Saturday 12 November 2022 02:20 AM Selling Tampa is canceled at Netflix after one season... but the cast blames ... trends now
The Selling Sunset spinoff series Selling Tampa has gotten the ax at Netflix after only one season.
But several cast members think their series didn't get a fair shake compared to Selling Sunset, and they're suggesting racism played a part in the cancellation, according to Page Six.
Notably, the main cast — Allure Realty head broker Sharelle Rosado, along with Juawana Colbert, Rena Frazier, Karla Giorgo, Tennille Moore, Anne-Sophie Petit, Colony Reeves and Alexis Williams — are all women of color.
Concerns: Selling Tampa has been canceled after one season by Netflix, but star Juawana Colbert and an anonymous insider claimed to Page Six that the cancellation was fueled by racism; the cast of Selling Tampa
'When they show us [black women] in a different light — when we’re bickering, fighting and name-calling — they get a Season two and Season three, but that’s not what we were displaying,' star Juawana Colbert claimed to the publication on Friday.
'I feel like we weren’t given a second chance, possibly because of what we represented as minority women,' she added.
One source claimed that Netflix gave the cast the 'runaround' for almost a year when they tried to find out if Selling Tampa would get a second-season renewal.
The anonymous insider also claimed that the cast members would receive 'hundreds' of social media DMs on a 'daily' basis, although that could just represent the show's most devoted fans and not be an accurate representation of actual viewership.
Expectations: Colbert claimed the show didn't feature the kind of bickering among Black women that other shows cater to — and Netflix may have expected; still from Selling Sunset
Doesn't add up: The insider took issue with claims that she show didn't do well enough in viewership, as the cast allegedly received 'hundreds' of social media DMs on a 'daily' basis from fans; still from Selling Tampa
Streaming services like Netflix are also concerned about how many people subscribe to the service to watch a new show or movie, so viewership alone may not determine whether a show if renewed.
Last week, Adam DiVello, who created Selling Tampa and its sister shows Selling Sunset and Selling The OC, announced via Zoom with producer Skyler Wakil that the show would not be back for a second season.
'Adam specifically said [the decision] was related to numbers but never gave any additional information,' Colbert said. 'I don’t know if he was talking about rating numbers or budget numbers. He just said numbers.'
The anonymous source confirmed that the cast members were given little in the way of an explanation, and DiVello and Wakil told them to tell any fans that reached out for information on the show that, 'There aren’t any plans right now for more Selling Tampa, but luckily the first season is still on Netflix for fans to rewatch or discover.
'We know that [Selling Tampa] was number one in multiple countries, and it did fairly well,' the source added. 'Obviously, it’s not going to be a Selling Sunset Season five.… It’s just weird. All of a sudden this all-Black cast doesn’t even get a chance for a Season two.'
Netflix and DiVello did not immediately respond to the publication's request for comment, though a source close to production claimed that the 'decision was made solely on performance, and we hope to tap into various members of the cast for future projects.'
Bad news: Adam DiVello, who created the show as well as Selling Sunset and Selling The OC, announced the cancellation but reportedly didn't provide specifics about the 'numbers'; seen in September in LA
Back in December 2021, the Orlando Sentinel reported that Selling Tampa was number one on Netflix after less than 24 hours on the platform, suggesting that there was at least strong initial interest in the show.
However, Netflix is traditionally opaque about its viewership numbers, and the
