Evil Star Amps Up ‘Save Our Show!’ Chant After Stephen King Champions the ‘Very Scary,’ Cancelled Drama

Irrepressible Evil star Katja Herbers let loose with a “HOLY S–T!!!!” reaction after Stephen King, Master of Horror, elaborated on his affection for the “very scary” and “joyful” — but alas cancelled — Paramount+ drama.

Earlier this week, an interview clip circulated of King naming Evil as a TV show that he likes. “It’s great,” he said. “It’s funny and it’s witty and it’s very, very sharp.”

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That snippet alone got Herbers asking on X, “OKAY CAN WE DO THE PICK UP NOW?” (Since the day of Evil’s cancellation, Herbers has lobbied the likes of Netflix to ride to the show’s rescue.)

But then King went deeper with his Evil love, posting on X that the horror thriller from Robert and Michelle King is “smart, thought-provoking, occasionally VERY scary. Plus, the chemistry between the three evil-hunters is strong and… to quote [Vice President/presidential candidate] Kamala [Harris]… joyful.”

That is when Herbers had her “holy s–t” reaction, adding a heart-eyes emoji and re-re-re-reiterating, “K maybe we can do the pick up now.

“We’re honored,” she responded to Stephen King. “Thank you.”

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Series co-creator Robert King also was moved by the novelist’s championing of Evil, posting to X that it is “such an honor” — and also noting, “By the way, no relation” (in case you were wondering).

The fact that Evil would end with its fourth season (which finaled last week) was announced back in February, well ahead of the show’s May 23 return. Since the week of April 29, the show has lived comfortably — for 11 straight weeks! — on Nielsen’s weekly U.S. ranking of streaming originals.

With the release of Seasons 1 and 2 to Netflix, Evil ranked No. 2 on Nielsen’s originals chart for a full month, and it has even sneaked its way onto Nielsen’s much more competitive overall ranking a total of three times.

At last tally, Evil ranked No. 5 among streaming originals, with more than 400 million minutes viewed on Paramount+ as well as Netflix.

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