Brilliant Move That TOM ELLIS Made to Save LUCIFER From Being Canceled 

I was at an elevator and heard a teenage girl telling her father: "If Lucifer can go to a therapist, I might as well give it a shot". Simply amazing.

"Were they pissed?" "I don't fucking care." Dear GOD, I aspire to that level of confidence. A+. No notes.

"detective douche" will forever stay with me 🤣🤣

"Detective!" Done, now you can't hear it in anyone else's voice but Tom Ellis.

Tom Ellis is up there with various other actors that were just made for their roles. Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow etc etc. And his performance as Lucifer made the show as a whole just better.

“See, the devil really does wear prada” so many great lines in this show, I was gutted when it was cancelled, fair play to them for getting it going again.

I met Tom twice (in 2 days) and he remembered my name, this man is such a down-to-earth human being and he cares about people.

Having lex luthor and Lucifer just chatting and having a laugh is how I Imagine they also spend time on DC Universe

He needs to play more roles like this in bigger projects. I'm usually not a fan of these types of shows but Lucifer was an amazing show and the charisma of Tom Ellis as Lucifer was unreal. Honestly some of the most perfect casting i've ever seen.

I love how they inserted the cancellation/saving thing in the series as a nod to the fans - first with Lucifer's comment to Kinley "Vatican investigator? Sounds like a soon-to-be-cancelled tv show" (ep 4x03), then naming ep 4x09 "Save Lucifer", and of course the big brilliant dig at Fox in ep 5x15, where the fake psychic says she was "giving a reading to a programming exec at Fox" with Lucifer drily answering "Ugh, good luck with that"😂

Tom Ellis had some of the best lines on TV. And he’s such a terrific actor.

When Tom was asked if the studio was angry, his response of "I don't fucking care." is perfect. It is the same response I give to people about if my boss is happy with my decisions.

He may not want to admit it but he saved the series but also the fans helped also to be honest. So awesome

Honestly there are few performances where you can't imagine anyone else ever playing that character and doing it justice, and Tom Ellis as Lucifer is one of them. The show just wouldn't work without him

Can you imagine if social media and twitter existed in the early 2000's and Nathan Fillion posted a similar tweet after Firefly got cancelled?

Absolutely proud of him for making the move on his own and saying the show was canceled first before FOX did. Wise move which yielded the best results we could have asked for.

Resurrecting a cancelled network show and reviving it on a streaming service may be rare, but it’s not unheard of. The exact same thing happened with “The Expanse,” and for many of the same reasons. Both series were highly acclaimed and had passionate fans.

Even as a fan this was a show you didn't realize how large it was until they almost cancelled it. I put 90% of that on Tom Ellis, that's how amazing his portrayal of Lucifer Morningstar was.

To be fair, that is precisely what the Lucifer character would do 😂

"Were they pissed?" "I don't fucking care." He instantly gained my undying respect. Lol

Tom is right, he didn't save the show, he gave everyone else the heads up (that tweet) so they could save it. In this instance it was the people that saved it

Even my aunt and uncle in their sixties in rural Norway loved Lucifer. It was kind of bizarre how wide of audience fell in love with that show. I dont think I have ever shared a love for a tv show with my aunt and uncle before as they usually dont like foreign tv shows at all.

Michael Rosenbaum: "Were they pissed?" Tom Ellis: "I don't f@$#ing care!" Fair enough, mate😂👍

Loved Lucifer. So glad Netflix picked it up and brought it back for a few more seasons.

Tom ellis singing "wicked game" tears a hole in my soul everytime

Met Tom in august of last year at steel city comic con. Made my day. Went to DragonCon 2 weeks later an met everyone else. He wrote on my picture how’s Atlanta losers. It was great

He made the character of Lucifer compelling - he definitely transcended the writing.

I didnt watch Lucifer until last year. Binged the whole thing. Loved the show and the songs!!! Thank you so much for persevering!!!!

Loved him in the British comedy tv show "Miranda". Also recently saw him in an old episode of "Poirot" playing a police detective.

Lucifer is one of my favourite recent shows. So many great moments, great actors, and great writing. Can't wait to see future projects from Tom, he really was the highlight of it all.

Lucifer was the reason I became a content creator, and thanks to the show I met other creators, and I met the dubbing voices in Spain. I was part of the #SaveLucifer campaign.

