Prime Video gave the show a two-season, straight-to-series order in 2023 as The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel was in its final season. Such deals often have contingencies, however, by which a streamer or network can opt out after part of a multi-season order. That was the case with Étoile.

Amazon's Prime Video just canceled a comedy series after a single season despite ordering a two-season run. Etoile, from the creators of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, received high praise from critics, receiving an 85-percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a 77-percent from fans.

And so, eight episodes of Étoile is all we’re getting. The series followed two prominent ballet companies (one in New York, the other in Paris) who swap their performers in the interest of drumming up ticket sales in a post-COVID world.