Poor Yorick - Hulu's Y: The Last Man is just weeks away from the end of its first season. Adapted from Brian K. Vaughn and Pia Guerra's comic book, this post-apocalyptic film has had a long and winding road to the screen. Now, unless the series finds a new home elsewhere, its actual screen time will be very short.

Eliza Clarke, showrunner of Y: The Last Man, expressed hope that the show will continue when she broke the news of its cancellation on Twitter. She said, "I have never been more committed to a story in my life.

She added, "It's the most collaborative, creatively fulfilling, beautiful thing I've ever been a part of. I don't want it to end. ...... We are committed to finding the Y its next home."

Y: The Last Man takes place after a mysterious cataclysm simultaneously kills off all mammals with Y chromosomes except for one cisgender man, Yorick Brown (Ben Schnetzer), and his pet monkey, Ampersand. While Yorick travels to a new world, the survivors struggle with what they have lost and attempt to restore society. The cast includes Diane Lane, Amber Tamblyn, Ashley Romance, Olivia Thirlby, and Marin Ireland.

A film adaptation of Y: The Last Man has been in development hell for over a decade, with the project taking various forms (a film starring Shia LeBeouf was once a possibility); in 2015, FX embarked on a series adaptation, with Michael Green as writer and showrunner The project is now in the works. After a pilot was ordered, Aida Mashaka Croal joined as co-showrunner; in April 2019, Green and Croal left the project due to creative differences, and Clark took over.

In June 2020, Y: The Last Man moved from FX to an FX on Hulu exclusive. The first three episodes were then released on September 13. Currently, the season (series?) is scheduled for November 1. Two episodes remain until the finale.

Clark and cast member Tamblyn tweeted that they hope season 2 of Y: The Last Man will happen. Vaughn, creator of the original comic, also added his voice to the #YLivesOn campaign:

Clark has previously said that he envisions Y: The Last Man as a five-season, 50-episode series. For that to happen, other broadcasters would need to save the show.

Of course, there have been times when shows have been saved. One famous recent example is Netflix saving "Manifesto," which was canceled by NBC. Most examples, however, are of cancelled network or cable shows picked up by streaming services. Perhaps "most" is not the right word. There is not a single original streaming show that was moved to another streaming service.

At the very least, it seems highly unlikely that "Y: The Last Man" will be saved by Netflix. Indeed, the streaming service recently saved "Manifest," but executives explained that it was not for a fan campaign. Instead, they focused on viewing data from the previous season of "Manifesto" on Netflix; would Hulu share such numbers with its rivals? And if the ratings were so high, why did Hulu cancel the series?

Y: The Last Man's road to the screen was hard. The road to finding a new home may be even steeper.