The most amazing show, group of characters and their dynamic and brilliant cast I've ever watched. Have watched the whole thing from start to finish about 5 or 6 times. Just the best.

Am I the only one who was immediately transported back to the days when Fox canceled Firefly? I swear that network has killed off more cult classics and beloved shows than any other.

I love Lucifer. One of my absolute favorites. Constantly rewatching all the time.

Lucifer was the literal apotheosis of the "detective plus consultant" subgenre. I know there are doubtless fans of the comics who are disappointed it went in a different direction, but for the thing that it is, it's a delight. I can imagine the pitch meeting. An executive asks, "Hasn't this genre been done? We've had sexy lady detectives paired with writers and psychologists and everything else." The pitch continue, "But this is the Devil." Nonplussed Executive: "Like, a really bad criminal?" Pitch, "No, the actual Devil and ruler of Hell." Executive: "I'm in."

Great actor, great performance, great show. Thank you for this interview and Mr. Ellis's dedication ❤ From a little less but still christian Czech republic 😅

I was introduced to Tom Ellis' work through watching Miranda, what a wonderful versatile performer

Every episode and season full of excitement. No boring episodes.

Tom Ellis such a cool actor in Lucifer, he reminds me of a young Vincent Price.....great series, Tom Welling was great on the series too

RU-vid recommendation got me this today and now i am like... I am so rewatching the show omg. and i am starting my week end

miss that show, rewatched it 5 times, now we need a trilogy of movies plz, with tom ofcuz. from denmark

This show comforted me in a very lonely time In my life❤ I still hope it could return

I discover the show while season 3 was ending, and I was so pissed when I saw the cancellation tweet, thx Tom Ellis, I enjoyed the series so much.

The entire show was genius. One of the very few that are really fun to watch. You never know what was going to happen next. We have rerun it several times.

Thank you for Lucy. He is 1 of my fav DC characters. The way you portrayed him was amazing. That's exactly how I could see lucifer living esp in Cali. If not there than Las Vegas.

Lucifer is one of my all time favourite shows. Once of the reasons I love it so much is the personalities and performances given, I know its the nature of acting, but I always felt a sense of love and passion in the performances on Lucifer. When you see and hear stories like this from Tom, I am glad I can see it wasn't a false impression.

I remember the hashtag SAVELUCIFER and the petition I signed. It was cool to be part of the movement to save the show ♥

I've noticed networks and streaming are doing this as soon as actors are becoming well known and then they have to be paid more etc and this is why they are cancelling these shows. Instead of keeping them going for so long.

I loved the show despite not really being my type of genre. This is an amazing actor that really knows how to make what would usually be a creepy annoying character and make him amazing! Any other actor would have come off as a cringe, yet he gives Lucifer that kind of almost innocent and playful demeanour that makes everything work so well.

Honestly in my opinion 2 of my favorite comic portrayals the writers of the show were brilliant same with the acting. Smallville’s Lex brought this desire for a redeemable Lex Luther and did it so well because it gives you the feeling that he wasn’t given the opportunity of faith but the show did a wonderful job of showing the undertones that we’re there all along of Lex truly just manipulates almost by nature not by lack of nurture. Then the inverse with Lucifer taking a character that is irredeemable by nature and on the forefront comedically giving nurture and letting him kind of work it out and coming to the wrong conclusions because he is so deeply rooted in the idea that he is irredeemably. I enjoyed these portrayals and it was enjoyable to hear you both talk. (Also I see Alan Ritchson in my recommended and that takes me back to the smallville days too and I love reacher so can’t wait to check that one out OG AQUAMAN!)

3:03 The PERFECT response to that question!

I love that Tom made an appearance in Jack Ryan, he's slowly become one of my favorite actors and now I'm starting to see him in a good amount of projects

My dearly departed friend Dawn LOVED this show, Tom and Lucifer brought her a lot of joy.

