I am guessing this did not get re-newed based on the epilogue at the end that basically fast forwarded the rest of the story into two short sentences, then told us why it mattered in a nutshell. The wikipedia of mini series.
Why end the show finale on a championship loss? At least they could have ended with the 1985 season.
The very first scene was Magic getting his diagnosis. I thought the show finale would bring us back to that moment.
Winning Time's cancelation accidentally made it a great show
https://slate.com/culture/2023/09/winning-time-canceled-season-2-series-finale-hbo-lakers.html#:~:text=of%20publicly%20clarifying).-,By%20getting%20canceled%2C%20and%20showing%20a%20winning%20team%20losing%2C%20they,labor%20owned%20by%20feckless%20billionaires.
By getting canceled, and showing a winning team losing, they accidentally, against their will, made something kind of great: a show about unhappiness, and about what it does to workers to have their labor owned by feckless billionaires.
I still think it needed better editing and a more aggressive timeline. It dragged. It was painfully obvious they were trying to spread it across many seasons.
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