Quickly after Deadline reported that The Waterfront has been canceled Monday night, the collection’ creator Kevin Williamson mirrored on Netflix’s resolution to not renew the household crime drama for a second season.
In an Instagram message over a photograph from the present that includes star Holt McCallany and visitor star Topher Grace, WiIliamson selected to concentrate on the constructive.
“Whereas I’m say the Buckleys received’t be again for Season 2, I’m celebrating the enjoyment that was Season 1,” he wrote, referring to North Carolina’s highly effective Buckley household on the middle of the collection starring McCallany, Jake Weary, Melissa Benoist and Maria Bello.
Williamson thanked followers who had watched The Waterfront in addition to his “dream forged and crew” who labored on the present in North Carolina and Los Angeles and the studio behind it, Common Tv, the place he’s underneath an general deal.
“And thanks to Netflix for taking an opportunity on a really private story,” Williamson added. He has spoken about The Waterfront having been impressed by his childhood and household, particularly his dad’s involvement in drug smuggling and different unlawful actions.
“It was certainly one of finest experiences of my life,” Williamson mentioned about his time on The Waterfront on the finish of his observe to followers.
Within the present, the Buckley household has dominated Havenport, North Carolina, dominating every part from the native fishing trade to the city’s restaurant scene. However their fishing empire has began to crumble as patriarch Harlan Buckley (McCallany) recovers from two coronary heart assaults, and his spouse (Bello) and son Cane (Weary) enterprise into the deep finish to maintain the household companies afloat.