I'm sure the heads at Fox were fuming over their decision to let the show go considering how successful it has been.

i remember all of this! tom in rome for the convention, and then him seeing like, two fans or something in an archway talking about the call he'd just had

Seen every single season of Lucifer, was one of my favorite shows including The Orville

Thank You Tom for Lucifer and I ❤Recently finished Miranda....Brilliant....Funny and Heart-felt....Adorable Roles Played by All Cast

I really, really loved the show. All of the actors were absolutely amazing in it, and Tom Ellis as Lucifer is right up there with some of ( in my opinion ) one of the better screen characters of our generation. I've got nothing but love for Tom, and all the others that made Lucifer possible.

I remember joining twitter just to help #SaveLucifer….. great show and Tom was awesome…Favorite scene… When he protects, Chloe with his glorious beautiful white wings, from Cains gunfire. It truly hurt him… I think I cried when he did that….

My grandmother had just passed away & I was in the car on my way to her hometown for her funeral. I was on my phone distracting myself from the long drive when I saw Tom’s tweet & instagram post that Lucifer had been cancelled. It was not the day to test me by cancelling one of my favourite shows. I was already a mess. I couldn’t believe Fox had done it because I had seen how much the fanbase had been growing & growing since the beginning. People were even reacting to the show on RU-vid. Lucifer had so much potential & to be cut off in its prime especially on that cliffhanger was infuriating so while I was in the car for hours I was tweeting nonstop with thousands of other fans how pissed I was!!! Thankfully the show was saved! I was really proud of the cast, the showrunners & the crew involved in the show for fighting for it too!

Lucifer was one of the best series I’ve watched my wife and I both love it. I hope you guys make a movie or something just to show everything in the future.

Just found this video from a pop up! Didn't realize my favorite character from SmallVille already has a Podcast!

His version of sinner man is engraved deep deep into my core memories now…

Save Lucifer was the first Petition i´ve ever singed. God how i loved this Show. Tom Ellis was the best Lucifer i´ve seen until this day.

What was crazy was I had friends who loved the show but I hadn't seen it and I was retweeting their save Lucifer posts. Eventually I watched it and was glad it was saved.

Thanks Tom for sharing the story.

I really enjoyed that series. I cried the last two episodes it was so good.

Taking a page out of the Deadpool playbook. Brilliant move.

Also, it ended in a place that it shouldn't when Lucifer's face was revaled. It's a reason to murder to cancel a show at that point

Lucifer was the best show ever!!!!

I always liked Lucifer, glad it was saved!

Damn that's a gutsy move. Defying a studio like that could of potentially been a career ender.

I freaking loved the show and I was also super sad when we got the news. Thank god for that 1 tweet!

Shows get an early cancel because pay bonuses typically come into play at season three. That's why so many get a "tweak" at that point. It's all about keeping the payroll down.

Wow, great story. I haven't seen the show, but Tom's story kept me interested throughout the clip.

I LOVED Lucifer. And I loved the ending. It's so rare that a show has a perfect ending, but they totally nailed it.

I would love to see Tom in a new medieval show where he's a king of sorts, I don't know why I just wanna see him in more stuff! Something more gritty and serious, all my favourite episodes from lucifer were the dramatic ones such as him going back to hell to help Cloe, the car scene where has on his way to hurt the sinner man. Love the show mate, hopefully you come to comic-con in Australia some time!

Tom did a great job playing lucifer. He really embodied the develish side, whilst also displaying that misunderstood side of lucifer that many theologist ponder about. The show it self was no more than a 4/10 for me. Other than likeable castings, the story and writting were subpar. What saved that show and made it enjoyable for me was the cast. Every casting was on point for the main cast, and the few missteps weren't even that bad. I watched start to finish for the characters alone. The writting really took a nosedive after Netflix took over. Overall though, the passion from the community and the cast really makes you want to give this show more roses.

It was a very brave thing for Netflix to do. When the fans demanded Community be saved we all remember what happened to Yahoo

definitely one of the most entertaining shows ive watched

One of my favorite shows hands down

I loved Lucifer! Thank you for a great show.

I would’ve love for the show to keep on going! Tom Ellis better show up as Lucifer in every cameo possible.

I'm so happy that the show was saved ❤

this was a great show i rewatched 10x

Yeah, something we humble fans needed when showrunners cancelled Lie to me. Well cudos to Tom and the team that made Lucifer done&gone properly. With the ending, with characteres beeing fully played and opened. That is the way it must always been done.

