"Castle" finished 8 seasons before ABC announced its decision to cancel the show late May this year. The announcement solicited various reactions from the show's fans and haters.
Before cancelling "Castle" all together, ANC stirred the castle fans when they announced the non-renewal of the contracts of Stana Katic and Tamala Jones who are "Castle's" female leads for what was supposed to be the show's Season 9 as reported by Design N Trend.
Negative reactions were earned by ABC as fans construe the non-renewal of two female leads as an act of gender inequality. Not only did ABC suffer bad publicity, the allegations were directed to the entire Hollywood industry.
ABC suffered a further backlash when a celebrated author of "All In" Josh Levs wrote an article specifically directed to the issue. Levs says ABC's move was shocking and obviously sexist which openly perpetuated gender inequality. The post receives hundreds of responses and shares.
Despite the issues, fans initially believed that "Castle" would push through Season 9 after ABC signed five new actors, all male, including Nathan Fillion. ABC's decision to ultimately cancel "Castle" and trash the entire Season 9 came as a baffling surprise.
Hollywood Reporter quotes ABC Network President Channing Dungey saying that despite its improving performance, ABC cannot see their future with "Castle". The cancellation was ultimately based on the show's rating and its ability to bring in profits for ABC.
Fans were outraged with ABC's statements saying that the decision was a bad call, a clear disrespect to the talented "Castle" cast and their fans. Fans accused ABC of the lack of decency to spend extra cash to give "Castle" a proper send-off.
Speculations remain that the cancellation of "Castle" was a political move to divert the public's attention on the real issue that is affecting Hollywood - gender inequality. Your thoughts?
