*Suits* has been a beloved series since it first aired on USA back in 2011, captivating fans for nearly 15 years. The show experienced a significant revival in recent years, thanks to its full availability on Netflix, sparking countless binge-watching sessions. However, this surge in popularity was not enough to save the new spin-off, *Suits LA*, which NBC has canceled following the release of their fall schedule. Jeff Bader, the brand's president of program planning strategy, shed light on the decision to pull the plug.
“It’s so hard to talk about shows and which ones you bring back, and *Suits* had a very short run, but it really just has not resonated the way we thought it would,” Bader explained to Variety after the fall schedule was made public. “There can be many, many reasons why, people are speculating why it hasn’t resonated, but it’s just not really showing the potential to grow for us in the future, unfortunately.”
The executive further elaborated on the tough choices involved: “And it’s those decisions we had to make. We had to look at the performance of the shows, both on linear and on digital. We had to see the ones that looked like they had growth potential in the future. So we’re looking at how stable they are on their linear performance, how stable they are on digital, which ones are growing and which ones are declining. And we had to make some hard decisions.”
Bader also mentioned that NBCUniversal considers moving canceled shows to Peacock, their streaming service, but *Suits LA* did not receive the go-ahead for such a transition.
When it comes to shows that made the cut, Bader highlighted the criteria used to keep them on the schedule, particularly with the need to accommodate more sports programming like the NBA on Tuesday nights. “We looked at what their performance was week-to-week, episode-to-episode, on both linear and digital, to just try and glean which ones we thought had the best ratings story,” he told the outlet. “And then on the creative side, the creative teams did the same thing. Which ones have the most potential, or the best potential, to capture a new audience? And these were the two shows that made their way to the top.”
*Suits* originally ran for nine seasons from 2011 to 2019. The revival series, *Suits LA*, premiered in February and starred Stephen Amell, Lex Scott Davis, Josh McDermitt, and Bryan Greenberg. It also featured appearances by original *Suits* cast members like Rick Hoffman, David Costabile, and leading man Gabriel Macht. Aaron Korsh, the creator of *Suits*, served as the creator and executive producer for the spinoff, which concluded its run with the final episode airing on May 11, 2025.
