Netflix’s ‘House of Cards’ to End With Season 6

Jessica Napoli October 30, 2017, 3:34 pm

Robin Wright, Kevin Spacey - House of Cards — David Giesbrecht/Netflix

The Underwoods (Robin Wright, Kevin Spacey) in the Oval Office.

House of Cards did not win reelection. Netflix announced Monday that the political drama starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright will end after its sixth season. Production has already begun on the last season which is set to air in 2018.

The announcement comes in the wake of sexual assault allegations against Spacey. On Sunday night, BuzzFeed ran an interview with Anthony Rapp about an alleged encounter the Star Trek: Discovery actor had with Spacey when he was 14.

Rapp claims Spacey sexually assaulted him at a party in 1986 in Spacey’s home.

Spacey responded to the allegation early Monday via Twitter.”If I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior,” Spacey wrote. In the tweet, he also revealed he is gay.

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— Kevin Spacey (@KevinSpacey) October 30, 2017

House of Cards is one of Netflix’s most successful shows with 53 Primetime Emmy Awards since its debut in 2013 including a Golden Globe win in 2015 for Spacey for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama.

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PurpleHammer
Oct 31, 2017
His shtick wore thin for me years ago. His best performance may have been his run on 'Wiseguy' early in his career. I agree with Fred and Don that his life won't be the same again. I do suspect if there was nothing to this, Mr. Spacey would've forcefully denied the accusation. I really do believe his best days were well behind him as an actor anyway, so hopefully he has saved enough money to sustain himself.
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  CyanCoathanger
  Oct 31, 2017
  Usually, the guilty forcefully deny the accusations (Bill Cosby, O. J. Simpson), and the innocent often say nothing. I've know people whose lives were ruined by false accusations. It's become the modern equivalent of Medieval witch hunts. Even if he did do what he's accused of, it's not a bad enough offense to ruin his career over.
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  GoldSubmarine
  Nov 1, 2017
  CBS's Wiseguy was one of my all-time favorite shows! Kevin Spacey was amazing as an incestuous brother and gangster. Haven't seen Ken Wahl in ages, wonder if he's still acting.
  
  Well I hope the best for Spacey , if guilty I hope he seeks necessary treatment and eventually is forgiven by the accuser, and if not guilty , I feel terrible for him. I don't like beating people when they're down.
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CyanCoathanger
Oct 31, 2017
Another career ruined by unproved accusations.
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  BlueDice
  Oct 31, 2017
  Your statement is an unproved accusation. The show is in its 6th season so I am not at all surprised that Netflix would choose not to renew it and the timing could be just unfortunate.
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    GoldSubmarine
    Oct 31, 2017
    Netflix just suspended production of season 6. This untimely announcement wasn't coincidental. Yesterday Netflix claimed they wanted to end the show last summer, they just never announced it. Whatever the case, this excellent actor's life will never ever be the same again.I truly hope the accuser is mentally stable, happy and healthy, I wish him the best for his future, but he just ruined a man's life. This man up until yesterday didn't have any assault claims against him. Hope nobody else comes forward now with dubious claims. I really don't appreciate when people step on the unfortunate while they are down.
    
    If Spacey truly is a child molester/rapist then of course he should be sent away for treatment and medication or whatever they do with these types of people, but if this was just one drunken incident he should be forgiven by the victim.
    
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  GoldSubmarine
  Oct 31, 2017
  Netflix just suspended production of season 6 as well. That's unprecedented (to my knowledge)
  
  His entire life will never be the same again. Crazy how one drunken night over 30 years ago just obliterated a once sterling actor. I do feel for the accuser, but he claims he did escape before being molested/raped... so I'm guessing he his mentally ok. It was a long time ago. Spacey on the other hand will likely suffer with this for the rest of his life.