Here's Why "Sleepy Hollow" Viewers Aren't Happy The Show Was Renewed
Some fans can’t see Sleepy Hollow moving forward without its female lead.
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Fox announced Friday that Sleepy Hollow has been renewed for a fourth season, and people are not feeling it.
The renewal comes one month after Nicole Beharie's character Abbie Mills was killed off in the show's Season 3 finale, a controversial move that outraged some of the show's audience. Devastated over the departure of Sleepy Hollow's female lead and one of network television's few women of color in a starring role, fans took their disapproval to Twitter. Soon #CancelSleepyHollow and #AbbieMillsDeservesBetter began trending.
And though fans were shocked to see Beharie go, the actor had reportedly wanted to leave the series for quite some time.
The Sleepy Hollow renewal reignited fans' anger, and backlash quickly ensued on social media.