Martin Scorsese says Vinyl failed because he didn't direct every episode
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HBO shows rarely seem to get canned after only a single season, since doing that undermines the way the network presents itself as an infallible hit-maker, but it’s even rarer that HBO renews a series for a second season, admits it made a mistake, and then cancels it anyway. Unfortunately, such was the sad story of Vinyl