'Marco Polo' cancelled after 2 seasons at Netflix

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By Darian Scalamoni

            For all of the success that Netflix has had with its original programming, many have waited to see when the first failure would come. Well today, it seems they have an epic one on their hands. According to Deadline, Netflix has cancelled Marco Polo after 2 seasons.

            The show followed the famous 13^th century merchant and explorer and was inspired by Marco Polo’s early years in the court of Kublai Khan. It’s not surprising that the show was cancelled as the period piece had a large setting thus it had a huge budget. It had a decent viewership in its first season launched in 2014, but season 2 had nowhere near the same numbers.

            This was a show that no one was ever talking about so it really isn’t a surprise that it was cancelled from the streaming giant, especially with the budget. I’ve never watched the series butI was never intrigued from what I’ve seen so this isn’t a disappointing news story for me. How do you guys feel? Any fans of Marco Polo feel this show should have continued?