Netflix Explains not picking up ‘Agent Carter’!

Fans are still pretty ticked off that ABC did not renew Agent Carter for a third season. In fact there was an online petition to save the show. Rumors were going around for a while that perhaps Netflix would pick up the show, but unfortunately that never materialized either. Today we have some news from Netflix on just why they chose not to pick up Agent Carter. Check out the details below, and share your thoughts AFTER THE JUMP!

Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos says it was because the show didn’t offer a “truly original” brand.

“We’re looking for truly original brands to own,” Sarandos told Entertainment Weekly, “and in that Marvel space we already have [original comic book shows] – so that was mostly why.”

It seems the existing Marvel Comics-based Netflix shows — “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,” and the upcoming “Luke Cage,” “Iron Fist” and “The Defenders” — are enough for Netflix at the moment.

Plus, Sarandos says there are “complexities” with “Agent Carter’s” international distribution, which would make it difficult for Netflix to carry the series in certain regions. “They also have some output deal complexities…So when you pick it up, being able to pick it up globally is difficult even after it’s canceled. Some of those output partners still had it on the air, so they would argue its covered by their output [deals]. Unfortunately, it was a business decision more than a creative one.”

Source: ComicBookResources