Robert and Michelle King’s crime thriller “Pleased Face” has been canceled at Paramount+ after only one season, Selection has confirmed.

The information comes roughly two months after “Pleased Face” wrapped Season 1 on Might 1. The present tells the actual story of Melissa Moore, who in 1995, realized that her father, Keith Hunter Jesperson, was the then-infamous Pleased Face Killer. The collection is predicated on the “Pleased Face” podcast from iHeartPodcasts in addition to Moore’s autobiography “Shattered Silence,” which was co-written by M. Bridget Cook dinner.

Within the eight-episode collection, which premiered March 20, Melissa modifications her title and distances herself from her father as an grownup. Regardless of her greatest efforts, Keith, who’s serving life in jail, tries to weasel his means again into her life. As she reconciles together with her previous, Melissa “discovers the affect her father had on his victims’ households and should face a reckoning of her personal identification,” in line with an official logline.

Annaleigh Ashford and Dennis Quaid star as Melissa and her prison father Keith, respectively. Different forged members embody James Wolk, Tamera Tomakili, Khiyla Aynne, Benjamin Mackey, Connor Paton and David Harewood.

The actual Jesperson is at present serving life in jail in an Oregon penitentiary. He murdered at least eight ladies, and earned his nickname from drawing smiley faces on his letters to the authorities and media.

CBS studios produced “Pleased Face” in affiliation with iHeartPodcasts, King Measurement Productions and Semi-Formal Productions. Jennifer Cacicio served as showrunner and govt producer with Robert and Michelle King, Michael Showalter, Conal Byre, Melissa G. Moore, Will Pearson and Liz Glotzer. Jordana Mollick executive-produced the collection and directed the primary episode. The collection is distributed by Paramount International Content material Distribution.