Why Did HBO Cancel Rome After Just Two Seasons?
With its partner waffling, HBO decided to cancel the epic.
During season 2’s production, then-HBO chairman Chris Albrecht made the show’s cancelation official.
In fact,the epic series was as ambitious as Julius Caesar himself.
Of course,the need to compressRome’s timeline into one 12-episode arc led to other narrative hiccups.
But again,it reiterates just how unfortunateRome’s untimely cancelation was, especially in hindsight.
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Despite its tragic cancelation,Rome’s high production value set a standard for future TV shows.
FromRometoGladiator,acclaimed sword-and-sandal epics still make historical missteps.
Someexperts have called outRome’s battle inaccuracies, for example.
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