‘Teacup’: Peacock’s Original Horror Series Cancelled After One Season!!

The Chenoweth family may have defeated Assassin, but they couldn’t survive the threat of cancellation. Peacock‘s horror series Teacup is ending after only one season on the streaming platform, per Variety. Created by Ian McCulloch as an adaptation of the Robert McCammon novel Stinger, it debuted last year in October as the latest horror project from horror maestro James Wan and his Atomic Monster production company. Despite solid reviews from critics and the big names attached to help make the spooky rural Georgia story something special, it apparently failed to capture an audience, unable to break into the Nielsen Top 10 streaming charts.

Led by Yvonne Strahovski and Scott Speedman, Teacup follows a strained family and their neighbors when an unknown threat begins plaguing their isolated ranch. A storm rolls in that creates an unnatural feeling in the air and leaves everything and everyone on the ranch unsettled. When darkness falls and they encounter a strange man in a gas mask prowling the land, they’re forced to band together to survive the night. As the series rolled on, it only continued to unravel further mysteries and raise the tension between the survivors, mimicking the terrifying and twisty path originally paved by its source material.

Although the series ended with the Chenoweths and Shanleys figuring out a way to take down the main threat, albeit not without gory deaths and tragedy along the way, the finale also appeared to lay the groundwork for expanding the mystery beyond the ranch with Season 2. Critics overall liked what they saw from the first run too, with the series standing at a Certified 77% on Rotten Tomatoes while audiences gave it a 70%. Collider‘s Jeff Ewing was among those singing its praises, saying in his 7/10 review that “Teacup is a strong horror series that sticks the landing well, wrapping things up satisfyingly while building towards a harrowing potential future.” Chaske Spencer, Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre, and Luciano Leroux round out the cast.

What’s Next for Wan on Peacock?

Atomic Monster is far from done producing programming for Peacock after Teacup. Wan‘s next project at the streamer will be a team-up with Shang-Chi star Simu Liu for a currently untitled espionage series. Liu will play a first-generation-American intelligence analyst who realizes that hackers have gained access to his brain, exposing everything he sees and hears. It’s set to follow his delicate balancing act as he tries to keep up a performance 24/7 while getting to the bottom of who’s responsible. Announced last February with Thomas Brandon at the helm, the series is currently in production with a supporting cast that includes former Scream star Melissa Barrera alongside Sinclair Daniel, Brian d’Arcy James, Mark O’Brien, and Kathleen Chalfant.