Punky Brewster revival canceled at Peacock... days after star Soleil Moon Frye retweeted a fan who said 'we need a second season'
The revival of the 1980s sitcom Punky Brewster has officially gotten the axe at NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service.
It emerged this Thursday in The Hollywood Reporter that the program would not continue after its 10-episode first season.
News of the cancelation went public just four days after the leading lady, Soleil Moon Frye, retweeted a fan who was pushing for a renewal.
![End of the road: The revival of the 1980s sitcom Punky Brewster has officially gotten the axe at NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/08/20/04/46887711-9910717-End_of_the_road_The_revival_of_the_1980s_sitcom_Punky_Brewster_h-a-161_1629430187524.jpg)
End of the road: The revival of the 1980s sitcom Punky Brewster has officially gotten the axe at NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service
'Come on @peacockTV we need a second season of Punky Brewster! And a third... and a fourth...,' pleaded the admirer on Twitter.
Soleil was just seven years old when she landed the title role on the original Punky Brewster which began airing on NBC in 1984.
Punky was an abandoned child who ultimately found a foster father in the manager of an apartment building where she was squatting.
The aging foster father Henry Warnimont was played by George Gaynes, who died in 2016 at the ripe old age of 98.
![No cigar: News of the cancelation went public just four days after the leading lady Soleil Moon Frye retweeted a fan who was pushing for a renewal](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/08/20/04/46887699-9910717-No_cigar_News_of_the_cancelation_went_public_just_four_days_afte-m-146_1629429778057.jpg)
No cigar: News of the cancelation went public just four days after the leading lady Soleil Moon Frye retweeted a fan who was pushing for a renewal
NBC initially canceled the show in 1986 after its second season, but it got picked up for syndication and ran two more seasons in 1987 and 1988.
Soleil is now in her 40s and starred on the revival as an adult Punky who has followed Henry's footsteps by both adopting children and becoming a photographer.
In fact Punky is still in Henry's old apartment, raising her three children - the daughter she conceived biologically and the two sons she did not.
![Child star: Soleil was just seven years old when she landed the title role on the original Punky Brewster which began airing on NBC in 1984](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/08/20/04/46887703-9910717-Child_star_Soleil_was_just_seven_years_old_when_she_landed_the_t-m-149_1629429938581.jpg)
Child star: Soleil was just seven years old when she landed the title role on the original Punky Brewster which began airing on NBC in 1984
Cherie Johnson reprised her role from the original sitcom as Punky's best friend who just so happened to also be called Cherie Johnson.
All 10 episodes of the revival's first season dropped on February 25 this year and got mixed reviews to the tune of 57% on Rotten Tomatoes.
While the original creator David D. Duclon was aboard the revival in an executive producer capacity he did not write any of the new episodes.
![Together again: Cherie Johnson reprised her role from the original sitcom as Punky's best friend who just so happened to also be called Cherie Johnson](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/08/20/04/46887713-9910717-Together_again_Cherie_Johnson_reprised_her_role_from_the_origina-a-98_1629431104086.jpg)
Together again: Cherie Johnson reprised her role from the original sitcom as Punky's best friend who just so happened to also be called Cherie Johnson
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