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Prime Video<\/a> has canceled two of its freshman action series, Countdown <\/em>and Butterfly<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n According to Deadline<\/a>, the cancellations were not initially expected. Countdown<\/em>, in particular, has continued to be in the Prime Video U.S. Top 10. And, as Deadline continues, both series have been in the Nielsen Top 10 for Streaming Originals. However, according to the article, Prime Video gave the two series the chop because the series didn\u2019t do well overseas.<\/p>\n It\u2019s hard to say if Prime Video is reaching for reasons to cancel a series, especially since these two series were so popular domestically.<\/p>\n Countdown<\/em> followed an LAPD detective who is recruited to a secret task force to investigate the murder of a Department of Homeland Security officer. The series also starred Jessica Camacho, Elliot Knight, Violett Beane and Uli Latukefu.<\/p>\n Ackles, who played the main character, LAPD Detective Mark Meachum, said during his June interview<\/a> with Blavity\u2019s Shadow and Act that he liked the mental health twist the series has.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we\u2019re used to seeing sometimes [with] these characters, they\u2019re just crazy, so that\u2019s why they act so cavalier and that\u2019s why they act like a maverick and have problems with authority and all that stuff is just because wired that way,\u201d he said. \u201cI like the fact that there\u2019s a reason behind him acting the way that he does and harboring this kind of deadly secret. And it does give him the ability to act out, and to take risks, and to take chances, and put his team in maybe dire situations that he wouldn\u2019t normally do if he wasn\u2019t on his way out, so to speak. I liked that little twist to the character and what it brought to the story. It was definitely something that hooked me from the beginning when Derek was telling me about the story.\u201d<\/p>\n Butterfly<\/em>, starring Daniel Dae Kim and Reina Hardesty, was based on the graphic novel series by Arash Amel. The series followed a Korean-American secret agent living in South Korea who reconnects with his estranged daughter, who is now also a secret agent, as they flee their former employers, a shadow government agency.<\/p>\n Kim told Blavity\u2019s Shadow and Act<\/a> in August how proud he was of the series to be part of Hollywood\u2019s embrace of Korean culture.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I started my career, no one knew anything about Korean culture. The only Korean culture that we saw on our televisions was M.A.S.H. in the \u201970s,\u201d he said. \u201c\u2026 I know how far we\u2019ve come and I don\u2019t think a show like Butterfly could have been made 10 years ago because there wouldn\u2019t have been the interest, not only in the part of the studios and the networks, but also in the population to say that we have a show that\u2019s bringing over Korean actors and that we shot in Korea. Now there\u2019s an awareness of these actors that there wasn\u2019t 10 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n The post \u2018Countdown\u2019 And \u2018Butterfly\u2019 Both Canceled At Prime Vide After One Season<\/a> appeared first on Blavity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Prime Video has canceled two of its freshman action series, Countdown and Butterfly. According to Deadline, the cancellations were not initially expected. Countdown, in particular, has continued to be in the Prime Video U.S. Top 10. And, as Deadline continues, both series have been in the Nielsen Top 10 for Streaming Originals. 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What Daniel Dae Kim told us about \u2018Butterfly\u2019<\/h2>\n