Some actors are the SHOW! AND without him Lucifer don't exist!! What an Actor!!❤ One of my favorite show! I was watching it before Netflix.. I tried make people watch it when it got to Netflix! And everyone loves it of course!

Awesome show miss it loads

Great Channel Micheal, I am not sure how it ended up on my feed but I am glad, when they wrote you off Smallville or for whatever reason you left the show was not the same anymore, you played the Perfect Lex Luthor, thank you for that. I wish you many happy days and a rich fullfilled future!!!

Thank you, the show was fantastic.

I'd have loved another season of "The fades" where i first saw Tom. That was an awsome show!

All I have to say is that Lucifer filled the void left by Supernatural ending. I loved both shows SSSSSOOOOOOO much! Thank you for the laughs Tom and ofc Lauren, Lesley, Kevin, David, Aimee, Rachael! The twist on Lucifer was actually quite unique and pic imho!

That Fox cancellation was BRUTAL, after the most epic season 3 finale cliffhanger. I had started out just watching the show to fill time on Mondays as a bit of procedural mindless fluff, but it quickly became such fun that I kept watching and got more interested as the longer arcs began to take shape. By season 2 it had become my favorite current airing show and I looked forward to it every week for my fix. And even before season 3 began it was actually genuine must-see appointment TV where I was making sure to catch each episode as it aired (something that hadn't even been a thing for me for years once I found the streaming sites and knew I could find anything whenever I wanted online). It was my weekly retreat and reward that I found joy in. The S3 finale, though, was the ultimate peak of "OMG WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW??" emotional investment that I have ever experienced with a TV show. As a viewer was just blown away by the plot actually going there where most stories would not dare to take away the ever-present tease that drives the tension. I was 100% invested and was going to be counting the days until the show returned, and then from the ultimate height of curiosity, almost IMMEDIATELY after seeing it, my soul was crushed with news of the cancellation and it was actually so devastating that I wailed at the news... There was rage and panic that I would never get the answer to that question and I took to Facebook to vent that frustration and cuss out Fox. That would have been the most agonizing place for that story to be left without resolution; I was SO upset! I have never hated a tv exec as much as I loathed the ones at Fox that day. I cursed them openly and viciously and vowed never to watch Fox again after that. I would have gone half out of my mind being left at that point in the show. It felt like personal cruelty from them and made it clear they had no care for anything but greed. I understood why they were so hated for "ruining" Firefly too. I had no idea how to cope or mourn the loss of the end of that story. The idea of being left without knowing was so torturous I even thought about writing to the creators to ask how it would have gone. Despite not daring to hope it could be done, I joined in the hashtag SaveLucifer because I needed to know. Then Netflix came through and did it. When I confirmed it wasn't a joke or a hoax and found out they actually picked up the show, Netflix earned hero status from me and I am forever grateful. I love tv, and though sometimes have been sad that a shows run comes to an end, it's usually not at such a climactic point in the story, and mtbh most That was the only show cancellation that really hurt me, and getting two more on top of the fourth season that almost wasn't was just a bonus gift. I was able to make peace with letting it go that way, but I feel like I would have been legit traumatized and psychologically damaged by not having closure after that season 3 reveal. Thank goodness I don't have to be left wondering what might have been.

I remember the social media campaign to save Lucifer, i was part of it, tens, hundreds of tweets in support, it was such a strong experience, I am so happy it worked out, it was so important for the people who watched it, i absolutely adore it still.

Nicely played Tom👍

Now I’ll have to rewatch the show.

Lesson for other creators.. never give up. Ask the public, because we can honestly tell you what we want. Shows are cancelled that should not be and other shows slog on that are a waste of time and money.

I remember there was a petition i signed it, probably the only petition I signed on that site that actually won! also made me glad my sibling lets me use their netflix! it's ironic cause i'd just got into lucifer a month before they announced the cancellation and I was coming up near the last 4 episodes of the of Season 3 when they announced S4 would be on netflix... it took me a while I didn't watch it straight away but I was there for every episode after that up to the end of the show! I wonder if theres a possibility of a spin off some characters I feel were left open for that I kinda wanna see a show of Maizikeen! and maybe a lucifer guest appearance, sort of like how the charismatic john barrowman would make appearances on doctor who and visa versa!

That is fighting for your job right there god damn. Good on him.

Cant wait fpr a new season