Popular ITV drama AXED after two series – despite hit reviews

A POPULAR ITV drama has been axed after just two series - despite positive reviews. After the Flood starred Sophie Rundle as PC Joanna Marshall, who becomes obsessed with trying to find out what happened to a man who was found dead in a lift in the aftermath of a flood. The unidentified man was...

There are six 15-minute episodes and, because it's Gervais, I kept waiting for it to get funny.  It'll get funny any moment now, I told myself, encouragingly. It never did.

I don't say it lightly, but it's time for Ricky Gervais to quit TV - Netflix's Alley Cats is woeful - Alex Davies  GB News

The Daily Beast/Getty/Netflix “I don’t tell people not to be offended,” proud provocateur Ricky Gervais claimed ahead of his latest Netflix original. “I tell them I don’t care if they are.” Alley Cats, essentially a misanthropic, suburban Homeward Bound in animated form, suggests he’s also stopped caring about nuance,

The heated debate is expected to reignite as Ricky Gervais' new series lands on Netflix

There are glimmers of potential in this comedy about a potty-mouthed feline gang. But not even the great voice cast or a cute kitten can save it from being lazy, crude and boring I suppose the question is really: what do you do after redefining comedy for your era? After The Office, that exquisitely observed, agonisin

To kick off the third episode of the Netflix animated comedy “Alley Cats,” protagonist Gus — an overweight orange tabby voiced by writer, creator and frequent director Ricky Gervais (think Garfield with a distinctly working class British accent) — describes his plan for the day. It starts with an achievable goal. Then:

Forget the manosphere – with his gang of nasty, offensive cats, Gervais has created the Catosphere

Gervais also leads the voice cast of the animated comedy, following a group of feral strays who take in a lost kitten searching for her former home.

‘Alley Cats’ Review: Ferally Funny Ricky Gervais on Netflix  WSJ

Alley Cats review — is Ricky Gervais’s sweary cat cartoon too much?  The Times

Alex Jones and Vernon Kay interviewed Ricky Gervais about his new animated series Alley Cats on The One Show