‘Parish’ Canceled After One Season at AMC

Parish will finish after its first and solely season, AMC confirmed Thursday.

The present, loosely based mostly on British drama sequence The Driver, starred Giancarlo Esposito, Zackary Momoh and Paula Malcomson, amongst others, and premiered in March.

“We’re so pleased with Parish, and grateful for the artistic expertise concerned and the performances they have been capable of carry to the display screen, beginning with the exceptional Giancarlo Esposito, Skeet Ulrich and your complete forged,” AMC mentioned in a press release. “We’re sadly unable to proceed with a second season, however Season 1 will stay obtainable on AMC+ to followers who need to relive this thrill-ride-of-a-series and people but to find it.”

The Hollywood Reporter‘s evaluation of the present praised Esposito’s efficiency, calling him “an emotionally volcanic main man,” however criticized most different facets, saying, “it’s stuffed with prolonged sequences that you just’ve seen performed higher numerous occasions.”

Esposito performed Gracian “Grey” Parish, “a household man and proud proprietor of a luxurious automotive service in New Orleans,” per the synopsis. “After his son is violently murdered and his enterprise collapses, an encounter with an outdated good friend from his days as a wheelman resurfaces outdated habits, sending Grey on a high-stakes collision course with a violent legal syndicate.” The present launched six episodes.

Parish was created by Danny Brocklehurst and Jim Poyser, and produced by AMC Studios, in affiliation with A+E Studios and Thruline Leisure. Brocklehurst served as co-creator and govt producer. Eduardo Javier Canto and Ryan Maldonado have been showrunners and govt producers; Esposito additionally govt produced alongside Brocklehurst, Poyser, Jolyon Symonds and David Morrissey for Scribbler Movies, Josh Kesselman, Danny Sherman, Barry Jossen, Tana Jamieson, Theo Travers and Pink Manufacturing’s Nicola Shindler.