I’m going to have to disagree there-I was kinda shocked Tokyo Vice got a second season in the first place. I didn’t watch Perry Mason, but same deal, shocked there was a second season because it just didn’t catch on.
I don’t think the modern entertainment market is just set up to support a Wire or a Treme, even on HBO. WB-Discovery is just way too over-leveraged and can’t afford to let things build for three seasons in the hope that subscribers will catch on. Plus, now they can track all that shit on their app and are going to mirror Netflix and kill off pretty decent series because the viewership just doesn’t quite meet expectations.
As to Tokyo Vice, specifically, it felt like they finished their story. Continuing it would require either a lot of contrivance to bring the same characters together, or you just peel off Jake and maybe Katagiri and tell a new story. Given the presumed viewership I can see why they would rather roll the dice on a different property.
I don’t know Sarah Aubrey but have some connections in common (and she grew up in Austin) so have followed her career since she was the production partner for Peter Berg. She has a really great taste without being a snob. I can’t recall if she was hired before or after Vice was put into production (probably after), but I definitely think it’s the kind of property she’d want to support if the viewers could find it.