Why ‘The Killing’ got killed by AMC [View all]

Why ‘The Killing’ got killed by AMC

No real surprise but AMC announced just now that there won’t be a third season of the moody drama “The Killing.”
The network said it reached the decision after “much deliberation,” which is probably true because fans of the show were nothing if not loyal.

Except, of course, for those who never got over the way the first season ended.

Often, it’s easy to blame networks for failing to give decent shows a shot, but in this case, sad to say, the blame has to be with the show itself.

Yes, the American version completely followed the story line of the original Danish version and a resolution to the murder of Rosie Larson was never planned as the season finale.

That said, the problem really was that the show spent much of the first season casting suspicion on virtually every member of the cast, more than pushing the line between “tease” and “torture.”

After all of that, ending with no resolution felt to many viewers like a slap in the face.

http://blog.sfgate.com/dwiegand/2012/07/27/amc-cancels-the-killing/