TMC
04-11-2023, 08:44 PM
https://www.looper.com/1254594/why-was-the-resident-canceled/
Fans had already assumed that The Resident was over before the official announcement
A report by TVLine (https://tvline.com/2023/04/06/the-resident-cancelled-season-7-fox/) about "The Resident" ending notes that some fans had reason to suspect that the series was already over back in March of 2023, at which point a company in Georgia announced that it was hosting a "major network medical drama prop & designer wardrobe liquidation" sale. Even though information about this event never referenced "The Resident" explicitly, fans happened to recognize some of the props from the show at the sale.
Prior even to this near-confirmation of "The Resident" ending for good, co-creator Amy Holden Jones told TVLine (https://tvline.com/2023/01/17/the-resident-recap-season-6-finale-renewed-cancelled-fox/) that the Season 6 finale purposefully plays out such that it could always serve as a series finale if necessary. Furthermore Jones claimed that this is the case with every season's last episode, suggesting that the prospect of Fox canceling "The Resident" always loomed over its production.
The writing has been on the wall for some time now, then, between Jones describing every season's conclusion as a potential ending, and the liquidation sale in March effectively spelling out the show's end.
Fans had already assumed that The Resident was over before the official announcement
A report by TVLine (https://tvline.com/2023/04/06/the-resident-cancelled-season-7-fox/) about "The Resident" ending notes that some fans had reason to suspect that the series was already over back in March of 2023, at which point a company in Georgia announced that it was hosting a "major network medical drama prop & designer wardrobe liquidation" sale. Even though information about this event never referenced "The Resident" explicitly, fans happened to recognize some of the props from the show at the sale.
Prior even to this near-confirmation of "The Resident" ending for good, co-creator Amy Holden Jones told TVLine (https://tvline.com/2023/01/17/the-resident-recap-season-6-finale-renewed-cancelled-fox/) that the Season 6 finale purposefully plays out such that it could always serve as a series finale if necessary. Furthermore Jones claimed that this is the case with every season's last episode, suggesting that the prospect of Fox canceling "The Resident" always loomed over its production.
The writing has been on the wall for some time now, then, between Jones describing every season's conclusion as a potential ending, and the liquidation sale in March effectively spelling out the show's end.