This is not the news we wanted to hear on the road to Turkey Day.
Beloved comedy series “Mystery Science Theater 3000” has gone through many iterations in the decades since it started poking fun at bad movies on local television back in 1988, and its most recent gave the Joel Hodgson-created series a home on streaming platform Netflix. Unfortunately, we’ve learned today that the show’s Netflix run has come to an end.
Hodgson tweeted today, “#MST3K is not doing a third season for Netflix. It’s not the end of MST3K, It’s just the end of the first chapter of bringing back MST3K.”
Host Jonah Ray Rodrigues also chimed in on Twitter, “We don’t know what the future holds for the show, it always seemed to figure out how to survive. From Comedy Central to SyFy. Then kept alive by RIFFTRAX & Cinematic Titanic. Whatever happens, I want everybody to know that getting a chance to be on this show was a dream come true.”
“Mystery Science Theater 3000” has indeed survived several cancellations, so it’s hard to imagine a world where the series is ever truly dead. But for now, alas, it seems to be.
On the plus side, this year’s Turkey Day Marathon kicks off Thursday, November 28th at 12pm EST. Head over to Shout Factory’s website to find out where you can stream it!
If you didn’t see the backer update, I announced today that #MST3K is not doing a third season for Netflix. It’s not the end of MST3K, It’s just the end of the first chapter of bringing back MST3K.
— Joel Hodgson (@JoelGHodgson) November 27, 2019
So, Netflix decided to not do another season of MST3K. We are off to Get Down in Lilyhammer while the OA helps us take it One Day At A Time. We will be in group therapy with Tuca & Bertie, Jessica Jones, & Lady Dynamite. The sessions will be run by Gypsy (w/ Naomi Watts.) thread pic.twitter.com/ZONkUxUlFb
— JONAH RAY RODRIGUES (@jonahray) November 26, 2019