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A third season of 'Cruel Summer' is in development at Hulu and Freeform, with Olivia Holt returning as star and executive producer, continuing the series' story with new showrunners Cori Uchida and Adam Lash. The show, which originally debuted in 2021 and was canceled in 2023 after its second season, will revisit the series' themes of teenage friendship and mystery, with Holt reprising her role as Kate Wallis from Season 1.
Freeform, the Disney-owned cable channel, was dropped from Spectrum channel lineups as part of Disney's deal with Charter Communications. The dropping of Freeform suggests that, as the repercussions of the deal are felt across the pay TV ecosystem, no channel is truly safe. Despite its many name changes and iterations over the years, Freeform still runs The 700 Club, the religious show hosted by Pat Robertson. The network's future remains uncertain, but sources say it will continue to focus on scripted originals targeting middle-aged women. Freeform's content remains available on Hulu, and Charter customers who subscribe to Disney+ will still technically have access to Freeform fare.
Freeform has announced the lineup for its 31 Nights of Halloween programming event, featuring beloved films like Hocus Pocus, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Monsters, Inc., Cruella, and The Addams Family, as well as Freeform premieres of Encanto, Zombies, and Zombies 2. The event, running from October 1-31, has consistently ranked as the No. 1 primetime cable network in entertainment among key demographics. Viewers can enjoy a night-by-night list of Halloween-themed programming, including classics and new releases.
The second season of Freeform's "Cruel Summer" lacks the chilling creepiness of the first season and fails to maintain high-stakes momentum despite the "who, what, when, where, why, and how" of a dead teenager. The new character, Isabella, is treated with suspicion rather than sympathy, and the subplots of love triangles, scholarship drama, and revenge porn decelerate the story. However, the show is an easy, breezy, and often cheesy volume to speedily thumb through and forget by season's end.
"Cruel Summer" returns for a second season with a new mystery involving murder. The show follows two high school girls, Megan and Isabella, across three timelines as they navigate their complicated relationships with each other and the powerful people in their small town. The acting is strong, particularly from Sadie Stanley and Lexi Underwood, and the show's attention to detail in recreating the late 90s/early 2000s is impressive. While not as twisty as the first season, "Cruel Summer" remains an addictive and compelling YA mystery series.