# Galavant returns tonight (1/3) and I'm so excited! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 3, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075 "2016-01-03T17:01:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/81 "2017-03-06T16:50:54Z")
Well, bummer. You just made my Monday that much worse. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/82 "2017-03-06T17:20:49Z")
Makes sense, sadly. Doing it right would require a “Netflix blockbuster” sort of budget like they give to their flagship shows, but the audience doesn’t justify that kind of scratch. They produce lots of shows with a “throw some money at a concept and see if it sticks” budget, but you couldn’t do that with Galavant. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/83 "2017-03-06T19:11:55Z")
Awww. Now I feel like I should have binge-watched it a couple more times to boost its Netflix views. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/84 "2017-03-06T20:20:37Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > I come bearing bad news. Netflix decided to pass on picking up _Galavant_ for either a third season or a movie because they thought it was too obscure. Boo! > > I get this from a friend who’s a friend of _Galavant’s_ showrunners. you know - I really don’t like you. I really, really want you gone. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/85 "2017-03-06T20:27:29Z")
I think it’s pretty funny for Netflix to turn this down for being “too obscure” given just how many [original productions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_original_programs_distributed_by_Netflix) they’ve done. Many of these seem just as or even more obscure than Galavant. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/86 "2017-03-06T20:59:09Z")
I don’t know. They gave it a try for two years – how did the second season ratings compare with the first? If they didn’t improve fast enough, or at all, deciding to put their money elsewhere only makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/87 "2017-03-06T23:16:47Z")
The real story turned out to be King Richard’s story, and that was completed in an entirely satisfying way. Galavant’s story also ended. True, they left a set-up for a Gareth-Maddalena story, but they just weren’t interesting enough to carry another season. So, as much as I loved the show, I understand why it won’t get another season. But any word on a possible stage production? I’d go to NYC to see it, especially if Tim Omundson reprised King Richard. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/88 "2017-03-06T23:27:57Z")
They can always go and get work On some cheap-ass cable network. Seriously, I’m kind of relieved. I’d hate to see it diluted with a half-assed third season that didn’t measure up to the first two. And that would seem to be likely, with all the resolutions they achieved at the end of Season Two. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/89 "2017-03-06T23:57:36Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > They can always go and get work > On some cheap-ass cable network. > > Seriously, I’m kind of relieved. I’d hate to see it diluted with a half-assed third season that didn’t measure up to the first two. And that would seem to be likely, with all the resolutions they achieved at the end of Season Two. oh c’mon - they should just d-dew it already. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/90 "2017-03-07T00:03:54Z")
> [@simster](#): > > oh c’mon - they should just d-dew it already. True. Money needn’t be a problem. They can say adieu to those they owe an IOU to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075.md?page=4)