Why Was 'Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous' Canceled? It's Now on Netflix

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'Zach Stone' Fans Are Hopeful that Netflix Might Help Revive the MTV Series

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Dec. 28 2021, Published 4:29 a.m. ET

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Great information! Netflix is breathing new life into MTV's Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, Bo Burnham's 2013 foray into community television.

The 12-episode teen sitcom, which Bo starred in and created, follows recent high school grad Zach Stone as he opts to not go to university, and instead strives to chase fame by hiring a digital camera group to movie him through his day by day life.

Now that the sequence is readily bingeable on Netflix for somebody who has approximately 4 hours to kill, viewers are asking themselves why the comedy was canceled in the first place. Let's find out!

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Why was 'Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous' canceled?

Netizens had been delighted to learn that Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous is now to be had to stream on Netflix, praising the collection for being ahead of its time and for a way well it holds up today.

"I'm so glad Bo can finally get the recognition he deserves for this series," wrote Redditor u/Drubious01 following the announcement that the display was streaming on Netflix. "Obviously the guy is famous, but there are so many out there who don't know this show exists. I guarantee there will be a flood of posts on here in the coming week of 'How have I never heard about this show?' 'Zach Stone is truly underrated,' etc., etc."

u/TimeTimeTickingAway added that Bo himself has defined that "the issues he faced back then as a D-tier celebrity trying to cultivate a brand and stay relevant are the things which now the vast majority of high school kids suffer from on a daily basis." The Redditor added that a lot of these problems impressed Eighth Grade, which Bo wrote and directed.

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"Zack Stone Is Gonna Be Famous would seem like a great satire of the modern-day influencer craze were it not for the fact [that it] came out years before things really kicked off insofar as people recognizing that YouTube, TikTok, etc. were valid job paths so long as you're willing to sell enough of your soul to get them," the person concluded.

In addition to thanking Netflix for bringing the collection back into the zeitgeist, many fans are hoping that the display positive factors enough traction to be picked up for a second season. So, why was it canceled in the first place?

"We are huge fans of Bo Burnham and the entire creative and talented team behind Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous," MTV shared on the time of the display's cancelation. "After careful consideration of many factors, we have ultimately decided not to move forward with an additional season of the series."

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According to Buzzfeed, Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous "never found its audience." Its lack of viewership and promotion, and the show's Eleven p.m. time slot — in addition to the fact that its comedic style would possibly no longer have landed with MTV's key demographics — looked as if it would steered the network's cancelation of the display after only one season.

But Netflix appears to be giving fanatics hope for extra. And if enough other people track into the collection now that it's on the streaming large, who is aware of, Zach Stone might in truth get well-known this time around.

Season 1 of Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous is streaming on Netflix.

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