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Lucifer ordered for a Fox pilot
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The last few days have been brutal for television fans. Ahead of upfronts, networks have been revealing their renewals and cancellations with the axe falling on more than a few fan-favorites. Among those cancelled is FOX's Lucifer, but all hope may not be lost. The Vertigo Comics-inspired series could find a home on DC Universe.

 

Earlier this month, Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment officially announced their own upcoming video streaming service, DC Universe. The platform was first hinted about in the fall of 2016 and while there's no word as to when the service will launch, several projects have already been announced, among them the live-action Titans series, a Harley Quinn animated series, and a Swamp Thing live-action series. Now, some are wondering of DC Universe might be a new home for Lucifer, too.

 

It's a tantalizing idea. Lucifer has aired to modest numbers (0.8 demo rating and 3.3 million viewers) on Monday nights this season, but the show's fanbase is very vocal. Within hours of cancellation news fans had already created an online petition to save the show -- through pickup by another television network or through pickup by a streaming service like Hulu, Netflix, or Amazon. The fanbase had also taken to dominating social media and the "#SaveLucifer" campaign was quickly one of the top conversations on Twitter. While at this time it doesn't appear that the campaign is going to be successful -- even Brooklyn Nine-Nine, another FOX series cancelled in the network's bloodbath this week didn't get a Hulu pickup though NBC did step in and take the show -- DC Universe could be an option.

Warner Bros. TV is the studio behind Lucifer, but more than that, having a ready-to-go series could be a benefit for DC Universe.

It sounds like a smart move. Built-in fanbase and established show.

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If Brooklyn Nine-Nine could do it, why can't Lucifer? If there's anything we've learned about social media this weekend, it's that the Internet can win against TV networks, especially when you have both fans and the cast members pushing for its message.  And in today's digital age, social media can be a powerful weapon to communicate ideas and messages to those we wouldn't normally have accessibility to--e.g. TV networks.

 

"Lucifer” is the fourth FOX show canceled this week (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Last Man On Earth, and The Mick) after the network announced its 2018-2019 lineup. Just as "99" fans were hitting their understandable stages of depression, NBC came in and saved the day, at the eleventh hour on Friday night, picking up the show for a sixth season. "Ever since we sold this show to Fox I’ve regretted letting it get away, and it’s high time it came back to its rightful home,” said NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt, referring to the fact that NBCUniversal did, in fact, own the rights to Brooklyn Nine Nine — making NBC the most likely network to save it.

 

As a long-time fan since its inception, I was gravely disappointed hearing the news, but soon came to find out that it also came as quite the shock to other "Luci-fans" across the globe, as well as to its cast members.

 

But, it wasn't until fans took to social media for their voices to be heard by studio executives like Greenblatt. Henderson and Modrovich,  immediately took to Twitter, advising fans to keep making noise in order to save the devilish TV series through the #SaveLucifer movement. Today, I was fortunate to be able to speak with Lucifer's showrunners, writers, and executive producers, Joe Henderson and Ildry Modrovich, as well as Tom Ellis, known for his lead role as Lucifer, on what has been going through their heads since the cancellation.

 

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14 hours ago, Bosco685 said:

:whatthe:

Canada gets the show early, doesn't it?

It airs aired on Sunday evenings here.  I'm not sure what day everyone else sees saw it on, though...

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25 minutes ago, Loki said:

It airs aired on Sunday evenings here.  I'm not sure what day everyone else sees saw it on, though...

Monday for the East Coast of USA.

Again, what an ending. Reminds me of when he revealed himself to the doctor, and she went into shock leading him to walk out of the office.

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