Fans of 'Anne with an E' buy Times Square billboard ads calling for Netflix to renew show

Donegal actress Amybeth McNulty stars in the series which was cancelled ahead of its third season

Amybeth McNulty as Anne

Aoife Kelly

Donegal actress Amybeth McNulty features on billboards in Times Square, New York and Toronto as fans of 'Anne with an E' call on Netflix to renew the series.

Co-produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and Netflix, 'Anne With an E', ran for three seasons, but the announcement of its cancellation was made prior to the third series airing on Netflix.

Based on the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Montgomery, the series was adapted by writer and producer Moira Walley-Beckett and was commended for tackling themes including racism, diversity, sexism, and homophobia.

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More than 150,000 fans have signed a petition on Change.Org calling for the series' renewal and more than $11,000 has been raised by fans via GoFundMe to purchase billboard ads in Toronto and Times Square.

Amybeth shared an image of herself standing beneath one of the billboards on Instagram with the caption, "Look what we found!!!"

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The 18 year-old, who previously played the lead in the horror movie Morgan, has been busy in recent months filming opposite Orla Brady and Antonia Campbell Hughes for Colum Eastwood's Black Medicine.

Speaking about the cancellation of 'Anne with an E' last year, CBC's general manager of programming Sally Catto said that the viewership numbers for the series did not hit their targets for older demographics.

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Fans continue to promote their cause on social media in the hopes that the show will be either renewed or picked up elsewhere.

In recent years, shows including Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Lucifer and Timeless have been renewed following similar intense fan campaigns.