As part of Showtime’s approaching merger with with Paramount+, a Season 2 of Dexter: New Blood has been discarded in favor of a possible prequel series “centered around a young version of the titular antihero.” TVLine was first to report, citing “multiple unnamed sources.”
Showtime has not provided an official comment, but the publication is reporting that a prequel is one of “a number of new iterations of Dexter” that the network is considering. That Dexter: New Blood has been cut short is something of a surprise, as the 10-episode revival averaged 8 million weekly viewers. Plus, showrunner Clyde Phillips was immediately on record in January 2022 when that season wrapped that he knew how the series would continue.
“If [Showtime] asks me if I’d like to make a continuation of this, I would say yes,” Phillips told Deadline. “I have a lot of things going on but I would drop everything for this and say yes in one second.”