"Looking" Cancelled at HBO — But Patrick's Story Isn't Over Yet
by Michael Ausiello
March 25, 2015


"Looking" Season 3 is out of HBO’s sight: The cabler has canceled on the underdog gay dramedy, although we haven’t seen the last of Patrick & Co. TVLine has confirmed.

“After two years of following Patrick and his tight-knit group of friends as they explored San Francisco in search of love and lasting relationships, HBO will present the final chapter of their journey as a special,” the network said in a statement Wednesday.

“We look forward to sharing this adventure with the shows loyal fans.”

http://tvline.com/2015/03/25/looking-cancelled-season-3-hbo-tv-movie/

http://www.vulture.com/2015/03/looking-hbo-canceled-missed-opportunity.html

"Why did Looking suddenly seem to have so many 'loyal fans' only when it was about to be canceled?" asks Dan Callahan. "Where were these people and their support when the show really needed it, as the second season unfolded? It wasn't just the audience who failed this show. The confused response to Looking started to color what the creators were trying to do with it, and they seemed to lose confidence in their own material. They didn't keep to their own naturalistic impulses, and that sunk the show creatively when it drifted into an unappealing, unconvincing, plot-driven love triangle." PLUS: Season 2 was troublesome (http://www.sfchronicle.com/tv/article/Looking-cancellation-was-inevitable-6158733.php?t=b8b9d4f3231210a92f&cmpid=twitter-premium).

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/looking-producer-believes-fear-prompted-gay-hbo-shows-demise_us_55d68698e4b020c386de34a2?kvcommref=mostpopular&utm_hp_ref=gay-voices

“It is frustrating when you create characters, whose stories you are trying to tell, and you come up against all of this anger and hatred.”

Andrew Haigh is still on the mend after the cancellation of HBO's “Looking,” and he isn't holding back in his disappointment.

Haigh, who served as co-producer and wrote and directed several episodes of the prematurely nixed series, told Attitude magazine’s Ben Kelly that he believes gay audiences pre-judged the show -- which starred Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Alvarez and Murray Bartlett as three out pals navigating love and life in present-day San Francisco -- before allowing it to establish its footing.

“A lot of people seemed to talk about it without actually watching it,” he said in the interview. “So many people said, ‘I didn’t [more inside]