HBO will not be moving forward with a fifth season ofMatt Damon andBen Affleck’s docuseries “Project Greenlight.”
“When we picked up a new season in 2014, we imagined a one season revival and decided in early 2016 another season did not make sense for us,” said HBO in a statement. “We are proud of the show and were pleased with its run throughout the years.”
The fourth season of “Project Greenlight,” which fell to 1.3 million viewers, was surrounded by a fair bit of conflict, namely betweenproducer Effie Brown and project director Jason Mann, but alsobetween Brown and Damon.
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Damon broke the news in an interview with the Associated Press, saying “I’m not one to question [their programming]. They do such a great job. But we have to take it out again.” He said he would shop the show around to other outlets, particularly a streaming service.
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The show itself has bounced around, airing for its first two seasons on HBO from 2001-2003, heading to Bravo for its third season in 2005, and then being resurrected on HBO a decade later.
“’Project Greenlight’ works — careers have been launched and sustained as a direct result of this contest,” Damon said in a statement when the show was picked up. “Pete Jones, John Gulager, Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan are just a few of the PGL alums who’ve gone on to do great things in Hollywood, and Ben and I are really proud of that.”
Season 4 premiered in September 2015 to just 154,000 total viewers and a .05 in the 18-49 demographic in live-plus-same-day ratings.
Damon is currently making the press rounds for “Jason Bourne,” the fifth installment of the “Bourne” franchise which opens in theaters this weekend.
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