No expert could’ve predictedSuitswould become 2023’s most-streamed TV show in the U.S. NBC commissioning a spinoff series,Suits LA, seemed like a slam dunk. Unfortunately for fans of the legal drama, it will be one-and-done for the spinoff asNBC canceledSuits LA.
The decision to endSuits LAafter one season comes ahead of the season finale on May 18. NBC hoped to capitalize onSuits’newfound popularity. However, the spinoff was negatively reviewed and failed to sustain impactful TV ratings.
Jeff Bader, NBC’s president of programming strategy, spoke about the surprising decision to cancelSuits LAover the weekend.
“It’s so hard to talk about shows and which ones you bring back,” Bader said on a conference call (viaDeadline). “Suits [LA]has had a very short run, but it really just has not resonated the way we thought it would. There can be many, many reasons — people are speculating why it hasn’t resonated, but it’s just not really showing the potential to grow for us in the future, unfortunately.”
Suits LA was not the only NBC casualty. The network canceled Lopez vs. Lopez, Found, Night Court, and The Irrational. Bader said his team looks at the performance of the shows on “linear and on digital” and sees which ones are “growing.”
“We had to make some hard decisions,” Bader said.
Developed bySuitscreator Aaron Korsh,Suits LAstarredStephen Amell, a former New York prosecutor who moves to Los Angeles to start a firm specializing in entertainment law. The ensemble featured Lex Scott Davis as Erica Rollins, Josh McDermitt as Stuart Lane, and Bryan Greenberg as Rick Dodsen.
Several notable characters from the flagship show appeared on the spinoff, includingGabriel Macht as Harvey SpecterandRick Hoffman as Louis Litt.
Suitsaired for nine seasons on USA Network from 2011 to 2019. Per Nielsen,Suitsregistered 57.7 billion total minutes watched in 2023, the highest annual viewing time ever.
Suits LAwill air its series finale on NBC at 9 p.m. ET/PT on May 18. Stream all available episodes on Peacock.
