Netflix's 'Away' Won't See Season Two

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Hilary Swank played leader of international space crew

Ato Essandoh as Dr. Kwesi Weisberg-Abban, Ray Panthaki as Ram Arya, and Vivian Wu as Lu Wang in Netflix's 'Away'
Ato Essandoh as Dr. Kwesi Weisberg-Abban, Ray Panthaki as Ram Arya, and Vivian Wu as Lu Wang in Netflix's 'Away' (Image credit: Netflix)

Netflix has canceled the space drama Away, which has Hilary Swank as astronaut Emma Green. Josh Charles, Vivian Wu and Mark Ivanir are also in the cast. 

Andrew Hinderaker created the show, about an astronaut preparing to lead an international crew on the first mission to Mars, known as the Mars Joint Initiative. 

Away premiered Sept. 4. There were 10 episodes.

Related: Netflix’s ‘Away’: How Did It Go From No. 1 to Canceled in Just Six Weeks?

The series was inspired by an article in Esquire. 

Away is executive produced by Hinderaker, Swank, Jessica Goldberg, Jason Katims, Matt Reeves, Edward Zwick, Adam Kassan and Jeni Mulein. Goldberg is the showrunner. 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.