TCA: Amy Adams, Marti Noxon, and the "Sharp Objects" team put to rest rumors of a Season 2, and HBO boss explains why this is different than "Big Little Lies." Those already hoping to see more of “Sharp Objects” need to prepare for the end. Wednesday morning at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, producer and showrunner Marti Noxon said the core creative team of “Sharp Objects” isn’t talking about any follow-up seasons. “We’re not talking about a Season 2,” Noxon said. “This is it, so bask in it while you can.” The panel, which included Noxon, Gillian Flynn, Eliza Scanlon, Amy Adams, Jean-Marc Vallee, Patricia Clarkson, and Chris Messina, was asked about whether or not they would make a second season of “Sharp Objects.” Noxon answered quickly and succinctly, and no one else felt the need to chime in and add additional comment. “Sharp Objects” was always billed as a limited series, but in the era of revivals and extensions, there are always ways to bring back successful shows. HBO’s latest limited series snagged 1.5 million viewers with its premiere — a figure that’s 36 percent higher than the debut of “Big Little Lies” and the network’s best new series premiere since “Westworld” topped 2 million. The second episode dropped 37 percent, but that’s almost exactly in line with the week-to-week shift “Big Little Lies” saw in 2017, and the third episode didn’t lose (or gain) any viewers. In other words, “Sharp Objects” looks to be another hit — just like “Big Little Lies,” and HBO originally billed that as a limited series, too. Now it’s in production on Season 2, so it makes sense “Sharp Objects” producers would be asked if they’re also interested in extending the series. But HBO programming president said there was a big difference with “Sharp Objects,” and he promised that HBO wouldn’t do an about face this time. “The different between ‘Sharp Objects’ and ‘Big Little Lies’ is in ‘Big Little Lies,’ all of the cast — Reese, Nicole, Zoe, Laura, Shailene — they all came to us wanting to do more,” Bloys said. “They were willing to do more. And obviously ‘Sharp Objects’ is a much darker subject matter and it’s a lot for Amy to play that character. It’s a lot to ask someone to inhabit that role. It’s not a role she can do again. That makes total sense to me. Without her doing it, I don’t think a Season 2 makes sense. I think this one we will take a really excellent limited series that did well for us and be thankful for that. No plans in the works.” Of course, at this point in “Big Little Lies'” original run, the network wasn’t expecting to renew it. In an interview with Vulture, HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys said they didn’t start thinking about Season 2 until around the time the finale debuted. “Maybe toward the end of airing, either toward the end of airing or right after it finished airing, we asked, ‘Can we all work together again? '” Bloys said. “It was a more general, ‘What can we all do?’ than ‘We have got to do Big Little Lies Season 2.’ Everybody had such a great experience together — truly, a really great creative experience together. The producers started to say, ‘Well, could you do more? Maybe you could do more?’ What was really key in this was that we all kind of approached it skeptically. You don’t want to make a decision out of, ‘That worked, let’s do more,’ and have that drive the decision.” The questions will certainly continue as long as “Sharp Objects” remains popular, but for now, perhaps it’s best to heed Noxon’s advice: Enjoy it while it lasts. “Sharp Objects” airs new episodes Sundays at 9 p.m. on HBO. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<doc-sep>It looks like our time with Camille Preaker will come to an end in just five more episodes. HBO has announced that Sharp Objects, a chilling thriller centered on the deaths of two girls in a quiet Midwestern town, won't continue on past the finale, despite successful ratings. Although the had no sequel, many thought the network might order a follow-up—just as it did with last summer's hit adaptation of Big Little Lies. But star Amy Adams, who plays Camille, apparently has no interest in taking out a time share in Wind Gap. “Unlike Big Little Lies where all of the stars wanted to come back, Sharp Objects, it’s a very dark character, very dark material," HBO president of programming Casey Bloys told Deadline. "Amy doesn’t want to live in this character again and I can’t blame her, it’s a lot to take on for an actress. So no plans for a second season. We are very happy with this living as a limited series.” That's an understandable position. Adams portrays a troubled reporter struggling with alcoholism, a grueling pattern of self harm, and unexplored childhood trauma—and that's just what we know from the first three episodes. Guess we'll just have to get our fill of imposing Stepford Wives while we still can...until, perhaps, we meet Meryl Streep in BLL season 2. Sharp Objects airs on Sundays at 9 P.M. EST on HBO. 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Sharp Objects is three episodes into its run as an HBO limited series, and it will stay that way, with no plans for a followup. Primetime-Panic Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series orders See All “Unlike Big Little Lies where all of the stars wanted to come back, Sharp Objects, it’s a very dark character, very dark material. Amy doesn’t want to live in this character again and I can’t blame her, it’s a lot to take on for an actress,” HBO president of programming Casey Bloys told Deadline during TCA. “So no plans for a second season. We are very happy with this living as a limited series.” HBO’s star-studded Big Little Lies started off as a limited series before the network ordered a second season to continue the story. Sharp Objects debuted to 1.5 million viewers in Live+same day. That was up 36% from the debut of HBO’s Emmy-winning Big Little Lies — a series Sharp Objects has been often compared to — and was the most watched HBO new series premiere since Westworld in 2016 (2.0 million). (With one linear replay and preliminary viewing on HBO GO/NOW, the Sharp Objectspremiere night viewership went up to 2.1 million.) While L+SD linear numbers have dipped a bit in the second and third week, Bloys said he is “thrilled with the ratings” for the series. The eight-episode Sharp Objects, an adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s novel by Marti Noxon, centers on Camille Preaker (Adams), a reporter who returns to her small hometown to cover the murder of a preteen girl and the disappearance of another. Trying to put together a psychological puzzle from her past, she finds herself identifying with the young victims a bit too closely. Based on the first episode, it’s clear she isn’t the typical heroine. She’s flawed, and as the story unfolds, the audience attempts to piece together a tragic past that is affecting her present. Sharp Object, along with the third season of True Detective, will be HBO’s two big limited series for Emmy consideration next year. Previous big Emmy winner in the longform categories, Big Little Lies, is switching to drama series for its second season.