in february hbo s scrapped plans for season two of its much hyped series vinyl amid efforts to retool the series.
Hbo wanted vinyl to be its next prestige drama.
The decision not to.
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They attached terence winter of boardwalk empire and the sopranos fame mick jagger and martin.
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Sources say the decision to cancel vinyl rather than reboot the series for season two is part of.
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